HANDICAPPING?
Sunny Bob (Sungod—Harold Rothschild mare) only started once as a three-year-old in the 192728 season, but his chances were not greatly fancied at the time, as he was a rank outsider and ran accordingly, two others of the Sungod fraternity in Sunshower and ! Sunfish paying the dividends. But the season just finished saw Bob well in the picture, and at Forbury Park put up an attractive performance over two miles in I 4.37 3-5 off a 4.49 mark. Under i the new system of handicapping I Sunny Bob would be on a 4.45 mark, but his owner threw away five seconds to put the pacer in a 4.40 class event at Addington. Then the handicapper added a further 12 yards’ penalty, and so the Sungod gelding is back on 4.39. This again opens up the question of the bona fides of the new system. over a short or long journey, and she
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 731, 2 August 1929, Page 13
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153HANDICAPPING? Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 731, 2 August 1929, Page 13
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