RICCARTON TURF NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 19783, 6 February 1928, Page 9

RICCARTON TURF NOTES

HORSES FOR DUNEDIN MEETING

(.Special to the • Stak.’J

CHRISTCHURCH, February 4. F. D. Jones will have live horses at the Dunedin Meeting, and the team will go south on Tuesday. Limerick is the star member, and Hie Hazlctt Memorial Plate looks easy for him. He will be accompanied by Arikiwai, First Sight, Stormy, and Zaragoza. With the exception of Zaragoza they all appear to have excellent prospects. Sir George Clifford will be represented by Sudden Storm, Sky Quest, Quarterdeck, Front Rank, and the two-year-olds, Full Feather and Impertinence. They are all in excellent order. 11. Cutts will take them south on Monday. E. Scoullar will leave for Wingatui on Monday with Countersign and Rotor. They have not raced up to expectations lately, but are in good order, judged from their recent track work. T. if. Gillett will take Money Order and Satrap to Wingatui on Monday. They are n likely pair to win races on the trip, as they arc both in their best, form at. present. W. G. Hobbs will bo represented by Luininant. This lilly has improved a lot lately, and she may pay her way on the trip. Satrap lias boon responsible for some good track work lately, and it looks ns if the three-year-old was coming back to his best form. He showed m the spring that he could stay a mile and a-half, and he may be hard to beat in the Dunedin Cup. Nincompoop is in excellent fettle at present, and he may win another race shortly. He will make his next appearance in the Dunedin Cup. The final stages of the mile and a-half race will find him out.

At Riccarton to-day Money Order showed great brilliancy in the early parts of a six-furlong gallop, doing the first half-mile in 49soe, and the full journey in Imin 15 3-ssec. He is in his best form.

Arikiwai and Assurance set out lor a gallop over nine furlongs. They ran the first six in Imin 17 3-Qsec. Arikiwai then drew away, and after having a very long lead a. furlong from the post Jig won easing up in Imin 57 4-osec. It was a good performance considering the way in which Arikiwai accomplished his task. Footfall and Starfiight wore associated over seven furlongs, which they covered in Imin 32 2-ssec. Eulalie ran six furlongs nicely in J min 18 4-ssec.

Stormy and First Sight took Imin 49 4-s,spo to run a. mile, First Sight moving in good style. Full Feather sprinted half a mile brilliantly in 4f).sec. He looks a better horse as a. result ol his racing at Irenthani.

.Silver Coot wont out lo do six furlongs alone. Ho jumped oft four lengths behind Sky Quest and Quarterdock, and gathered them up in fine style. He finished his task in Imin Ifisec, beating Sky Quest, with Quarterdeck several lengths away. Silver Coot went very well. Shalimar took Imin ]9scc to run six furlongs, and looked as if she could have done much better. Agrion finished a, long way in front of Lucinetto over live furlongs, which he ran in Imin 4 3-sscc. Limerick was going better than Zaragoza throughout a six-1 urlong spin, ran in Imin 17,sec. The pace was solid in the early stages, the first halfmild being reeled off in 50see. Countersign and Satrap covered nine furlongs in Imin 58sco, after doing the first six in Imin 18 l-sscc. Satrap had a slight advantage at the finish, but both were going on well. Satrap looks to bo on the improve, and he is due for an early win. Amor and Lnminant ran six furlongs in Imin 19see. Lnminant was in front till 100yds from the post, hut Amor then wore her clown. Nincompoop easily defeated Thorndale over seven furlongs in Imin 32 l-ssec. Nincompoop went well, but Thorndale’s effort was not so attractive. He is, however, a better horse in a race. Native Chief was responsible for exceptional work at Addington tins morning. He passed the first half-mile m 58scc, and the second half in Lain 4.sec, making 2tnin 2scc for a mile. This was the fastest mile over registered at Addington, and the horse palled up well. The performance will add greatly to the interest in his anile match with Great Bingen at the Metropolitan Trotting Club’s Alocting next Saturday.