DISAPPOINTING KALMUK
The disappointing four-year-old gelding S* +£' i "*'b° competed unsuccessfully at ths" Wellington and' Pahiatua meetings, and has yet tp record a win, may make his next appearance at the Marlborough Jleetmg^on Friday and Saturday of next • Ye 1 v has -o£ten' raced -most promisingly, but poor performances have customarily followed his most suggestive showings. .-. ..•■>■•.-■' - ■-.- . : •'."-.'■.". .
Kalmuk is now owned-by the Opakl trainer, B. Burgess, who, obtained him privately -early last year, but for whom ne. .IS Proving a sc-rry -trial. He \va3 Originally purchased as a'yearling in Sydney by the late Mr. C.-E. Eliar, of Featherston,, for 950 guineas, and has been contesting races smceVthis-' two-year-old days. On several occasions the ; elusive lionour : has only yery : narrowly slipped hi» grasp. ..-■ -, -■■ ~ . ■:.-)*-
is well, enough b'red;''as'ile-is- byCaravel from -Martuk; a niare by Martian trom Ukraine, thus a sister to Sasanof. Martuk figured as. a- successful performer in JMew Zealand some years back, and also ■won races in' Australia, where: she wa« sold-for stud purposes. •'■'■'■
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1932, Page 8
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163DISAPPOINTING KALMUK Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1932, Page 8
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