DEFAULTER, who has been nominated for the Melbourne Cup and for whom the handicapper has shown a deep respect by awarding the New Zealand champion 9.5. Defaulter will be four years old when the Cup is run and winners who carried big weights at the same age were Windbag 9.2, Nightmarch 9.2, and Phar Lap 9.12.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19980, 4 July 1939, Page 9
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56DEFAULTER, who has been nominated for the Melbourne Cup and for whom the handicapper has shown a deep respect by awarding the New Zealand champion 9.5. Defaulter will be four years old when the Cup is run and winners who carried big weights at the same age were Windbag 9.2, Nightmarch 9.2, and Phar Lap 9.12. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19980, 4 July 1939, Page 9
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