McCARTEN RIDES THE WINNER
(By Cable— From. "N.Z. Truth's" Special Sydney Representative) IWHEN Gesto won his first race here, Sydney racegoers were agog. " They thought he might be another Limerick, but they have been sadly disillusioned by two subsequent failures m mediocre company. - • Well backed m Saturday's Three-Year-Old Handicap, he was never m the hunt. The fourteen-two pony, Flicker. '••*"! m the same race and finished fourth, after meeting with a rough passage. Flicker is : .one. of the best for h_. .(tones'. seen on the unregistered tracks. McCarten won the Challenge Stakes on Whitta, riding a perfect race. Whitta carried 8.12; and ran the six furlongs m 1.11. In tho Anniversary Handicap next Saturday, Reonui is engaged. Before George Price left for the Dominion he schooled- him from the barrier almost every morning. At his last two starts Reonui has. refused to leave the barrier. '
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NZ Truth, Issue 1208, 24 January 1929, Page 13
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144McCARTEN RIDES THE WINNER NZ Truth, Issue 1208, 24 January 1929, Page 13
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