Turf Monthly

MUTABLE

Australasian (Melbourne, Vic.: 1864 - 1946), Saturday 20 March 1937, page 21

Stud Notes by Sterling

MUTABLE

WHEN Mutable won the Australian Cup brilliantly on Saturday, March 6, most people were surprised that a son of Drake would be able to stay out a soundly run two miles and a quarter. Drake has been better known as a sire of sprinters rather than stayers, but in this case Mutable has proved the exception. He really is a soundly bred horse, and no doubt he obtains his staying blood from his dam, Varium. Bred

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