LADY QUEX'S SPEED AT TAKAPUNA

NZ Truth, Issue 1262, 6 February 1930, Page 13

LADY QUEX'S SPEED AT TAKAPUNA

PROVED AN EYE-OPENER

Mare Struck Punters At r^er Absolute Best

AFTER BULLION AT TARANAKI

(From " N.Z. Truth s Special , Auckland Representative. ) To note Lady Quex ;from outside position m the open sprint at Takapuna streak past her five opponents -to the front was an eye-opener. , . •

IT was all done so speedily that the suspicious racegoer could >hardly be blamed for at first imagining that the remainder, were so much "dead-meat." - But m truth, it was Lady Quex's brilliance which shone out so conspicuously. She was caught at her absolute best and the morning before, race day had skipped over five furlongs m little more than, a minute. , This prepared some of the big punters for a confident plunge on her prospects. i The amount of bullion piled on her was astounding,, and the result was

never really In "doubt from the time- she hit the front. , : i ■ . : Gray steadied the Taranaki mare m the middle stages allowing the of position to get within easy range, but once the home bend was negotiated "o risks were taken. .--... Lady.Quex held a three lengths advantage at the close running out the distance jn 1.13 8/6. A repetition of that form alone is needed for Lady Quex to prove a nuisance to the best of the sprinters knocking about during the autumn. *• . She was shipped back home to New Plymouth after opening day to cool down for her preparation to tackle the cracks at the Taranaki Cup meeting.