HAVE THEM THINKING

NZ Truth, Issue 1174, 31 May 1928, Page 11

HAVE THEM THINKING

Getjing The Right Ones In The Minor Otaki Races There is going to be little let-up for backers at Otaki on Saturday, for there is a hard day ahead of them. EACH and every race has attracted &| Keddar's form of late has been big field, and m some cases the so consistent that he Is now called . '

. number of runners will, be so large " as to make the event unwieldy. i There is a hack hurdle race to start the day with. ! San Pedro, top-weight, gave promise , once and then faded away, but Star p ShelL was doing well till something I- went -wxon|r with Mm, Practically a novice, Hymes'trason s won at Wanganui, and that day he 7 beat Mister Gamp, a very prominent > Northern candidate. On that performance he should be m > the money — and he is sure to improve, i liady Gay is very well just now and ■ she "won the Nelson Cup only a few weeks ago. > • . .■■'■■.'■• * She, with Peshwa— -on his home track — -may , be the „ troublesome ; ones for Hymestrason. There is an awful field In the maiden ; —awful m more ways than one. There, is a great collection, of goats " there, and most of them will be m .. that category all their lives. ' If Consent is ever going to get out of | the class, he should do so here. ' Others that have shown a bit of |" pace are Vindication and Dancing Star, ! while The Dove goes fast. Mount Shannon is an improving sort and, by Solferino, he should be able to handle the grounds. • . Most, however, will want to be with Fred Tilley and Consent. ,

: upon to give much .weight to other _ - hack sprinters. He won at. Wanganui the other day . and won comfortably, and he may. re- , peat the performance on Saturday. Lady's Boy was very unlucky not to win a race at Wanganui and he is sure to' travel over the ; early stages, , One that will go with them Is i phelbne, which would benefit by his : racing the other day. The best of the field appears to he Keddar, liady's Boy and Chelone. The two top-weights— Bisox and Ayro — will carry most of the money m the hack mile . and fifty-five yards. They ran one and two at Wanganui and that form may be worth - sticking to. . . Of the remainder, King: Mark, on the minimum, will run decently. The final event of ; the day will flnd all. in- somewhat of a quandary. There are so. many horses with no late form to give a guide, and this can only mean confusion. ■ Maui, only a pony, goes a good seven, while the local horse, Holus Bolus has »hopesi ; •.. t In the summer and the autumn, Sandburr was running good races m somewhat similar Company, and being / a Polydamon, the track should suit him. ".■■■'.