17 Dec 1953
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Newspaper
Sydney Sportsman
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 17, 1953
Page
1
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In Moore’s WA absence Neville Sellwood swept Rosehill with four wins reducing Moore’s overall lead to three wins. Moore had 30 winners before last Saturday while Sellwood had closed the gap from seven. Tommy Smith maintains a long lead over Maurice McCarten for the trainers’ premiership.
Westralian shows fine form in final trial while French Echo and Raconteur loom as major threats. Plato Spearby and Bronze Peak also backers’ favorites with Militant Ocean Bound and Dark Fife among other hopefuls in the Villiers field at Rosehill.
Neville Sellwood rode Raconteur in a five furlong trial at Randwick yesterday and the Villiers favorite gave a strong display without showing any fatigue. Trainer Fil Allotta had previously withdrawn the horse from Moorefield due to downhill finishing concerns and later secured permission to trial at Randwick. News of the trial boosted Raconteur to odds-on for Saturday's Villiers Stakes.
Raconteur opens favorite for the Villiers with revised odds near 9/10 as market makers face funding challenges for a Villiers-Summer Cup double. Dark File and Lord Forrest loom in the long race while Bronze Peak draws support after a strong Rosehill run. French Echo, Dark Fire, and Foreign Exchange gain attention. N McGrowdie to ride Foreign Exchange. other runners include Cymbidium and Spearby with ongoing staking activity across the field.
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