Oh Johnny Heads Sutphin Handicap: Matches Strides With Four Rivals in Jamaica Feature; Pine Echo Likely Favorite, Daily Racing Form, 1957-05-03

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Oh Johnny Heads Headsx x Sutphin Handicap HandicapMatches Matches Strides With Four Rivals in Jamaica Feature Pine Echo Likely Favorite FavoriteJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 2 Mrs Wallace Gilroys Oh Johnny heads a select Held of five in Fridays featured Sutphin Handicap here at Jamaica with a moderate 122 pounds The sixfurlong distance rath ¬ er than the weight is expected to be troublesome for the son of Johns Joy who disappointed during the winter but won the Fountain of Youth Withers and Trav ¬ els last year and got part of the purse in no less than 10 other stakes stakesHedley Hedley Woodhouse is again slated to ride rideEddie Eddie Siravos Pine Echo and M J Rob insons Singer are equally weighted at 11 pounds while Keswick Stables Informant carries 117 and Jacques D Wimpfheimers New Holland is the lightweight of the band with 116 116Pine Pine Echo looms a shortpriced favorite in this dash with Eddie Arcaro in the sad ¬ dle The New Englander who finished sec ¬ ond to Jet Action in the Faumonok last out after setting the pace into the stretch has been training cleverly and seems sharp enough to open up a long lead here hereSinger Singer finished eighth in the Paumonok after an impressive victory at Gulfstream Park and has appeared somewhat sour in the mornings He is to be ridden by Jimmy CombestSterling Combest Sterling to Ride Informant InformantInformant Informant who will be ridden by Raul Sterling won his last start here April 22 just lasting to score by a head over the favored Golden East The son of Spy Song will probably try to vie for the lead with Pine Echo but doesnt seem to have that horses brand of speed speedNo No rider has been named as yet for New Holland who finished a tiring third behind War Piper and St Amour II last out That race was an improvement over New Hol ¬ lands previous outing in which he stopped all over overThe The Sutphin Handicap is the sixth event on Fridays program and is followed by the Freeport Purse forfillies and mares at a mile and a sixteenth This test has drawn a field of six including C T Chenerys Next Day and Colonnade Farms Mabe Cee who raced in a sixfurlong sprint here Tuesday Next Day finished third behind Pro Bono and First Asking with Mabe Cee a tiring fifth fifthThe The others in this test are Ralph Lowes Fleurlea Brookmeade Stables Floral Park Circle M Farms Medal Play and Pin Oak Farms Lets Face It ItMedal Medal Play only needs to repeat her last race here to be very dangerous but the Citation filly is anything but a model of consistency Last out she won a slow six furlongs over Pillow Fight She will be rid jden by Woodhouse


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