NORTHERN LOT

NZ Truth, Issue 1182, 26 July 1928, Page 11

NORTHERN LOT

To Make Attack On ! Gisborne (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Rep.) The Ellerslie contingent for Gisborne: was not as large. as threatened at time of nomination. QNLY three were shipped last week, Dave. Bahadur and Rahepoto. Takatuma, Bold Front and Princess Ronnie are others figuring among the payments which have been performing up north during the present season. Princess Ronnie left the north some weeks back, her lease having expired. She found the fields too large for her to . score during the autumn, but In Poverty Bay may be expected to do better lf caught at her best, for she was a first-class galloper ln private. Takatuma ls .usually suited m the hack sprinting class, though Bold Front was found wanting when sheltered m Jamleson's stable. Dave shouid give a good account of himself on the trip for he ls capable of handling a bit of weight up to six furlongs, and has. no objection to a winter track. Rahepoto has won up to fourteen furlongs over hurdles, and was third to Star of the Bast and Pourl m the Otorohanga Steeples at the recent Te Kuiti fixture. He has given no indication so far that he is favored by a lengthy journey. Bahadur can usually be relied upon to be out In front m minor steeplechases over, the Ellerslie hill and must have more than a rough show on the flat country at Gisborne. He may be found m the picture m some of the two-mile steeplechases on the trip. \ He finished second m the mile and a-half- hurdles won by Farndon at Te Kuiti and also to Pourl m the Maniapoto Steeplechase at the same fixture. He should get. into the money.' PLANS CHANGED TF ever Llewellyn had a chance of winning a steeplechase it was at Gisborne, but at the last minute, it was decided not to take the trip on. Orders came from the owner to qualify the big fellow for the Waikato Hunt Steeplechase m October. The big cross-country event at Cambridge is open to all qualified hunters, irrespective of whether they have won open steeplechases or not. HIS RIDER CAM HENDERSON has accepted the mount on Black Mint m the Winter Cup. He will ride Beau Cavalier m the Grand National HJurdles.