But Ray Fletcher's widow
stoutly defended her husband, who died in 1991 at 69.
Matters were not helped by a dislocated little finger that restricted Fabulous Flournoy but Bullets
stoutly defended their advantage.
Bulls coach Steve McNamara said: "We scored enough points in dreadful conditions and defended
stoutly to prevent Wigan from creating enough chances.
A 5-2 chance ridden by Torsten Mundry, Konig Turf hit the front two furlongs out and stayed on
stoutly to beat last year's winner Tiberius Caesar by a length and three-quarters.
The case to permanently erase the findings on Mr de Klerk, who
stoutly denies them, will now be heard on March 4.
But the footballer-turned-actor, who was cleared in a criminal trial and
stoutly maintains his innocence, said he would never admit he was guilty of a crime that he did not commit.
Wearing blinkers for the first time, Hi Cloy edged ahead before the third last fence and stayed on
stoutly to keep One Cool Cookie and Knight Legend at bay.
However, Septimus should be given plenty of credit for the way he knuckled down under pressure, this once-raced maiden winnershowing his inexperience before running on
stoutly into a strong headwind.
Striker Gary Whyte struck a hat-trick, including two penalties, in the league leaders' 3-0 win over Buckie Thistle, who caved in after defending
stoutly for 56 minutes.
It was a tough period but we defended
stoutly, turned the ball over and relieved our line."
North Queen continued Peter Schiergen's brilliant year, staying on
stoutly to beat Wurfscheibe by two lengths, with another Schiergen charge, Wells Present, a further length and a quarter back in third.
They found it tough going as Ipswich defended
stoutly and were relieved to get their dubious penalty.