CONFIDENCE JUSTIFIED

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

CONFIDENCE JUSTIFIED

Price's Pair Land The Thick&id (By "The Toff.") .: .Nelson Price's pair, "Exclusive and Darknite, were heavily backed, and the'confidence was justified, as they finished first and second. TT was a fa&t-run race under the cir- ■*• cumstances. Marshal Neil went well m the early stages,' but at the end of half a' mile the Nelson horse had finished, and he was well beaten at this point. Nelson McCbrmack was prominent m the early stages, but he did not finish on at all well. Harry Audubon, which was thought to be past his racing career, was one of the earliest m the lead, but he, too, failed to go on. St. Bridget was well backed and went a fair race, stopping m the concluding part. The New Brigh-, ton-trained mare had a bad'pas-. *' sage along the back, and she may dp better later m the meeting. It was • quite a good contest for three-quarters o£ the distance, but from that point the favorite pair had the race to themselves. . . -The only one that seemed likely to trouble them was Downcast, which came fast m the last quarter of a mile to land third. . ' \ Lady Matchlight paced one of her best races, and so did Sahib, which,was always m the picture, eventually finishing fourth. , , ":. Grey Cloud was close to the leaders with a quarter of a mile " to go, but that was the end of his chance. '■'. \ - . Hi 111 n 111 uui i n 111111) 11| ■ 1111111 v 11111111 im vi t.u m v 11111 [11u i ij 11111 unn[ 11 v 111 < 111 n 1111 c