BOTH BLAMED

NZ Truth, Issue 1180, 12 July 1928, Page 13

BOTH BLAMED

But Excuses Can Be Offered (Prom "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Rep.) It is seldom, indeed, that two horsemen are blamed for not winning the same race. CUCH was the case, however over the v King Country Hurdles the Te Kuiti fixture, m which Kauri Park and Potoanui finished m line for the stake. It appeared to onlookers that Kauri Park may have won had his rider displayed the right energy from the moment he cleared the-' • last fence. It also appeared that had Potoanui been kept closer to the leaders m -the early part, his late run would have been even more effective. Fact is, reasonable excuses can be offered for both horsemen. . As for 'H. Dulleu,' on Kauri Park, he was hampered, by the loss of an iron, while with Sharkey, It was a base of [carrying out ■ his instructions too /far. In the past,' Potoahul was mostly taken out in.frorit m hurdle events and usually tired of the struggle. Thus it was that, his new trainer (Bert Rae) decided to try him In behind and he gave these instructions to Sharkey. .> . , That jockey lingered a little bit too. long and that Is why Potoanui wa3 not the winner. The experiment showed that Rao's tactics with Potoanui may prevail m the future. ;