N.Z. CUP WINNER BACK TO FORM

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 224, 19 June 1944, Page 7

N.Z. CUP WINNER BACK TO FORM

Classform’s Achilles Handicap

(By

St. Simon.)

A return to winning form by the New Zealand Cup winner Classform was' the feature of the .Manawatu Racing Club’s patriotic meeting held at Awapuni on Saturday. . , The day was fine and pleasant, but the track was still very dead. There was a good attendance, and the totaliz.ator handled £37,280. which was £1361 more than the sum put through at the .Manawatu winter meeting last week. . Sandy Cape, who has been running lair races on the Hat, made a successful return to hurdle racing when he won the Spitfire Hurdles easily from Hard hrost and Rhodes. Hard Frost and High .Morale made nearly all tlie pace with Pom pit getting the run of the race behind them. Abdicate, Sandy Cape and All In were ako handily placed for the first half of the journey. Running towmrd the straight, Pompit joined the two leaders and led for home from High Morale, Sandj- Cape, Abdicate, Northfield. Indian Sign, Rhodes aud Whero. Pompit just shaded Hard Frost at the last fence, but once over it Sandy Cape ran past the leaders to win easily. Hard Frost held on for second a length clear of his stablemate. Rhodes, who finished solidly. . . Flying Tor showed marked improvement on the previous week's form to win the Waterloo Handicap No. 1. Plialaria again attempted to win all the way, ond ho led to the straight- from Pennyroyal, Flying Tor (wide out). Fox Cover, Gay Lena. .Moutoa Lad and Beneve. Inside the distance Flying Tor went smartly into the lead, and from that stage the issue was never in doubt. Beneve finished fast, over the others to get second money from Pennyr°The Matilda Steeplechase was contested bv four runners, and with a round to run the field had been reduced to two through Anglo-Irish and Coastdr both dropping their riders. Anglo-Irish was leading by about 20 lengths when he pecked on landing over the brush fence a, mile and a Quarter from home and lost ids rider, -tins left Opaltown in front, and for the remainder of the contest he showed the way to Idle Hour and beat him home by 1lengths. Coaster lost his rider at the sod wall, seven furlongs from home, anti Anglo-Irish was remofinted to ™U'P} etc .. t . 1 “- course about two minutes behind the first pair to take third money. Classform, ninth favourite in a fidd ot 10, scored an attractive win m the Achilles Handicap. Lady Spiralled earlj from Foreign Coin, Alchemy. Par A' on> Classform, Tau-uru, Moderate, Mahuluk, Alexcella and Blue Border. Running past the half-mile, Classform moved up to join Lady Spiral in the lead, and they sl >o" < -, 11 the way to Foreign Coin, Alchemy, auuru, Par Avion, Alexcelia and llahtiluk to the home turn where Classform had clear charge from Tau-uru, Lady Spiral, Alchemy, Moderate and Flahuluk. Nothing could reach Classform in the run to the post, the New Zealand Cup winner holding oft Taif-nru to win by half a len o th. Alchemy had to be hard ridden to hold Flahuluk out of third money. Par Avion was just out of a place, and next came Alexcella, Lady .Spiral and Moderate. A hot favourite in Authoress fell five furlongs from home in the Montgdniery Hurdles when sharing the pace with Mountain Fox, which left the way clear for Noble Fox to win his second hurdle event in succession. Noble Fox was taking pace from the two leaders when Authoress fell, and he soon ran past his stablemate. Mountain Fox. to lead for home by four lengths. He was ridden with great confidence after crossing the last hurdle, and this allowed Mountain Fox to run him to half a length at the post. Colo ne* Bogey easily heat Young Charles home for a moderate third. ... Irish' Chance, a maiden, finished with a solid run from well back to win the Waterloo Handicap No. 2 and return her supporters a dividend above a score. Tldapa and Leybourne got out smartest Cruden Bay. Observatory, Atamo, Ring Scarf, Gay Witch. Sporting Style, Lord Darnlev and Midshipman. There was not much change till approaching the straight, where Tid-apa began to drift and Leybourne led for home, with Observatory, Sporting Style, Verify, Irisli Chance (wide out), Cetewayo and All Bunsby all putting in claims! Inside tho filial furlong Irish Chance and All Bunsby got in the best work on the outside and in a close finish Irish Chance took the honours by a neck from All Bunsby. Duality put up a very game performance to win the Patriotic Handicap, for he missed the jump out. Sterling Lad was first to show out, but before long gave way io Vera Lynn, who led to the straight from Foxcatcher, with First Round and Duncannon moving up to be almost in line as they came within sight of home. Vera Lynn battled on well, but both Duality and Plato Lad made runs at her nearing the post and Duality got up to win by a neck from Vera Lynn, with Plato Lad a neck away third. Foxcatcher was fourth and just out of a place came First Round and Duncannon. Hakim a first day winner, finished with great dash to beat the favourite* PoHuka, in the Trafalgar Handicap. Airlie, Prairie Flower and Advocate were the early leaders, hut entering the back straight Advocate went into the lead and ■showed the way to Airlie, Novocalne, Hakim, Penwllf. iPo-Huka aud The Rail. Advocate had drawn well clear before reaching tho straight nnd turning for home had a good lead from Airlie, Novocalne, The Rail, Po-Huka and Hakim. Advocate was the only one of the leaders to battle on, and In a desperate finish she went under to Hakim and Po-Huka, Hakim getting the verdict- by a head from PoHuka, who was a neck in front of Advocate.

Details Of The Racing SPITFIRE HACK HURDLE, of £l5O. About one mile and a half. 8 'SANDY CAPE (2), 9.9 ... (C. Bowry 1 6 HAR'D FROST (5), 9.2 ... (W. Carter) 2 12 'RHODES (6), 9.0, car. 9.5 (J. Katene) 3 Also started: 3 Pompit (12): 1 Where (■10) • 7 Abdicate (7); 4 Indian Sign (11); 2 High Morale (13): lit Nanook (4); 9 Northfield (9); 5 Sporting Gold (3); 10 All In (8); 13 'Parlto (1). Two lengths; one Indian Sign was fourth. Time, 2.58 4-o. (Winner trained by C. J. Thomson, Awapuni.) WATERLOO HACK HANDICAP No. 1, of £l5O. 'Seven furlongs. 3 FLYING TOR (13), 8.3 (V. Sellars) 1 8 BENEVE (15), 8.0 .... (N. Vaughan) 2 2 PENNYROYAL (II), 8.3 (J. Bowness) 3 Also started: 'll Sovereign Lad i.«»; 6 Fox Cover (10); 5 Tlutern (3); 4 Lady Nahleen (5); 7 Phalaria (16): 1 Old Red (IS); .10 (Moutoa Lad (2); 16 Tljeioway (1); 15 Gay Lena (4); 18 Colonial Pit (9) 1 17 Jackels (12) ; 12 Arctic Night (17) i 8 Sir Raleigh (8); 14 Crackerjack (ill), 9 Patu Ra (7). Length and a halt; length. Gav Lena was fourth. Time, 1.31. (Winner trained by L. Knapp, Awapuni.) MATILDA STEEPLECHASE, of £275. About two miles and u half. 3 OPALTOSVN (3), 9.2. car. 9.4 (E. Deslandes) 1 1 IDLE HOUR (1), 10.0 .... (J. Fagan) 2 2 ANGLO-IRISH (2), 9.9 . (W. Stevens) 3 Also started: 4 Coaster (4), lost uto, Twelve lengths; two minutes, lime. o.t>. (Winner trained by E. Deslandes, Hastings.) ACHILLES HANDICAP, of £250. One mile and a quarter. 9 CLASSFORM (0), S.lO 1 3 TAU-URU (H), 8-1 .... ('S. Waddell ■ 2 1 ALCHEMY (2),M .. (W. Broughton) 3 Also started: 4 Lady Spiral (8); - 1-ly huluk (7): 5 .Moderate (3 ; 6 Alexcelia (W : S Par Avion (101 ; 7 Foreign Coin re); if Blue Border (4). Halt-length; JensthFlahuluk was fourth. Timo. -.12 l-»-(Winner trained by C. W. Boyd, Awapuni.) MONTGOMERY HURDLES, of £250. One mile and three-quarters. 2 NOBLE FOX (4), 10.6 .. CW. Carter) 1 4 MOUNTAIN FOX (3), 9.6 (J. Fagan 2 5 COLONEL BOGEY (5), 9.0, car. 9.31 (W. Murray) 3 Also started: 1 Authoress (2), fell; 4 Young Charles (1). Half-length; five.

Young* Cliarlcs was fourth._ Time. 3.17; (Winner trained by H. Dulieu, New Plymouth). WATERLOO HACK HANDICAP, NO. 2, of £l5O. Seven furlongs. 11 IRISH CHANCE (0), 8.0 v , (A. C. Messervy) 1 13 ALL BUNSBY (2), 8.0, ear. 8.1 (R. Ireland) 2 1 OBSERVATORY (14), 8.9 ~ „ (A. Midwood) 3 Also started: 7 Cruden Bay (12); 2 Ring Scarf (1); 5 Lord Darnley ; 4 Sporting Style 119): 0 Cetewayo (10); 17 Verity (17’): S Atoma ('!.'>); 18 Meath (6); 14 Day Lighting (3) ; 10 Sandy Bay (5) : Tid-Apn (2); 10 Gay Witch (111; 12 Bay Robe (7); 15 Midshipman (18); 19 Le Wanaka (10): 3 Leybourne (4), Neck; length. Sporting Style was fourth. Time, 1.31. (Winner trained by P. Reardon, Trentham.) PATRIOTIC HANDICAP, of £2OO. Seven furlongs. 4 DUALITY (0), .8.2 .... (S. Waddell) 1 6 VERA LYNN (1), 8.0 .. (J. Jenkins) 2 2 PLATO LAD (4), 9.0 (A. Midwood) 3 Also started: 1 Foxcateher (7); 3 First Round (2); 5 Duncannon (5); 7 Sterling Lad (0). Neck each way. Foxcatcher was fourth. Time, 1.30. (Winner trained by A. E. Neale, Bulls.) TRAFALGAR HACK HANDICAP, ot £175. One mile and a quarter. 2 HAKIM (7). 9.1 .... (W. Broughton) 1 1 PO-HUKA (3), 9.3 ... (A. Midwood) 2 5 ADVOCATE (8), 8.0. car. 8.2 (W. Connor) 3 Also started: 3 Novocaine (13); 12 Lady Midian (2) ; 7 Fairy Godmother (10) ; 9 Airlie (.12); G Pongi (9); 1 Roslnante (1); 8 Penwilt («): 10 The Rail (5) • 13 Prairie Flower (1.1); 11 Gothic (4). Head; neck. Gothic was fourth. Time, 2.1,3. (Winner trained by A. W. and Mrs. G. McDonald, Awapuni.)