MODERATE’S CUP

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 200, 22 May 1944, Page 7

MODERATE’S CUP

Surprise At Woodville

(BY

St. Simon.)

Another very pleasant day was experienced for the continuation of the WlUte £ country circuit at Woodville on Saturday when the Woodville District. Jockey Club staffed a successful meeting. the traea was soft but in good condition tor winter public had a fair day with four winning favourites. There was a surprise, however, in the Woodville Cup, which was won in decisive manner by the Wellington-owned hurdler Moderate, who had run a good race on the flat against the sprinters the previous week at Otaki. Moderate was the whipper-in for halt the journey, but then commenced a forward run which he maintained to the haltfurlong, where he had the race safely in hand. He was ridden by the Trentham horseman N. Vaughan, who won the day s handicap double when be got Lotto home In the Ruahine Handicap. Ked Glare woilthe hurdles easily, and Malacca took the PapStaWa Steeplechase but the result of this event was in dauo. till two fences from home, where Lucullus Boy fell. Up till that stage he had tested Malacca out in front. There was a judicial inquiry after the running of the President's Handicap for apprentice riders in which Ring, ecarf, the winner, bored in suddenly nearing the post and took Hard Frost's ground. Tne stewards decided not to alter the judges placings. They found that Ring Scarf had changed course suddenly and did not hold the jockey, J. Bowuess, responsible, as the horse’s behaviour was considered beyond the control of the rider. The totalizator turnover for the day was £23,657/10/-. In previous years tlie Woodville club has not raced in the winter. At last year’s cup meeting, which was held in February, the turnover for eight races was £34,569/10/-. Rfd Glare, the favourite, scored a comfortable win in the Orlngi Hurdles. He was held In behind Park Light and Pompit for seven furlongs, then took over and quickly opened up a gap which made the win safe with nearly half a mile still to run. Epping, the topweight, came from a good way back to run into second place at the turn and he easily held that position to the post without having any chance of overhauling the winner. Park Light showed improvement with his experience at Hawera and held on to third money from Noble Fox, who had to make up a lot of ground from the live furlongs. Pompit dropped out in the straight after being prominent all the way. Two novices in Abdicate and Sporting Gold did best of the unplaced horses. Light Fair ran a good deal below his Feilding form. Ascot Bloom was the only casualty, falling at the end of a round. Each division of the Maiden Plate was won easily. Atonia, a little raced Kincardine three-year-old carrying the same colours as Ex-pupil, won the first division practically all the way. Theoiway was the first out, but Atonia soon ran to the lead and after turning for home two lengths clear he won by five lengths from Beneve, who came from the back, and Tld-apa also came late to cut Theioway out of third place. Glen Urquhart, the favourite, ran a poor race. The second division was a good thing for Tintern, the second favourite. Ever Aussie anil Bay Robe made the pace for Tintern to the straight, but once they lined up for home Tintern drew away to win by a big margin from Ever Aussie and Ganges, who finished very well from the rear. Bay Robe was fourth and the others were wed beaten. In the absence of Arabic and Malik Kafur, Malacca was made an odds-on favourite for the Papatawa Steeplechase, which he won, but It was not till Lucullus Boy tipped out two fences from home that Malacca’s supporters were feeling comfortable. Till he made his error Lucullus Boy jumped better than Malacca, but the lastnamed had the superior pace on the flat. Excepting Irish Heart, who drifted astern, the field was bunched for the first round, during which Anglo-Irish was run off at the fence near the half-mile. The final round was a contest between Malacca and Lucullus Boy, and when the last-named fell the issue was no longer in doubt, Malacca winning easily from Opaltown, who trailed the two leaders over the concluding circuit. Mamaku was third and Coaster a poor fourth. Irish Heart refused at the second of the stand double a round from home. The Woodville Cup resulted in the hurdler Moderate beating the handicap horses with a solid run. Lady Spiral soon adopted her usual role qf pacemaker and for six furlongs she showed the way to Authoress, Te Kawitl, Tau-uru, Alchemy and Blue Border, with Langue d’Or and Moderate at the rear. Authoress dropped back soon after passing the half mile where Moderate commenced to move up and he was fourth at the home turn behind Lady Spiral, Te Kawiti and Blue Border, with Tau-uru and Lowry Bay next. In the last furlong Moderate got to the front and his only challenger was Lowry Bay, who came rather late on the scene to run Moderate to half a length. Alchemy finished over the others for third place nearly three lengths away. Tau-uru was fourth with Lady Spiral and Langue d’Or next. Te Kawiti showed none of his usual finishing dash and beat only Young Charles and Authoress home.

Ring Scarf, the third favourite, had to survive an inquiry before the judge’s placings were allowed to stand in the President’s Handicap, and the payout on this race was held up till after the running of the final event. Jackels, Solver, Fox Cover, Walk Off and Hard Frost were the first to show out. but near the ha(f mile Fox Cover took over and led across the top turn from Jackels. Solver, Walk Off, Hnrd Frost. St. Bill and Ring Scarf. Solver and Fox Cover led into line from Hard Frost and Ring Scarf. At the last furlong Hard Frost drew up on the outside of the two leaders and Ring Scarf came on wider out. but as soon as he got to the front he bofed in and took Hard Frost over to the rails. Ring Scarf then drew out to win by three lengths from Hard Frost, with a short length to Fox Cover. Rosinante. who lost several lengths at the start, came home very fast into fourth place and appeared to bo unlucky. Bendemeer. Pennyroyal and St. Bill were next to finish. Solver might have finished in a place had he not been crowded when Ring Scarf moved his ground.

Lotto, the win favourite, came from behind to run down the leaders and win the Ruahine Handicap. Wings of Song, Sterling Lad. Lady Accra, and Duncannon were the leaders to the straight. Wings of Song retired first, and inside the last furlong when Sterling Lad and Lady Accra were fighting it out. Lotto swept up oil the outside and beat them narrowly. Sterling Lad holding second money from Lady Acora. Duality, who was checked by Lotto in the last furlong, was fourth, and Duncannon fifth.

The favourite. Broiefleld. put up a very game performance to win the Kumeroa Handicap. He was well back early, but improved his position running along the hack and with three furlongs to run was lying fourth behind Mynet, Aristocrat, ami Lady iMidian. Mynet led for home, but rau very wide, and in a tense strugffD 'down the long straight, Broiefleld finished courageously under the whip to win bv half a head. Had Mynet npt covered the extra ground he would have won. Golden Tide, who drew the outside position at the barrier, had to be used freely early to overcome the disadvantage, and this cost her a winning chance. She finished well for third, just heating Hakim, who was handv enough over the concluding half mile. Vera Lynn, Aristocrat and Advocate were next. The second favourite. Hulabaloo, Fas never well placed.

Details Of The Racing

ORINGI HURDLES, of £175. One mile '• and five furlongs, 1/1 RED GLARE (11). 10.5 (A. Jenkins) 1 2/2 EPPING (6), 10.11 (A. Midwood) 2 7/7 PARK LIGHT (15). 9.4 .. (C. Eley) 3 Also started: 5/5 Pompit (8); 3/3 Noble Fox (10); 11/10 Abdicate (13); 5/8 Indian Sign (7): 4/4 Light Fair (3); 8/6 Ascot Bloom (1), fell; 9/9 Combination (4): 13/14 Crackerjack (9); 10/10 Rnmillles (12) ; 16/16 Rhodes (5); 14/13 Rollicker (2); 15/15 Sporting Gold (10); 12/12 Theatre (14). Eight lengths; four. Noble Fox was fourth. Time, 3.8 1-5. (Winner trained <by IL Griffith, Awapuni.) MAIDEN PLATE, of £l7O. Six furlongs. First Division. 3/4 ATOMA (4), S.ll (A. C. Messervy) 1 5/6 BENEVE (2), 8.11 .... (C. Bowry) 2 17/17 TID-APA Co), 8.11 .. (J. Fagan) 3 Also started: 11/9 Broderie (6); 12/11 Gadicr (7); 1/1 Glen Urquhart (ID; 4/3 Grev Donne (10); 6/5 Light o’ Dawn (3): 20/21 Roval Scholar (9i ; 21/20 Te Toki (1): 14/13 Theioway (81. Five lengths; half. Theioway was fourth. Time. 1.18 '2-5. ('Winner trained by T. D. Coyle, Hastings.) Second Division, 2/2 TINTERN (10), 8.11 (A. Midwood) 1 7/7 EVER AUSSIE («), 8.11, car. 8.12 J (T. Tito) 2 10/12 GANGES (9), 8.11 .. (W. Carter) 3 Also started: 17/19 Bay Robe (3); 8/8 Blanket (5); 16/16 Gold Shoes (8); 9/10 Kinzano (7); 13/14 Merry P l (2); 15/15 Sporting Pal (1); 19/18 (Te Wanaka (4). Four lengths; three. Bav Robo was fourth. Time, 1.19 3-5. (Winner trained by C. J. Thomson, Awapuni.) PAPATAWA HACK AND HUNTERS’ STEEPLECHASE. Of £175. About two miles and fl quarter. 1/1 MALACCA (4), 10.7 .. (R. Hawes) 1 3/3 OPALTOWN (2), 9.11 (E. Deslandes) 2 4/4 MAMAKU (1), 9.0 (T. Tito) 3 Also started: 2/2 Ajiglo-Irisli (6), ran

off: 4/5 Coaster (7) 1,7/7 Irish neart (3), pulled up: 6/6 Lucullus Boy (3), Wl. teix lengths; three. Coaster was foul th. Tl ™ e . 4.41 4-5. (Winner trained by H. S. McClelland and T. Wise, Greenmeadows.) WOODVILLE CUP, of £3OO. Oue mile

and a quarter. 7/7 MODERATE (6), 7.0, ear. 7.2 (N. Xaughan) 1 2/2 LOWRY BAY (S), 8.9 (A. Jenkins) 2 6/6 ALCHEMY (7), 7.0, car. 7.10 (W. Broughton) 3 Also started: 5/5 Te Kawiti (9); 1/1 Lady -Spiral (10); 4/4 Langue dOr (4), 9/9 Authoress (2); 10/10 Young Charles (5): 8/8 Blue Border (1): 3/3 lau-uru (<>). Half length; two. Tau-uru was fourth. Time, 2.13. (Winner trained by i>. Burgess, Awapuni.)

PRESIDENT’S HACK HANDICAP, of £175. Apprentice riders. Seven furlong*. 3/3 RING SCARF (13), 7.9 (J. Bowuess) 1 1/2 HARD FROST (12), 9.0 (J- * “gan - 5/5 FOX COVER (6). 8.11 (J, 3 Also started: 2/1 ’So l ™? Off (3); 12/11 Bendemeer (11) : 6/8 St. Biu (7); 11/I’2 Jackets (1); 9/7 Pennyroyal (8) , 10/9 Pongi (9); 7/10 Rosinante (10). 8/0 Sandy Bay (2): 13/13 Severity (a) ,14/14 Vernon (14). Three lengths: one and _a half. Rosinante was fourth. Time, 1.3-.--a. (Winner trained by G. S. Walton, Otaki.) RUAIHINE HANDICAP, of £225. Six furlongs. , i/q lotto (3). 7.7 Vaughan) i 3/2 STERLING LAD (5), 7.6 (V Sellars) 2 2/1 LADY ACORA (8), 8.8, 3 Akso started: 5/5 Wings of nuncannon (7); 4/4 Duality (6) ,8/8 Sig low (1): 7/6 Glaciate (8). Length; threequarters. Duality vas fourth. 1.17 4-5. (Winner trained by B. McKuight, Tauherenikau.)

KUMEROA HACK HANDICAP, of £175. One mile and a quarter. , 1/1 BROIEFIELD (9), 9.3 " a^. el ’ 7, 8/8 MYNET (12). ear. 7.2 (IV. Smith) - 4/4 GOLDEN TIDE (14), 7.7 Also started: 6/7 Vera Lynri (3); *■/- I-lulabaloo (11); S/S H akl “J. l3 A/in YdDashuo (4) ’ 13/13 Worton (6); 10/10 Ad vocate (2); 5/6 Aristocrat (8); (7): 9/9 Greek Honour (o), 14/14 Lady Midian (10): 7/5 Lady Premier head: two lengths and, a bait. Hakim fourth. Time, 2.14 4-o. (11 inner trained by G. IV. New, Awapuni.)