CHESTER CUP
AND THE CHEESES LADY OWNER SCORES AGAIN (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) Reed. 10 a.m. LONDON, W’.ed. The following is the result of the CHESTER CUP Of £2,550; 2£ miles FIRST FLIGHT (Rady Scarborough), br h, by Courageous—Florazie, 4 y rs 1 DARK HILLOCK (Baron Baeyens), b h, by Dark Legend—Le Butte du Mesnil, 6yrs 2 POMAGNE (Sir Edward Hanmer). b m, by Pommern—Serviceable, 4yrs 3 There were 22 starters. Won by a neck, the third horse three lengths away. The placed horses were trained respectively by F. Leader, R. W. Colling and M. Peacock. A feature of this time-honoured handicap race is that the owners of the placed horses each receives a £5 champion Chester cheese. Among the entries for yesterday’s race was Easter Hero, who finished second in the Grand National a few weeks earlier. Like that race, and the Lincolnshire Handicap, yesterday’s winner was owned by a woman.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 658, 9 May 1929, Page 11
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152CHESTER CUP Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 658, 9 May 1929, Page 11
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