TAKANINI NOTES
(By Telegraph.) : . (Special to "The Evening Post.") AUCKLAND,'This Day. Only the three candidates for. Taranaki were galfoped at Takanini this morning, when the; track, was very:'fast.- ' Theoutside of the course'proper was in use, with, a good run up. Eaglet (Stewart) and In the Shade (Jones) were given a rousing gallop oycr five, fiirlongs.' The- first :two ~-furlongs, along the back,- occupied 24 3-ssec, and they came home on. terms in. the smart time of lmin 1 4-ssec. Both horses moved very; ;p]easingly, and ' they will - strip A fit ffir their New Plymouth engagements. Ammon Ea . (Jones) .was...allowed to stride along over five furlongs in .lrnia 4 2-sgec. He was going well, within'himself all the way arid ■ could have done better. Ammon Ea appears to have don« splendidly since winning the Stakes. He will have his hardest, test to date in the Taranaki Stakes, but.'he- can be relied- upon to give a good account of himself.' ..■'■; ; . . • :' . , :. J.. T; Jamieson sent In the' Shade, Easlet, and Ammon lia to New' Plymouth to-night, and he will make the: trip himself to-morrow. ' K.-S. Bagby-will ride In the Shade in the Taranaki Cup, Hut so far no rider has been secured for. .'Eaglet or Ammon'Ea. ■ In' the Shade: seems to be quite well in 'spite; of; recent- failures, and,he may iriake amends on,the southern trip. J.. T. Jamieson wi11... stay at New •Plymouth only for the first day's racing, and will then go to Rotorua/where he has several horses engaged. E. S. Bagby will also go to Eotorua to ride the team when the weights suit.\ ;'■ . ■■'. - • F. Foster will ride' Smithfield in th» ;High-,veight Handicap, but np^'rider ha« yet been secured to do thfe-lightiriding. After riding fat Kptonia'afid-Dargaville, H. Goldfinch will- take;.--up-> his residence at Te Awamutu, where;he -will do the riding for F. E. Loqmb's - stable., ■ ■, H. Gray was doing. Tiding t work' at Takanini to-day. He will ride Bright Glow, I Lady Qucx, Chief Link, Eoj'al Finance, I and :Easter...TimeUt the Taranaki Meet-
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 34, 10 February 1931, Page 11
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332TAKANINI NOTES Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 34, 10 February 1931, Page 11
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