Phanion Likely To Make It Two On End

Chronicle (Levin), 1 July 1949, Page 6

Phanion Likely To Make It Two On End

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( - WELLINGTON, July 1. Large fields will again parade at Hastings tomorrow for the concluding day of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club s winter meeting. There are several fresh horses engaged, both.pn the flat and over tfre jumps. With the Wellingtoh winter meeting opening at Trentham tomorrow week, forni at Hastings is being followed with keen interest, as most of the horsos ghgaged o-are also acceptors for Trentham.

The steeplechase is not a strong field and s'hould De .a good rehearsai for G'aieW;'in./lief. Trentham engagements. ' She is a vastly im-pro-ved mare .sinee racing at Ellerslie. Vassilikos' good second to Vernon in the Grandstand Steeplechase at Wanganui was good form an-d Jie may oe Gaiety's most serious opponent. Phanion's form in neating a fair-j iy strong field in her last start in tne Strome Handicap at Napier on J'une 6 was full of merit and if she strips fit tomorrow she should be one of the hardest to beat in the. president s Handicap. .Earldale and Kippo, first and second in the Winter Handicap last week, have both. good form to recommend whiie /Velcome Guest gives the impresciion of having greatly benefited from last week's race.

The Ashburton meeting, which ha'd i0 be postponed last Saturday Decause of the oad weather conditions, will be held tomorrow. The fields are the same as last week, fcut a number of scratchings' wiil be forthcoming because of horses engaged being booked to leave for Trentham tomorrow night. Reports from Ashburton indicave that conditions will be reasonably good for this time of year.