FRENCH FILLY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 797, 18 October 1929, Page 14

FRENCH FILLY

WINS MIDDLE PARK STAKES VALUABLE TWO-YEAR-OLD RACE , United /' A.—Uj rcleorcph-uoMTiato, i'-ecd. 9.30 a.in. LOXDOX, Thursdatwol vcT'ou" TfUL T!" Newmavkct mcotiT-iif" l ° day « MIDDLE PARK STAKES A sweepstake of ~ 30 each, with £i nn« r ‘° nSS - ICI ° SCd " ith FATA MORGANA (M. m. Lecert > on f, bv Le Gros Alorne—FelsenPRESS GANG (.Lord Woo'lkvi'nil 1 tonh ch c, by Hurry On—Fifi. BLENIII fils f' tli.il. thV A ga’ Khan*)’ 3 br c, by Blandford—Malva .. . ’ Only four startrd. Won bv half length, three lengths separating secoc.'} and third. oca If the French horses failed to get** the money in the famous handicap race Urn Cesarownch Stakes, last WednJ: t.. i> . the> •> ]T* - ■ 1 na \ o made amend * by capturing the last of the important two-year-old classics. lat a Morgana is truly !• rench-Dreti and owned. Press bang races in the colours of the popular English sportsman. Lo-a Woolavingtor. who scored so many successes a coupie ol years ago wii . Coronach. The dam of Press Gang Fifinella. who was described as a per* fectly-actioned galloper. won tu# Derby and Oaks at Newmarket in 19ie Blenheim is by the successful Irish sii-c. Blandford. who has tamed lam* through the splendid performances o' his sons. Trigo and Athford. It is not often that a French two-* year-old is taken across to England to race. It is probable that he accompanied the same sportsman’s Cesarewitch candidate. Petit Poucet. Last year the Middle Park Stakes was worth £ 3.610, and in this race the Aga Khan's pair. Costaki Pasha, and Grand Terrace, finished first and second, with Brienz (third in this season's Berby) in third place. Yesterday this big owner was not so fortunate. getting only third money—* meagre £IOO.