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Report From Australia Upset of Upsets By Macs Amber By BOB THOMSON THOMSONOur Our Mebourne Correspondent CorrespondentMELBOURNE MELBOURNE Australia Victoria once again dominates the news due to the one two punch of the Melbourne horses in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Warwick Farm The New Zea ¬ landbred Macs Am ¬ ber and his doughty compatriot S a i 1 o rs Guide checked Red crazes allconquering run There was a swell ¬ ing roar of excitement as Macs Amber the big goodlooking son of deceased Amber raced away from the champions to cause one of the greatest wfa upsets in Australian turf history Nineteen years ago Separ Chief downed the mighty Ajax in the Rawson Stakes at Rosehill Odds of 40tol were laid on the handsome Heroic horse Macs Amber the new glamour hope of the Victorian turf stars is now being groomed as the local answer to Sailors Guide Owned by Phil and Norm Rockman Macs Amber Tan the mile and a quarter in 2039 and broke the course record pf 204 shared by lolaus and Bill Wedgewood Bred in New Zealand he is a sweet mover by Marcel Boussacs graceful and handsome Amber whose sire Admiral Drake winner of the Grand Prix1 deParis produced H V Points French im ¬ portation Royal Empire Duvach dam of Macs Amber was bred at Caine Carring tons Hillcrest nursery Sired by Foxbridge she begat the Melbourne Cup winner Hi raji rajiThe The stallion Powerscourt and the fa ¬ mous broodmare Witty Maid had to be destroyed recently in South Australia owning to advancing1 age at the Bowe Neire nursery of their owners Mel and Herman Bowyer They bought those two horses for 325 and from their matings bred 10 foals nine of which won a total of 104 races and earned 497695 in stakes a record for the produce of a sire and dam in Australia Bred by J Mills of Victoria in 1929 Powerscout was by The Night Patrol an imported son of Sted f ast by Chaucer from the flying Tra quette by the Ayrshire horse Traquair tracing to the colonial taproot Sappho by Marquis Powerscourts stock grossed over 500000 Witty Maid was bred in 1930 by Comic Courts trainer J M Cnmmings She was a chestnut mare by Anton King a successful race horse and sire in South Australia from Miss Com ¬ edy by Comedy King Persimmon from Land Mist by the Irishbred Land of Song Llangibby from Smoky by The Welkin Flying Fox from imported Cape Hatteras 1 by William the Third As a fiveyearold Witty Maids best son Comic Court was Australias champion race horse He won 10 of 16 races in ¬ cluding a recordbreaking triumph in the Melbourne Cup CupTodman Todman rated the greatest young horse to grace the Australian turf since Ajax was trounced by Tulloch in the Sires Pro ¬ duce Stakes at Randwick Tulloch winter book favorite for the derbies proved too powerful and raced away from Stanley Woottons Star Kingdom colt to cause the first sensation of the autumn carnival A game and tough colt by the brilliant Big Game horse Khorassan Tulloch saw his clash through with the most dour deter ¬ mination Todman had to survive a photo to get a halfneck decision over Prince Darius for second place This speedy Star Kingdom colt had won his four races in magnificent style but was no match for E A Haleys dual Sires Produce Stakes victor Tulloch stepped the seven furlongs in 125 Vs and will meet Todman in the sixfurlong Champagne Stakes in Rand wick April 25 25Monte Monte Carlo once again holds the spotlight The Dalton stable ace proved his class when he took the AJC St Leger from the West Australian filly Lady Orator with Bernficld third Vic ¬ torias ace colt Summalu challenged Monte Carlo at the home bend but failed to run on With the derbies and I St Leger behind him Monte Carlo has joined a select band of Triple Crown winners The classic was the Lucky Bag Windsor Slipper colts fourth win First money of 5692 increased his earnings to 42612 New Zealand studmaster Ken Austin who imported Lucky Bag bred Monte Carlo from Bobalong by the Nearco horse Lord Bobs from Phar Laps sister Raphis RaphisSince Since former amateur jockey Ken Austin and Sydney trainer F Dalton became as ¬ sociated over two decades ago they haye landed such an important race as the AJC Metropolitan Handicap with illstarred Count Cyrano The New Zealand bred Slogan II a stablemate of Monte Carlo became the third horse in Aussie racing history to win consecutive Doncaster han ¬ dicaps The others were Blue Legend and Mildura a stylish son of the mighty Man ¬ fred Slogan ns brilliant win was a tri ¬ umph for Jack Thompson who served his apprenticeship with Dalton DaltonThompson Thompson has never ridden in better form Macs Amber was gallant in de ¬ feat Fire Dust made a valiant effort to repeat his 1955 win and f ille4 third place Dalton has had offers for Slogan H from U S interests Kingsters fast closing fourth after he had locked one of his hind legs soon after the start was one of the best seen in a big1 mile race at Randwick since Shannons remark ¬ able second in the Epsom Handicap HandicapElectro Electro one of Sydneys best handicap stayers caused a major upset when he won the historic Sydney Cup at Randwick on Easter Monday E R Williams castoff who had finished second to Prince Morvi in the AJC Derby three years ago and chased Rising Fast home in the Caulfield Cup accounted for the opposition with a magnificent final run Aqua Lad made a valiant effort to reach Electro The New Zealand stayer Sombrero was the unlucky horse of the race and came from last to finished third Owned by John Haigh who paid 2500 for the Delville Wood horse a product of the famous Kia Ora Stud has a record of 11 wins one second and eight thirds His stake winnings are 87250
