WON LIKE A GOOD ONE

NZ Truth, Issue 1145, 10 November 1927, Page 11

WON LIKE A GOOD ONE

Rapier Gomes Home On His Own In The Cup

1 Say what you like — there are no two ways about this year's New Zealand Cup. The right horse won.

AFTER having to cover quite a good deal of extra ground, asked to get the leaders if anything a bit too soon, and then all but falling over m the straight through stumbling, Rapier won the two-mile handicap quite comfortably at the. finish. Always one of the fancied horses since the day of the weights, he justified the supreme confidence his trainer expressed m him at Trentham. The race itself was nothing outstanding and from the stands appeared to be very free from incidents. . 'Once again it showed that the topweights have some sort of a hoodoo over them. Star Stranger was looked upon to break the long sequence of defeats inflicted on the nine-stone brigade, but he failed. . , He was second at the finish, but he never looked the winner for one moment. /

He and Footfall were two horses that met with some trouble during the journey, Footfall being seriously knocked back half a mile from home. Count Cavour, last year's winner, was not up to" his 9.6, and he was .never in 1 the hunt. Piuthair went for just over a mil© .and then stopped, but as she was not herself on the day it was excusable. Te Monanui failed to run out the journey, and after his mile and a-half win on Monday it would appear fairly certain that he cannot stay. Bennanee repeated his Trentham running and was, only nosed out m the last few strides. Some interference he suffered from the winner may have cost ' him some of the money. Little Koyal Game did his best lor as long 1 as he could and then compounded. .