Easter Racing Opens On Saturday

Chronicle (Levin), 14 April 1949, Page 6

Easter Racing Opens On Saturday

L.M.

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(Special — From

WELLINGTON, April 14. Racegoers will have plenty to hold their interest over the Easter holidays, for there will be no fewer than six galloping and two trottmg meetings on Saturday and seven gallops and trotting fixtures on Monday. > Local enthusiasts will have^ Feilding and Wairarapa meetings to divide their patronage, where tields of excellent proportions are carded. Recent Levin and Awapuni form should prove reasonably reliable at these meetings. . • . . At Feilding Imperial and Barrage will clash agam m the Feilding Cup and tneir Levin tussle looks like being repeated. Barrage is expected to repeat Levin winning form, but Imperial should be a/ much tougher proposition at the difference of 51b. in his favour, and a solid race to tune him up Imperial should reverse Levin placings at Feilding. If both Imperial and Bafrage are beaten, Indian Song, with a list of, unlucky seeonds. will be the horse to deservedly reach the winning list.

The Easter Handicap at Wairarapa shourcl give Leyma a great. chance to wiri ari important handicap event. The fieM is not particuiarly strong in c.ass and Leyma s most dangerous opposition looks like coming from Veine d'Or, Royal Victor, Treneree and High Oi'der. Prospects for rhe openmgNday on Saturaay of ihe Feilding, Wairarapa and Auckland mee.ings, and tne concluding day of the Adding- . ton Trots are: —