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Rider Claims
Fall Robbed
Him of Win
BRISBANE, Sunday. —
Apprentice jockey Merv
Maynard declared the hot
favorite Warrah King a
certainty beaten in yes
terday's Doomben Ten
Thousand.
Warrah King, then in fourth
place, came down a furlong
from home, spilling Maynard
in front of the field.' The
jockey miraculously escaped
the flying hooves. -
"We would have won it., I
hadn't asked him. to make an
effort," he told trainer. . Keith
Tlnsori: , -
Coniston finished: with a
great 'burst of speed to beat
Deep Sea by. a length, with the
Sydney horse . Davey Jones
third. ' . . .
Conistori's win ., brought a
double of Ten -Thousands, to
rider Noel. McGrowdie and
trainer Harry Plant. '
Plant had4. won .with Bern-
borough and -McGrowdie oh
Highstrung;
Big Cash Bet
Cellarman, sour before - the
start, never, stretched out. One
cash bet about him was £12,900
to £2000.
Davey Jones put up a re
markable performance. He was
in an almost impossible posi
tion at the turn and 'finished
brilliantly.. -V
Melbourne trainer Basil Con-
aghan was fined £ 50 by the
Q.T.C. stewards for having
nominated Mollundry for the
Doomben Trial, for which she
was - Ineligible.
Conaglian said he -would not
appeal, but would return : to
Melbourne as soon as lie
could.
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