NO EXPLANATION ASKED
There is a reasonable limit to everything to -which a. person may go, and when that limit is exceeded then ifc is time to step in and ask for explanations, comments an Auckland critic. We. all know that few owners or trainers expect a horse tb win first time out, .particularly if required to take part in a big field o£ horses, but that is no reason >'hy_ green horses should be raced under conditions-that give them no possible ■chance" of winning. The case of Tironui at Takapnna is certainly one in which the stewards should at least have interested, themselves to the extent of suggesting to the trainer of the horse that . Takapuna on race days is not a training .track. ... ..: '" :... . ... . '■ ■-
.. .Tironui was engaged in'the Trial. Stakes fen the first day and in the Moaiia Handicap on the. second day. He is owned by J. "T. Jamieson, now in! Sydney, and is trained at Takanini, and the chances are that he will shortly be 'shipped to .Sydney to his owner;: In the Trial Stakes % -was. weighted at -7.9,' but actually .carried .8.12, being ridden by his present trainer (R. S. Bagby), who is one of our leading riders. On th<r second day, when .weighted with 7.7, Sagby: again had t^e Vnoimt, and this time was 21b heavier tharfon the first day. -
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 31, 7 February 1933, Page 4
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225NO EXPLANATION ASKED Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 31, 7 February 1933, Page 4
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