RACING Shoal And Fulgent—Double At Blenheim

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28266, 2 May 1957, Page 4

RACING Shoal And Fulgent— Double At Blenheim

Shoal and Fulgent, both Riccarton-trained gallopers, are favoured for the totalisator double, the Marlborough Cup and the Weld Memorial, on the first day of the Marlborough Racing Club’s autumn meeting today.

Shoal is top-weight with 9-0 in the Marlborough Cup. One of her strongest opponents will probably be Scuppered, which improved with each race at Riccarton last week, and beat all but Rhythmonic over a mile and a half in the Sockbum Handicap. The track was soft for the three days of the Canterbury Jockey Club’s autumn meeting, and the conditions showed Scuppered at her best. Shoal has done most of her racing on firm tracks this season, winning twice at Riccarton and once at Wingatui on summer tracks. Unless there is rain today horses which favour summer i tracks will have conditions to their liking. Finito, Hilili, Beau Ray and Desert Cloud have dropped out of the Marlborough Cup. The reduction in the size of the field will also help Shoal, which usually works up to speed slowly but has usually won with powerful runs from well back.

King’s Crest, a winner under high-weight conditions at the Wellington autumn meeting, is expected to be the best of the North Island horses in the cup.

Motueka Scratched Hilili and Motueka are scratchings for the Weld Memorial Handicap. The winner could still come from the top part of the handicap; Kiatoa and Fulgent Mill not go under easily to the best of the light-weights if they recapture their best form.

Kiatoa has raced with credit against some of the top-flight sprinters this .season, and was placed over six furlongs at the Wellington autumn meeting. Fulgent will be one of the smallest horses in the field, but also one of the gamest and nippiest, and his usual good beginning from No. 1 position would have him well placed all the way. Teko has done little racing on the metropolitan courses, but has shown form of some worth at provincial meetings. A firm track will brighten the prospects of this Riccarton-trained sprinter. Jolly Miller and Boneder have been scratched Tor the Waterlea Hurdles, in which Incredible, Brown Baron, and Cristatus should represent Canterbury stables with credit.

Porcelain Prince and Premier Lad have been withdrawn from the Novice Stakes No. 1, and the Riccarton-trained Heathcliffe has been scratched for the second Novice Stakes.

Form Winner Lucky Gay, a close third to Sharp and Sarcelle at Riccarton last Saturday, is the logical form runner for the Juvenile Handicap, for which Hunting Star, Las Vegas, Super View, apd Angelsey are scratchings. A field of six is expected for the Flaxbourne Hack Handicap; and lone and Royal Inca will dominate the betting Both are last-start winners, lone coming to her best form to beat the hack stayers decisively over one mile and a quarter on the second day of the Canterbury Jockey Club’s autumn meeting. Royal Inca, a four-year-old Mid-day Sun gelding from W. McEwan’s Otaki stable, was a winner under high-weight conditions at Tauherenikau on April 22. There will be nearly a capacity field for the Picton Hack Handicap, but the top-weight, Golden Warrior, will be a firm favourite, and should justify that position if he has held his form. This Someo colt showed ability to beat the hack sprinters over one mile at Tauherenikau on April 22 after being slowest away. Shahnui, lone, and Floral Crest have been scratched for the Picton Handicap. Selections:—

11.30 a.m.—Waterlea Hack Hurdles: Incredible, Brown Baron, Cristatus. 12.10 p.m.—Novice Stakes No. 1: Uproar, Olympic Torch, Moordale. 12.50 ° p.m.—Juvenile Handicap: Lucky Gay, Vivien Leigh, Golden Ribbon. 1.40 p.m.—Marlborough Cup: Shoal, Scuppered, King’s Crest. 2.25 p.m.—Novice Stakes No. 2: Brian’s Boy, Roseabell, Marveen. 3.5 p.m.—Flaxbourne Hack Handicap: lone, Royal Inca. 3.55 p.m.—Weld Memorial Handicap: Fulgent, Teko, Kiatoa. 4.40 p.m.—Picton Hack Handicap: Golden Warrior, Cerise, Nehru. Fields, with form, are:—

WATERLEA HACK HURDLES, Of £250. One mile and five furlongs. 4030 Incredible (5) 10 0 0000 Brown Baron (2) 9 13 0000 Cristatus (4) .. •• 9 4 0000 Burlwood (7) .. •• 9 0 0000 Nile Valley (3) 9 0 0000 3000 Private Angelo (8) Royal Display (9) 9 0 9 0 Scratched: Jolly Miller, Boneder. NOVICE STAKES No. 1, Of £175. Seven furlongs. st. lb. 0 Avalanche (10) .. 8 10 0000 Grand Choice (8) 8 10 4000 Sir Prize (11) ' .. .. 8 10 0024 Uproar (6) .. •• 8 10 00 Ararimu (2) .. .. 8 8 0 Lyn’s Ribbon (7) 8 8 0324 Moordale (3) 8 8 00 Olympic Torch (9) Panoramic (1) .. 8 8 8 8 Scratched: Porcelain Prince, mier Lass. JUVENILE HANDICAP, PreOf £200. Five furlongs. Two-year-olds st. lb. 0020 Vivien Leigh (2) 8 0 0243 Lucky Gay (18) 7 12 0 Happy Luca (14) Harksheen (10) .. 7 9 7 9 0 Enniskerry (5) .. 7 9 0 Triple Gold (4) 7 9 0000 Beejay (15) 7 8 00 Golden Ribbon (7) 7 8 00 Lake Gilpin (12) .. 7 8 0000 Blue Tip (11) .. 7 7 0000 Come On Boy (9) 7 7 000 Fern (19) 7 7 00 Robes (16) 7 7 0000 Summerhill (20) 7 7 0 Prince Delaware (3) 7 7 00 Awatere (6) 7 7 0000 Emulation (21) 7 7 Scratched: Hunting Star, Vegas, Super View, Angelsey. MARLBOROUGH CUP, Las Of £550. One mile and three furlongs, st. lb. 3020 Shoal (1) 9 0 0000 Chateau (5) 7 13 3230 Benefactor (10) .. .. 7 12 0020 King’s Crest (8) 7 10 3042 Scuppered (2) .. 7 9 4000 Goldwyn (12) .. 7 4 0000 Kiaree Beau (6) 7 4 0000 Peter Bruce (9) 7 4 0000 Saunter (14) 7 4 0000 Super Corn (13) 7 4 Scratched: Finito, Beau Ray, Desert Cloud. Hilili. NOVICE STAKES No. 2, Of £175. Seven furlongs. st. lb 0333 Brian's Boy (2) .. 8 10 000 Royal Serenade (5) .. 8 10 O00G Sirrah (3) Arion Leigh (4) .. , .. 8 10 8 8 0 Lady Barker (7) 8 8 0000 Lady Valenta (1) 8 8 0000 Marveen (11) .. r 8

0000 Night Patrol (8) ..8 8 00 Roseabell (10) .. ..8 8 0040 Slip o’ Heather (6) ..8 8 Scratched: Heathcliffe. FLAXBOURNE HACK HANDICAP, Of £200. One mile and three furlongs.

st. lb 3231 Royal Inca (3) .. 9 0 0031 Ione (5) 8 9 0013 Instanter (2) 8 0 0000 Ngahuia (1) 7 13 0200 Meteorologist (6) 7 11 0000 Burlwood (4) 7 7 E. A. WELD MEMORIAL HANDICAP, Of £375. Seven furlongs. st. lb 0020 Kiatoa (8) 9 0 1000 Fulgent fl) .. 8 10 1000 Beau Ray (9) .. 8 4 4033 Vita Glow (7) .. 8 0 0240 Teko (4) 7 10 0000 Assembly (11) 7 10 0000 Appreciate (2) 7 9 0000 Nile Valley (12) 7 5 0040 Greenwood (5) 7 5 0104 Jesse James (6) 7 5 0000 Super Corn (13) 7 5 Scratched: Motueka, Hilili. PICTON HACK HANDICAP, Of £200. Seven furlongs. st. lb 0301 Golden Warrior (21) 8 12 0000 Tar we (10) 8 9 3100 Beau Revere (6) 8 6 0001 Cerise (4) 8 3 0000 Dellar (19) 8 1 2000 Sfcyrain (14) 8 0 0200 Nehru (7) 7 12 0304 Scottish King (12) 7 10 1320 C’est si Bonne (9) 7 10 000 Passchenedaele (15) 7 9 2213 Saorita (5) 7 9 0100 Shame (18) 7 8 0000 Balloch Prince (1) 7 7 0000 Moorlight (16) 7 7 0000 Ultimax (13) 7 7 0004 Zami Lyn (3) 7 7 0000 Private Angelo (2) 7 7 0000 Night Patrol (11) 7 7 Scratched: Ione, Shahnui, ’Floral Crest.