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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 16, 1919
Page
6
Breeding and Bloodstock reports describe yearling prospects at Newmarket and Randwick sales, highlighting high quality fillies and colts, including descendants of Saintly lines and famed sires. The piece surveys conformation, potential fast work, and buyer interest ahead of auctions next Tuesday with emphasis on standout yearlings and buyer expectations.
The letter notes Craig’s views on seating and stake options, urging a tower design and predicting spring and autumn trials. It argues highweight handicaps dominate the flat races, condemns suburban course plans, and calls for better catering to elite stakes to preserve registered racing.
Auction at Randwick racing stables features brood mares including Trinobantes in foal and Buckwheat in foal to promising stallions. Notable lots include seven fillies and mares. top mares and stallions linked to Mount Miltsin and Persian Belle, with sale set for the week after Easter.
Messrs Win Inglis and Son announce a mixed sale on April 20 offering the entire estate including the stallion My Poppa with foals and yearlings. The auction features other racing stock such as Honey the Press Track and trainers notes mention Sir Mesquin and Persian stock. The sale emphasizes thoroughbred stock and references notable racing lines and pedigree details.
Mespra. SHE. Chisholm and Co announce yearlings and live stock to be offered on April 25 and 29 at Ramwick stables with catalogs on application. Early consignments include Racing stock and a high pedigree mare Reine with foal, and Vocal Memnon sire at Rock Temple noted for the 1916 Launceston Cup.
A garbled report from the West Australian turf scene discusses The Melens Vale Club and multiple horses, names, and bets with confused phrases. It mentions Officer's Baroulph, Hy Norton's charge, and details about Bakers and Wattle Leaf among others. The piece notes recent lane results and potential contenders, with scattered references to owners, trainers, and race events.
A cluttered report details Sydney jockey TJ Foley and the Hoglandy stables amid a long campaign in E4yDt Snipe politics, with owners and trainers indignant at the governor and urging reform. The piece mentions June meetings, backers, and plans to mobilize interest at the North Bourke amateur scene.
Storay the Great features Carslake rising with Caralake in a London illustrated scene. The piece recalls wartime routes from Moscow to Liverpool and the 1906 jockey hire that brought Carslake to Stefan the Great, detailing owners Messrs Persse and Clarke and the early racing era with vivid, if fragmentary, reminiscence.
Disputed reports describe a meeting of race organizers and jockeys, noting donations to a local hospital, sale of horses, and unsettled questions about trainers and owners. The text mentions Postical-Morel offspring and a wagered blue ribbon line, with references to Belmont Park and upcoming events.
A long pedigree overview of Poethlyn and related racing lineage. It recounts classic wins, stud impact, and connections to major races and figures, noting Poethlyn’s string of achievements including Grand National context, bloodline details, and prominent breeders and owners.
The fragmentary OCR describes a Bownguet Handicap with W Baiistey or Baiistey achieving 1145 in a narrow aggregate, noting ratings from Minnesota and Sydney. It mentions J Wogte and a "ghoustin" and "Frey Grade" with men each scoring over one year, but the garbled text leaves key facts unclear.
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