TROTTING NOTES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26634, 3 December 1947, Page 8

TROTTING NOTES

By the Sporting Editor

December 13 .. .. New Brighton T.C. December 26 .. .. Ashburton T.C. December 26 .. .. Gore T.C. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT "Argument,” Oamaru.—To be eligible to start at the championship meeting in Auckland, pacers must be assessed at 4min 24sec or faster for two miles, and trotters 4min 37sec or faster Jottings Lady Vi is now being trained by L. Frost. Mountain Hall has been turned out for a spell. Excalibur lost his chance in the Palmer Memorial Handicap at Hutt. Park by breaking just after the start. Aspasia, who is due to have her next race at the Tapanui meeting, is a four-year-old mare by Dillon Hall from Tracey Lass. Last season she had four unplaced starts. Tayside’s record last season was 13 starts for a win and two third plaeings. The Quito Sure gelding scored his win in the Tarras Trot, a saddle event of one mile, at the Cromwell meeting, when he was ridden by K. Balloch, who built up a good record in saddle events. Likely Improver A likely improver scon at Hutt Park was Fair Play, one of J. B. Pringle's team, whose performance in running fourth on the first day of the meeting was a good one. He is an aged gelding by Jack Potts from Bell Nelson, by Nelson Bingen from Bertha Bell. Promising Gelding The Springfield Globe three-year-old gelding Best Globe, put up a promising performance to finish second to Grey Streak at Hutt Park, and he looks like developing into a good winner for A Holmes. , Favourite’s Mistake Sure Rey, the favourite for the Taita Handicap at the Wellington Trotting Club's meeting on Saturday, disappointed his followers by breaking and losing a lot of ground at the start. A five-year-old gelding by Quite Sure from Rey Direct, Sure Rey can pace fast when on his best behaviour, and he should soon atone for his mistake.