ROYAL HEIR AT LONG ODDS

Chronicle (Levin), 12 August 1946, Page 6

ROYAL HEIR AT LONG ODDS

The suecess of the' rank outsider, I Royal Heir, in the principal ilat event, tlie Tikokino liandicup, was a feature of the Hawke 's Bay FLunt annual meetin'g at Hastings on Saturduv. Royal Heir returned his supporters a win uividend approaching three score, while the place return was woll' over double iigures. Another outstanding surprise \v;ls.tlie,-wiii of Foreign Gold,I who was at o'dds 'df°dver a score in itfiW • Soutra Ilunt-er-s ' -Fiat liandicup. lvhej leading horseman, >N. B. Holiatid, was [in form and brought home three wini ners and a third out of four mounts. ! J The weather was ii-ne and thore was j a good atteiidance. The truck was in excelleirt order: The totalisator handled ■ £29,486 agai'nst 10s last year. Getting to tlie fioilt early uud juniping well Fox'ada was always well elear in tlie Otanfe'-.Hack and Hunters' ; llurdles and she rau home an easy | winner. Closest to the leadcr for niost of the journey/ Seropuri iost lier position at the ■half-mile by making a , faulty jump, but she came on again and I just lieid oii' Bonnie Scot who made up | a Jot of ground over the iinal stages. I Northfield w as a close fourth' and may j have been more troublesome but for : making a bad jump at the second to last i fence. Darag and Namesake fell at | the half-mile. ! The Marton-trained Gcnghiz Kha.n, | who was unlucky at the Rangitikei 1 Hunt meeting' reoentlv, made amends [ by scoring a decisivo win in the First ' Okawa AJaiden. lle was always well I placed and, after running past the [ pacemaker, Heretic, approaching the 1 home tuni, had the issue well in hand over tlie finai stages. Making his iirst appearance, C'omedy Star put up a ; creditable showing and iinished very ! resnluieJy to get within a neck of the winner. Heretic stopped badly in tlie straiglit to tiirish a poor third. The favourite Carter Fell never looked likeJy at any stage. Only three of the seven runners completed the .course in tlie Russell Memorial Ghallenge Cup, and Baron Bold repeated his Marton form by leading pfacticaljy throughout and giving a sound display of jumping. Tiriroa fell at the sod wall the first time round, and the brush double iu front of the stand the second time eliminated i Oriental Ladv and Golden Tide. After | disputing the lead with Baron Bold, j Plain Boy turned a somersault at tlie ' board fence with half a mile to go and

• this Ieft the former to run home an ! easv winner from Timothy. who plod- [ ded on to iinisli a long way aheud of i Rondelle. i I Now trained at Hastings. Blackwater ; atoned for maiiv disappointmenis by ■ outstaying the opposition and scoring a eomfortable win in the Awanui Ilaek 1 Handieap. The winner moved up sinartj ly passing the half-mile and heading i the pacemaker Highform, soon after ! ehtering tlie straiglit never looked in ; danger of defeat. Buddv, who was j checked scveral times in the early run- ! niug, Iinished garnely to just beat A"asI silikos for the seeond. Highform tired j into fourth ahead of Sir Warrior, who ! was never going well at any stage. | Vigorously handled by N. B. Hajland, J Sakuntala came fast from the middle | of the field over the fmal furlong to j score a meritorious 'success in the i Second Oku-"a Maiden. After taking [ charge soon after entering the straight, I TI Corona looked all over the winner, but he weake'ned in the last few strides. Merciful had everv chance and jusi managed to stail off the favourite. Tino ; Alohio. who finislied fast from a long wav baek. Backers suffered a reverse when the favourite Lanoma was soundlv beateu in tlie Soutia Sinkers' Flat after ap-

pcarxng to have every chanee. After movi'ng up to follow the pacemaker, Samarra into the straight, Foreign Gold stayed on in tine style under pressure to score" his Iirst success and return a win divicjend oi' over a score. lu a close tussle for third Ba'marra held on to get the decision from Wt. Nat and Peach lving. liaving his first start for over seven nionths Aoyal Heir brought oii' a big surprise by leading throughout iu the sprint event, the Tikokino llandieap. 'ihe winner siiowed brilliant speed early and racmg to the straight was four lengths elear of Ernbrae, Poutatau and telkyhawk, with Lord Tlieio and Wayside heading the others. The leader Uever looked Jike stopx>ing over the business end and rau liome a eomfortable winner froin Poutatau, who just beat the fast- iinishing Aqueduct. Ernbrae weakened into fourth, and then came Wayside, lndian Sport and French Gount. Keening, who looked well, showed up wide out soon after entering the straight and may show an early return to form. Bouneing out smartly ^'rorn the barrier Moroceo was never headed in the Omarunui Hack Handieap and his success was achieved in style that sugr gests that lic may be a spriuter above the average. Newel Post, Tuekerbox, Gouspicuous and Silver Crest were closest to the leader at the tuni, and Gonspicuous finislied the best to take i second from Newel Post, who weakened ] under his weight over the last bit. Mr. • v'aliant made up ground to be a close fourth. Results: — OTANE HACK AND HUNTERS ' HURDLES; £200; about 11 miles. i 2-2 FOXADA, 9.2 (H. Powell) . . 1 j 3-3 Seropuri, 9.3 (C. Zuppieich), 2 \ L-l Bonny Scot, 9.9 (M. Coon) . . 3 i .Also: 9-9 Kilmanagh, 5-6 Lotto, 4-5 j Northfield, S-8 Cauda Lux, 11-11 CharleS Edward, 10-10 Piko Piko, 7-7 Namesake, 6-4 Darag. Four lengths; half a head. Northfield fourth. Time, 2.55 1-5. (Trainer: C. F. Mora, Levin.) FIRST OKAWA MAIDEN; £125; 6 furlongs. 2-2 GENGHIZ KHAN, 8.10 (S. Waddell) .. 1 5-5 C'omedy Star, 8.10 (J. Garth), 2 3-3 Heretic, 8.10 (W. Bagby) .... 3 Tvlso: 7-7 Afakutu, 6-6 Ausar, 9-9 Trio, 4-4 Cape Malea, S-S Blushing, 1-1 Carter Fell. Neck; three lengths. Cape Malea fourth. Time, 1.18 1-5. (Trainer: Owner, K. R. Webster, Marton.) RUSSELL MEMORIAL CHALLENGE CUP STEEPLECIIASE; £420; about 24 miles. 2-1 BARON BOLD. 11.0 (J. Iven-

dall) . . 1 ■ 3-3 Timothy, 9.9 (E. Desl'andes) . . 2 ■ j 7-7 Rondelle, 9 0 (O. Zuppieich), 3, J Also: 1-2 Golden Tide, 4-4 Oriental I Laily, 6-6 Plain Boy, 5-5 Tiriroa, j Twenty lengths; furlong and a half. > jTime, 5*5 4-5sec. (Trainer: Owner, A. |W. Lupton, Waverley.) i AWANUI IIACK HANDICAP; £200; J 1J miles. 3-3 BLACKWATER, 8.0 (N. B. ' Hollanil) 2 1-1 Buddv, S.O (R. Ireland) .... 2 1 1-4 Yassilikos, S.12 (P. Atkins), 3 ! Also: 2-2 Sir Warrior, 6-6 Sanger, ; 5-5 Highform. | Two and a half lengths; half a neck. i Higlvf orm-;-: f qprtli. -—Time, -*2.12 l-Osec* I (Trainer:, .T. AL Paul, Hastings.) i •SECONDj OKAWA MA 1DEN ; £ 1 25; : '' 6 furlongs. i 12-2 SAKUNTALA, S.O (N. B. Hol- | land;) .. 1 1 5-5 11 Corona, S;1Q (B. Jenkins); 2 J3-3; Alerciful, 8.10 (W. Bagby) . . 3: | Ilalf a length each way. Tino Moliio fourth. Time, 1.17 3-5sec. (Trainer: , J. II. Jcfferd, Hastings.) | SOUTRA HUNTERS' FLAT HANDICAP; £175; l.j miles. 5-5 FOREIGN, GOLD, 10.7 (Air. J. ! j Davey) 1 1-1 Lauoina, 11.3 (Mr. G. James), 2' 4-4 Samarra, 10.7 (Mr. F. Calder), 3 : | Also: 2-2 St. Nat, 3-3 Peach King, 6-6 ATarumaru. j llalf a length; length. St. Nat fourth. Time, 2.14 2-5sec. (Trainer: G. W. B. Greene, Hastings.) TIKOKINO HANDICAP; £250; 7 furlongs. 13-13 ROYAL HEIR, 9.2 (C. Zuppi- ! ' eieli) 1 7-5 Poutatau, S.Ll (A. TTowell) .. 2, •:-3 Aqueduct, 8.12 (N. B. ITolland), 3 Also: 2-2 lndian Sport, 6-6 Wayside,. 5-8 Lord Tlieio, .10-9 Capronella, 1-i French Count, 4-4 Ernbrae, 11-11 Dark Morning, 12-12 Kauri Quecn, 8-10 Skyhawk, 9-7 Keening. Two lengths; head. Ernbrae fourth. Time, 1.28 l-5sec. (Trainer: D. N. Ducker, Greenmeadows.) OMARUNUI HACK HANDICAP; £175; 6 furlongs. 1-1 MOROCCO, 8.6 (X. B. Holland) 1 4-4 Conspicuous, 8.12 (T. Galvin), 2 2-2 Newel Post, 9.S (R. Ireland), 3 Also: 3-3 Astrope, 5-5 Richmond Park bracketed Signatorv, 8-8 Mr. Yaliant, 6-6 Silver Crest. 7-7 PlayfelJow, 9-11 Ann Venus. 12-12 Piko Piko, 11-10 Ulatis, 14-14 Denny's Gift, 13-13 Tuekerbox, 10-9 First Footing. Length and a half; two lengths. Mr. Valiant fourth. Time, 1.16. (Trainer: 'A. W. Meikle, Mangateretere.)