AUCKLAND TOPICS.

Otago Witness, Issue 4030, 9 June 1931, Page 53

AUCKLAND TOPICS.

By

Digger

The brilliant Karapati developed a bad toot when he was withdrawn from the Al! Aged Stakes, and in consequence his spell will be longer than it would have been had all gone well with him. Apache was going very well when he fell three iurlongs from home in the Great Northern, and he was rather sore on the following day, although there was nothing seriously amiss with him. The Cambridge trainer, W. J. Al’Lean, supplied first and second in the Great Northern with Prince Lu and Lucess, and probably he was not less surprised than everybody else at the success of Prince Lu, whose brilliant fencing was the deciding factor in the victory. High Pitch was another that was going well when he toppled in the Great Northern. He is quite all right, and should soon get on the winning list again. Lucess jumped quite as well as expected in the Great Northern Hurdles, but he failed to stay as well as expected. Lucess may do best as a steeplechaser, and ke should reach the front rank if all goes well with him.

Taneriri ran a fine race in the Cornwall Handicap to finish just outside a plate. He will be improved by the race, and has only to remain sound to win a good race during the winter. Grand Tea showed , himself a good mud horse at Te Kuiti, and he has only to repeat that form to again get in the limelight at the Waikato meeting. Mervette was the unluckv runner in the Cornwall Handicap, in which, after a bad passage, she finished well right up with the placed horses. She has only to run true in future to upset a run of ill luck that has recently followed A. Tinker’s stable. King’s Archer nearly brought off a big surprise at Te Kuiti, and was left at the post on -the second day. He appears to have bright prospects of losing his maiden status at Waikato. Glena Bay is an entrant for track steeplechases at Waikato. He should make a good -chaser, but unsoundness has been troubling him lately. Cruachan, who was very sore at Paeroa, is another hurdle entrant at Waikato, this is one of the most promising jumpers m the north, if he stands up to a further preparation. . 4 rue Blood still looked a trifle above himself when he went out for the CornwaM Handicap, but after getting away badly, he ran a good race. He should repay watching at any meeting from now on « as be particularly good in mud. That promising horse King March has gone wrong in one of his pasterns, and he has been turned out for a long spell. In consequence when J. T. Jamieson moves off to Australia in the near future King March will be an absentee. Cool Mint has been schooling brilliantly at Takanini. He is such a dashing fencer that he might soon succeed in a track hurdle race. Tradesman is a brilliant horse under a light weight, and he can handle soft ground. He is to race at Waikato.