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    MASTHEAD

    Dec 31, 2020 3 minutes

    asthead was by Blue Peter from Schiaparelli, the dam of St Leger winner Herringbone. M He was purchased in England by Mr EA Underwood and joined the good sires Dhoti and Helios at Warlaby Stud in Victoria. Masthead was one of the best staying horses in England and ranked third as a 3yo behind the Derby winner, Pearl Diver, and the St Leger winner, Sayajirao. He was one of the most expensive stallions ever bought for Australia. When Mr D Mackinnon of Mackinnon and Cox, Melbourne bloodstock agents, was in England he purchased Neapolitan from the late

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