BETTER IN HIM

NZ Truth, Issue 1198, 15 November 1928, Page 13

BETTER IN HIM

Concentrate Will Gome On v Full-sister and brother were • winners at , Ricc^rton, but m two very different classes; . ORATRIX won the New Zealand; Cup and : : her three-year-old brother ! scored the last day/ hi the Stonyhurst Handicap, a race that filled Well this ; year. ■ -. ; ; ' ■ .: Concentrate as a two-year-old ; did hot greatly distinguish himself, but, being a Kilbroney, this was not surprising. However,, m all his races he showed wonderful gameness arid the harder his rider got at him the more he would ■ trY; ■'■;''.'■''■ ■.:'■•" • ' .'•' ■ To the outsider it appeared that he was getting a bit too much— again re.jxnembering the Kilbroney — biit this • speculation is now proven wrong". In the Derby any chance that Concentrate had was killed . by ■ the Idling tactics adopted, for staying, riot sprinting, is his forte. ■; _ : Even' then he ran a good race for ten furlongs. ■■-■■•• ?■' . Saturday last he Came to light m true fashion, and m a punishing finish beat Mooregas by a head. That performance may not indicate a great deal; but "N.Z. Truth" : expects from.now on to see Concentrate ascend the scale. - [ ■'..:-■.■'■ Christmas time should '■find /•him'.. . a far different horse and when the autumn is reached he;, will be up alongside the best of his age. Worthy dash ■v \ * '-..■■ . ' .- . ■ ■ ■ ■ . . ■ '.. ■ (XLTi Right, and , Left made a. worthy dab for second honors m a districtowned crowd at Whangarei last week. He unwound a surprising turn of speed over the last few furlongs ,and may pfoye a bargain as a racer, despite his, increasing years., ,