AWAKENS UNIQUE FEAT

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1932, Page 19

AWAKENS UNIQUE FEAT

Awakens feat in winning two races in successor, at the Bgmont MeetuTg on a^y (lß :onethit has no rival at an important meeting for many years. It occasionally . happens that; a horse will feW % T aces °? a dav > even at the bigger fixtures, but to score twice in tITTT ™ a f n£ chievement almost beyond the dreams of the modern racing man M ynderstopd'that the double victory hvVw i ? reSult °* 9>ecially.laid plans by Awakens owner Mr. A. Alexander) *°* tra' nCT (J;.Brown), but was the outcome of a particularly sporting action by Mr Alexander, who realised that the club was up against it with the small size of its fields, and wished to prevent it having to stage a two-horse race, or even %■■ k: ovs* in the second event, the \\aimate Handicap, for which there had been only three acceptors. The action was deserving of the success it earned, and the. public showed its appreciation of the completed triumph with a most fitting ovation. .' -

The victory was the third for Awaken m three starts at the meeting. This four-year-old sister to Te Atiawa was much fancied at the recent Wellington Meeting, but she received a bad passage in the Anniversary Handicap at her only start, and was somewhat \ cut about as a result. How quickly the injury mended is shown by the fact that she was galloping as well at ever a week later, and evidently the racing this week did her no harm at all. Her contests on Thursday were not hard ones, and as she is customarily a solid mare it Is most improbable that her unique effort will have ■ any ill-effects on her. Moreover, she did not have big weights to carry, her half-stone penalty for the Waimate Handicap bringing her weight only to 7.13.