False Step Best Among Sprinters

Chronicle (Levin), 4 March 1949, Page 6

False Step Best Among Sprinters

L.M.M.)

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WELLINGTON, March 4. The Dominion's best gallopers will be seen out in their respective * classe# tomorrow at Trentham when the Wellington Racing Club will op.en its two-day autumn meeting. The ftelds are" -wejl-filled, and? as is the usual case at Trentham, difficult to weed down,to the likely dividend payers. ^ The course is m perfect- summer ,order and unl'ess heavy rain intervenes "the going will be firm and fast. Outside the three main handicap events:G'hidf topic here is as to whether Hasty Glance can beat Tauldch oyei' the if miles of the N.Z. St. Leger Stakes. Other meetings reviewed are Egmont, Franklin and Dunedin. .".The ope'ning evenGat Trentham rette are likely to dispute favourthe Rimu Highweight should see itism and both should give good Raksonn the nublic choice. but at a accounts of themselves. Otner

good win price. He is in winningi form. Lady's Man and Lord Boswells are weil forward, Lady's Man in particular looking. very fit. Other prospects are Rockanui, Lord Moutoa, Roman Duke, Gold Lad and Golden Hope. If Ivanhoe has recovered from the soreness developed after last week's race he will be a strong contendier. Sweet Spray an'd Birdman will dispute •. favouritism in the large Plunket 'Nursery field. Both are in excellent order. Good support will als'ti • be forthcoming for Abbotsford, "Pictagain, •■The Laird, Hit or Mjss and .Peaseblossom. The"^4r:St; Leger Stakes will re-. 'Solve itsejf into a duel between Hasty ' Gfance and Tauloch. Both 'three-year-olds will dominate the betting with Tauloch favourite. In his present form Hasty Glance holds an excellent chance of beating Tauloch, and the distance will not trouble him. St. Bruno, who has improved with racing in the south, and Blue Seal are the best of the remainder. Lord Revel is expected to be seen to better advantage in the Autumn Handicap than was the case on his iprevious visit to Trentham in January. He is one of the fittest horses at Trentham and should give a good account of himself. The Otaki-trained Avenger is nicely placed an'd will not be worried by the distance. The topweight King's Ransom, will, if fully recovered from the filling in the ne&r foreleg, make his presence felt and wili certainly be onei of the hardest to keep out of the money. Langham looks particularly well land it is on the cards he might reipeat January form.' Of the others, the bracketed pair, Frances and The Grate, Gay Stroller and Royal Tan read the best. Frances is also in the Thompson Handicap.

^ A larVe ' nel# is engage'd m tne Tinakori.. *Hacfe and the winner is niore likely to come from Re ward . « .;T|eter mination, Outlook, Offdh^^.KpyiSpaper, Master Fox, Ngarobtaii^vFpllow Suit. . :;...otask^p£ihters invariatoly wm the ^^ihipsdn..; Hpndicap. The field two of the best country, CitrU and from the South Ts^a>'^o^v^they will have to t0 .hold ^ch Gollen' i^taiibe®, Julius Caecome from the- above 'SfeVefi." ■*' Gdllen; through his brilliant track essays is a firm favo.urite, but there will also be sol'i'd support -for Citril, Voltaic and Excellency. ^ , False Step is at the peak of her form to tackle the Railway Handicap field and if she repeats her track efforts she should show the field a clean pair of heels. Strongest opposition will come from Wild Note, Full Play, The Pagan, Super Vaals, Magical and The Hob. The Silverstream Hack has not drawn a strong field. It is understood that three of the four with earlier engagements will contest this event: Leyma and Bar Gar-

prospects are Hush, Sly Gola, Hostess and Outlook. However, an improving lightweight with excellent prospects of upsetting expectations is the Hastings trained Green Light. Prospects are : 11.10. — Rimu Highweight (11 furlongs) — Baksoon, Lord Boswells, Lady's Man. 11.55. — iPlunket Nursery (6- furlongs)— Birdman-Dowry toracket, Sweet Spray, The Laird. 12.45.— N.Z. St. Leger Stakes (lf miles)— Hasty Glance, Tauloch, St. Bruno. 1.35— Autumn Handicap (H miles)— Lord Revel, King's Ransom, Avenger. 2.25.— Tinakori Hack Handicap (7 furlongs) — Reward, Determination, Ngarobi. 3.15. — Thompson Handicap (1 mile) — Gollen, Citril, Voltaic. 4.5.— Railway Handicap (6 furlongs)— False Step, Wil'd Note, The Pagan, if Full Play absent. 4.55. — Silverstream Hack Handicap (11 furlongs)— Leyma, Bar Garrette, Green Light.