TRACK AND STABLE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20067, 13 October 1939, Page 3

TRACK AND STABLE

DOUBTFUL STARTER TRAINER’S PREDICTION ARRIVAL OF DEFAULTER By “Trenton” / Trainer A. Tinker stated on Wednesday that Bachelor King may be reserved until the second day of the Auckland meeting, when he would be ridden by the stable apprentice J. Kingi. Defaulter Back Defaulter arrived back from Sydney on Tuesday. It was unfortunate that leg trouble came against him on the eve of the spring meeting at Randwick. Ellerslic Times Starting times arranged for the first day of the Auckland Racing Club’s spring meeting at Ellerslic on Saturday are as .follows:—l2.s, Trial Hurdles; 12.45, Great Northern Guineas; 1.30, Shorts Handicap; 2.20, Mitehelson Cup; 3.5, Hunters’ Steeplechase; 3.50, Welcome Stakes; 4.40, Gordon Handicap; and 5.30, Flying Handicap. May Run on Monday Since racing at the Avondale meeting the three-year-old Pern has got through a lot of solid work and is thriving on it. He has hardened in condition and will be an improved horse the next time he goes to the post. Pern is not engaged on the first day of the approaching meeting at Ellerslic, but may be given a race on the second day in the Normanby Handicap to be run over a mile. Progress of Valmint W. Fergus is keeping Valmint up to the mark and the chestnut gelding has seldom looked better. All going well in the interim, Valmint will contest the Spring Handicap to be decided on the concluding day of the coming meeting at Ellerslie. This event is to be run over a mile and a quarter ancl the distance will suit Valmint admirably.