BLAIR ATHOL'S PROMISE
, -.-?? A pacer who made a rapid rise thi» -< „/--<* season to the top class is Blah? Athol, , ■'. v? a six-year-old son of Rey de Oro' and ' \ : Molly Pointer, and a full-brother to '^r T< Silver de Oro- -' < " ; " - *?-:? Blair, Athol took plenty-of time 1 to J-^ develop, and it was not until half-way. s, - -~'% through the season, when taken over.' ~-J?, by R. J. Humphreys, that he began ,tof - -\£ show his true form. He scored four "r- i wins hi six starts and was placed in his- - ;~£! other two efforts. He won the last^ vU§ three races he contested, including theNew Zealand Gold Cup at Welling- .':;*? ton. As the result of his high-class. ,-*"■»s, form, he is assessed on 2.11, 2.44, 3Jt7,r.-^"% and 4.24, and is already being discussed. v as one likely to be dangerous1 in, the *~-,/rg New Zealand Trotting Cup at Adding-' X*S ton in November. -,- '*
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 24, 28 July 1939, Page 13
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150BLAIR ATHOL'S PROMISE Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 24, 28 July 1939, Page 13
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