Find Out A Steeples Prospect

Chronicle (Levin), 23 July 1948, Page 6

Find Out A Steeples Prospect

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4 . 4: ; WELLINGTON, July 23. ij;- distributed at tomorrow's meetJngS, wh^n *1^|^^atu>fttiiit, at Awapuni', combined Tolaga |^3/^i|^pu imeefeg' Gireerimeadows, concluding day of the ^\^dale.4i^ii3re Canterbury meetings, will be held. -With.- tli'h QTahH' Natidiiay meeting opening at Riccarton on €6rm-1|'being|^l6sely followed of horses with engage;mehts/ih,the prmcipal eve'nts. A number of these horses will be riihiiihg 'tpmo^ow ' and'^their f'orm will be watched with keeii interest. : ; */ '

•A Winter "Cup -cahdidate' whose running' at Awapufn-tomorrbw will give a line on her':|)fbspects in the big niile race at Riccarton is Miss Bairnsfather. Since running Citation to a close finish in the open sprint op the first day at the Hawke's Bay meeting, Miss Bairnsfather has 'done well and although she has drawn 18 at the barrier in the President's Handicap tomorrow she will be one . of the hardest to, beat. JStrongest opposition is expected to come from Playtos, who is at the peak of his form. Other prospects in the race are Cooraclare, Kia Ora Katoa, and Sea Fury. Find Out was going well'in the July Steeplechase at Trentham last Satyirday until he . ran off in the straight.' He is expected • .to • make amends in the Manawata Hunt Cup Steeples and .shQUld;/gio out a firm favourite;/ Of- the;: others in the field the-' best may be Vernon, Aga Kay- and Thunderhead. Trentham form is well represented in the- Churchill Handicap ar Avondale with- Cowper, winner of the Whyte Handicap, . Ruling Master, winner- of the • Parliamentary Handicap, Ascot Lad, good ftfth in Parliamentary Handicap and Earldale, runner-up to Howe in thei

Winter -Oats. Other form horses in the race. are Honora, winner at the meeting on the first day, Double Chance, third in the sprint, and Conspiracy, second to Honora. Of this lot Ascot Lad should prove the best proposition and is likely to be the favourite. .Shirley Fox missed the jump-out in the open sprint on the first day of the Avondale fixture and experienced a rocky passage throughout. With a ' smarter ; getaway in the Telegraph Handicap tomorrow she should take a lot of beating. Strohgest danger is expected to come from* Pelias, Silver Lighting, if started here instead of the Churchill' Handicap, Bedivere and Rozami. Favourites for principal races tomorrow are: ^ At Awapuni — Manawatu Hunt I Steeples: Find Out,. President's j Handicap: Miss Bairnsfather.At Avondale — Churchill Handiicap: Ascot Lad. Whau Steeples: jGolden Reign. Telegraph Handilcap: Shirley Fox. I At Greenmeadows — Ngarimu jHack Steeples: Primordial. Waiapu iStakes: Citation. South Canterbury — Pareora | Steeples : First Out. Claremont I Handicap : Connaught.