FAVOURITES WIN OTAKI DOUBLE

Chronicle (Levin), 14 October 1946, Page 6

FAVOURITES WIN OTAKI DOUBLE

LGRD ELGIN AND SONER! TRIUMPH I Sensational Dividend Although the favourites, Lord Elgin and Soneri, carried off the two principal races on the concluding day of the Otaki-Maori Racing Club's Spring meeting on Saturday, there were several upsets in the other events and the win of Follow Suit in the Manuao Trial Plate No. 2 saw a dividend of over four score posted. The weather was fine and the track in perfect order. There was a very large attendance and the totalisator handled £80,550, making a total of £152,655 10s for the meeting. Favourite Fails. In a liard iinish in the Puketoi Hack Hurdles, Tliuuderhead, wlio liad always been handily jffaced, linislied well to beat the pacemakers Bay Eobe and Leybourne. The winner was ridden a well-judged raee by A. G .Waddell wlio was havmg his iirst mount over hurdles. Bay Eobe and Leybourne set a solid pate with their forcing taeties, the t'ormer having slightly inore in reserve for the iinal pineh to just head his opponent for seeond. Theolateral linished elosc up fourth and his effort iiidieated an early sueeess. Greek Dancer inade up a good deal of leeway over the linai stages, but never looked a possibility. Tortago Scores Well. After several plaeed pcrfonnanccs, Tortago scored a well deserved sueeess In the Manuao Trial Plate No. 1. He began well and, although joiiied by VVeleoiue Guest in the leadj had little ditlieulty in eoming away over the last bit to seore eonifortably. Bonnie Pah, who had every ehauee, linished just too well i'or W'eleoine Guest for seeoud After Josing a dozen lengths at the start, the favourite Cincture eame hoxue into fourth place and looked a good Lliiug beateu. Sound Perfomiance. Al odds approacliing a seore, Genghiz Khan registered a solid perforniauce to win the 1'ukekaraka Haek Handicap. ile took eharge from the barrier rise and lield on gamely under pressurb to withstand a ehallenge from Lady Burford over the linal stages. Carmelita looked very dangerous whon she dashed Ihrough 011 the inside at the distance, but she weakeued slightly to linish a elose third. Autoshine, who lost ground at the start, linished fast on the outside and was just nosed out of the moiiey. The hot favourite Belle Zorro began fairly well and oeeupied a handy position to the straight, but she failed to put any dash into her linisking effort. Favourite Narrowly Wins. On the strength of iirst day 's form and with W. J. Broughton in the saddle, Lord Elgin was instailed a lirm fa vour* ile i'or the pri'neipai event, the Eere Nikitini Memorial Stakes, and, although he duly succeeded, the Eiccar-ton-traiued gelding had to be shaken up over the linal stage to narrowly defeat The Grand, who showed substantiai improvement on his previous fSatunlay 's showiug. Lord Elgin pulled his way to the frout passing the kalfmile, aud led into the straight from Master Baron, Eoyal Duce, The Grand, Spurkling Ladv and Barrage. At the distance Lord Elgin looked to be a eomfortable winner, but The Grand tken issued a strong ehallenge and had the favourite doiug his best to win by a head. Barrage battled on to stall off a late bid by Broieiield for third, and then came Bparkling Lady, Dileas, Master Baron and Einancial, Huge Dividend. A dividend of over four seore was returued in the Manuao Trial Plate No. 2 wlien Eoilow {Suit, who was making his Iirst public appearance, completely outpaced the opposition to score easily. The winner rau into the lead before reaching the straight entrance aad galloping attractively never looked Jike being overkaiilcd. Although she was not promiuent early, Lady Oratory rau up into a liaudy position before reaching the tuni aud, although uc matek for the wiuner, she beat the olhers just as decisivcly. Loquendi linished solidly to beat tlie early pace iuaker Lady Barrington for third, aud llicn came Eiak, Grey Plume aud Gainpanella. - Backers Again Astray. Backers suff'ered auother reverse iu ihe Otaki Hack Handicap when Iror JJuko scored a long ovorduo win and returued over double ligurcs. The win ner was in the middle of a bunclied Jield lurniiig for liome, but onee struighlened up he linished muck loc slrongly for the opposition and won going away. The favourite Czarina was always near the front aud battled on gamely lo withstand a stroug linish ing effort by llomespun. The pace maker, Tribule, weakeued in lhe_ lasl

few strides to be a close fourth, followed by Begowned, yunstream and Cullodeu Moor. Brilliant Win. Backed down to odds-on, Soneri again deinonst rated her class by beating Ihe spr'inters with ridicitlous ease in the Waiorongomai Handicap. She began well, and passing the half-mile was witliin striking distance of the pacemakers Tuis, \\*hitc Cap aud 1'eter Gazclle, who were racing abreast. The field bunched at the straight entrance, but hooii after straightening up Broughton gave the favourite a kick and she shot away into a elear lead and from then on was under a tight reiu to win by a elear margin. In a close. tussle for the ininor places Deprive fmislied 011 best to beat Gay Lena, who came from a good way back. Tiiis wealcened sligthly iato fourth and then came Honnuz, Peter Gazelle, who was forced over extra ground at ihe turn, Saludos and Wkite Cap. Easy for Nanaaki. Nanaaki acliieved oue of the easiest wins seen for a long time when she sueceeded in the Eahui Hack Handicap. She was a long way back in the early stages, but gradually improved her position to be just in behind the leading bunch before turning for home. Once in line for the judge she quiekly drevv to the front aud, iinishing full of running, went on to win hard held by four lengths. Matawene linished on over the others to take third . from Takli, who had shown the way into the

straight. Grand Central came on the scene late for fourth, followed by Jasper and Clyde Bridge. Detailed results: — PUKETOI HACK HURDLES, £300; 14 miles. 5-6 THUNDERHEAD, 9.6 (A. G. Waddell) 1 1-1 Bay Eobe, iO.l (M.~ Andrews) 2 2-3 Leybourne, 9.2 (I. Walters) . . 3 Also: 3-2 Greek Dancer, 4-5 Gold Claim, 7-8 Entertainer, 8-7 Theolateral, 6-4 Eockanui, 10-10 Flying Light, 9-9 Ausar. Half a length; neck. Theolateral fourth. Time 2.50. (Trainer: A. E. Parker, Awapuni.) MANUAO TEIAL PLATE NO. 1, 3-3 TOETAGO, 8.7 (E. Shaw) .... 1 2-2 Bonnie Pair, 8.0 (W. J. Broughton) 2 6-6 Welcome Guest, 8.0 (A. Johnson) 3 Also: 12-12 Sabulum, 14-14 Master Raymoud, 10-9 Wee March, 15-15 Putere, 5-5 My Way, 1-1 Cincture, 8-10 Afton Water, 4-4 Estralita, 13-13 Gleb'efield, 9-8 Matara, 7-7 Ecstacy, 11-11. Arvadale. Two and a-half lengths; length. Cincture fourth. Time, 1.16. (Trainer: Owner, G. Lamb, Manakau.) PUIvEKAEAKA HACK HANDICAP, £300; 6 furlongs. 6-7 GENGHIZ KHAN, S.l (C. Bowry) 1 7-6 Lady Burford, 7.9 (L. Clulterbuck) .. 2 3-4 Carmelita, 8.7 (S. Andersou) . . 3 Also: 1-1 Belle Zorro, 8-8 Tudor Chief, 2-3 Autoshine, 4-2 Eoyal Baron, 5-5 Skilled, 10-10 Broderie, 9-9 Incisiou. Three-quarters of a length; neck. Autoshine fourth. Time, 1.15 (Trainer: Owner, K. E. Webster, Marton.) RERE NIKIT1NL MEMORIAL STAKES, £800; lj miles. 1-1 LOED ELGIN, 7.8 car. 7.10 (W. J. Broughton) 1 5-5 The .Grand, 8.1 (C. Bowry) .. 2 2-2 Barrage, 7.8 (K. Ford) 3 Also: 7-6 Einancial, 4-3 Battlc Dance, 14-14 Dileas, 9-11 High Order, 13-18 Hakim, 12-12 Lord Darnley, 15-16 Broieffeld, 8-8 Delinqucnt, 3-4 Eoyal Duce, 17-17 Master Baron, 10-10 Cooraclare, 16-15 Montosorrie, 18-18 Sir Boswell, 6-7 Sparkling Lady. Head; two lengths.® Broieiield fourth. Time, 2.6. (Trainer: G. Ridgeway, Riccarton.) MANUAO TEIAL PLATE NO. 2 13-13 EOLLOW SUIT, 8.0 car 8.1 Johnson) 1 1-1 Lady Oratorv, 8.0 (A. G. Waddell) 2 2-2 Loquendi, 8-7 "(W. J. Broughton) 3 Also: 4-4 Grey Plume, 3-3 Flak, 9-!) Iligli Assay, 10-11 Campanella, 17-17 Whiteliouse, 14-14 Erin's Pal, 11-10 Hormond, (5-8 Bulaselle, 16-16 Greeu Yalley, 8-7 Lady Barrington, 12-12 Beau Raide, 5-5 The Denbigh, 7-6 Castlebrae, 15-14 Tuki Ngapo. Three lengths; length and a-half. Lady Barrington fourth. Time, 1.15 1-5. (Trainer:.. W. L. Johnson, Foxton.) OTAKI HACK HANDICAP, £300; 7 furlongs. 7-S IRON DUICE, 8.3 (W. Connor) 1 1-1 Czarina, 8.2 car 7.9 (W. Boreham) . . . . 2 (5-5 Homespun-, 7-7 (W. Johnson) . . 3 Also: 4-4 Moutoa Lord, 2-2 Tribute, 3-3 Lord Bradbury, 5-7 Hadriaiq 9-9 Airpier, 8-6 Begowned, 11-11 Sunstream, 10-10 Culloden'' Moor. Length; half a length. Tribute fourth. Time, 1.27. (Trainer: Owner, J. Smith, Trentham.) WAIORONGOMAI HANDICAP, £500; 6 furlongs. 1-1 SONERI, 9.7 (W. J. Broughton) 1 5-3 Deprive, S.10 (P. Spratt) .... 2 3-4 Gay Lena, 7.8 (Clutterbuck) . . 3 Also: 4-5 Tuis bracketed Honuuz, 2-2 : Peter Gazelle, 7-G Saludos, 6-7 'Flying . Orders, 8-S White Cap, 9-9 Merrv Robin.^ Lengtli and a-half; neck. Tuis s fourth. Time, 1.13. (Trainer: D. J. Burgess, Otaki.) ! RAHUI HACK HANDICAP, £350; 1 9 furlongs. ! 2-1 NANAAKI, 8.6 (W. Aitken) .. 1 5-4 Matawene, S.l 2 (J. W. Jenkius) 2 I 3-2 Tahli, 8.9 (W. J. Broughton) . 3 Also: (5-5 Grand Central, 1-3 Supremc, "8-7 Cock Eobin, 10-11 Court Judge, 12-12 Sari, 4-(i Brown Dorby, ( 9-9 Clyde Bridge, 11.-10 Ilavildar, 7-8 , Jasper, 13-13 Master Bruce. [ Four lengths; three-quarters of a - length. Graiul Central fourth. Time, I 1.51. (Trainer: II. B. Lorrigan, Trcn- : tliam.) i - ■.