Dual Successes
»'■' ■■ . ' ■••'■■ ■ • I>Y winning the Grand National 'Steeplechase on Tuesday, Wiltshire is enrolled m select company . " — winners' of successive National Steeplechases. . : The first horse to win two m succession was Agent, way back m 1879 and 1880, and then m, 1884 he won again. His three wins are not likely to_ be equalled. In 1895 and 1896 M utiny won, being ridden by George Hope, who came into the limelight very much when Baldowa came to Trentham and cleaned up a good .field m the Thompson Handicap. Coalition won m 1920 and again m, 1921, Harry McSweeney being on top on both occasions. The two succeeding- years found Oakleigh; with his friend and pilot, Jack Roach scoring. Now comes Wiltshire's turn. In addition to riding him, Roy Syme also trained the chestnut. (miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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NZ Truth, Issue 1237, 15 August 1929, Page 13
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