SOME LIKELY SORTS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 14, 18 January 1933, Page 11

SOME LIKELY SORTS

HAWERA'S STRONG HAND

(Special from.'"i.imitecU i')

HAWEEA,. This Day.

The HaWera; teaninow at Trentham is .Tepresenfative ,of the. best horses in Commission .on. the local "tracks." They have-" all.: done.: BUfficient ■"- racing .. and exercise :work. ±o: fit. them for" the tasks in^front of -thenl, and : they should,give good accounts of themselyeSi ..

i Eichfield was saddled- up on- five occasions during .the Christmas . and New Year racing, and. was only.once out of the money. The Acre gelding is a hardy:sort, and in spite of-.-his strenuous racing :has done .really ; well since. He likesgood and hard going, has run well at Trentham, and is likely to race prominently; in. all .his races at this meeting. /_'[■ ■;. .. "'•.--.-'-.

Suffering from seasonal .troubles, the Chief Eule mare Awaken was produced only once . during -the holiday, racing,- When rshe was ;unable to-show anything - like . her • true form. ; Since resuming solid tasks after _a.iew light-\vork,-She has shownvdeeided improvement.; ' Sha may :require., a Tace or two before: reacting "her- best form, nevertheless withl L: -G. Morris-, in- the Badiile shY cannot, be. wholly left^ out of the count -in to-morrow'scAnniver-sary Handicap; - ;: :■'..:.:-- ;,..... .

Aga: Khan, who is.not engaged -the first" day.but who.-will be strongly 'supported for the Dour« Cup.-dn. Saturday, "has been : working -.in..:splendid, fashion since his Ellerslie ra"cing.- He .is .one of the -best, gallopers-, seen .on the Hawera tracks for sonle time^and should strip at" his best' "at-"Trentham/ as he appeafs" more solid than when: he left, to dompete •at ' ■Christchueh: -in November;, On inorning before. leaving, .Awaken and Aga TtTi^^ galloped.seven furlongs on the plough in .lmin. 3145.cc,. both finishing Well, with .Aga Khan; slightly "in- front' at the"post; '"' ' ■- .:■:■>::■.:..■■:/.■■■-;

Golden..Hair.is the hope. x)f.;D. Cox's stable. The filly ; is looking a, picture and promises to do better, in tha future than, she • has done in the' past.- Careful methods have been adopted with, her, and she has not been over-exerted. She should be capable of extending the best of her age at Trentham, as she won both her races during the holidays ia convincing style, and. lo.oks to be improving all the time. : , . - ; ■

The -Tiger, has a light impost in the Telegraph' Handicap, .and. looks .sure to run well in :that:event...:He is :.in splendid order, but has not been doing anything sensational. on the tracks. He was generally.: supposed to be short of a few fast gallops when he waß beaten, at Stratfordj but his ownertrainer must be conceded to know what suits his horse best. J. "Barry, will probably be his rider.

J. Fryer has only one representative at the meeting in Chief' Liie..:- This lorse ran Tratherdisappoifftingly'during tne holidays, biit lias ,d6ne;:well.since'; and may show up in" thehigKweight events, in which L". Dnlie'u-is to iide him, . ■ . . " :.."." ... •-. ' •.