AJAX'S DEFEAT
DUE TO UNSUSPECTED LOSS OF FORM. MeCARTEN’S BIGGEST SURPRISE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Connections are satisfied that Ajax’s defeat was due to unsuspected loss of form. Ajax, who was the hottest favourite ever beaten in a race in Australia seemed in perfect condition yesterday. McGarten said: “Beating Ajax on Spear Chief -was the biggest surprise of my riding career.” McCarten expressed pleasure at. his association with a horse who had preserved the records of Gloaming and Desert Gold. He added: “We all like to 'see good horses creating fresh records, but we New Zealanders are jealous of our horses, and we would regret, the passing of a standard that has been maintained for so long.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 March 1939, Page 6
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124AJAX'S DEFEAT Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 March 1939, Page 6
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