Riverton Pair’s Sound Trial At Hastings

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31092, 22 June 1966, Page 4

Riverton Pair’s Sound Trial At Hastings

HASTINGS. Two members of W. J. Hillis’s touring Riverton team of jumpers Koral and Blffel Tower, provided the highlights of yesterday's activity at Hastings when horses prepared for ‘he first day of the Hawkes Bay winter meeting on Saturday. Koral, »hich fafied ‘o /trlke top form at Ellerslie, gave » brilliant display of schooling over nine st eei*e<hase fen«« on the course Proper, reveling tn the firm going Bffe* Jower schooled over hurd.es m tne centre and also unpressea. McDonald and Turtle, othej members of H»s’s team, were let off with light aid will race in the open hurdles on the second day.

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High Disdain, which vHi represent the stable of D. Jones in the Winter Handicap. The Mg steeplechase fences on the course proper presented no problem to Koral (Hillis), who schooled with Strickland (Mlritana), a novice sister to Solitude. Koral was soon in charge and jumped brilliantly. He outclassed Ims rival, which eventually crashed at the last fence. On this effort, Koral must be hard to beat in the Hawke’s Bay Centennial Steeplechase. Eiffel Tower (HUMS) schooled over six hurdles with Scot (Treweek) and Golden Dome Miritana) and after recovering from a setback when Ma rider lost an iron at the first hurdle, he was most impressive. He should be hard to beat in the Wbakatu Hurdles. ft