WINDSOR LAD'S TROUBLES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 31, 7 February 1939, Page 4

WINDSOR LAD'S TROUBLES

SON OF BLANDFORD AT STUD Mr. Martin Benson is not at all happy about Windsor Lad, for whom he paid the Maharajah of Rajpipla £50,000 after the son of Blanctforu had been defeated into third place in the Elipse Stakes after winning the Derby in 1934. At the time Mr. Benson appeared to have made a particularly good bargain, as before the season ended Windsor Lad won the Great Yorkshire Stakes and the St. Leger. The two races were worth £12,155 15s, and as Windsor Lad as a four-year-old accounted for two more races, including the Elipse Stakes, of an aggregate value of £10,689, he won back for Mr. Benson almost half his purchase money. Windsor Lad was then retired to the stud with a full subscription of 400 guineas a mare. There were no vacancies in his Its for the 1937 and 1938 seasons, so that stud fees for those two years almost made up the remainder of the £50,000 Mr. Benson paid for him. Had all gone well with him it is likely that Windsor Lad would have been returning Mr. Benson a profit during the next season or two. Troubles, however, have overtaken the horse. In September last Windsor Lad was operated on for head trouble. There was a recurrence recently, and some weeks ago it was announced that another operation was necessary. Now it is announced that Windsor Lad will not be aavilable for service this season. The Teddy horse Chrysler 11., a good performer on the Turf in England, who is owned by Mr. Benson and who was standing at the Upend Stud, near Newmarket, will return to Beech House to replace Windsor Lad.