FULL OF PITFALLS

NZ Truth, Issue 1200, 29 November 1928, Page 11

FULL OF PITFALLS

Negotiating Lrft Turns May Cause The Cup Field Trouble | CORIN^C IS SPOKEJQI (From " N.Z. Truth s Special Auckland Representative.) The Alison Cup at Takapuna is generally considered a^tricky event to attempt to solve, and this year^ is ing i exception. • ' : 7

IT is run over the tricky distance. of eleven and a-half furlongs, and is also decided over a tricky track, the field having to race left-handed, which is the reverse "way round'compared with the majority of. northern' race-paths. ■ ; ; . In addition, the turns are peculiar, which means that they are mostly m favor of horses which can begin and hang on reasonably well, even though' they may not be regarded as genuine stayers. Seatown will not be troubled with the left-handed going, but he figures at 9st., with little racing so far this season, to indicate that he will be caught at his best.. : Corinax has won both ways round, but is considered more partial to Takapuna conditions. , /• He won the mile and a-quarter Waikato Cup, m slightly gross condition, and should prove one of the 'hard nuts to crack with the extra five weeks' work to bring him up to concert pitch. : Le Choucas won over a mile course at Ellerslie m October, m gallant style, but has another engagement. If he is reserved he cannot be counted but, for he is bred' to stay on reasonably well.

Mint Leaf -won the handicap at Cambridge last month, but will lack . extreme confidence because .of his bulk on the turning track. ■ ;, , l:» Desert G|ow has won big handicaps at Takapuna m the past. Prodice was withdrawn m his favor, arid he looks a likely one for the job after his winning form m the "Whangar rei Cup. . ■. ; Royal Doulton's mile arid a-quarter Dargaville Gup ■was Impressive .and. though not- massively put. together she always displays brilliance first up. .■;•;■■ As for ; Papatu,' he is fit and will go. the distance, .though he has only vbeen handy of late, without actually getting there. ''■■". -V ■' ' , ••' ■'..:■.'. •'."/- Thursby is always a possibility, while Transformer may be nibbled at after his:Te Kuiti. victory. , V „ , -'■:.': TJiriokoa's :Te Kuiti showing did' not suggest an eleven and a- half furlongs victory, while it Is also a; new journey for- the brilliant, but "erratic, -Golden Wedding. ' ; : : ;- . l . :; - The judge's summing-up may lie between ; . '■■•.'.'.'■.-.:,. v .■ ' ..■• /.. ..■:.'.",.'. .■ ■ : y.i;'-T'..C' : CORINAX, : ' •,V DESERT GLOW.