Rot l'Or May Be Cup Possibility

NZ Truth, Issue 1237, 15 August 1929, Page 15

Rot lOr May Be Cup Possibility

THE win of , Roi lOr m the August. Handicap the first day at Addington was not altogether surprising, as he had a lot of- smart .performances to his credit last season. Why he paid the big dividend v iB the surprising , thing, and he may have been unsupported .by his connections. Arthur Smith, of Waimate, who was ■ early associated with Roi lOr when the pacer was a slow-class performer, drove the winner with fine judgment. The winner is by Rey de Oro from Gold Queen, and is owned m Kurow, where he is trained

m the early part. Along the baok Brentloc was done with, and Ling- . field, too, had had enough. It looked at this stage that the finish would be between Fight Ever, Genuine, and Jessie Logan. The former settled Genuine and Bessie Logan, only to fail to withstand Padlock's dash, and he | was .beaten by half a length. Lingfield disappointed everyone by i her showing after her fine track work, j but Genuine stayed on better than usual. v ; Fight Ever, now trained by Nelson Price, looked' at his best and paced a fine race. St. Maura did not please by the way she paced, nor did" Jean MeEhvyn. , Padlock may be seen out m twomile events before the end of the meeting, and as he. is on the top of his form can be expected to race prominently.

the front division, but Townley's mare failed badly m the last halfmile. Firpo was going well at one stage, | but the Oamaru pacer, Morning Sun, which has had a lot of racing on wet tracks m Invercargill before going into J. Henderson's stable, found a track to his liking, and he kept the leader ibusy through the race. . ' , Lady Cello was another good pacer which could not operate oh . the going, and Sunny Bob also performed indifferently. ■ Delightful went a good race for a mile and a-half and he was one which did not seem to foe troubled with the condition of the track. The Australian gelding, Shell Ace, did not pace at all well, nor did the North Islander, Great Delight*

by his owner, who is a firm believer m slow jogging work.