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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1962
Page
6
A dense catalog of horse names, riders, and classifications from a racing program. Entries include horses such as MEDIEVAL MAESTRO, MUSTANG, FERRAND, PRINCE CORONATION, and many others with associated riders and statuses like scratched or unlikely, along with race numbers and weight notes. The list features numerous syndicate indicators and performance labels across multiple events and classes.
Selections across multiple categories list horses such as Ara fura Medieval Maestro and Mus tang with best bets on Silver Bore. Other races include Narraweena Leap Wahroongs Encourage Forestville Hcap and Turre wrra Highweight with a mix of entrants like Avian Star Steeplejack and Glorious King dom.
Time Machine ridden by Australian jockey Eddie Cracknell won the Calcutta Derby for three-year-olds over a mile and a quarter yesterday. Owned by Rani P. K. Devi Rana and Mrs. J. P. Dorji Time Machine (5-2) beat Leprechaun by two lengths with Lae Fire a neck away in third among 11 starters.
Makin defeats Sneddon Crick and Sned in singles to win the canberra bowls carnival title at section one. multiple sections list players like Sutton Paymier Punt Hadley Bellchambers Holmesby Hall Yale Crockett Collins Annand Nicholson Thompson Wallace Rumble and others in group play with set scores across sections.
Chief Wongo likely to race at Moonee Valley in a charity meeting approved after New Year’s Eve holiday. Other entries include Sir Lorrient with Geoff Lane aboard, Viewer ridden by Lane, and a Juvenile Stakes split with Scrawl and Dianne’s Love in one division and Bonnie Mary in the other. Royal Centaur leads the Newsboys’ Handicap with 9.9 top weight.
Ian Mc Lachlan and Favell star as Western Australia struggles with fielding lapses. Favell opens with Cunningham and reaches 100 in eight minutes while Hoare Bevan bowlers concede hard hits. Gary Sobers scores 46 amid a day of dropped catches and dropped chances.
Horse meeting names and hind names listed for Randwick and neighboring tracks. Riders and horses include Beverley Hills H cap Mustangs and Arafura, Narraweena H cap Tapamulo and Lucky Bob, plus Magic Night and Cashel Blue. Other entries cover Wahroonga Gay Knight and Pride De Place with Fastest horses among Noble Star and Grammar Lad.
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