OUR JEAN FAVOURED

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 13

OUR JEAN FAVOURED

VALERIAN MUCH IMPROVED

(Special from "Early Bird.") AUCKLAND, November 14. A splendid field; has .been paid up for in the Waikato Cup on Saturday no fewer than 14.,stahd;irig,,their ground. After his exceliei^; efforts at Ellerslie last month 'Sly Fok.is certain to carry the - confluence ;of northerners, and Royevrus, may be his most dangerous opponent. "-''XX/ . . An even larger;field isWengaged in the sprint, the- Cambridge. Handicap, and this will afford the brilliant three-year-old filly Our Jean a chance to extend her -.record... She was most unlucky in this, class at Ellerslie a month ago and then won pointlessly at Cambridge,, and on this big track she should again come ihto her.own. ~: , f' , -J'towas a pi:ty that the King George ißanaicap at Avondale on Saturday was test, for it would have been possible to have obtained a good line on the Waikato Cup, as' it was Birthday.'Boy hlerely-. defeating Balinavar in the sprint up the Jong straight. tThe paii-:sho"uld^gaih be in the picture. ": Ring Shot is gaining a better reputation for consistency as a hurdler than he did^on the flat; fop he has now had three rufis over battens for two seconds and £ third>': "His latest effort at .Avondale' cbrifirroed gecorid'day run^ riing.at Wharigarei, where Royal Abb, Cintrace, arid Ring Shot were the placed trio, while-last Saturday it was Cintrace, Ring Shot, and Royal Abb in that order past the .post. On the minimuni at Te Rapa next- Saturday Ring Shot should have* fine chance in the Waimai Hurdles, especially as Cintrace aud-ftoyal-Abfer wilt-fee missing. One of the unlucky runners in the sprint the first day at Avondale was Bronwen, and on her looks it was not surprising -thattishe- was;heavily sup-? l.porWdv lit the .first, two or three fur- ! Idngs -she • revealed a disinclination to gaUbpi^hec rider having a hard time, ■ and herifo^*third placing indicated Ithat shr might Ray© won had she xww \ generously ln>tfie'v initial stages. •; Three*year'Olds:shQUld:play a promi!»ent &art' in tH^deoiaion d£-the Taupiri t'Uack^t^e^m^pa n?xt Saturday, The !toßtMeighlif©s«m(3nd, -has been re^ termed . k7favourable.; light, and the?e art;aJsof <^assic7«Jd .Valerian, not ito mention .the ;jpi@gdy Sir .Lysander and the dual \Taranaki Hunt winner tHum-a-Song. Oh© of the most likely of this quintet would appear to be Valerian, for he had a couple of runs at Whangarei and revealed a lot bf pace.