Hack Cup To Rockanui

Chronicle (Levin), 10 February 1947, Page 6

Hack Cup To Rockanui

The Wanganui Jockey Club's autunir. lasecing was conclucLed. on Saturday n. oerfect weather and the course was i~ axcellent order.. There was. a large at ceadance and the totalisator handleu >-63,738 10s, compared with £45,344 othe second day last year. The total lo. uxi8 nxeeting was £115,174 10s, as against £85,668 10s, the increase toeinfo >as9,506. Ruiing Moment Broke Down Roto Parera niade a boid bid to win , he liurdles. Ruling Moment brokv. iow n live furlongs from liome and Rotu Parera went up to join Bir Kaleigh ii> .'rojit and lliey led into the straighi lollowed by Foreign Coin and Peter's iioice. >Sir Kaleigh came to grief ai iio last i'ence, and half a furlong from . lie line Foreign Coin went past Rocu Parera. Foreign Coin's bid was shorl lived and Peter's Choice ran to the r'ront a fevv yards from tlie post^ bear, ing Koto Parera by half a length. Poreign Coin, after weakening, linislicd on and was onlv half a neck away from Parera. Phalaria was fourth lollowed by Little Kobin and Jloyai Pageant. Marilyn Just Beat General Victory ilarilvri was favourite for the fcjedgebruok liandieap and she won; but by onlV a narrow margin from General Victory, with Xight hJchooi in third jdace. Crdennan was left and Generai \ ictory letl to the slraight closely attended by Kobinette ahead of Marilyn, Kittiwake, Martianair and Koyal C'amUria. General Victory iinished very gamely, but Marilyn, responding under pressure by \V. J. Broughton, won by n liead. Might Gehool, from a long way ; iiaek at the hoxne tuni, Iinished well to beet Kobinette for third money, a eouple of lengths away from General Victory. Easy for Flare Path | Flare Path, ridden by Broughton, was !a sliort priced 1'avourite for the LandAaard Ilsn-k. lie led into the straighi | laiid v. us immediately challenged by i i'i'rig 1 oint. For a moment Trig Point j was on terms with Flare Path, but over jtiie la 4 bit Flare Path drew away to juin i>y two lengths from Trig Point. I r'nptinl, promiiient aiways and second iiiito liie straighi, was third over thrce j lengths further back, and Yalliere j Miurtli early, was fourth. Next home ' weri- Poliow Suit, Tide Area, Hoariri ! Bay and Surrender. '! Sir Fliglit, Follow Suit, Hoariri Bay ; rj tui llor.nond missed the jump out.. . • ie for Robin's Keward ! Knierg", Craven and Parnell were Ibai-keil in that order for the Brunswick j :laiii!irai). The race was run at a fast j j>a-e and three furlongs from home the ! iieid v. as well bunehed. Craven led into ! ! ha straighi froim Tortago, Fort Koyal, I'arnell, Koi.-in's Reward and Enierge. I llalf a furlong from liome Ihe ieaders : were Kobin's Keward and Fort Koyal, land the issue lay between thcni. j Kobin's lieward did liest over the last l>i; and he won by half a length. j Tortago was third three lengths away, land Fmerge just beat Kebate for I l'ourth. Craven was next. Barrago Gecs It Gut J There w us a great hnisii to the Earle Siar.es and the winner was Barrage iroin i'lyuig Ace and imperiai. PeLer Koliinsou, Ceiinquent and Lowry" ija^v were lirst lo hiul tlieir feet and tiioy ! were follpwed out of tlie straight uy Latiruge, i>ady Scholar and Flyiug Ace. i l.iere was little dill'ereuce into tlie ' ..a.*;;, and ruiiniug to tlie far tuni Fij - i .ng Gola w ent up t'ast to follow Peter j Kui.iuson and Barrage into the straighi. I 1 lvmg Ace was fourth on the home | .iirii and Imperiai next. llalf-vvay down iiiie slraight Barrage went to the fronl j aml Fiymg Ace, on tlie inner, and 1mJ peria! on ihe outer, were challenging. j 1'he issue was well clouded until just sliort of Ihe post when Barrage made the last elVort to win by half a neck from Fiying Ace with Imperiai half a neck away third. Ladv Scholar was fourth und Lowry 'by lifth. Rockanui Pays a Price The Aw apuni-trained gclding, KockaI uui. won the llack Cup. and there was a bianket liiiisli with niuo liorses

iitincheil just sliort of the line. There would have l>een ten there if Clyde Bridge's saddle liad not slipped when lie was handy lo the Ieaders 011 tho j home tuni. Naucy Boswells, Audacious land Kelinont were prominent early aliead of (toody Two Slioes, Sailor Boy, '] vde Bridg-e, Baruch arnl Beau Kaide. I Audacious led passing the six and she, ! was still in front and going well as t he v ran to the straight. Goody Two Shoes was in second placo and Clyde Bridge, witli saddle sli]>ping, Beau Kaide. Rockanui and Gyration _ were followiiig*. A furlong* from the post, Goody Two Shoes and Gyration tackled Audacious, and Rockanui and Sailor Boy joined issue over the last bit, Rockanui winning by half a liead from Goody Two Shoes with Audacious half a liead away. Sailor Boy was a close fourth and The Saddler, Beau Kaide, Gyration, Standee and Night Charm were in a bunch just bchind tho placcd liorses. The winner paid a substantial dividend. King Tissa Beats Lady Oratory W. J. Broughton had his fourth success for the day with King Tissa, whieh was backed down to lcss thau even money. Shiraz led to the straight from King Tissa. Tudor Chief, Lady Oratory, Hadrian, Re]>udiate aiul Ngakoti. King Tissa soon went to the front and he won under pressure l>y a length and a half from Lady Oratory which beat, Shira/. by over a length. Ngakoti was fourth t'ollowed by Hadrian, Tudor Chief and Repudiatc. Three in Line Tlie dividend pavers in the coneluding eveiit.went past tlie judgc almost in line. Drambuie led carlv from Colonier, Theoeritus, Tideless, kTollv Afartia, f.ord Theio, Tvaraehi. Furioso and Aurora 's Star, the last-named havin" lost ground at the start. Colopier harl charge half-wav down the straight •vhere Tideless, Lord Theio and Mollv Arartia threw out decermined chal'enges and T.ord Theio won by half a bpflfl from Tideless with Mollv Martia ■\ head further away. Colopier was fourth followed by Drambuie", Theoeritus and Karaehi,

Details: — , FORDELL HACK HUKDLES, £300; • about li miles. 2-2 PETER'S CHOICE, 10.12 (W. E. Oarter) .1 0-6 Koto Parera, 10.0 (M. Andrews) 2 3-3 Foreign Coin; 9.12 (W. Skiffington) 3 Also: 1-1 Ruling Moment, 4-5 Sir Kaleigh, 8-8 Little Kobin, 6-4 Koyal Pageant, 7-7 Phalaria. Half a length; half a neck. Phalaria ,vas fourth. Time, 2.46 3-5. (Winner trained by owner, E. H. Walker, Ha-' wera.) SEDGEBROOK HANDICAP, £300; 54 furlongs. 1-l MARILYN, 8.3 (W. J. Broughton) 1 2-2 General Victory, 7.5 (A. C. Messervy) 2 1-4 Night Sehool, 9.2 (W. E, Carter) 3 Also: 5-5 Koyal Cambria, 10-10 Orderman, 9-9 Brantford, 6-6 Ivittiwake, 8-8 L'enacity, 3-3 -Kobinette, 7-7 Martianair. Head; two lengths. Koyal Cambria was fourth. Time, 1.7 2-5. (Winner trained by P. Burgess, Trentham.) LANDGUARD HACK HANDICAP, £300; about 6 furlongs and 80 yards. 1-1 FLARE PATH, 8.2 (W. J. Broughton) 1 3-3 Trig Point, 9.0 ( J. Garth) . . 2 6-6 Nuptial, car. 7.0 (P. Brennan) 3 Also: 5-5 Robeology, 2-2 Follow Suit, 7-8 Sir Elight, 9-9 Honnoud, 12-12 Tide Area, 11-11 Hoariri Bay, 8-7 Mister Beau, 4-4 ValJiere, 10-10 Surrender. Oue and a half lengths; four lengths. Valliere was fourth. Time, 1.18 4-5. (Winner trained by J. H. Jelfcrd, Hastings.) BRUNSWICK HANDICAP, £450; about 71 furlongs and 80 yards. 4-5 KOBIN'S KEWAKD, 9.3 (W. Connor) 1 6-4 Fort Koyal, 8.2 (K. Ford) .. 2 8-8 Tortago, 8.0 (R. W. Shaw) .. 3 Also: 2-2 Craven, 1-1 Emerge, 7-7 Prefa, 3-3 Parnell, 5-6 Kebate. Three-quarters of a length; three lengths. Emerge was fourth. Time, 1.35. (Winner trained by owner, F. H. Walker, Hawera.) EARLE STAKES, £800; 11 miles. 5-5 BARRAGE, 7.12 (W. J. Broughton) . . . . ; 1 1-1 Fiying Ace, 7.18 (W. L. Aitken) 2 4-4 Imperiai, 9.0 (A. G. Waddeil) 3 Also: 6-6 Peter Robinson, 9-9 Lowry Bay, 2-2 Loyai Bian, 7-7 Delinquenl, 8-8 Silver Pal, 12-12 Donegai Bay, 11-10 Rosswood, 3-3 Fiying Gold, 10-11 Lady Scholar. llalf a neck; half a neck. Lady Scholar was fourth.- Time, 2.5. (Winner trained bv F. Gough, Carterton.) HARRLSON HACK CUP, £550; 14* miles. 7-5 ROCKANUI, car. 8.0} (W. Connor) 1 12-11 Goody Two Shoes, 7.7 (K. Chote) 2 5-9 Audacious, 7.7 (A. Jolmson) .. 3 Also: 2-2 Baruch, 10-10 Lambro, 4-4 Nancy Boswells, '3-3 Beau Raide, l-l Clyde Bridgc, 6-6 Gyration, 11-12 Standee, 9-8 Sailor Boy, 8-7 The Saddler, 13-13 Kelmont, 16- id Open Road, 15-15 Night Charm, 14-14 Kehearsal. Half a head; half a head. Time, 2.7 1-5. (Winner trained by L. Knapp, Awapuni.) MATARAWA HACK HANDICAP, £400; about 6 furlongs and 80 yards. 1-1 KING TISSA, 8.10 (W. J. Broughton) . 1 5-4 Lady Oratory, S.3 (R. Sauuders) 2 4-5 Shiraz, 8-9 (L. J. Clutterbuck) 3 Also: 3-3 Hadrian, 6-6 Tudor Chief, 2-2 Ngakoti, 7-,7 Repudiate. Length and a half; length and a half. Ngakoti was fourth. Time, 1.17 1-5. (Winner trained by H. Dulieu, New Plymouth.) CAMPBELL HANDICAP, £550; abont 6 furlongs and 80 yards. 5-5 LORD THEIO, 7.0 (A. Jolmson) ' • • 1 3-3 Tideless, car. 8.13 (P. Brennan) 2 2-2 Molly Martia, 8.3 (W. J. Broughton) 3 Also: 1-1 Theoeritus, 4-4 Colopier, 8-8 New Deer, 7-7 Awaroa Stream car. 7.8}, 9-9 Furioso car. 7.6, 6-6 Karaehi car. 7.4, 10-10 Drambuie car. 7.4. llalf a head; head. Colopier was fourth. Timo, 1.17. (Winner trained by J. E. Oliver, Greytown.)