A DERBY CANDIDATE
rpHE Selma Trot at Ashburton tomorrow will give the New Zealand Derby candidate Lord Matchlight, who is reported to be a rare stamp of youngster, a . good test for his classic engagements. The distance is 12 furlongs, and the Matchlight three-year-old may find the journey beyond him at this stage, although if he is to have any chance in the blue riband contest, he will require to be in the Ashburton picture. Otaio Rose, who also figures on the limit, is more sea soned and experienced than the juvenile, while both of these will require to keep moving all the way if they wish to finish in front of John Noble who, despite the fact that he is conceding them 108yds, will be a nuisance to his opponents before the post is passed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 773, 20 September 1929, Page 13
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136A DERBY CANDIDATE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 773, 20 September 1929, Page 13
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