TWO STEEPLECHASES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 22

TWO STEEPLECHASES

FINAL DAY AT WANGANUI

The second day's carG at Wanganui, next Wednesday, when the King's Birthday holiday will be observed, comprises a similar class or events but run over different distances. It is the more important day of the meeting, with better stakes attached to most

of the races.

The feature item will be the Wanganui Steeplechase, which carries a stake of £500, and will be decided over a distance of three miles, half a mile further than today, and embracing 19 fences as against today's 16. Likely additions to the field are Clarion Call, Brigadore, or Invictus, and Petrarch; and possibly Manawatu will also be on hand again, as he appears to have made a good recovery irom his recent setback. Tudor also figures in the list, but now that he has been compelled to l^rgo his Great Northern engagement it is hardly likely that he will be at Wanganui.

The June Hurdles, a quarter of a mile shorter than the Century, caters for the hurdlers. Most of those engaged in today's two hurdling events, excepting only Clarion Call, Sporting Song, and Petrarch, are possible runners again, but there is unlikely to be any fresh material. Instead of today's hack hurdles there will be a hack and hunters' steeplechase opening Wednesday's card, and it has drawn an excellent nomination, though quite a number of the horses are not at the meeting. The distance will be (two miles> which should suit Croyden with something less on his back than lat Foxton. . . The Connolly Handicap, which is the main event on the flat, will be run over 1 i miles, instead of today s mile and a distance, and its stake of £300 is worth £100 more. Today's form will provide a satisfactory line, with improvement possible in some over the longer trip, and fresh blood may include Captain Furst, Round Score, One Whetu, Lapel, Master Cyklon, and Tahurangi. The open sprinters will be catered for by the Belmont Handicap, in which fresh horses engaged are Fulojoy, Winsome Lv, Erebus, and Taitoru (instead of Connolly). The two hack flat races are to be run over a mile and a distance and' over five furlongs respectively. Weights for the second day s races are due to appear this evening, and acceptances will close at noon on Monday. The day's racing will again be commenced at noon.