TRENTHAM FIELDS

Chronicle (Levin), 7 March 1946, Page 6

TRENTHAM FIELDS

-Press Association

issues seem very open

.By'Telegravh-

WE LLIN GTON , March 6. ; -A fair quantity of rain has fallen at Trentham, but Ihe eourse needed it and. with an improvemeut in the weather the going sh.oul d be good for .the opening of the Wellington autumn meeting, Field* will be large and most of the events look very open. ' After .his sut*cess at Masterton Kelmont, Vi'lio lias beeu penalised 41b., will " be in favour for the Kiniu Highweight. iTe-is cjuite well enough bred for a raee of this class and his 9.11 is a liandy weight. Carnforth and Merger wiil benefit through the easing of the turf, and Court Judge would probablv be 1 iuipioved b.v the raee he had at Hawera. Court Judge is also in the SiJvers'.ream Handieap, run over the same distanee under a lighter seale. Another who sliould be proniinent is Phalaria. Two of the candidates for the Plunket Nursery, Hiiaji and Shining King. were runners lu.M weeaend niu] neither was liable to penaltv. Hiraji's forni appears to be good and he sliould raee well again. However, the favourite will probabl'y be Tribute, the brother to Subdued, who made a great impres siou when he won at Woodville and is regarded as a galloper of higli elass. Good form is possessed by Omit, Karaelii, Malauui and Opulent and much is expeete. of Eiying Kobin. Backers might favour Tribute, lliraji and Ely- j ing Kobin. If Kindergarlen lines up for the I North Islaud Chailunge Stakes he will j add to interest m the raee. Iie is eight vears ohl and 1ms not raeed siuce j Januarv .of last year when he won the j Hazlett Gold Cup at Wingatui. Infor- | 'niation lias been reeeived that he is in : fair order, and if that is correet he ! sliould seore his fourth sueeess in the ! raee. His oppommts will iuclude the; good Auckland perfonner Exeter, the ■ New Zealand Derby winner AI->Sirat,j Deprive and the two year-old Zealander. Peter Kobinson is in the raee, but j sooins ino re likely to run in the Railway ' Handieap.

The J'avouiites for the Autumn Handieap, oue mile and a-half, may be t'ound in the upper portion of the list. As a winner on the eourse and over tiie same distanee in January Eoxhaveu j will be oue of the best backed. He will I have 10lb. more to earry, but will still j be expeeted to run a great raee. The | favourite might be Langue d'Or, seeoud i in the Wellington Cup and a plaee | filler at .Masterton last week. Langue d'Or appeals as oue of the most likelv j of the field, iie is trained at Awapuni [ by C. .1. Thomson, who also lias Aletliea j and Saludos in the raee. Aletliea is not J penalised for her Masterton win and j will be expeeted to start. Saludos might | be reserved for tlie Thompson Handi- ,

cap. Lowper and Expanse will earry ■ uorthoni support. The fonner lias been ! verv consisteiP and the latter won the i Auckland ( up. Beca jse of his seeond | to Irish Xote liere in January Catterick j Bridge is entitled to consideration. j Koyal Laneer hua bei n weiglited as a j horse on tlio decline, but southcrners | think he has a elianee. Two of tiie best ; of the iight weights might be Barrage | and Matador. Proniinent in the betting might be Langue d 'Or, Eoxhaveu, I Aletliea, Barrage and .Matador. The Tinakori iiavk Handieap lias not jilrawn a really strong field . Zahra is a ; good hack, but laek of raeing might bc , agaiiisl liiiii. The Kouth Island braeket jGrill and Patmos, will command a lot ! of utteiition. Other liorses witli reeent 1'onti are Specialisl, Baleherrie and j Uavstoek.

i irish Note is sueh a brilliant miler j that he sliould have an exeellent elianee 1 iu the Thompson and is almost certaiu ! to be oue of Ihe fa\ onritos unless the I going is bad. Masler Dash's i'onn in j January was so good tliat he is eapable i of running well in eitlier this or the jEtailw ay JLLciiidicuj). l^iudou is verv j good, but unsouitdness lias troulded liini ! a lot and he might not be Jit for a liard | mile. Irish Nole sliould iind his strongest •opposilion in the' middle of ; the handieap wliere Alderman, Kuri, ! Saludos, Ua Vim-i, Foxealelier and j Bonny Elight eoine in. Alright, thougli I difficult to folJo w, is always u possibillityanda good Iight w eight is Gav | iSlroUer. Irish Xote, Ua Yiaei, Saludos

anu xviuennan riiouki run weJi. ! Despite his big weight ( 1 0.2; .Masler j Dasli might run a great raee in the j Railway. However, the favourite is ; likely to be Peter Kobinson, decisive j winner of Ihe Wellington .Stakes. If ! Uonegal Buy reproduees the form slie j revoaied wlien she iinished a elose tliird ! in the TeJegraph Handieap she will be I the hardest to beat. Another possibil- ! ity if he retunis to his best is Gigli. ! j Magic Ari \s Feilding form was good | enougii to give her a great elianee in j j the Silverstream Hack Handieap. The j j opposition ineludes (iynerio. Leighon'sj j Glorv, Blauket and t'uba and also i Court Judge and Carnforth, who are j engaged in the highweight. Backers ' might favour Magic Art and (if they j are reserved for this raee} - Carnforth and Court Judge.

WELLINGTON SCRATCHING I' ortune's Smile was scratelied for the Autumn Handieap, tlie main event at Trentham on Saturday, at 12.3 0 p.in on Tuesday. PROGRESS OF FINDON. Lates! reports from Woodville state Lhat Findoli is standing up to his preparation, alt-kough he lias not been asked anything. of a verv serious natare. He is booked to leave for Trentham on Eriday to fulJill his eugagement in the Thompson Handieap. Al'ter being off the seeue for 15 months, the brilliant grey galloper made his reappearanee at the Woodville meeting last month, when he looked very big in condition and it is questionable whether he is yet ready to run out a solid mile. C. 11. Maekie will probably ride him on Saturday. ' INTERESTING CLASH Those smart twoqvear-olds iMajesty and Beau le Havre, are set to meet at. level weights at Ellerslie 011 Saturday and speeulatiou is keen among nortlierii I sportsmen as to vvhieh is the belter. Beau le Havre was said not to have been at his best 'when he failed in the | ' Eoal Stakes aml Koyal Stakes at the Auckland summer meeting, up to which time his form had been outstanding. Mnjosty is still 011 the up grndo- and he

' ! looks like being tlie favourite. a soutiiern prospect j ^ According to southern reports Bonny EJight reeorded an eneouragmg Thomp sun llamlieap trial by her win in the March Handieap at Wingatui last Saturday. The joumey was only six fur iougs, but the Salmagundi mare was going away at the fimsh. At Trentham in Uctober she went two really good ruees and in the Awatea Handieap, of seven furlongs, looked decidedly unlueky to be beaten into fourth by^Kami•iourt, Gult Stream aud Joygiver when •••arrying S.2.

kindergarten doubtful The fact that Kindergarten did 1101 arrive at Trentham yesterday in com -any with his stablemate, Little JBilly seems to indicate that the chamjjion will not be 011 kand to contest the North Island Challenge Stakes on Saturday. trainer arrested. Poliee, who under a magisteri,al order had been investigating the alleged doping of raeehorses today brouglit the -Australian, Alex Higgins, a former traiuer, before a loeal magistrate. He was arfested on the Bombay racecourse 011 Saturday. A poliee oflieer'told the court that a syee (Jndian groom) 'employed by Higgins had also been arrested. The magistrate released Higgins on bail. The Koval Western Indian Turf Club warned Higgius 0ff the eourse severai months ago.