RICCARTON DOUBLE NEXT

NZ Truth, Issue 1216, 21 March 1929, Page 13

RICCARTON DOUBLE NEXT

Easter and Autumn Fields Promise Well TRENTHAM GIVES SOME GUIDE / ■ ■ ■ / , There is only one thing backers want to do about the just past Trentham meeting— forget it; They were flogged and they have no desire to have the , memory linger on.

THERE is no optimist like the punter and the harder, the knocks the

greater determination he shows, to "buck" the game.; . ••. V I They went m at Trentham,. but judging ;. by the smiles of certain gentlemen, few came out; that is, on the right side. - V Now there is laid b.efoi'e the betting crowdtanother little double— the Great Easter and 'Great Autumn, run at Riccarton at the beginning .of the month. An acceptance has been taken ■■'■. already, and the.; lists show tnat twenty-two remain m the Easter ." and fifteen m the Autumn. Though Trentham running was no good, flnanciall5 r , for the double .seekers,/it will, or, at least, ; should, assist them m- getting, the right way down south, y y y ■■' y y"; ..-•'.''. ' Not" many -will \van|.-to go the way of the two tup- weights,, Rierembana and Commendation; but a- few will find favor Xwith Gimabue. V He may not tun it right but. Pink Note is "not 'altogether; a hope^ less case; but both In the' Shalde, which could not run tit Treritham pwitig to a "leg,'; and" Blight ■ Gio^yi \viii v be more inquired for.--YyY,- ; Y-YY' V: . Y •'.,-■■ • Silver Paper 's^clear- cut . viotory ' this week will bring' him "under the l'ule, and.: he "jyill nq doubt be rehandicapped. The three-year-old looks to have

a wonderful chance if he can be kept to his present form. 'Booster, Rin Tin Tin and Gay Sonnet are passed by for Meadow Lark; which, with the condition he has, should get the journey. The second' half may not provide the winner, though there is hope for Royal Saxon and, .perhaps, Paperchase and Mpa Bird. At this stage the fancied ones are Silver Paper, Bright Glow and In the Shade. ' The mile, and a-half Great Autumn may not, on the day, produce a good field. ' .--.•..'.. After Count Cavour's: fine second to Rapier m the Gold Cup he will come back to the fold, and should the Easter turn out wot he will be hard to beat with only 8.3. . Rapier and Hoylake will be dabbled with, but Nightmarch cannot altogether: be wiped out after this week's defeat. ' • . He won the* Dunedin Cup very easily and is not badly-treated 8.5. Beau Geste, has the winning form (and that counts at this stage of the year and he must be a nuisance with 7.12. Y. Amor, with his rehandicap, should again account for Pink Note, for the extra furlong will stand to him. Nightmarch, Beau Geste and Count' Cavour enter into discussions at the present time. ..