Winooka Makes 1934 Debut: Australian Sprint Champion to Start in Special Race at Churchill Downs Today., Daily Racing Form, 1934-05-16

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WINOOKA MAKES 1934 DEBUT Australian Sprint Champion to Start Startin in Special Race at Churchill ChurchillDowns Downs Today The field for the race in which Winooka makes his debut follows PP Horse Wt Jockey 1 tEbony Lady 115 C Corbett 2 Winooka 122 L Humphries 3 t Advising Anna 115 C Corbett 4 Open Hearth 122 E Pool 5 Cactus Rose 104 H Schutte 6 Dartle 109 J Cassard CassardfRookwood fRookwood Farm Stable and Mrs Jack Howard entry LOUISVILLE Ky May 15 Winooka Aus ¬ tralian sprint champion and recordholder makes his 1934 and sixyearold debut at Churchill Downs here tomorrow when he will attempt to outsprint five fast native equine stars over the six furlongs distance in the 2000 Antipodes Purse a special event especially designed to bring the outlander into action actionAlthough Although Winooka is regarded as one of the fastest if not the leading sprinter cam ¬ paigning in this country at this time to ¬ morrows contest will be waged on a muddy or possibly even more unfavorable racing strip a factor against the invader invaderReady Ready to oppose the big bay son of Wind ¬ bag and Kanooka are the threeyearolds Dartle and Cactus Rose and the older Advis ¬ ing Anna Open Hearth and Ebony Lady The weights are level though ten pounds under the scale Winooka and Open Hearth taking up 122 pounds each Ebony Lady and Advising Anna 115 each Dartle 109 and Cactus Rose 1Q4 1Q4Wintered Wintered at Bernard B Jones Audley Farm in Virginia Winooka has trained mar velously since reaching Douglas Park here almost three months ago and Michael Pol son who is in charge of the foreigner be ¬ lieves that he will prove more of a sensation during the coming season than in any of his Australian campaigns campaignsThere There is no telling just what he can do said Poison the other day He is in great condition far better than last year and every American race fan will want to see him himIn In a public trial at Churchill Downs ten days ago Winooka had Advising Anna at his mercy at every stage of the half mile over which they performed when he clicked off the four furlongs of that public exhibi ¬ tion in 46 and was only breezing Ad ¬ vising Anna believed to have had up from five to eight more pounds than the Aus ¬ tralian in the trial was not disgraced and will tomorrowIn be out to avenge defeat tomorrow In Dartle the Antipodes champion may run into more than he can handle This slashing Everglade Stable threeyearold un ¬ beaten this year has defeated a number of the fastest sprinters here and in his pres ¬ ent form should give the invader plenty of trouble if not a trimming Ebony trimmingEbony Lady stablemate of Advising Anna Open Hearth and Cactus Rose are also in fine form Open Hearth having accomplished a meetingWith mile in 136 early in the meeting With clear skies promised Churchill Downs may be well crowded for this inter ¬ national affair It will be run as the sixth event on a program of eight races


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