THE GREAT NORTHERN

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 131, 4 June 1937, Page 13

THE GREAT NORTHERN

AUCKLAND'S OPENING

TOMORROW'S FORM HORSES

(Special from "Early Bird.")

AUCKLAND, This Day.

It now looks certain that there will be heavy going at Ellerslie for the Auckland Racing Club's Winter Meeting. The conditions are already such as to make the tasks of the heavilyweighted horses difficult.. Betting will be conducted under the 75-25 per cent, system. The chief attractions on tomorrow's card are the Great Northern Hurdles and Cornwall Handicap, the Great Northern Steeplechase being decided on Wednesday next, King's Birthday. There has not been a great deal doing since the acceptances were posted, and the final track try-outs have not caused any drastic change of opinion so far as the Great Northern Hurdles is concerned. Riders have been announced for the majority of the 20 acceptors, so that this means there will be an unwieldy field. Jolly Beggar has schooled well apart from a tendency to bore in at hi's fences, but he has previously won at headquarters, so this may be overlooked. The matter of weight in the soft ground is much more likely, to prove vital than any defect in his' jumping.

STILL GUESSING.

Trainer R. S. Bagby's pair, Lord Val and Black Marlin, still have the public guessing as to which is the better. The fact that the former recently won over the sticks at Tc Rapa, wnereas Black Marlin has not raced as a hurdler for many months, may make all the difference, particularly as Lord Val is the more likely to improve.

Tout le Monde is being fancied by virtue of his stamina, and the bracketed pair, Erination and Master Musk, ss well as High Quality, Huskie, Killadar, Sandy Dix, and Free Air, wouid appear to be the best of the remainder.

Once again there will be a huge field in the Cornwall Handicap. King Rey has a lot of weight to carry under the conditions, although he is a good horse. To name the best half-dozen is a task in itself, but Scotland, Gay Rose, ths Tooley Street-Horowhenua bracket, Royal Appellant, Knight of Australia, and Royal Dance have claims to be fancied. If heavy rain falls on the day. Armacourt may even be the first selection. Of course there are other lightweights that may be dangerous, too, but a special fancy is expressed for Royal Appellant in the event of the conditions not being much worse than they were for the final gallops. He went a fine race in the sprint at Te Rapa, even after meeting with a serious check in the middle stages, and is due for a win

With the 8.0 minimum prevailing, the horses in the open sprint, the Members' Handicap, are brought together much closer than they might have been under the lighter scale. This applies forcibly to the two topweights, Whirling and Peter Beckford, who are still nicely placed with 9.9 and 9.7 respectively. The former is built to carry a big impost, and ' Peter Beckford is brilliant. Mudlarks who will be right at home are Black Thread, Greek Gold, Adalene, Prince Acre, Kilonsa, Paso Robles, and Surella, so the race is not going to be an easy one to win. Perhaps Whirling will be best.

All the other races on tomorrow's card are very open, and they are cf sufficient strength both in point of numbers and quality to make for excellent racing.

Bracketed horses for tomorrow are: Jervois Handicap, Malagigi and Alyth, Royal Passage and Locknit, Captain Bruce and Carshalton, Hopalong and Very Glad, Melvanui and Tane Mahotu; Great Northern Hurdles, Erination and Master Musk; Cornwall Handicap, Tooley Street and HoroWhenua; Hunt Club -Hurdles, Lochiel Lad and Smilin' Thru.

HORSES IN FAVOUR,

Black Marlin has been under a cloud since he knocked himself while schooling on Tuesday morning, a bruised coronet being the trouble. He has not been on the track during the past two mornings, and his trainer has expressed the opinion that the gelding will not be able to take his place in the Great Northern Hurdles field. However, he should be all right by the second day, unless complications set in.

Form horses engaged tomorrow are: Greenlane Steeplechase.—Sky Pilot, Pango, Emancipation. '

Jervois Handicap.—Pirate King, Erndale, Survoy. Penrose Hurdles.—Collision, Spearcourt, Gay Broney.

Great Northern Hurdles.—Lord Val, Erination-Master Musk bracket, Jolly Beggar. Cornwall Handicap.—Tooley StreetHorowhenua bracket, Royal Appellant, Royal Dance.

Hunt Club Hurdles.—Tangled, All Irish, Cynical Kid.

Members' Handicap.—Peter Beckford, Whirling, Surella. The card is as follows: — 11.45 GREENLANE STEEPLECHASE, £300: 2% miles. Panito 10 9 Sky . Pilol .... 9 S Lucidus 10 5 Boolilaw 9 0 Emancipation 10 4 Gascoyne ... 9 0 Uliiminagb ..10 4 Hot Dance ... 0 0 Klnkle 10 0 Tea Chat 9 0 St. Musk .... 9 12 Domo 9 0 London 9 3 12.29 JERVOIS HANDICAP, .2300; 7 furlongs. Surella 9 11 Waitaka 8 0 Grand City .. 9 11 Thangllamba . 8 0 Black Musk .. 9 7 Mai de Her ..8 0 Strathtre .... 9 0 Brycc Street .. 8 0 Tip Toes 9 6 Malagigl 8 0 Phllemup .... 9 6 Alytu 8 0 Survoy 9 2 Hoyal Passage . 8 0 Valspear .... 9 0 Captain Uruco 8 0 Small Boy ... 812 Csicslinlton ..8 0 Kena 8 12 Hopalonj: .... 8 0 Pirate King .. 8 11 Very Glad ... 8 0 Ftirlund 811 Mclvaniil • 8 0 Gay Rebel .... 8 !l Tane Mahotu . S 0 Krnclale 8 9 Locknit S 0 ttitss- 8 5 1.14 I'EiVROSB HURDLES, £300; 1% miles. Spcareourt ... 11 0 Cod Vox 9 0 Collision 11 0 Huntsman's Lady Ruler ..10 4 Chorus 9 0 Gay Broney .. 9 12 La Fcnimc Court Anna .. 9 6 Noire- 9 0 High Star .... 9 0 United 9 0 Keith Lv 9 0 Gadger 9 0 2.4 GREAT NORTHERN HURDLES, £1000: 2>/ 3 miles. .lolly Beggar . 11 ft Lord Vnl « 5 Urination ... 10 10 Tout lc Mimde •» r> Sarilly Dil ... !) !) l'aliu U U Royal I.imond 9 y lluakle 9 0 Prince of Killadar 0 0 Orange 9 a Irish Comet ..9 0 High Quality . U 8 atomistic •••• » 0 I-iin Up !l <i Valpecn 9 0 Roxy i) 5 Free Air 9 0 Master Musk ..9 5 Black Marlin ..9 0 Modern Maid .95 2.49 CORNWALL HANDICAP. £550: iU miles. King Uey .... !> 4 .Armacourt ... 7 7 Scotland .... 811 Boomerang .. 7 7 Gay Rose ... 8 7-Ue Friend 7 7 Tooley Street . 8 « £nge .... 7 7 Royal Grand City ... 7 7 Appellant 8 1 Jewcllod Girdle 7 7 Grateful 8 0 Mungatoon ..7 7 Knight of Light Comedy . 7 7 Australia 7 12 Loomliinatlon . 7 7 Itiij'iil Dance .. 7 12 Prince Colossus 7 7 Day Wind 7 12 Te Hal 7 7 Dark Shadow . 7 11 Tradesman ..7 7 Horowlieuua . 7 8 Valmini .... 7 7 3.29 HUNT CLUB nURDLES. £300; 2 miles. Cynical Kid ..10 a Guv Cavalier . 9 I Tangled .... 10 0 Bells of Bow . 9 0 Englishman ... 10 3 Rozcl , 9 0 Croydcn 9 10 Loehicl l,ad . 9 0 Lady England . !> 7 Smllin' Thru . 9 0 All Irish 9 7 Huntsman's Koyal Nation . 9 7 Chorus 9 0 4.14 SIKMBKRS HANDICAP, £3f.0; fl furlongs. Whlrllnß .... 9 9 Prince Acre ..8 6 Peter Heckford 9 7 Shy 8 fi Mata Hurl .. 8 11 Kilonsa 8 6 Black Thread . 8 10 Paso Itobles . 8 5 Klltmvyn .... 810 Surella 8 5 Greek Gold .. 8 S Illeli Tea 8 5 Adalcue 8 6 Vcrsant 8 0