Sprint Event to Foxella

Chronicle (Levin), 29 July 1946, Page 6

Sprint Event to Foxella

Unpleasant conditions ma,rred the Rangitikei H.pnt Cliib's annual Steeplechase meetings at Marton oh* Saturday and, with rain laliing practically throughoUt the day the going* 'became very neavy. In spite oi the limited nelds, forin proved tricky and there were several dividends approaching double figures. Thd principal event oi' the Rangitiks* Cup Steepiech&se, Was annexed by;the Waverley o-jmed-and-trained .B^fcon Boid whose first- su'ccess it was; for two years. There was a Yair attenclance, and the totalisator handled £28;7i2>. . TL'here was 110 coriespondi'iig day lusi'.yea'?. Tive Runners Fall

Only two of the seven runners completed the course safely in tiie Glenmore Maiden Steeplechase, the favourite, lligli Morale, eventually wixining easily a'fter being nearly down at the post and rails the last time round. Plialaria was eliminated at the ilrst fence and Mokonui, who liad run into a big lead, came to grief at the first of the double in front of the staud. With iive furiougs to ruu, High Morale took charge from Liglit, Tea, Eampant and Tiroroa. - Joekey L Rohloff made a great recovery whe'n the leader bungled the second to last fence, wliicli brought about tlie dowufall of liampant and Midsliipnian. Wlien uiaking up ground, Tiroroa fell at the last obstacle and this left High Morale to run home a winner by a big margin from Liglit Tea. Tiroroa was remounted to iinish third. A Win for Trentham The fuvoured divisiou were well beateu in the Closeburn Maiden Race, Lh'e winner turning up in the Trenthamtrained Autoshiue, wlio returned just under double figures. Wlien the barrier rose, Accepted lost his rider, whiie j King's Wceptre was siow to move. The leailers earJy were Eoyal Eobin, Langshaw, Autoshiue and Kaliuraponga, with Centennial Pridc heading the others. Eoyal Eobin and Langshuw sliowed the way into the straight, but Autoshiue lodged his claim at the distanee and soon took the measure of" the leaders to win decisively. Kaliurajionga cume on well to beat the tiring Eoyal h'obin for second, witli Genghiz Klian, who received several checks in the straight, l.augshaw, The Denbigh and Heebau next. Whackie Too Speedy Whackic made a suceessful debut as a jumper by easily winning the Eosebank Hacic Ilurdles. The New. Ply-inouth-trained gelding elcared some of his fences in spectacular style, but he gave his supporters an anxious time . whgn lie chanced a couple and nearly dislodged his rider. Whackie 's speed soon took liim to the front and he completely outpaced the opposition to always liold a coimnanding lead. Lotto, who appeared Jikely to offer some resistanee. fell at the fence along the back, aiul this left Gold Claim to chase the winner home. Cuisinier was a long way back third, with Donegal Bay and Norse beateu off. Lanoma Improves "Well handled by Mr. G. Jambs/' the favourite, Lanoma, uiiwound a solid linj ishing eltort lo score a dceisive Win' in the" Otairi Braeelet.. Mansura at-, tempted to lead throughout and was followed alo.ng the . 'back by . Peaeh Jving, Carthage'j.-.' Lanoma: ■ aiid Lady Premief, who were closely bunehed. The order renmined unchanged into the straight but, once asked for an effort, Lanoma quickly gathered in the leader and went on to win going away. Searteen was a moderate third from Lady Premier, Peach Iving and Carthage. ' w Favourites Fail

Only four runners went to the post for the Eftngitikei Hunt Cuj) Steeplechase, and' baekers suffered a reverse earJv iu the contcst wlien the favourite, Master ITancis fell at the post and rails the lirst tiine.nnmcl. Baron Bold soon went into a eieur lead and, jumping splendidly, niaintained his advantage tlirougliout to easily defeat Golden Tide, who rnn up lnuidy at the halfmile, but failbd to carry on over the linal stages. Obl Joe, who liad attended ihe paceraaker over most of the journev and who made quite a respeetable sliowing for a beginner, tired the last bit to finish a moderate third. * : An Exciting Finish Baekers suifei'ed a setbuck in the Norwood Haek- Cup wlien. the outsider, Phtte Pe, ■battled on gaiffely over the linal stages to withstand a deternriued challenge froni the favourite, General Lytup, Avho spoilt his chancc by pulling Jiard early. Patte Pc -was soon in I'rout, but; going out of the straight was joined by General . Lytup, with Kiekie and Adrigoole" following, the rear beiug brought up. by .Sergeaut .Jack. Thp l.ast-named moved up passiiig Ihe liajf-niile aad closely followed l'atte Pe a-mi" General. Lytup as tliey raced to the tufn, with Adrigoole droppuig;' bac.k to tlic rear. Once in the straight, ihe two i leaders drew away. and in a Battling finish, Patte Pe gained tlic verdict by the narroiyest of iuargins. fSergeant Jack held ofE Matalvene for third, and tlien cahie 'Kiekie and Adrigoole.;^ - i - i-Basy for Foxella A.t nearly'; double figure odds, the T rehl'ham-trgiu ed - Foxella, ne ver gave ihe ojqjosjtieu a. cJfattcc over the' ,e&nc 1 udi ng st'age's'';of the E i ddiford Hanflicap and/lte, ivoii. easily. Sir Brh'dbury was the smartest to begin and sliowed the way pdst the half-mile from Foxella, Ne.w Deety and Piccolo, the riuir 'being,;- brougirf .. up by Behave. Kpunding thef iurn, Pd|yblla rau past the leader 'ahd'-fr.dhi'iifo^/o'n the issue was nover in . dbifbty jM'eColO was a clearcut sccnn.ff f-i-oin.'.Bcliave, who finished •in great "style from the -rear. Bay Robe, Neiy lieer, : Tid-Apa and Cooraelare followed in tliat order. Newel Post Comfortably Supporters. of Newel Post liad little cause for anxiety in the Springrove Haek Handiyap, and after trailing the leaders into The 'Straight the Tdnsistent Awapuni gelding soon took their measure to score eomfortablv. Ever Aussie and G-rev Donne were the. pacemakers. the former battling on to get second from Bud*dy, i\rho beeame prominent at the turn. Master Gary was a poor fourth. The favourite, Zalira, who was well up eariy, finished at the tail of the field.

Detailed results:—- . GLENMOEE MAIDEN STEEPLES, £250; about 2'miies. 1-1 HIGH MORALE, 10.11 (I. Eohloff) .... 1 3-3 Light Tea, 9.2 (J. Kendall) . . 2 7-7 Tiroroa, 9.0, -car. 9.;7 (C. Sargent) . . . . 3 Also: 2-2 Phalaria . (lost rider), 5-5 Midshipinan (fell), 6-6 Eampant (lost rider),. Mokonui (fell). Twynty,.'lengths; 50 lengths. Time, t.10. •; "(Trainer: A. M. Wright. Awapuni.) . , ' CLOSEBURN MAIDEN EACE, • • - ■ £200; ,6 furiougs. 5-5 AUTOSHLNE, 8.7 (S. R. ParJand) v . .... ... .. »£. ...... 1 9-9 Kahuraponga, 8.7 (J. Garth) ,. 2 6-6 Eoj*al Eobin, 8.0, caf. 8.2J (W. L. Aitken) .. .. .. .. .. 3 Also: 8-8 Beeban, 16-15' Centennial Pride, 15-14 Flying Drake, 11-11 Genghiz Nhan, 2-1 Kiilg's Sceptf6; 7-7 Laugshaw, 14-12 Lady Elva> 12-13 Shut Out, 4-3 Te Hiwera, 3-2 Accepted (threw rider), 10-10 Gay Tide, 1-4 The Denbigh.

Length; two lengths. Genghiz Khan fourth. Time, 1.21. (Trainer: Owner, Mr. F. Ferretti, Lower Hutt.) ROSEBANK HACK HUEDLES, £250; 1£ mileS. 1-1 WHACKIE,.. ;10.9 (I. Rohloff) 1 2-2 Gold Oiaim, 10.12 (O. Sargent) 2 "6-6 Cuisinier, 9.3 (M. Andreivs) 3: Also: 3-3 Lotto (fell), 5-4 Donegal Bay, 4-5 Norse. Twelve lengths; 15 lengths. Ddnegai Bay fourth. ' Time, 3.35 2-5. (Trainer: H. Dulieu, New Plvmonth.) OTAIRI BEAOELET, £225; II miles. 1-1 LANOMA, 10.7 (Mr. G. H. Jamcs) ....... .-. 1 7-6 Mansura, 10.10 (Mr. W. Lett) 2 5-7 Scarteen, 10.12 (Mr. N. Davidson) 3 Also: 6-5 Peach King, 3-3' Lambro, 2-2 Lady Premier, 4-4 Carthage. Two lengths; three lengths. Lady Premier foyrtli. Timo, 2.25 2-5 (Trainer: A. W. McDonald, Awapuni.) EANGIT1KE1 HUNT CUP, £475; about 2* miles. 4 BARON BOLD, 10.2 (J. Kendall) 1 2 Golden Tide, 11.6 (AL .Andrews) 2 3 Old Joe, 9.0 (N. McKiniion) ... 3 Also: 1 Master Francis. (fell). Twcnty-llve lengths; five lengths. Time, 5.27. (Trainer: Owner, Mr. A. W. Lupton, Waverley.) NORWOOD HACK' CUP, £300; li-niiles; 6-6 PATTA FE, 8.0 (K. Ford) . . 1 1-1 General Lytup, 8.0 (P. Brennan) 2 2-2 Sergeant Jack, 8,5$ • (S. Farland) * ■ 3 Also: 3-3 Adrigoole, 4-4 Rickie, 5-5 Matawene. Nose; four lengths. Matawene fourth. Time, 2.24 1-5. . (Tfainers: Owners, Messrs M. and P. Dowdali, Wanganui.) EIDD1FOED HANDICAP, £300; 7 furiougs. ■ 6-5 FOXELLA, 7.7, car. 7.941 (K. Ford) .. .. 1 3-4 Piccolo, 8.3 (S. Farland) .... 2 7-7 Behave, 7.10, car. 7.12 (L. H. Olill'ord) .... 3 Also: 8-8 Donegal Bay, 4-3 Sir BradL bury, .1-1 Bay Kobe, 5-6. New Deer, 2-2 Cooraclare, 9-9 Tid-Apa. . Five lengths; four lengths.// Bay .Kobe fourth. Time, 1.39!3-5. yTrainer: 'F. R. Gough. "Trentham.) SPRINGROVE HACK HANDICAP, , • • , £-200;. 7 fuflongs. , . 2-1 NEWEL POST, 8.12 (M. Andrews) .. .. i 3-3 Ever AuSsie, 8.0, car. 8.1i (S. .Whddell) .. 2 4-4' BUddjq ;S.0, 8:4 Aitken) .. .. .. 3 Also: 1-2 Zahra, 7-7 Master Gafy, 5-5 Hoinespun, 6-6 Grey Donne. Two lengths; four lengths. Hoinespun fourth. Time, 1.4l. (Trainer: J. J. Waller, Awapuni-), " •