THE TURF BIG EVENT AT ASHBURTON MAY GO TO BANSHEE

Grey River Argus, 18 September 1948, Page 6

THE TURF BIG EVENT AT ASHBURTON MAY GO TO BANSHEE

Magical Stakes Fancy Banshee ran well enough at the Riccarton meeting to suggest she was on the verge of winning form. The field in the Ashburton Handicap, apart from top weight, Lord Elgin, is not a strong one, and with her light impost she should take a hand in the finish. Lord Elgin and Magnaform which will be bracketed on the totalisator, have both raced well enough of late to suggest they may be in the money, while Shenandoah, on Westport running, is entitled to consideration. Track conditions promise to be excellent for the Ashburton Club’s meeting today, and under the win and place system of betting the following horses may come in for support.

County Hack Hurdles: Big Top, Lord Broiefort, John o’ London. Novice Stakes: Peridot, Confidence Trick, Langham. Selma Trot: Tekau, Sporty Boy, Retribution. ' _ , T J Ashburton Handicap: Banshee, Lord Elgin-Magnaform bkt., Shenandoah. John Griggs Stakes: Magical, Golden Amber, Top Deck. Penscroft Hack: Corofin, Helio, Deficiency. X , Spring Handicap: Citril, Fortune’s Smile, Lexia. , T Rakaia Trot: Great Wonder, Lihaceace, Seven Bar.

11.20: County Hack Hurdles,. £250; 1 nine 5 lui'iongs.—Jtsig i op xU.J, i_.ora Broieiort 9.11, Pride of Mossnurn y.y, julm o' ixoiidon, Mister John, Lorenzo, Lord Chase. Dark Warrior, Siligoree 9.0. 12.0: Novice Stakes, £2OO, 6 furlongs. —Beau Soir, Confidence Trick, Crease, Irish Peach, Morning Watch, Red Convoy, Sally Gold, Screw Picket 8.4, Anytime, Bowling Green,- Captious, Chord, Conclusion, Courier, Deccan, Golden Air, King Karri, Langham, Lovely Lady, Marut, Night Abbey, Pageant, Pedas, Peridot, Robin Redbreast, Running Brook, Tarmac, Terminus, Lakeland 8.0. Balloted out: Our Flicka, Vicereine, Western Queen, Gloxiana, Centenary Boy, Aqricola, Allanah, Anthracite, Ben’s Son, Black Storm, Blue Signal. Castlecliff, Cavalier, Curiosity, Helaii, Helen Grattan, Josedale Audubon, Loyal Monarch, Lumberman, Pixie Beil, Quite Nice, Rhonda Gratian, Rosebeam, Loyal Volo, Sir John, Southpaw, Star Rosa, Tepura, Venet12.50: Selnla Trot Handicap, £260; 1J miles; 3.37 class—Bay Jack, Big Bay, Bonny Brogue, Bon Voyage, Commentator, Desire, Doris Potts Easter Parade, Globe Son, Lucky Irish, Orthodox, President, Prince Regent, Retribution, Romany Lass, Scottish Prince, Silent Way, Special Match, Sporty Boy, Swithindale, Tekau, Tranquil Lady scr. 1.35: Ashburton Handicap, £600; 11 miles. —Lord Elgin 9.2, Clyde Bridge 8.0, Graeme 7.13, Magnaform; Aganev 7.12, Revolte 7.9, Shenandoah, ..Renege 7.5, Night Lancer, Banshee, Flying Hawk, Desert Victory 7.0. 2.20: John Grigg Stakes, 500; 6 furlongs.—Chaffinch, Chord, Eulogise, Magical, Mussleman, Resolute, Top Deck, Cast High 8.10, Balkis, Disturbance, Flying Sovereign, Golden Amber, Idle Jest, Trident 8.5. 3.5: Penscroft Hack Handicap, £225; 1 mile.—Deficiency 9.6, Sword Dancer, Foreign Ways, Night Owl 8.9, Helio, Repudiate, Ned Kelly, Front Page 8.5, Blue Hussar, Love Letter 8.1, Corofin 7.11, Robin Gay 7.8, Rampage, Paper Raid, Master Mishna, Profane. Arctotis, Terminate, Metif. Indian Morn, Wandering Minstrel, Good Shot 7.7. 3.50: Spring Handicap, £3o0; 7 furlongs.—Bruce 9.10, Citril 9.0, Lexia 8.13, Mestiza 8.6, Karitikeya 8.4, Fortune’s Smile 7.13, Flying Control 7.8, Maryburn, Connaught 7.7, Romantic 7.1, Faultrosa, Erinborough, Kiloney, Nightblush, Autoshine 7.0. 4.35: Rakaia Trot Handicap, £350; 1* miles. —Alimony, Assist, Black Diamond, Doris Grattan, Double Scotch, Great Wonder, High Command, Iron Bar, Jan Marie, Liliaceae, Locknit, Master Mariner, Monastry Hill, Pacific Boy, Piquant, Sandy Logan, Sir Gamble, Soviet Star, Special Merit, Tradition, Uranium, Whipster scr.. Incredible, Lusty Bingen, Margaret Logan, Sure Jinks TP), Yours Truly 12, Seven Bar 24, Quarter Deck, West Point 48.

FORM POINTS TO KIA ORA KATOA AT MARTON

Big fields are carded for the Marton Jockey Club’s meeting to be held today, provision having tto be made for divisions in the Juvenile Handicap, Maiden Race and Spring Hack. The win and place roralisators will be in operation, and the following runners may show up.

Juvenile Handicap, Ist div: Finola, Lady Lucina. 2nd div: Litigate, Indian Moon.

Maiden Race, Ist div: Broiesome, Robin Tor. 2nd div: Robin Chase, Belle Reine. Hack Hurdles: Incision, Adngoole, Nepeta. . . Flying Handicap: Mangatiti, Playtos, Lady Burford. Hack and Hunters Steeplechase: Tracer, Te Aki, Imperial Crown. Marton Handicap: Kia Ora Katoa, Emerge, Sari. , Spring Hack Ist div: Coronara, Nullah. 2nd div: Kippo, Lord Bradbury. Farewell Hack: Morea Fox, Lady Minter, Buchanan.

SILVER LIGHTNING IN FAVOUR FOR THAMES

Fields will be big at Thames today, division being necessary in most of the events, when under the win and place system of betting the following horses may show up in their respective engagements. 4

Hikutaia Hack Hurdles, Ist div: Te Ark, Craven. 2nd div: Flying Jim, Gay Chat. Ngatea Hack, Ist div: Lady* Finis, Balmaha. 2nd div: Tranquil Lady, Ending. Borough Hack, Ist div: Draper, Euryalus. 2nd div: Kyrat, Dakota. Trial Handicap, Ist div: Shillelagh Boy, Ruatoria Lass. 2nd div: Merripay, Tumbleweed. President’s Handicap: Silver Lighting, Silver Cane, Brockton. Thames Hack Cup: Silver Secret, Baffle Plate, Noble Artist. . Stewards’ Niloch, Beaute, Forth Bridge. ’ Parawai Hack Ist div: Jouster, Cosmoledo. 2nd div: Miss Maureen, Bouquet. Inter-Dominion Trotting Meeting For Melbourne Representatives of the various Australian States and New Zealand will meet at Adelaide in February or March next year to decide where the 1950 Inter-Dominion Trotting and Pacing C'haippionships will be held. It is expected that they will be decided in Melbourne as Victoria should be able to offer sufficiently attractive stakes and inducements.

Mr. Alan V. Dunn, secretary of the Trotting Control Board of Victoria, said that trotting had completely gripped the imagination of the sporting public in Melbourne last season and this was an added reason why Melbourne should have the carnival. For the four-night carnival at Wayville. South Australia, next year, the South Australian Trotting Club will distribute £21,000 in stakes, including £8,500 for the grand final.