BROOKBY SONG'S RECORD
Brookby Soiig, wiiiner of tlie Pakuranga Huut Cup 011 Saturday, lias provcd liimself 011c of tlie best steeplecliasers since Clarion Calt and Padisliah, having started 12 times for soven wins, two seconds and tliree unplaced performances, oue of wliicli was in a • liat racc as a four-year-old. " He won at liis initial attempt ovcr couiitry, at five, and at his next start fell wlien in the lead in tlie Onehunga Stecpleeha.se, but redeemed liimself by winning tlie Waikato Hunt Cup from end to end., Ile finished out of a plaee in tlie Hobsonville Hurdles, won by Duinbo, but aftei running secoiul to Our Nutioii in tlie Titiffwigi Steeplechase, won- the Waikato Steeplechase, three miles. Coniing to Auckland, lie ran second to Our Nation in tlie Ctreat Northern Steeplechase, and followed tliis by winning the Winter Bteeplecha.se, Grey Lynn Hurdles, Wlniu Steeplechase and Pakuranga liuut Cup in succession. Brookby Song lias riscn from 9.0 to 11.10 within oue year of liis lirst stlirt in a steeplechase, at tlie 1945 Pakuranga Hunt meeting. His stake winnings to date total £0(375, including two goid cups valued at £50 and £30.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 August 1946, Page 6
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190BROOKBY SONG'S RECORD Chronicle (Levin), 21 August 1946, Page 6
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