FAVOURITES TROUNCED

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 125, 24 November 1930, Page 6

FAVOURITES TROUNCED

MAIN HANDICAP AT LEVIN

IMATEAGIRL A GOOD WINNER

• 'A feature of the Levin Handicap, the principal event at the Levin Racing Club's Annual Meeting on Saturday, was the fail-ure-of the favourites, Paiko and Fernden, to make any sort of showing. The former was never going freely, but the latter had plenty of" opportunities and did not deign to make use of them. Iniateagirl, who won, took command at the seven furlongs, and thereafter made every post a winning post, in similar style to what she did at. Cartei-toii.' K. Voitrc never really had an anxious .moment on her. after he decided to see to his own p.acemaking..

.■Fernden, Blimp, Keddar, and Black Mint had charge passing'the stands, but going out of the straight Imateagirl ran right round the field and piloted Fernden, Balloon, Black Mint, Blimp, and Keddar into the back. Black Mint, moved up behind the pacemaker at the. .half mile, and followed her into the straight,, with Fernden, Balloon, Mountain Heath, Keddar /Blimp, and Paiko the .order o£ the others. Black Mint could make little impression on Imateagiil: over the final furlong, .arid she won by a good half length, ,with Keddar another length back third, and Mountain Heath and Fernden next. Blimp tangled his legs when turning into the straight, and fell, but his rider, R. Reed, escaped unhurt. ... ' Paiko and Fernden were evenly supported, but there was a drop of £100 to Keddar, with Iniateagirl. somewhat less •wanted. Paiko was last practically all the way, and his showing, is' difficult to understand in.view- of the way in. which he usually makes all of his own running. The respective owners of the pair, Mr. E. ,Whiteman and Mr. W. Jury, were both puasled by the-poor performances their horses registered, for they were both yery. confident of success pripr to the race. Fernden also- went, very disappointingly. j&eddar sacrificed an early position, and then found .that' be could not get to the leaders when he did'make his effort. : The extra distance did not. appear to bother him. Black Mint ran one :of his good races,- but the winner always had him beaten. ■:. " . . '