WALTERS TO RIDE AT FLEMINGTON

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31098, 29 June 1966, Page 4

WALTERS TO RIDE AT FLEMINGTON

"The Press" Special Service AUCKLAND. G. A. Walters, the leading; jumping rider in New Zea-1 land this season, left for Mel-| bourne yesterday to ride in the Grand National Hurdles at Flemington on Saturday. Walters had eight or nine telephone calls at his Matamata home on Monday—mostly from owners and trainers who offered him rides at Avondale on Saturday.

An unexpected caller was the Melbourne trainer, G. Hanlon, who offered him the ride on Exactly, which is on the seventh line of favouritism for the Grand National Hurdles at Flemington. Walters, aged 22, who won the Great Northern Hurdles earlier this month on Macdon-i aid as well as the Waikato; Steeplechase last month onj Ringlock, agreed to be at Flemington tomorrow to school the horse in his final trial. Walters intends to return home on Sunday to ride Lady’s Boy at the WanganuiEgmont hunt meeting the next Wednesday and Ring-

lock in the Wellington I Steeplechase at Trentham in . July. j Exactly was regularly ridj den until last month by the former New Zealand jockey, P. Mohi. Mukupai Fit At Levin i I "The Press” Special Service LEVIN. Tbe Whyte Handicap candi--1 date. Mukupai, worked i p’easingly at Levin yesterday in I preparation for Ms Trentham I engagement. The course proper, which was extremely heavy and I cutting out. was open 40ft from i the rayls for fast work. | Mukupai (K. A. Aitken) 'started at the mile and a I quarter peg. but was not raised ‘ from a trot until approaching ' the five furlongs. He ran from I there in Imln 10 4-ssec, the final three furlongs in 41 4-ssec. Mukupai appeared little troubled by the heavy ground and was gaMopdng well within himself at the finish. Gus <W. D. Skelton), which will race against Mukupai at Trentham. covered five furlongs in Imin ISsec. He was blowing a little after Ms trial, but has had an easy time since his winning runs at Awapuni.