Halmahera set to end drought

From: Evening News - Scotland | Date: August 16, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

HALMAHERA has not won for more than three years, but he gets a confident vote in the GBP 50,000 William Hill Great St Wilfrid Handicap (3.55pm) at Ripon tomorrow.

The 23 runners for this six-furlong sprint will be spread right across the track and much will depend upon the draw, but Halmahera has a real touch of class and deserves to land a major prize after a drought of epic proportions.

A classy juvenile in 1997 when his four victories included the Group Three Cornwallis Stakes at Ascot, he was trained for much of his career by Ian Balding, who also saddled him to be runner-up in the ...

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