Taranaki Form Reviewed

Chronicle (Levin), 4 March 1948, Page 7

Taranaki Form Reviewed

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If Mallow coul'd get away from'the barrier. faster, he would win " more races. llis recent form shows improvembht ahd! 'He- may :be ready for the Flying Handicap at the. Taranaki meeting. In his last eight starts, he has two firsts anda third to his eredit. Conceal has been running good races lately' and the Otaki sports'woman, Miss N. Bills, "may not be iong -»in cbllectingf'LK. Cprize. Last Saturday .he was»; finishing ,fast over, the .last furiopLg,^, * .* - A surprise ih' the Taranaki Cup could come f rom' th'e -Baffles mare, Peggy O. --Her re'ceht -form has been impro.ving, Bfte, won on the . New. .Plynaouth ti;ack last Boxing Day. in the .Christmas Handicap of bne inile tWo and h'half furlongs, beating Faultiha and'DimbaF.' King of- Quiz lslipwe'd. promise when he.(ran second; ta Brammerton at Hawera last Saturday. Trained by P. Belcher at Trentham, the Theio geiding seems to be on the verge of winning a race. • The; Australian horse, Embrolita, was very unlucky to have met Tenor Royal- and should repay his 'foHowers this week. Tortago seems to be finding it hard to make the pace as a jumper, but may improve with more racmg. Although he failed last week, his third to Master Guard and Grand Central. at Wanganui should be remembered. He will race in the Waitara "Hurdles ' this Saturday. - •

Judging ; by His ^'isaisy wiri1 at ; HaWera/ LahSear' 'wliB' be »hai4d: tc . beat in the Ngamotu Juvenile. The ' eixtra twelve pounds .should not trouble him, and he may prove one of (th^fhest WL iCliftftp(af team^ He? W 'byJ FoSotfa^ rrbfri" ■ Mnhy Whistle. /| I After his hig^V^B^f ormance on j the first day of the -Egmont meet- > ing, Brown, perbyrhas ,|?een given J 8.11 to carl-y'' in" the Fl'yihg' Handi- \ cap. A gpod/gallpper on- his day, \ his , form is .urireliable, ho'weVer. ] ! Fort! R'oyaf shotild' be in' th'e news shorti'y .;and'Vhis''fhiiUre-'Tast 'fwe^k'ishould, not . be.- r.eg^ded . as, -4 seHohs : | ; He js c.apa^e rph gp^dtperfprmanQes/ in hpth , a spriht ancj 'distahces er >• a^mileC. ">• •