GOLDFINCH’S MISTAKE
TT is not very often that the crack j Northern horseman, H, Goldfinch, is guilty of such serious ! error of judgment as was the case yesterday. In the New Zealand Derby it was obvious that Honour was sent to the front to slow up the field, and this he cJid most successfully. Despite this the Northern horseman kept well back with only one horse behind him, and when he did a move he was forced to go round the field. Coming into the straight the race was run to suit Eaglet, but when t came to a sprint home Honour was as good as the filly. It is just possible that had a bit more use been made of Eaglet she might even have beaten Honour. The fact that Honour was sent to the front to set a slow pace was evidently the outcome- of a studious survey of the position, and rather suggests that there was an element of doubt as to the stamina of the brilliant Limond colt.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 818, 12 November 1929, Page 14
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172GOLDFINCH’S MISTAKE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 818, 12 November 1929, Page 14
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