FAVOURITES DISAPPOINT

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 22

FAVOURITES DISAPPOINT

The Feilding winners, Hunting Queen and Sporting Song, were both disappointments in the Karere Hurdles, for which they were naturally the public elect. Hunting Queen appeared to be going along well and jumping cleanly behind the pacemaking Beau Gallante for a mile, but' apparently Count Willonyx was carrying her out, for ■ along the back Royal Mimic came up - on the inner of them both, and a little further on Hunting Queen dropped the bit. Sporting Song, at the rear most of the way, made only a brief-lived bid about five furlongs out .and then dropped back again. Royal Mimic ran his race in two sections, and over the last furlong he just managed to wear down Beau Gallante by a head. He.was the early pacemaker,' yielded;to Beau Gallante,at the second fence, and then was steadied and allowed to fall back to second' -last.1 Near the five furlongs he came •through'along the rails again, and he stayed OQ.b^ttt.-r than the.leader. His jumping^was always good, but most of the fencing was clean.' Royal Mimic is a visitor from Gis- ■• borne who gave a glimpse, of possibilities in finishing a fair second to Hunting Queen in his single start at Feilding at Easter. He does not appear to have done a great deal of racing as yet. He n is a five-year-old bay gelding by the ' Comedy King horse Mimetic from the . Our.King—Josie mare Our Day, and he is being' raced by ■ .the ■ • Gisborne .' sportsman Mr. D. J. Barry, who also owns Black Thread and whose colours are*well known about the North Island. Beau Gallante was the winner most of the way, but finally, after setting a hot pace and then overreaching at the . last fence, he found the post just a chain or two too far off. Count Willonyx was always there, and was an • easy third, but three lengths back and . -tiring. Manawatu was never so far out of it and .will go on improving.