N.Z.-Bred Horses Do Well At Rosehill

Chronicle (Levin), 19 January 1948, Page 6

N.Z.-Bred Horses Do Well At Rosehill

> Received Sunday, 7 p.iru SYDNEY, Jan. 18. The foriner New Zealanders, Far- . had, Kerry Lad and Piccolo, had a successful day at Rosehill yesterday. The three-year-old Nizami gelding, FaThad, bouglit last season by . Mr Po^iano in New .Zealand for 3500 guineas and wearing Berhborough 's colours, seored brilliantly in the Rosehill Flying Handicap and will be entered for the Vicforian Newmarket. Running near the tail of the weak field he was only seventh into tlie straight but lie produced a terrific burst 6.f speed tp! nose out :Rose Glory. . . Thig is Far- ' (li'^.d (s).. ^c6ud sfart and/;fixsti win ;.ifi V . ^ ' ^ Tke^^m Mayor 's Cup' developed iiitcG i ^^ieU\between ...thq. ^New Zealanders, Kerry Lad and Piccolo, with tlie former scoring his . first. win in Australia. He is now strongly favoured for the Anni-

— — « versary Handicap. Piccolo jumped to the front at the. three furlongs but Kerry Lad, running a perfect race, was too fast for him at the finish. Eesults are : — FLYING HANDICAP FARHAD, 7.13 (Briscoe) 1 Rose' Glory, 7.1 (Kerrigau) 2. „ jOritique, 7.4 (Pqdmore) .. .. .. .. 3 •• Eleven started. Long head; length and a half. Time, 1.264. LpED MAYOR'S CUP KERRY LAD, 8.5 (Moore) 1 Piccolo, 8.9 (Cook) 2 Royal Court, 6.12 (Selkrig) 3 Thirteen started. Half a length; two lengths. Time, 2.6$. HISPANO WINS AT MENTONE Received Sundav, 7 p.m. MELBOURNE, Jan. 18. Following is a result from Mentone: — ASCOT THOUSAND./ HISPANO (Shiptou) 1 Ilawa Rani, 7.6 (Powell) 2 Belle Star, 8.9 (Nieholls) '3 Fifteen started. Length and a half;, half a head. Time, 1.13$.