Lucky Draw Belmont Arrivals; to Start in Wood Saturday, Daily Racing Form, 1944-04-21

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Lucky Draw Belmont Arrival; To Start in Wood Saturday JAMAICA. L. I.. N. Y., April 20.— Trainer r W. F. "Bert" Mulholland arrived at Belmont t Park last night from Erdenheim Farm, near A Philadelphia, with Lucky Draw, Roseville ,i and Fleettown, owned by George D Wid-ener, Philadelphia patron. Mulholland said that Lucky Draw would make his seasonal debut in the Wood Memorial Saturday at I Jamaica. The Kentucky Derby status of the colt, a son of Jack High— Tatanne. by St. James, will be decided following the running of the Wood. In that race he will be ridden by jockey John Longden, who, should the homebred start in the Derby, , also will have the mount in the Kentucky classic. Lucky Draw won four of his ten starts as a juvenile. Platter, rated by many as the best three-year-old prospect, is at the farm, and, in I company with the other members of the stable, will be shipped to Belmont Park | r t A ,i I I I next week. Platter will not start in the 1 Derby but will be pointed for the Preakness. ! his first major engagement. Mulholland I j hopes to start the colt at least once in an i overnight race before his Preakness engage- ment.


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