ELLERTON HALL WON HUNT STEEPLES AT AWAPUNI

Chronicle (Levin), 22 July 1946, Page 6

ELLERTON HALL WON HUNT STEEPLES AT AWAPUNI

Surprise in Main Flat ! ; Event SUCCESS OF BLUE CHIPS 'Backers were fairly weH 011 tlie mark | at, the Manawatn Hunt Annual Steeple- : /chase meeting held at Awapuni on "Saturday, three win favourites being suecessfid, and the only d'ouble figure /^Jiyidend retumed was by Blue Chips, ' who annexed the principal flat event, the President's Handicap. Awapunitrained horses were well to the fore, winning five events and filling 10 minor, lllaces. The weather was fintr and there was a good attendance. The going. was j lioiding. The totalisator handled £02,887 | 10s, eompared with £03,482 at the meeting last yoar held in conjunction with tlie Eungitikei Hunt Club. Dualin Jiunps Well • Making liis lirst appearanee as a j 'cliaser, tlie Awapuni-trained Dualin i guve a sound exliibition of jnmping to I niu the Kennels,.Steeplechase in easy I stylc t'rom Orieutal Lady. Tlie favI ourite, Penwilt, came to grief at tlie j lirush at tlie lialf-mile aiul, after trav- | elling a circuit, Orieutal Lady, Plain j Boy, Pualin and Liglit Tea drew right t away froin the rest of the field wliicli i was lieadnd by Mokonui. At tlie half/inile, Dualin juniped liis way to the front, and sliowed ihe way round the /tuni well cjear of Qriental Lady, Liglit ! Tea and Midshipnian, Plain Boy liaving coine to grief at the seeond to Igst ' lyiice. Dualin was not troubled in the I Rin home lo nrbte by a wide margin j froin Orieutal Lady, wlio easily beat : Light Tea. Midshipman and Battle ! Marcli iinislied next at long intervals. An Easy Win '■Haiidliiig the going niuch better ihan lier opponents, tlie favourite, Mary Lee, came figlit away over the concluding slages to score an easy win in the . lyiwrtea- Ladies ' Bracelet. Lady JPremier took up tlie early paceinaking froin Land >io, Oemo, Ooysseus and Nisus, uiiji .Mary Lee biinging up the reur. Ooiiig along the back, JMary Lee movetl up smartly, and passing tlie liaif-mile, closely followed Lady Preiuier and l.ainbro, with Lanoii'.a headihg the others. .Mary Lee rau into tlie lead rouuding tlie tuni, and straiglit ened1 up for home well tdear of Lady Preiuier, and St. Xat, with Laiubro drojipihg baek. The leader rau on to score very ; easily from St. Xat, who iinislied better ! iliau Lady I'remier for seeond. Lauoma ( iVa's fourth followed by Oemo, Carthage | tind Lumbro. > Favourite Fails : ■ Backers sull'ered a reverse in the Pukehou Hack Hurdies wlien the hot favourite, Donegal Bay, failed to show 1 up as a possibility at any stage. ihe , winuer turniug up in So vereign Lud > who, displaying vast improvemeiit on previous elforls, outstayed the opposi- | lion. (fav Phuiie quicldy o'pened up a ; break and led [>ast tlie stand the iir.si i timo from Foxada and (ireek Daucer, I with Donegal Bay lieading the others. , "Entering tlie back ' stretch, Foxada rau past (iay Flamej and they were followed by Greek Daneer. X'aniesake and j Bovereign Lud. the iield being well slrnng out Sovereign Lad iinproved liis posilion passing tlie half-mile and 1 joiited Greek Daneer, these two running f past Foxada approacliiiig the home tuni. Sovereign Lad Iinislied too well over tlie linal furJong for Greelv Daneer, who liad little ditlictilty in accouutiug for Foxada for seeond. IJard liock : baitled on for fourth ahcad of X'ame- ; sake, Kecn Pla.v aiul Oay Flume. A Divicled Event Tlie lirst division of tlie Kimbolton j .M'aideu Stakes resulted in a tiylit finj isli bolween Stipreme and Airpier, the i i'ormer staying on the better to get t-ho j decisioii. Alerciful was the smartest j to begin, arnl. led early from The Den- : liigh, Flying Drake, Sujireme, King's I Seeptre and Airpier. Passing the half-•niilep-Supreme rau through smartly to | .join Merciful, and they were closely ; followed by K'ing's Seeptre, Airpie'v and The Denbigli. There was little cliaugo in the order turning for home, but over the linal furlong Airpier issued a determined challenge to Supretne, and tliey drew rigiit away to light out tlie issue. King's Seeptre was'a, poor tliird followed by Alereifu). The Denbigli, Co-operate and Flving Drake.

After movin.g ii]> smartly in the middle slages, the two-year-old, .I'enicillin Iinislied gainely in tlie straiglit to score a decisive victory in tlie seeond division. Tetramarcli and Ivo-Flca began smartly, and sliowed the way past tlie half-mile to Master King, Foxsjiear and 1 ticisioii, Approachi ng tlie straiglit, Ko-Fka drew clear and was iirst to straiglileii np from Pcjiici Ili 11, who had inade a sliarp niu on Ihe outside, Tetramarcli, Iiicision and Master Ring. Sustafning liis elfort, Penicillin overhaiiled tlie leader at Ihe distauce and went on lo win going ti way. Incision. who failed to get clear, was a moderate tliird from Master liing, who was closejy atlended by Foxspear and Tetramarcli. A Stable Triumph A disappointing field of fi\-e runners went to the post for the IMaaawatu Iluiit ('up Steeplechiise, whieh resulted iu a coinfortaliie win for the warm favourite, Kllerton Hall, over liis stablemate,. Golden Tide. Phalaria took up the early running tuni passing tlie stand tlie seeond tinie was clear of Kllerton Hall and Golden Tide, with Glensevern a long way back, Tiroroa liaving been ]iulled up after travelling ti mile. Phalaria made a bad jump ;it the sod wall the last time and surreildered the lead to Ellerton Hall, with Golden Tide a couple of lengths away. Jumping snlcndidly. Ellerton Hall had matters all liis owu wav over tlie tinui sfagey and liad little difficulty in hold- 1 inoy'/qff Golden Tide/ -Phalaria tired J badly to l>e a poor tliird, ivitli Glensevern beaten off. From Encl-to-End The Tararua Hack Gup was won from end;+o-ond bv Oock "Robin. He was aftehtled in tlie early stages by Lord Dnfnlev. Persnade, Rickie and Balcastle. Passing the half-mile, the leader was bowling along nieely in front j o'f T.ord Darnh;y, with Persuarle lieading the re'mainder. There was »o

change in the order turning for home, and Cock Robin rau on to score pointlessiy from Lord .Darnley, . who had little difficulty in holding ofl; the favourite, Persuade, for seeond. Rickie was a -close fourth followed by Mata\Vene, JELavildar and St. Xat. Defeat of Typhoon The principal flat event, the President 's Handicap, saw the .downfall of the short priced favourite Typhoon, who failed to make any impression over the concluding stages. Sir Boswell, Leybourne' and • Sir Bradbury vvorc the smartest to begin, but passing the half-mile, Blue Clnps moyed up smartly to' join Sir BOswell in the lead, and they were followed by Typhoon, Sir Bradbury and Leybourne. Racing to the turn, Blue Chips ' slipped the lield, and straightened np for the run to the judge with a four lengths lead t'rom Sir Bradbury, Typhoon, Leybourne, Sir Boswell and Bay Bobe. Although she weakened -the. last bit, Blue Chips still held a safe advantage at the linish from Sir Bradbury, who just stalled off the fast-linishing Bay Kobe. Typhoon was a .moderate fourth, aliead of Foxolla, Leybourne- and Queen'a Cliarni. An Exciting Finish Coming rigiit- away from ihe others, Peter Tlieio and Xewel Post fought ont a great duel over the tinui stages of tlie Hautere Hack Handicap, and the judge was unable to separate them as tliey crossed the line. Tahli, Ever Aussie and Czarina were the iirst. to show out, but Peter Tlieio quickly ran through to the front followed by Ever Aussie, Czarina, Gynee Lou, wide out,Tahli and Sparkling Lady, Racing to the turn, Peter Tlieio was just showing the .way ,to Gynee Lou and Sparkling Lady, with Xewel Post beginning to liecome- prominent at the head of the others. Peter Th'eio turned for home with a couple of lengths advantage, but har.d ridden, Xewel Post cauglit tlie leader at the distauce and in a battling linish, a deadheat was declared. Sparkling' Lady held on to be a moderate Miird ahead of 'Omaio. Details of res'ults: — - KEXXELS STEEPLE CH ASE, £270; aboiit' 2 miles: *' 2-4 DFALIX, 9.2 (M. Andrews) .. 1 4-2 ' Orieutal Lad v, 4 9.2 (F. Power) . 2 0-9 Light Tea, -9.0 ( J. 'Kendale .. 3 Also: 1-.1 Penwilt (fell), 5-i) Plain Boy (lost rider). '7-8 Rampant, 11- 11 Midshipman, 10-10 Skv- Guy, (5-(i Rondelle, 2-3 Mokonui (pulled up), S-7 Battle Alarch. Fi've' lengths; seven lengths. Midshipman fourth. Timo 4.11. (Trainer: L. Knapp, Awapuni.) KIWITEA T.ADTES ' BRAOELET, • £2,10; miles. 1-1 MARY LEE, 11.3 (Mr. S. Mont£-ith) 1 5-4 St. XTat, 10.1.2 (Mr. G. C. Beatson) 2 6-0 Lady Premier, 10.9 (Mr. F. Calder) 3 Also: 2-2 Lanibro, 3-3 Oemo, 4-5 Garthage, 9-9 X"isus, 7-7 Lauoma, 8-8 Odysseus. * Four lengths; six lengths. Lauoma ^ fourth. Timo. 2.25 4-5'.*" (Trainer: *W. D. Young, Hastings.) PUKEHOU .HAOK HURDLKS,'£320; - • 15 miles. 1-4 SOVEREJGX LAD, 10.3 (I. Rohloff) .. .. 1 '5-0 Greek Daneer, 9.S (J. Oliaplin.) 1 7-7 Foxada, 9.0 (F. Powell) .... 3 Also: 1-1 Donegal Bay, 3-2 Keen Pla.v, 5-5 Beau Jewel, 2-3 Gay Flame, 10-i0 Lastik, S-S Ilard Rock,4- 9-9 Xamesake. •' Two- lengths each way. Time 3.35 4-5. (Trainer: A. M. Wright, Awapuni.) KIMBOLTON MA1DEX STAKES, £200; (5 furlongs. First Division • 5-7 SUPREME, S.7 (W. Coniior) .. 1 0-0 Airpiet, S.-7'(W. S. Bagby) 2 3-3 King's" 'Seeptre, '8.7 (G. R. Tattersall) 3 '■ Also:-10-lS B'eeban, 10-11 Cooperate, 22-23 Flying Drake, 20-20 Gay Sporr, 13-14 Grey Plu ihe, 19-10 Jasper, 14-14 Lady Elva, 4-4 Lo Eouge, 12-12 Merciful, 7-5 Pat'ta Fe, 9-9 Putere, 15-15 Beaulitha, 8-7 lioyal Robin, 1-1 The Denbight. ITalf-lengtli ; six lengths. Merciful fourth. Time 1.23. (Trainer: W. McKwan, Otaki.) Seeond Division 1-1 PEXUTLLIN, S.O (W. J. Broughton) 1 3-3 Ko Uka, S.7 (W. ,J. Mudford) 2 2-2 Incision, S.7 ( Y. .T. Sellars) .. 3 Also 17-19 Anikuri, 17-17 Centenuial Bride, 1.1-10 Foxspear, 21-21 Graiut

('entra.1, . 22-22 Kahuraponga, 14-14 Laugshaw, 4-4 Master. Ring, 7-5 Plioenicia, 9-9 Shut Out, 5-7 Tide Area, 15-15 Becalm, 8-7 Tetramarch. Two lengths; thTee lengths. ilaster Ring fourth. Time 1.22 2-5. (Trainer: W. H. Dwycr, Levin.) M.AXAWATU H-UKT OUP STEEPLES, £570; about 21 miles. 1-1 ELLERTON HALL, 9.12 (M. Andrews) 1 2-3 Golden Tide, 11.0 (J. Fagan) 2 3-2 Phalaria, 9.4 (J. Chaplin) .. 3 Also: 4-5 Glensevern, 5-4 Tiroroa (pulled up). Two and a-half lengths; 150 yards. Glevsevern fourth. Time 5.19. (Trainer: J. J. Waller, Awapuni.) TARARUA HACK CUP, £325; H miles. 3-3 COCK ROBIN, S.O (W. J. Mudford ) . . . . . . . , . ; ' . , 1 2-2 Louh Darnley, 9.13 (K. Ford) . 2-1-1 Persuade, S. I I (W. .T. Broughton ) 3 Also: 8-8 Baleaslle/5-5 St. Xat, 4-4 llavildar, 7-7 Matawene, (i-(5 Rickie. Three lengths; lengtli. Rickie fourth. Time 2.22 1-5. (Trainer: D. J. Burgess, Otaki.) PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP, £350; 7 furlongs. (5-6 BLUK CHIPS, 7.7 (H. * .1. Pearce) l 5-5 Sir Bradbury, 8.3 (W. S. Bagbv) 1 2-2 Bay Kobe, S.2 (W. L. Aitken) 3 | Also: 1-1 Typhoon, S-S Queen 's Ulmrui, 4-3 Foxella, 7-7 Sir Boswell, 3- 1 Leybourne. Two and a-half lengths; three-quarters of a lengtli. Typhoon fourth. Time 1.3(5. (Trainer: A. W. M c Do n ald , A wapu ui. ) HAUTERE HACK HANDICAP, £300; 7 furlongs. 2-2 PETER THEIO, 9.0 (B. George) * 3-3 XEWEL POST, S.2 (W. J. ' Broughton) . . . *

7-7 Sparkling Lady, 8.2 (A. Jolmson) 3 ^Dead-heat for lirst. Also: 9-9 Kauri Queen, 1-1 "Tahli, 5-5 Blue Orchid, 8-8 Czarina, 11-11 Ever Aussie, 6-G Buddv, 12-12 Omaio, 10-10 Nanaaki, 13-13 Grand Central, 4-4 Gynee Lou, 2-2 Golden Aere bracketed Peter Theio. Dead-heat; four • lengths. Omaio fourth. Time 1.35 2-D. (Trainer: C. W. Moorc, Hawera.)