A HORSE TO WATCH
Lord Elgin May Yet Be A Star Handicapper The key to Lord Elgin's success has been consistency, and if he repeats his Otaki form at the Wellington meeting he should be difficult to outclass. His performance in the Rere Nikitini Memorial Stakes was first class, especially for a 'horse who was having his seeond outing in the open grade. The son of Kincardine, he has the makings of a good horse, and if not over-raced may well be a star handicapper. Lord Elgin had his first race as a three-year-old, but was unplaced. In his next three performances he secured one win, one second and a third. On the final day of the New Zealand Cup meeting he ran unplaced. His efforts in the Wellington Stakes and Hagley Handicap had similar results, but fortune favoured him in the final day of the meeting, when he beat all but The Grand in the Kaitoki Handicap. The Grand ran second to him at Otaki. The Canterbury Jockey Club's summer meeting saw Lord Elgin at his best. Without undue effort he secured the Middle Park Stakes. His defeat in the Parkinson Hack Handicap at the Banks Peninsula meeting was attributed to the heavy burden of 9-0 he was carrying. In the North Island Challenge Stakes, won by Exeter, he set the pace, but gradually faded into fourth. More at home on the Riccarton track, he ran a second and third in the Canterbury Jockey Club's April meeting. Carrying 9-6, he ran fourth to Joy Rosa on the first day of the Grand Niational meeting. He improved on this the second day by winning the Sumner Handicap with ease carrying 9-5. The final day of the meeting saw him run third to Deep Harmony in the Radcliffs Handicap. After a short spell he resumed racing on the first day of the Otaki meeting, running second to Hularaloo in the Ling Memorial- Stakes. His latest success is his most important, but he is expected to .mprove on this. The sire, Kincardine, is renowned for producing great gallopers, such as the following: Golden Souvenir, Kindergarten and Findon. Lord Elgin's trainer is George Ridgeway.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 October 1946, Page 6
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361A HORSE TO WATCH Chronicle (Levin), 23 October 1946, Page 6
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