THE DAY'S MINOR RACES

NZ Truth, Issue 1183, 2 August 1928, Page 11

THE DAY'S MINOR RACES

I Plenty of Variety To Keep All In Good Mood The principal races at the Hunt" meeting at Riccarton on Saturday may not have much bearing on the National, but the minor events will throw some light.

B 'THOUGH the acceptances have not B 1 been taken at time of writing there B is every reason to expect quite B, good-sized fields m the smaller events, B and there is any amount of variety to B( keep the public interested. . X The public have not, a great deal. ■ to go on m the Kennels Hurdles. ■t Gold Town won over the big fences ■.the other day and that will bring much Br support for him. ; . • B. He will not need to be anything out B?of the ordinary to beat the rest, the Bwbest of which may be Gay Jim. Bf There 1b material for "a spectacular B^ race m the Lawford Steeplechase, with B^ several recent winners engaged. Bf Ranui first takes the eye. He scored ■B the other day and as he is a very good (■jumper and has experience of the Bj country he may do best. ■ r Rang? Sarto has recovered from the attack that was made on him, Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiii)

but he may be short of the neces ? sary work. Captain Sarto bobs up ndw and again for "Put" Hogari and a win for him would be the popular incident of the day. . Hyperion and Message Boy will have friends, but the tail end of the handicap! should be neglected. Raniii and Captain Sarto may be the best backed. How some of the candidates for the Hunters' Plate fare earlier m the day will influence betting. Locarno is a good sort of horse, but with his weight he may be kept for the last race. . * Pink Rose won a similar event over a like distance at Waimate, while two days later at Timaru, with two furlongs further to cover, he was beaten by Prompter. . \ '■ ■" The meeting of the pair on Saturday will see them once again m the forefront. ' -.-.■ , „ The bunch engaged m the Maiden are more or less an unknown lot and the best indication may be the face of the totalisator. ■ One of the best races of the day may be witnessed m the concluding event, the Flying. , ', After his win at Timaru • the other day Beau Geste will be . favored, but horsed from the North Island will have to be thought of. '? .;. . . Kalos and Locarno, from the same stable but different ownership, will make; the top-weight gallop his best. The long straight should fix Despot. Meadow Lark ran a second at Tren-: tham over five- furlongs. Locarno and Beau Geste may fight oiit the issue. ' >' ' ■ NICE COLT /~)NE of the best put together twoyj year-olds seen this winter is the Hunting, Song — Royal Moment colt, belonging to Mrs. Hutchinson. The youngster, which is a halfbrother to Royal Damon, is hard to fault, and is blessed with a" wonderful disposition. ' . His owner is very keen on him and there is reason. . AFTER' very many attempts Abisogne •C* h§s succeeded m winning a race. He carrie' home the second day at: Gisborne. He is not much good. ALLAN McDONALD had another/fall ** at Gisborne, bringing his total to sixteen spills since the winter, racing started. pEORGE GRAHAM, who used to ram ° Battle Knight, bought First Prince prior to Gisborne, and he should be a cheap horse. He is to go into^ Paddy Neagle's stables at Greenmeadows.