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...Winooka, thoroughbred Australian sprint champion who made his Eastern debut fortnight ago by finishing a miserable last (TIME, Nov. 6): two six-furlong races, at Pimlico...
Turf folk at the Laurel, Md. track one day last week crowded into the paddock of a big, handsome bay stallion, nearly 17 hands high, with a high-poised head and well-spaced eyes-Winooka, fastest sprinter of Australasia. Winooka was unheard-of outside Australia until last year when, a four-year-old, he won eight of 13 starts, failed only once to finish in the money. Of those races the greatest was the Doncaster Handicap in which he broke the late famed Phar Lap's Australasian record for the mile. Carrying 139 lb., Winooka...
Although Equipoise was supposed to be retired to stud after his race last month at Havre de Grace, Sportsman Whitney welcomed the challenge. He stipulated, however, that Winooka should first prove himself "against one or more of our first-class Eastern horses . . in order to show the public his real quality." Manager Naylor was incensed at what he took as a "direct insult to Australian racing." but agreed to enter Winooka at Laurel last week. Meanwhile he continued negotiations over weights and distances for the prospective match with Equipoise. Mr. Whitney consented to race at seven furlongs (seven-eighths...
...crowds at Laurel lustily cheered Winooka as he went to the post last week, the favorite in a field of five. "He's a cinch," boasted Manager Naylor. A moment later Naylor groaned in dismay. Winooka, instead of being out in front, was third at the quarter pole, and his trainers knew he was beaten. Jockey Edgar Britt, an apprentice, seemed to be frozen by stage fright. At the last turn Albert C. Bostwick's Mate, a 4-to-1 shot, cut in front of him from the outside, charged down the stretch to win. Winooka dropped back...
Determined to prove that Winooka had suffered an inexplicable off day, Manager Naylor raced him two days later. He ran creditably behind Springsteel, the favorite, and Admiral Gary Grayson's Hope-to-Do, might have won under smarter riding...
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