STEPS TO NATIONAL
The majority of -past Grand-National Steeplechase winners have had plenty of racing during the three or four months preceding their success. Such seasoning has undoubtedly been a big factor towards victory in the strenuous Riccarton contest.
The number includes' Haydn, Awa, huri, Slow Tom,' Inniskilleri." Te Aral, Paritulu, Bercola, Ngatoa, St. Elmn, Lochella, Coalition '(especially second, occasion), Oakleigh (both years), Tuki, Peter Ma::well; ; Beau Cavalier, Wiltshire (both' years), Aurora Borealis, Snowfall, Billy Boy, and Valpeen (both years). The only horses among this list who did not win a race during, the. winter prior to their National success" were Paritutu and St. Elmn.
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Evening Post, Issue 30, 4 August 1936, Page 13
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105STEPS TO NATIONAL Evening Post, Issue 30, 4 August 1936, Page 13
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