Portofino Is True Aristocrat
By "Cardigan"
Yesterday afternoon, in company with Messrs E. A. and H. A. Underwood, I went to R. Sinclair’s stables at Williamstown to inspect Portofino, who was recently imported from England, and who will commence stud duty at "Warlaby" Stud this coming season.
PORTOFINO is a particularly nice dark chestnut horse, and it is easy to understand Mr Underwood’s enthusiasm concerning him. Since being in Australia, Portofino has done well, and to keep him fit he has been allowed to do steady work at Williamstown. He is a very evenly made horse, standing, I should say, about 16.1 hands high, and shows a lot of quality. He resembles Claro to a remarkable degree, and those racegoers who remember Claro winning the Cantala Stakes at Flemington a few years ago, can visualise Portofino by recalling the appearance of that good horse. Portofino is a masculine type, with little white, and he will make up into a magnificent stallion. As
