IS JUST OF A NICE SIZE

NZ Truth, Issue 1215, 14 March 1929, Page 11

IS JUST OF A NICE SIZE

Open Sprint Will Find Two Greatly Fancied

HAVE RECENT PERFORMANCES

Early punters, m trying for the second leg of the double, did not search over a very wide range and, on the machine m the Railway Handicap, two horses should be greatly fancied.

FOURTEEN claim engagement, and ► I on the day it may be a round dozen that goes to the post. This • will be 'a field of a nice size and it will siht all. Cimabue heads the list and has to be respected, but his Bulls running was " nothing to enthuse over. The Raider k beat him pointless— in fact, it looked like he was only- third. Great Charter cornea back again , and he may show up. He is not bad. class and that has stood to half-ready horses before to-day. He may be more forward than is thought. ' '•■>: Mervette' has -her Christmas form to * recommend her, but Epistle ran just fairly at Greenmeadows, and on that ' will cause .little, trouble. Then come the two which will be much m the boom. They are Moa Bird and Freehold. Moa Bird would have come home , backwards at Napier the first day had she not been skittled. Once the nlare , gets into trouble she takes a lot of getting back to her balance.

It was this way, and the race was practically over when she settled down again. Then she flew, but it was too late. Wiggins is to ride her. At Wanganui last month Freehold won a double. They were only hack races, but the manner m which he accomplished his successes waslvery inspiring. The second day he was ridden with the utmost confidence, and with 9.11 he went the journey m better time than did the winner of, the open six, which carried 7.0. He raced m open company .m the spring at Ellerslie, but failed. He is, however, a far different horse now. There are two or three of the lesser weights which may cause some annoyance. Royal Duke, Merry Mint and Sudden Storm can be included under this heading. However, most are going to be contented to leave it to MOA BIRD, FREEHOLD.