RACING NOTES AND FORM PROSPECTS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 63, 5 November 1931, Page 6

RACING NOTES AND FORM PROSPECTS

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A good deal of interest in the Whangarei meeting on Thursday and Saturday will be taken by northerners, for most of the horses engaged therq will l'ater be seen out on the provincial circuit. In a couple of cases the fields will be small, bnt good racing seems assured. There is not a great deal of form to go upon in the opening event, the Spring Plate, but Tui Mint, Great Emblem, Golden Sceptre and Stimulant will be respected, a good race by the firstnamed at the recent Dargaville meeting entitling the chestnut to favouritism. Catchem, Full Measure, Hollyholm and Alloy have chances in the Hikurangi Hack, run for the first time over seven furlongs instead of six, and the first trio will fight it out. Bad Field. Archeen has a solid weight in the Huanui Hurdles, but he has raced well over this easy course, very suitable for a non-stayer such as Archeen. However, he will find it hard to shake off the Dargaville double winner, Neil, who is liable to improve considerably. None of the others will be sought after, for they are entirely lacking in form. It is a bad field, and will not attract great interest from the totalisator viewpoint. Although there are only eight left in the big contest, the Whangarei Cup, they are a very even lot and the race is going to talce some winning. Taneriri is right up in the weights, and solid horse that he is, he is going . to be hard put to it to s m:e on this track. Sir Mond gallopea brilliantly on Saturday and he looks like making amends for his poor display at Cambridge last week. He is not , an easy horse to ride and in addition has to be caught just right. j Protomint Promising. ! Grand Tea, if he strikes a really wet track, should win, but on top of

the ground is not so brilliant. How- 1 ever, he will run well. Protomint won easily at Cambridge and this four-year-old, properly handled, may be the best of them all, for he is above the ordinary. Yolimond is useful, but is not particularly fancied over the ten furlongs. Gay Cockade is a better prospect, for he is working well and has won over the course. Such a hard puller may be able to go all the way on this small course. Brampton is well, his recent efforts suggestirig that he is going to win one of these country handicaps ere long. Bronze Tray is developing stamina, and he is not the least likely of the lightweights in this contest. In an open race the best backed will probably be Protomint, Gay Cockade and Sir Mond. It is very likely that , there will not be more than half a ! dozen runners, for Brampton is also j in the last event and Bronze Tray figures in two other races later in the day. County Handicap. The County Handicap, eonfined to district horses, may be fought out by Bronze Tray, Hoihana and Alloy, while Karangapai, top weight in the Kensington Hack, reads a splendid prospect if started here in preference to the open sprint. In the absence of Karangapai, backers would no doubt turn their attention to Escalon, Whakapara, and Wild Country. The firstnamed of this trio went a very j fast 'five furlongs at headquarters last Saturday morning. Manaia and Parahaki. Despite Tradesman's failure in the Cambridge sprint, he should go very well indeed in the Manaia Handicap, for he has snch pace that he is liable to have the field scratching in the j first couple of furlongs. Vandyke, ' Lucky Alice, White Wings, and Ka- j 1 rangapai will not let him get too I far ahead, however. Tetrarchate j pulled up lame on Saturday and it re- I mains to be seen if he will make the trip. Tradesman, Karangapai and White Wings will have the confidence of most investors. The mile over which the Parahaki Handicap is run ought to be ideal for both Brampton and King Willonyx, who head the half dozen left in. This pair showed up in their recent engagements, and Brampton certainly reads a better prospect he.re than in the Cup. Bronze Tray,- if started, and Alloy are others engaged that will make it interesting. Brampton and King Willonyx read the best of the half dozen.