GOOD FIELDS ALL DAY

NZ Truth, Issue 1203, 20 December 1928, Page 13

GOOD FIELDS ALL DAY

Keen Sport In Minor Races ■ At Awapuni

With the exception of the Hurdles, good fields will contest the minor! events at Awapuni on Boxing" Day.

AT t this time of the year it is difficult to get hurdle fields of any size. The risk' of injuring good horses on hard ground will not be, taken. Elysianor won a. 7, double at Feilding just on a month ago.* Both days he jogged m and he looks to be m a class by himself m tho Tokomaru Hurdles.Cohesion goes well so long as he is left alone,- but he appears' to be too close to Elysianor. There is,, an awful, mob -engaged m the. Maiden ; Plate and it is .to be hoped that half of them drop de.ad. before the day.- '.-. '''" •. ■■ ' : Y'Y '' ; ',; There "is not a great deal of form to jyiiide; but Roi .de Val Was third to Concentrate and Moorgas the last day at Riccarton. ■"•>•' '••-•■.. That should -be .good enough to get him out of maideri company. - Another there is Endorse, -which was taken to Sydney to win a Gimcrack. She ran third, then came back to Trentham arid failed m the Wel lesley; Since then she has been off the scene, but she has worked nicely op the track. The two races that Courageous went at Woodville were encouraging and he may be. hearfl of m .the Tararua Handled ; ■ ' ''•'■ ■■•"..•'. : '

GJena Bay is one from up north, while Cloyne has always 'been finishing on strongly. - •-.'"" The much talked of Aspiring is m the Nursery H an dlcap. She, was amlucky the middle day at Riccarton, for she met with bad interference at the crucial stage. 7 The. double win scored by Clever at Woodville the other day will bring her into' the boom again, . and "there is no .doubting she is- an improved filly. But one that should never -have been: licked, atiWoodyille was Zarene. She gave them a start and then ran second. This trio-appeal' greatly m the- race In question.; 7 V „ If Veronese stays' m; the , Gillies Handicap there will be money for her, notwithstanding her second-day failure at Woodville. She is class and the weight on a' good track will not worry her. Having her first outing this season, Miss Ransom stripped m good order and she would benefit from it. She' was good last season. ■'■■■■'■ The big track will also suit Richfleld, which has' shown great pace m his races. ■■ ■ '■ '7 7 He does not begin smartly, but if he. could be, relied upon to leave with, the rest he would ; take a power of beating, j