TROTTING Meadow Scott Selected In Forbury Second Leg

Press, Volume C, Issue 29505, 5 May 1961, Page 5

TROTTING Meadow Scott Selected In Forbury Second Leg

Meadow Scott, a good third in the corresponding race last week, is selected to win the Pacific Handicap, the second leg of the double on the final night of the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s winter meeting j tomorrow. Form in the Renown Handicap last week should prove to be a better guide to prospects in the Pacific Handicap than form in the Winter Handicap, which drew a field similar to that which will contest the Queen's Handicap, the first leg of the double tomorrow.

■ The Winter Handicap was ' run at a muddling pace last ’ week and the race was i marred by considerable jost- , ling. The pace was solid throughout the Renown Handicap on the first night and few excuses could be offered for the beaten horses. Cardigan Bay. an easy winner last Saturday, is absent from the Pacific Handicap field, which could well result in Meadow Scott gaining his fourth win for the season. I Last week his driver, R. P. \ Nyhan, was a victim of circumstance. He began to ■ improve at the end of tw-o I furlongs, but the pace went ! on and he was left three i wide without a trail in a I bunched field. Nyhan had < no option but to remain ; where he was. i Meadow Scott was co-leader with Oreti over the last two furlongs and he was far from disgraced when he finished only a length behind his speedy southern

rival. Cardigan Bay, with Johnny Dean beating him by a nose for second. Meadow Scott appears to have overcome the waywardness which marked some of his recent racing and now that he is back to form, he should win several races in quick time. Johnny Dean will be the hardest for him to beat. This smart Johnny Globe four-year-old was awkwardly placed on the rails for most of last week’s race and he had to be pulled very wide on the track to challenge Inside the furlong. Once tn the open he finished in grand style and was unlucky tc run up against a pacer of the calibre of Cardigan Bay Checked Last Week Medoro Star looked to be pacing fairly well handy to the lead when he was checked and sent to a tangle near the two furlongs. Even so he was not far away in fifth place. With better fortune. he could be harder to beat. He will again be bracketed with Falsehood, which finished a good eighth last Saturday. Falsehood began smoothly and he was not so far away at the three furlongs. However. he found It impossible to make up his handicap of 36 yards in a strongly-run race. If the pace is not so strong this week and he makes the same good beginning. he could be in at the finish. Calumite and Young Kim are first-night winners making a first appearance in this company. Both won decisively. Young Kim being most Impressive in his twomile victory as he was mated more as a sprinter than a v.aver before the race. Both horses are in fine form at present and they should be capable of a bold showing. Abu S ; mbel ended his run of wins and placings when

he tangled near the two furlongs in last week’s race. At that stage he looked to be pacing comfortably. That might have been only a temporary lapse. His previous form was of a sufficiently high standard to give him more than an outside chance Good Fourth Master Alan was a good fourth in the Renown Handicap, making up a lot of ground from the middle of the field at the half-mile. He seldom paces a bad race and given a suitable run, he could easily upset calculations. Oreti and Mary Mavis were sixth and seventh respectively last week, both of them pacing useful races. They look well and could again be prominent, but it is hard to see them troubling Meadow Scott. Faru. a winner at three of his last four starts, is an interesting newcomer to this field. The My Chief four-year-old has shown outstanding form over all distances in Southland tn recent months, while he was a winner in saddle at Forbury Park in the spring. A high opinion is held of this young pacer and he could well prove capable of taking part in the finish.