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(23 Mar 1975)
GV Msida Greek & harbour. GV ditto with fleet in dock in Valletta Harbour. GV frigates in dock. CU Malta Racing Club sign above gates. SV crowd at race course & band playing. GV horses & jockeys out on course warming up for trotting race (jockeys in cabs). SV pan 75 year old trotting jockey in buggy (7). FV jockeys warming up on course with horses for trotting race. BV crowd. GV start of trotting race, pan with two riders. SV pan rider. FV pan rider toward & past camera. FV pan ditto. FV pan rider toward and past camera. CU man with binoculars. GV trotting race pan as No 15 wins. SV horses being walked out No 1. SV ditto No 6. SV woman jockey behind horse holding saddle pan to another woman jockey. FV woman jockey being helped up onto horse. SV ditto (another horse) No 5 Mrs J Calvert. FV horse & jockey being lead out to tracks, horse JG - Mrs D Bissill (rider). SV horses & jockeys being paraded Nos 1 and 2. SV ditto No 4 (winner). SV crowd. SV starter starting race. FV riders starting off but a false start pan with man bringing horse to standstill. GV crowd. GV pan to BV real start. GV crowd. GV pan race in progress, Nos 4 & 2 neck & neck, 4 wins by a nose. CU result board 1st No 4, 2nd No 2, 3rd No 6, 1st Current Arrest ridden by Miss B Sanders. LV winner Current Arrest riding into enclosure whip pan SV Mrs J Gibson being presented with model of Gozo Boat for getting most points during day's racing.
STORYLINE:
Marsa Race Track was the venue for the Kursall Flat Handicap, one of the first races for Lady Jockeys in Malta. ® The winner of this seven furlong race was Current Arrest, ridden to victory by Brooke Sanders.
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(23 Mar 1975)
GV Msida Greek & harbour. GV ditto with fleet in dock in Valletta Harbour. GV frigates in dock. CU Malta Racing Club sign above gates. SV crowd at race course & band playing. GV horses & jockeys out on course warming up for trotting race (jockeys in cabs). SV pan 75 year old trotting jockey in buggy (7). FV jockeys warming up on course with horses for trotting race. BV crowd. GV start of trotting race, pan with two riders. SV pan rider. FV pan rider toward & past camera. FV pan ditto. FV pan rider toward and past camera. CU man with binoculars. GV trotting race pan as No 15 wins. SV horses being walked out No 1. SV ditto No 6. SV woman jockey behind horse holding saddle pan to another woman jockey. FV woman jockey being helped up onto horse. SV ditto (another horse) No 5 Mrs J Calvert. FV horse & jockey being lead out to tracks, horse JG - Mrs D Bissill (rider). SV horses & jockeys being paraded Nos 1 and 2. SV ditto No 4 (winner). SV crowd. SV starter starting race. FV riders starting off but a false start pan with man bringing horse to standstill. GV crowd. GV pan to BV real start. GV crowd. GV pan race in progress, Nos 4 & 2 neck & neck, 4 wins by a nose. CU result board 1st No 4, 2nd No 2, 3rd No 6, 1st Current Arrest ridden by Miss B Sanders. LV winner Current Arrest riding into enclosure whip pan SV Mrs J Gibson being presented with model of Gozo Boat for getting most points during day's racing.
STORYLINE:
Marsa Race Track was the venue for the Kursall Flat Handicap, one of the first races for Lady Jockeys in Malta. ® The winner of this seven furlong race was Current Arrest, ridden to victory by Brooke Sanders.
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