CARTERTON MEETING

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 123, 21 November 1932, Page 6

CARTERTON MEETING

CUP GOES TO GAY COURT

REVERSAL OF PDA'CINGS

Gay Court, whoni^ A. .-H.- Eastwood specially came up North, to rifle, was sent out a hot favourite' for the Wairarapa County Cup, the main event at :the Carterten 'Racing Club's Annual Meeting at C'lareville on Saturday, and'lie'won, but orjly because, an inquiry was held and the club's Judicial Committee decided to reverse the placings of iim and Atholspear, who had been first to'pass the post. It was the /first ,'goo^i.turn fortune 'had played hint and: his owner (Mr. H. J. Harman) ;l in the racing game for ■ many months. . '.'■ . ~ ./ .-.-.".,, ....

■ Whether or not"he,deserved the win will 'remain, a .questibn, pf: doubt, but the punishment' inflicted''on Atholspear's apprentice 'jfider,- A-."O'-NeHl;; ws^s cel'taihly aottempered with •'■mercy./'JE'or' failing to prevent his.mount from hanging1 in down the straight; which .appeared - more the horse's fault than Jiisj he-was. suspended for three months. -The interference was slight, and.it is very doubtful jf.it affected the result of the. race.., .'Even' if it had'it would seeni that the Tpversal of placings' was ample -action.* ' ; -Gay Goiirt and Athblspear 'saw to all the running, Gay Court being on the rail and Atholspear on the outside. Eastwood was Having a most uncomfortable -ride on' Gay. Court,.-who . was. pulling very hard. but he would hot let him have his head. Gay, Court came into the straight about half a length in front'-of Atholspear, but "when, his rider got' ; do-ivh on ' him' he made very little response, arid'it was soon seea that he was going to: be hard pressed TP iT ■on to s advantage tp the ppst. Atholspear was hanging in on him, but he ■wag not.short of room. r He simply was iiot good enough, arid. AtKplspear. finished on the.more strprigly tb be first ]ibme by a good part of a''neek. '•• ■ _ Athplspear's' was without : much ; doubt the better performance. He had the'outside: passage all .the .'way, and, moreover, ifc_looked= as if.he did "not have the best ■ot the early running< when ■ Gay Courts rider was pulling his horse about on. .his jnside. first this .Tray, then that way. Gay Courts hard fight for his head left- him without kick for .the finish,' and he was bbvibusly in''difficulties • before the'interference occurred/-Had -he awinning effort • still- in'--him: at': the "top of : the-straight;--A.thol?pear. should" not have -been- able, to get' ..up- on.-^erms with him so as to; cause .'the .inteaference that was ajleged ';fo have, cost Km.the -race." - A? .JV as-. Gay. Cpui:f s;;owner is concerned, r none will" grudge him his first' decent ; mn- with the xhors^, as lie has battled - uphill -with him for -nearly "two years, i The, effort' was not-, quite so en•couragmg^as, he might have- wished: but • Pnce the horse, learns,-to settle down- better m middle-distance, events' he should be much more thari'us.eful.. J3e. rah a' good race for the. first time over a'inile and a quarter,- even if he should not have-Been tae winner.' It was afterward stated that •r^Cl- S"* ils *°'n8»e; over"- the bit, and % tl)'!^ 7a* s°tt would .account in partfor the, difficulty Eastwpod;.had-in controlling him. early mtheiNrace.-,,::..: ,-,- . . : . There was never much "separating the other..thre^runners... '.Stanchion: 'was on Pahu. behind/ for half 4he race, but then Joie de Val ran-upto thira place, but out on the course,: to the straight Pahu put in fast run .down, the,outer of the mare, and he got iip-at the for third money, a.Jength and a half behind Gay Court, J ole . de Yal and !Staiichion? hpw-th>^rf-pr-ctlcali^-l^e with hiniat: