FOR AUTUMN RACING

Chronicle (Levin), 21 March 1946, Page 6

FOR AUTUMN RACING

If entries are a fair' indication/ there are going to- be -plenty horses for the autumn mee'tings. , One "of . the latest ihdicatioiis . of thi$ • ijj the long list of ndmifiatians.for the Wangahiii meeting. Wanganui • wi;ll cla^h* with Rawke 's Bay, but it will- proiiably be found that each fixture'hhs plenty of hprsps. it would'Kave been' vefy interesting to'.gee itoTF. CressiJa 'rau'had she been etarted' in the. maiden-r eveiit at Stratford last wee'kend./ There is .no doubt she would have been favourite; . but the day was wet and the • 'going heavy and she w^a not started.. Whether the con-' dition of the -coufse was the reason for het scratching • ia .not -kn.o'wn, but the Infiatiqn filly has ceft^iniy becohie a figure of interest. '•■Her wiu in the Tara-: naki" Stak.es, regafdless of; her. disqualificatiph for j earrying: the.;wrong Weight, affeets, hef/position in-the-han-dicapS tb the extenl of the best part of two -stone; if ;her weighing for the srx 'furloqg hack- hatidicap at Stratford cam be . taken .as-h guide. In that race she was: weighte'd -~ajt •' 9.4. - Cressida's good- .Rhowing, in the Taranaki Stakes was not - unqxpbcted. She . -had gone within- an dfc'b. of winhing/a minor race at-.Bawera / find. ! appa.refitly . had improVed id the ihterVal; apd if she lines up.ip' a indiil^h -the - public i.will', itot neglect .he'f.,.// 1 ' ' . . ' : 'v . "• v Sttatford-'s/'big' ;diyidfend'; payef,. Fbxlaiid, iS ; a poh. oi Brer . Poi, sire' of the; useful 'Maatef '• Ted;' ; - Foxlafid .has 'not • done' a great .daaFoL ..raeiiig, but Tk.e y/ag '4uietl^-fancie|i;And vVath fhe going:tp .tha.hiuch better' backeil.' k-at^ne'. . Hfe;-is qwhed by. Mr; A,'; Ai- -MaStefS' and is traihed at Hawera-. . R. ^ J;-'iUower,: wlio , still irides occasionallyC ajid-.won the two-year -old racb 'bh/Kpbiuk.'s -p'eward ^ iater/ ia' the day, ■: ^ j .yr* . ; - - . .' has on niore th'in .onp. ddeas.iqn^buf he;, Is'; still. . a 'jroyifie^ tp|e; has iup, 'fafr faces,' un■way'iib*' :at -'St^at40^; .an'Av'the ■ia;-;ane. iit V -f o%e/ ' ■; hig.. /ipaidea|f"a'tu's'! bai'ofe''- th«;'-seasoii; is thfdiighA ??. 'rf. ■- ''aJRpVoy^v'^ilth: /the iit.tfe . qjrp^|ieplje . of: faciiig .. he: has ' hfid ; afliti ih..4as :faic.&a';uh;-:th!e ■'Taranaki ciruuit/'he;^hk^®6.-. excepilpaal '.sj.eed'/ :: He •wa:S-£ 'Vih'n'er /llavVeta;/ah4' TS" ety plypibuth; . hhE hl'^ytrat'fdrd hh yyaa- Oeatbn • ihto^-jiechn^ /^l^®* ;He .vseemSdl unl.uckyfb' ipse i'ah'd^'s-libiild' ubt be tofig fu scoring" agkin. y ^ ; _4liy who might. deyelop goodFhaeh ' She jroji a iuaiden a't the' / Opunake fi'xture ;ahd hi^dh'a vejy credttable showlng •xh the hack: seven -at Stratford/ She is by Lang: JBfian from: Huirau and will iutprpve with seasoping .and experienee. Tlie Reveiat'ioii geiding Seafire, who iS trained. . at Ellerslie, has done well om' visits to Taranaki. At the Christ..uiasi ntimiifgt he 'New^Plyn'iquth' he 'Wo# a hack double," and -this xuonth won the Taranaki Cup. Gontesting the St. PatIlck.'s Handicap at" , Stratford" a week later he failed by piily-a head to overhaul Dink's Own. He was goiiig much the better at the fihish' and would have won in a feiy more strides. Seafire lost through covering : extra ground, but he also covered a fpt- of .extra ground at New Plymo'uth and theu managed to win." -