LAST RACE

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

LAST RACE

Easter Dress ■ Parade AT (From ; -"N.Z. Truth's" Christchurch At Hororata, on Saturday, the Canterbury horses, with Easter engagements will have their last rac- . 'ing before the holidays. QOMEyof the. runners. ; claim two, and |. m other cases, three engagements, but the: acceptances /will* indicate what 'events they are to Hoylake.was withdrawn from the Canterbury midsummer meeting on account of ' knee trouble, and he will require the race m the Hororata Jubilee Cup to fit him for the Easter Handicap, y A shower of rain before Saturday would be welcomed by his connections, but not having had the racing, it is doubtful if he : oan conoede weight to Thorndale, which ls back to his best form. Lancer seems the only possibility of the light-weights, but the issue should rest with Thorndale and Hoylake. In the Brackendale Handicap, form draws attention to First Raid. He ran into a place m his last two starts,, and if he meets with ordinary luck m the running, he wilf be the hardest horse to beat. • \ Silver Coot was finishing on strongly at the end of the Craven Plate, and if he feels disposed to run genuinely twice m succession he wiU have to be taken into account as a serious contender for First Raid. The two top-weights, Aberfeldy and Waterlow, look to hold the field safely m the Bangor Highweight Handicap. Sea Raid and Noteworthy have the best, credentials for; the Sahdown Hack Handicap. Whichever race Evening starts m, stye must be given a good chanoe, as she won well at Oamaru, and is m particularly good form at present, y If she runs m the Racecourse Hill Handicap she will have many followers. After Ten Is another m the same race which has been doing^well on the track. .--.'•

MANY have been, the arguments as to whether or not a horse oan gallop with four feet off the ground. Here is a picture of Aberfeldy, taken at Trentham, and it clearly shows it is possible to get right off the turf. He is bounding along m front on his way to victory, ears pricked and hard held. He may be able to repeat the. feat— the victory —. when he races at Hororata on Saturday. All going well it is his owner's intentiohto take Aberfeldy over to Melbourne for the ' Grand National . Hurdles. "