Two Mishaps Mar Training At Riccarton

Chronicle (Levin), 17 November 1949, Page 5

Two Mishaps Mar Training At Riccarton

CHRISTCmJRCH, Nov. 17. I Two mishaps marred training work at Riccarton this morning, Cast Etigh craahing early in a trial and dying from internal trouble, [a,nd the New Zealand Cup eandidate, Peridot, suffenng a kick [which sev§red an artery. [ Cast High, a four-yeay-old bay Igelding by Bulandshar from Paki[tere," was trained by R. B. . Robin[son for Mr. P. C. Webb Ahd the [ estate* of the late Mr. G. R. Hun,- [ tdr. He set- out to work with [Open Rangd over seven furlongs I on the 'plough, but at the end of | a furlong fell, throwing his rider, |B. McLaren, clear. He did not | drop dead, but died shoftly af terl wards. No ibones were broken, the I trouble being internal. I Cast High had won two races 1 last season," but so far this season I had not been. placed. He had been I accepted in the Subufban Ijtigh- | weight. | After Peri'dot had been exercised Ihe was kicked by his stablemate, Pastel, usually- the most even I tempered of fillies. It was bad I luck 'and it is to be hoped that it j does not prejudice the chauce of Peridot in the New Zealand Cup I race, in which he appears a good I prospect. He was kicked on the loff hind leg on the inside, and I above the hock, an artery being Isevered. •