SECOND DAY AT AVONDALE

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27397, 9 July 1954, Page 4

SECOND DAY AT AVONDALE

GREAT PETER MAY WIN FURST LEG “The Press” Special Service AUCKLAND, July 8. Several heavy showers have made the ground very soft and it is likely to remain so for the second day of the Avondale Jockey Club’s winter meeting on Saturday. The double will be on the Churchill Handicap and the Waitemata Hack Handicap. Selections are:— 10.45 a.m.—Whau Steeplechase: Best Man, Pictavia Boy, Cotswold. 11.30 a.m.—New Lynn Handicap: Ominous, Teina, New Queen. » 12.15 p.m.—Bledisloe Hurdles: Knight’s Star, High Chancellor, Jewel Denby. 1.5 p.m.—Churchill Handicap: Great Peter, Elixir, Nonpareil. 1.55 p.m.—Champion Hack Plate: Royal Forest, Clancy, Bertha Fox. 2.45 p.m.—Waitemata Handicap: Keneu, Seamaster, Manory. 3.35 p.m.—Plunket Handicap: Niklatu, Grand Beau, Royal Heritage. 4.25 p.m.—Telegraph Handicap: Airzone, Commander; Highland Shndy. Fields and form backgrounds for the double are:— CHURCHILL HANDICAP, Of £l5OO. Onfe mile and three furlongs.

WAITEMATA HACK HANDICAP, Of £BOO. One mile.

TRACK WORK BY n.z. Horses PAPER STRIP AND TESLA IN FORM (N.Z. Press Association—CopyrigM) (Rec. 8 p.m.) BRISBANE, July 8. A brilliantly ran seven furlongs by Paper Strip and Tesla was outstanding amongst several smart cup trials at. Doomben this morning. Paper Strip (Sellwood) defeated Tesla (Hughes) by half a length, with Rising Fast a length and a half away. They ran the seven furlongs in lmin 28isec. At the finish Tesla appeared to have something in reserve. Lancaster (Sellwood) defeated Casa (Williams) comfortably over six furlongs in lmin 161 sec. Lancaster moved freely throughout and showed no signs of soreness on pulling up. There was some slight filling in Lancaster’s off foreleg after he had worked, but it will not be known until later today whether his splendid work-out has affected him. Silver Kingdom looked very fit when he galloped a mile in lmin 54sec. In Step (Sellwood) moved strongly throughout seven furlongs in lmin 30sec.

st. lb. 0042 Great Peter (18) .. ..9 0 1000 Bamsdale (20) .. .. 8 11 3040 Elixir (9) .. ..8 7 1000 Fair Town (6) .. ..8 7 2030 Emphatic (17) .. ..8 4 0010 Refreshing (12) .. ..3 4 0001 Duchess Sal (1) .. ..8 2 0000 Sweet Wren (8) .. ..8 2 4000 Zenette (5) .. .. ..8 2 3230 Brue (10) .. .. ..8 1 0240 Rose of France (2) ..7 13 0240 Golden Idea (16) .. ..7 10 0003 Nonpareil (11) .. .. 7 10 3000 Merrywa (4) .. .. 7 10 0320 Smoke Box (15) .. ..7 8 0300 Lady Caenwood (14) ... ..7 7 1100 Paul Jones (13) .. ..7 7 0000 Lone Star (19) .. ..7 7 0004 Valwatha (3) .. .. ..7 7 0040 Sherwood March (7) .. ..7 7

1033 Keneu (20) st. lb. . 9 6 0001 Red Aster (5) .. . 8 11 0000 Chatfield (24) . 8 11 0000 Lady Kanui (27) . 8 10 4003 Seamaster (18) .. . 8 7 1000 Montreal (17) . 8 7 0020 Pontoon (26) . 8 6 0030 Jay Fox (14) . 8 6 0200 Balmeta (23) . 8 4 4032 Manory (8) . 8 4 0004 Mary Gray (1) .. . 8 4 4020 Resourceful (13) . 8 3 0040 Epic Flight (21) . 8 2 1000 Royal Faun (1) .. . 8 1 0000 Silver Touch (6) .. . 8 1 0000 Intuition (10) . 8 0 0400 Cheval D’Or (4) •• . 8 0 0000 Imagine (15) .. . 8 0 0000 Trench Maid (3) . 8 0 0000 Jiggs (22) . 8 0 0000 Great Acre (7) . • . 8 0 0000 Glamour Boy (19) .. . 8 0 00 Hunting Treasure (9) . 8 0 0000 Denby’s Best (25) . 8 0 0000 Ancient Knight (12) .. . 8 0 0000 Cambridge Blue (2) . 8 0 0004 Peterina (16) . 8 0