NEA LAP'S FIRST MATE
.It was reported sonio,'time ago that leg trouble had come against Twenty Grand,which 'would probably -prevent-him froni; standing another '/severe preparation, 'and a cablegram now states that he has'been retired from racing and will be relegated to the stud. .- . ■
Last year Twenty Grand was the best three-year-old on the American Turf. His winnings in prize money were computed' at over £50,000, which gave him a good place amqng the world's great winners. In some quarters of America he was referred to as "the horse of the century," so that there would be keen disappointment at his early retirement from the racecourse. '
Twenty Grand boasts quite an' English pedigree. His sire, St. Germans, is a son of Swynford, and his dam, Bonus, is by All Gold, a son of Persimmon and grandson of St. Simon. One of. his first mates is to be Phar Lap's sisterrNea Lap.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 124, 22 November 1932, Page 4
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150NEA LAP'S FIRST MATE Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 124, 22 November 1932, Page 4
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