The Archive · 1889

John Peel's grey Leap Year

33 Sandor's cream Joker, The field consisting of ten evenly matched ponies got off to a splendid start on the third essay, Syreezer slightly len and the rest very close together. was leading at the Loong-fei with Chance close up and the two changed places and were then joined by Leap Year near the j, Violent and El Dorado racing together in the rear. Joker was first at the Pimile, Leap Your second, but Victor got the lead at the mile, where Mont Brécent pressed Joker for second place; Leap Year fourth. Victor led at the Monument on the first round, and passed the stand first, Joker, Leap Year and Mont Prevent com ing next and in this order they passed ovolo idivon got the lead Orbit which he hel all the way round to the bushes, where he was headed by El Dorado who proved a stayer to the finish and won by two lengths, Joker and Victor racing for slurd place, the result being in favour of the latter who was a good third, Joker fourth, Leap Year fifth. Time, 5.: 35.

Pari-mutuel—Victor 47, Joker 23, Leap Year 51, Mont Bréveut 1, ''Squeezer 11, Chance '2 El Dorado 116, Gridiron 131. Total 382.

—Tue Coxsozarios Cer—Value, Tls.

100—For Ponies that have run at this Meeting and not won a Race~-Weight for inches as per scale—Entrance, T 5—Once Round.

John Peel's dun Orlando MeCullagh's chestnut Pre Buxey's grey Arabic Mouatt's grey Daphne

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