ROI 1'OR

NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 13

ROI I'OR

ThQfQvigh Uttle Gplsfniine OMAHA_AGAIN (By ''Tl-je Toff.") Judging on his two performances at the Forbury Park meeting, Rqi j'Or will be a gold mine to his : owner. *I;; ■' LIE is buijt to specifications and has *^* brgeding* credentials ' sufficient to take him to the top of the treei In 4dfl|tloi}, he ia a pe'riec^ly-gaite4 pacer, 'and-' -besides' brilliancy 'he has stamina. ■ ; pbth his recent victories were little more than a jog fpr him, and late m the^- season he ; Twill; measure (strides With the cracks. N ' :' ' ' ■ Flrpp, which followed him home, Is a muohvimproyed .pacer- and' is going to ?tay^ He biaa become docile at the barrier "arid r ßopn' will ipick iip a stake. Warepa, Yoicks and Four Basils all got the stitch at the end of % mile and a-half. They were outclassed. After allowing Herbilwyn to make the pace for sixteen and ahalf furlongs m the Victoria Handicap, Proud Ata said 'good-bye to his colleagues and went on tq win very easily. Mangoutu left her feet at the start, and again just after passing- the mile-: post, losing a lot of 'ground oh each occasion.' ""..':'.' • ■■„ -■ Had she gone right she wou}d have won. Le Tpdd- and Len Wood went badly. ' ' ' ' : Front tjie word "Go," there were really r oniy' two m it so far as the Recovery , Handicap was concerned. Tbpy were r Omaha and Dundas Boy. Desert 'Star and Brentloc threatened ] to dp things m the 'early stages, but both were r beaten 1 at the bend 'for hpme. . • '■'•-. ':'•■ ; '-. • ' ''• Dunfjas Boy trailed, Omaha from the" fall of jfche flag until wlthip a furlong and a-half of home, where Roy Berry pulled him out to challenge Omaha. *; ;•• I Everybody expected Dundas Boy to come home by. himself, but when appearing- to have the upper hand he put m a break ; and left Omaha : ' to -some home alone. ■ '• ' ; - Fortunately for his backers, Dundas Boy recovered m time to secure second money*