STEVE DONOGHUE
(Press Assn.-
WILLI.NQ TO RIDE PHAR LAP IN AGUASCALJENTE HANDICAP VISIT TO FAMOUS TRACK
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Rec. Jan. 11, 7.10 p.m. AGUAS C ALIENTE, Sunday. Steve Donoghue and Michael Beary, the well-known British jockeys, were ^ests of honour at the track on Sun- ' Donoghue said that the stress placed in the United States on the speed of horses and tracks militates against the jockey. In England, where staraina in horses was valued mor.e, thq. racing was more of a sport than a commercial , enterprise as here. As a result horses carried much more weight in big raees. Asked whether he would ride a horse in the Agua Handicap, Donoghue said he would, if it could be arranged. , Discussing /the rumours . that he had been asked to ride Phar Lap in the Handicap, on March 20 he said: "I have not been asked to' ride Phar Lap. I am due back in England on March 15, hut if I were asked, and Sir Victor Sassoon, for.whom I ride would grant me. gn. extension of my vacation, I would do so;"
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 119, 12 January 1932, Page 5
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182STEVE DONOGHUE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 119, 12 January 1932, Page 5
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