Pacing Record To Be Attempted At Hutt Park

Chronicle (Levin), 4 February 1949, Page 6

Pacing Record To Be Attempted At Hutt Park

L.M.

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WELLINGTON, February 4. ■- >' Large fields are engaged on the opening day ,of the Wanganui Jockey Club's autumn meeting,. opening. tomorrow., and in a number of the events, particularly the, two main races, Trentham form inay prove a good guiding light:,- Thie'same also appiies to the Canterbury J.C. midsummer v meeting where several horseS wi&se Trentham running suggests: an early return to. peak form'pare engaged. - • * ' "* * t> •• • Th&> Wellington^Trotting Gliib's summer meeting at Hutt Park tomo'rrow hak >attracted handy fields. 'Several- of the horses engaged h^ye shown good form at Forbury ;Park; Marl.Gborough^ahid^pl^cp meetings held in the p-as't two 'weeks and Hthat f orhf sl^ifld "be reliable. A great attraction .to'the-'meet-;ing will be'the attem.pt of jbhe champion paceiy Highland Fling on the one mile grass world record. He is the greatest pacer sfeen this side of the .world' for many years and i^ the present | line weather continues Highland Fling should go very close to if not break the record.

The record the champion will attempt to break is the 2.0 2/5 "World grass track pacing^ record established by that great Australian pacer of a few years ago, Van Gerby, wnen visiting Auckland during an inter-Dominion Championship meeting. The Wanganui Cup is expected to develop into a duel between 'King's Ransom, who so bril iantly held off Tauloch by a nose in one of the most thrilling finishes seen in tne Trentham Stakes, and Gay , Stroller,, v\vho gave .3) splendidi : raccount.'Qf hlmseif ;it£ ^the Summer! Handicapi for third. With W. J. 'Broughtoh up, generdl op^nibn is. that Gay Stroller will add ihe Cup to his colection, but that remains' to be seen. King's Ransom is very fit and rs obviously at his top form. j I expect hina to give another grandj account of his capabilities, Other' form prospects are Aven'ger, who, raced well but' unluckily at Tren-I •tham, Lord Manna, Beau Bijou and1 .Embrolita.

On Trentham form The Pagan should improve sufficiently to be jhard to beat in the Flying Handi•'cap, his mosu serious opposition bejng Da Vinci, Bramerton, Whitley and Wild Note. At Riccarton in the Midsummer Handicap Trentham form reads very reliable in such good stayers as .The Gxate, , and He'io, but other [form horses. engaged are Fine :Night, -Banshee,' who wab gomg^well in the main event at Trentham' last Saturclay, a ba-d check cost hef all, chance, and Riverview. | -J J^i was- hea-vily backed in both1 istarts (at Trentham and although! ^ jbea.en? out ,of thfe money on each ?,-tocbk'sion' ran shch good races that, the seven furlongs of the Cravenl Plate at Riccarton should epable this smart southern sprinter to ? . make amends. Other pjrospec^ in' the race are Full Play, who has made a comp'ete recovery fr-om thei cold which- prevented him froaij racm-g' at Trentham, Julius Caesar, Magical', Faithful Pal and Flying . Orders. K Ji m , ,t.iV.sg