MAJORITY HAVE WINNING FORM

Chronicle (Levin), 7 January 1947, Page 6

MAJORITY HAVE WINNING FORM

'fwenty-two Awapuni- traiiied" ••horsf . ligure among the acccptances ■' om th( first day of the Wellington • Racinj Club 's summer meeting "which opbiis oi' Saturday, and no fewer than ll . liaye winning form over the holiday . pnri.Ot to coniniend them. • . The largest ^representation is .in, -tluLinden liurdles in wfiich the^entreTa? fiye prospeetive runnerfi^ in . |ijed (flaiio Tid-Apa, Rink, Fuzzy Wpzzy^ andJ'Sro! vider. Judging by the efi; or.£les§ ^sfyle in which he aecounted fqr the'fhTira^prs on the second day of the 'Marton "mVeF ing, Provider shouid be the. elect "of the quintet. Al though 'tfie Foxbndge " f oti'r' year-old failed to .liv'Fup' to'hi's"eivcelt ient breediug on ; the iiat, : hev qfif dkly showed aptitude in the"bppofiiteTbrantli. when taken over by L. Knappj and- at his lirst attempt finislieii ..a. gooihTo qrtji, at Woodville last month. JbLe'vvas suc cessful in a geutieman riders ' eveiit.al Waipukurau on Boxing Da.y -.aud therc is every reason to expect liim to main. lain liis present good form. Fuzzy Wuzzy failed tvvice al'tor win uing on the middie day of the Mana--vvatu meeting, and is not yet a polished jumper. He also gives. iiidjcatious "that he will be better suited when th.e trackbecome easier. liink was ngt. seen oiit over the holidays, but linished foui'th at his last start over hurdles ,at .Feilding in No veliibor. He is sli'ov\ing,,delinite improvenient in his jumping' and is! quito capable of upsetting calculations, especially as he is getling down in tht weiglits. lied Glare is hndihg it dilii cult lo win under his present imposts" but is sueh a grand juinper tliat • In uiust aiuays bo takeu into 6dnsideraLion. Tid-Apa is roliable, but .is noi very big and may iind hef Voight troublesome. - • A Brlgfit Prospect Al'lor a temporary lapae of form, Einerge won handsomely over seven lurlougs on the lirst day at Marton, and he appears a deiinite prOspe'ct il. the Apprentices' llaiidicap." The Uliris Lopher lCobin tiiree-jcaiyold has alway.-. unpressed by the manner in which iu lias linished at the end of his races an« the exfra distance shouid not troubk hlni. lie will be ndden by the stable apprenlice 11. Gaundcrs', who is a very promising iighLvveight. i.'zarina will be u ell suiled by tliis Lvpe oi race. Khe is a free goer auU has previously shown her ability lo run out a mile. 6. W. Nevv has disposod oi Kkilied to an Australian buyer and Ihe half-brolher lo lleorapa is not likely to be produced at the meeting. Ailhough a wiuner on Ihe niiddie day at Awapuni, Grand Adair failed • badty iu liis uext two slarts aud gave the impression tliat he was feeling theelfects oi Ihe liard going." llowever, tlu Broiel'orl colt is unduubtedly a smaia galloper and shouid have no trouble in paying liis way. L. A. Piiie has worked a big iinprovemeu-t in Pelinieer and, ai'Ler sJiowing rare briliiance, she stayedon mucli better tinui usuai Lo b.eat tlu hack sprinlers on ihe concluding day- at Marton, liuiuier-up iu tho.novife event each day at Marton, .Audacious is. a. deiinite iiuprover .and -slie may not.be out oi' place ainon.gr: ihe liack sprinl.ers, at Trenthum. K.he- is a solidly-buili. L'ou r -year-old by Bafl'lp. from, a useiul spj'intcr ig 'fier day. In spite of.ihe'^.fact tliat lie has' worked liis way up Ld the. lop of ihe. handicap, Iinperial is likely lo prove a worthy repres'eiitative in tHe chiei event, the Domini'on Handicap. His iioishing effort to fv'iti the Maflbn Cup w.as most iitqiressive and he is undoubt odly one of Ihe most proiiiising youiig luuidicappers in the Doiiiinion. ■ In his last six sliirts he has tJiree vvins aiu! three sccouds to hirf cfedit. . Klying'Acc came home very strongly to win the main event 011 the second day at Walton aud it will bo remembcred that he invariably runs liis best races at.Tueutham. ile does not appear to pull so liard in the early part of his races and this shouid enable hiui to see out tlu

11 luriongs. Good Bprinters Petro Mai- is engaged in tlie Juvenih Handicap and, although. possessod oi plenty of pace, lie does not niake greal appeal over six furlongs. Gay Ktrollcr and Yasda are a coupk of spriuters who shouid uiako niatter: interosting in the York Handicap.. Gny Ktroller met with trouble at the Mana vvatu meeting and his form there ca.11 be discouuted. ITe is very vvell and, with the services'.bf VVr. J. Broughton, wiil have plenty .bf supporters; " At'Ler being narrowiy defeated by Beau le llavro 011 tlie lirst day at Awa puni, Yasda wendon to triuuiph -in ihe sprint at Marton bn N'evv Year's Day, and he accoiiiplished ' his task 'in the manner of a good horse. A higJi opiiiidihas aiways beeu field 'of the Ooronach gelding and, as he appears to have- become sound now,' his fu'ture look,bright. Langue d'Or will be-given au outing in the York llatidicap prior to tackliiig Ihe Wellington Gup on tlu seeond da}-. Ile failed Lo handle the rever.se way al l'jlierslie and his Torm

in the Auckland Cup can be discouuted l'ersiiade easily proved herseif tlu best niiddle-distauce hack racTug at Marton where she won the liangitikei Hack Cup very docisively with 9.2. Tlie daughter oi' Oratory looks a mass 01 coxidition and can be expected to givc a good account. of hergelf in the Hal.s vvell liack Handicap. Cinclure appears to be coming solid with raeing and, although she won oyei seven at Awapuni, the extru iurioiig at Trentham may prove troublesoine: Kief mont resumed raciiig over tfie' holidays and the couple of outings lie liad sh'ouki improve hiin substantially. . Ile iooks uiore solid this teriu aiid, like nlbsl of; ihe progeny'of Lord Quex, may be seen lo better advantage with age.