Rainbird easily defeated the favorite, Silver Link, in the 1945 Victory Melbourne Cup yesterday. South Australian owned and trained, bred in Victoria and ridden by a Sydney jockey, she gave the result an inter-State flavor. Rainbird was a chance and lucky ride for Sydney jockey, W. Cook, who did not engage ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,314 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.--Hastily summonded to the bedside of his dying father recently, Jockey Billy Cook asked, "Is ...
Article : 55 wordsSo hard did W. Cook ride home Rainbird that he could not walk comfortably for some time after the race. His constant kicking had brought large blisters to his heels. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 851 wordsThe victory of Rainbird in the Melbourne Cup was largely due to a combination of stout blood lines. Bred at Cavendish by Mr. M. Reid, Rainbird is a half-sister to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 432 wordsTotalisator records went by the board for the Victory Melbourne Cup. The aggregate through the machines totalled £232,304 5, ...
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Advertising : 87 wordsThe West Australians Rubontine (G. Woods) and Nullabung (H. McCloud) both worked impressively at Epsom yesterday. They were in ...
Article : 115 wordsAdelaide owners have had a most successful meeting--and still have the last day of the meeting, and Norwich in the ...
Article : 90 wordsMr. A. V. Kewney, secretary of the V.R.C., estimated the Cup day attendance at 105,000, it included a large number of ...
Article : 39 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.--The running of the Melbourne Cup race was of greater importance to the employes of the Frank G. O'Brien ...
Article : 115 wordsCourse scratchings reduced the big field in the Railway Highweight to 26 and the demand for David's Last, a well-performed ...
Article : 277 wordsRainbird's 1945 Melbourne Cup will ever be remembered in racing circles as the work of her veteran trainer, Mr. Sam Evans, a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 42 wordsMystery surrounded the presentation of a gold-mounted riding whip to the winning jockey of the Melbourne Cup (W. Cook) last ...
Article : 132 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.--A tense hush hung over Sydney from 3.25 this afternoon to hear the Melbourne Cup run. In factories, ...
Article : 267 wordsTwo Oaks candidates from Men tone, who are likely to do well on Saturday are Irish Gem and Rose Bay. Irish Gem has ...
Article : 108 wordsSt. Fairy was first away with Immediate and Silver Link, Rainbird also being prominent. After the field had settled down ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 264 wordsMr. Cliff Reid, vice-chairman of the Adelaide Racing Club, chooses the prefix "rain" for all his racehorses, but he wished ...
Article : 116 wordsWorking 30 feet from the rails on the course proper at Mentone yesterday. Cider Glow (L. Tournier), who bad the company of Siesta (R. ...
Article : 88 wordsAUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The New Zealand Cup favorite. Signal Officer, was badly singed during a fire at R. E. McLellan's stable ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 7 Nov 1945, Page 4
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