OPENSPRINT

NZ Truth, Issue 1303, 4 December 1930, Page 13

OPEN SPRINT

f _____ Lord Thomond Looks (From "N.Z. Truth's" Christchurch . Rep.) TRUE SHAFT must.be thought a lot of- by the handicapper m being asked to pack 8.5 m the Open Six at Ashburton, ,as .he has nowhere the winning- form of several lighterweighted candidates m the race. Great Star did not show his true form at the. recent Riccarton fixture and he has a good weight to carry, and Arrowmir. can be preferred to him.-. V" : / ■ y • ; • "' I ' ■ , Meprisant is not so well as he was previous to the Cup meeting and Sight Draft . will probably need-, the race. Mount Boa showed excellent . form at Winton, and is a very tough customer. . . First Raid was close up m his last twfo starts and will have more than a rough show m ,this, but of the lightweights Lord Thomond looks the pick. He has improved out. of ail knowledge recently, and the late racing he has had. has him well into line for a winning turn. . With, a good boy on top the black fellow will take all sorts of licking. Lord Thomond, First Raid and True Shaft look like making a race of it.

f~)F the south two-year-olds that have ■ s not so far raced, there is none shaping better than Pbrlqck, a black filly by The Ace— Red Hind 'm the Cutts stable. By the work she has been getting there must be a race measured for her shortly. Perhaps she is to make her debut on the ManawatuMarton Xmas. circuit. ■*..•■/# « O.LEIPNER appears to^ have overcome the ' ailment that v was troubling him some time ago, and is being got ready .for the Coast meetings at Christmas. ' ' '