Turf Monthly

BONIFORM

Australasian (Melbourne, Vic.: 1864 - 1946), Saturday 22 July 1939, page 15

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FAMOUS SIRE: BONIFORM

WHEN about 40 years ago Mr. G. G. Stead purchased the Sheen mare Otterden in England and brought her to New Zealand he could not have foreseen the remarkable Influence Otterden has had in breeding and racing in this part of the world. Otterden produced two notable sires in Martian and Boniform, and one of her descendants is Manfred, whose son The Trump won the Caulfield and Melbourne Clips a couple of years ago. Otterden was in foal to Martagon when Mr. Stead purchased her, and

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