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Aquanita: Sterling silver cigarette box engraved on lid…
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Melbourne
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25-Jul-2020
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Aquanita: Sterling silver cigarette box engraved on lid 'Victoria Racing Club, In the Prescence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on 23rd February 1963, Duke of Edinburgh Stakes, One Mile, Standard Weight For Age, Won By Messrs Jh & W Thomas Aquanita, Trainer Rj Shaw, Rider F Moore, Weight 9st.1lb. Time 1-37.3', made by W.Drummond & Co, Melbourne. [Aquanita was a WA horse who was almost invincible in 1962 wfa races winning the Underwood, Turnbull, Cox Plate, Mackinnon Stakes and the special VRC Duke of Edinburgh Stakes. His bravest run was third in the Melbourne Cup at an unsuitably long distance. Aquanita was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2018].
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