WITH THE GALLOPERS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 613, 18 August 1933, Page 6

WITH THE GALLOPERS

"Canard.")

PAKURANGA HUNT OPENING OF NEW SEASON IN AUCKLAND PROVINCE FIELD S ONLY FAIR

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The Pakuranga ITunt meeting which opeiib the new season's raeing in the Auckland province has not attracted'as good fields as is usually the case in former years, and, with the exception of the Sylvia Park Handicap, the entries are on the small side. Most of the entrants are moderately well-known and there are sev'eral two-year-olds of last season who are making their bow this year as three- year-olds. The opening event, the Greenmont Steples, has only drawn seven horses oi whom Ruby Meteor is in the Ladies' Bracelei:, Zane Grey in the Cup, Ironic in the Cup, Sir Pathi'nn'.er in the Hurdles and Valpeen and Grant's Opal in the Cup. This leaves Domo as the only sole entry and his fbrm to date does not single hina out as a likely winner. It remains therefore to sort out anything which is likely either to run in two races on the day or to prefer this race and be certain to get the course. Ruby Meteor is fast but not a sure jumper and niay get around without mishap but if she does, she should be handy at the finish. Zane Grey has done a bit of hurdling and j it is in his favour that he has always i treated the obstacles with due res- | pect but against hina that he has I failed, so far, to stay on. Sir Path- | fir. dcr 'is the ideal. cut of steeplechaser and lae should be hard in whatever he is started in. Ironic failed when he l'aced at the Rotorua Hunt Club's point to point naeeting two seasons ago but this year he ran a third at the Poverty Bay Hunt meeting and this should see hina in a place in this company if he can manage the hill. Grant's Opal is a promising soid and might run well if started. Domo does not appeal on forrn. Providing they start there should be support for Sir Pathfinder Ironic Valpeen from. — GREENMOUNT HUNTERS' STEEPLES, about 21 miles. Ruby Meteor 10.3, Zane Grey 10.0, S r Paihfinder 9.10, Ironic 9.4, Valpeen 9.4, Grant's Opal, Domo, 9.0. Glenade who topped the poll at Arawa Park is head of the list in the Harris Memoiial Hurldes and meets Sir Pathfinder who led rnost of the way on 21b woi'se terms. As it was Sir Pathfinder's first start as well as Glenade's, both should have learnt something in the laaeaaatime and Sir Pathfinder looked the one most like- j ly to improve. London fell when he was going well and he should do better this timo. Maunga King is a fair sort but unsound and he may not face the tapes. Kopurere is unknown, , Cordcn coiaaes from a good Cambridge stable and is a good sort according to accounts while The Hiker is no stay er though a good jumper and Coachman as slow as a wet week. The fancied ones if started should be Sir Pathfinder Glenade London. from. — HARRIS MEMORIAL HUNTERS HURDLES, 11 miles. Glenade 10.2, Sir Pathfinder 10.0, London 10.0, Maunga King 10.0, Kopurere 9.5j Gordon 9.4, The Hiker, Coachman 9.4. Anything is likely to win the Sylvia Park Seven with a field of two dozen of whom Alpinus, one of the early fancies, will not now take his place. Gay Sheila has top weight but only 8.11 at that and the Gay Sheila filly is having her first race since thr j new season opened. She is one of th: j kindlest fillies in training and this | will stand to her in such a big field. I Kc-yal Gallant has not done so we * J since ieaving Ryan's stable but D j useful when set. Sinking Fund ar. 1 j Tavern Knight have both been shov- j ing good track work, the lattei" ha • | ing a handy performance to his cred t j at Trentham. Cherry King is a rea:. ; i y; : ,icl sort at horne in any going a 1 ' Beryl Latour, with age, seerns to > ) , coming into the promise of hei' aris.. - I cratic breedingj Hushing may go w . .1 j mav Grand Score who brought . T ! a surprise at Trentham. Dark Mar- li | is working very well aiad he is at h •. | pet distance. He should be very h; .\l ; in this company. Merry Lap shoi . 1 ! bv now have got over the cold wh _.i i a-Tected hina at Rotorua, and m / j be prominent. United was a fair st.'v j but is not perhaps quite ready. TI a | seven stone division contains a nui > ber of useful sorts amongst who. a laaay be naiaaed Good Run (a very solid three-year-old from Te Aroha wh) should be in the running), Suprern . Ruler (well bred), My Money (from Memp's stable) and Alignment (a fuli Protber to Croupier) who ma/ not bo quP.d ready. The field is ar open one with possible preferences ior Dark Marble Goou- Run Sinking Fund * from. SYLYi A f - RK HANDICAP, V furs. Gay Sheda 8.11, Royal Gallant 8.S, 'Sinking Fund 8.2, Tavern Knight 7.1b, Cherry King 7.13, Beryl Latour 7.12, Hushing 7.10, Grand Score 7.7, Alpinus 7.7, Dark Marble 7.5, Merry Lap 7.5, United 7.4, Phiakuo 7.0, Caiiente, Carshalton, Arohamai, Good Run, Luck's All, Magic Mint, Supreme Ruler The Highland Chief , T e Taua, My Money, Alignment, 7.0. King March, an unlueky sort, is making a i'e-appeai'ance in the Jellicoe Handicap and as he has been woi'king exceptionally well this anay spell the end of a run of bad luck for him. He is a real good one a.t his best but took a long time to recover from an injury received on his trip to Australia two seasons ago. Flying Prince has gone much more generously since Franlc Foster took hina in hand and he is always a. danger over the distance in a small field. Neither Protomint nor Speedmint on actual form should be considered but both have disconcerting habits of turning up when lesast expected. Either might do so here but on form they should be ruled out o*f calculations. Maori Boy seems to have taken a new

lease of lif-e 'and the football jersey j colours may be prominent if placed i well early. Chang according to a let- j ter received by "Canard" on Wednesday is very well and better than when he ran third at Wellington; he might do the trick here. Ornamental seems to have lost the form which made her- so prominent at Takapuna while neither Gay Cockade nor Cruachan can he said to have shown much in their races at the end of the season. However Gay Cockade is one who often upsets all plans and he might be worth considering for a place as the field is. There will probably be an upset but the logical favourites are Chang King March Maori Boy from. — JELLICOE HANDICAP, 11 miles. King March 9.0, Flying Prince 8.11, Protomint 8.10, Speedmint 8.9, Maori Boy 8.9, Chang 8.2, Ornamental 7.10, Cruaehan 7.6, Gay Cockade 7.6. The running of the Greenmount Steeples and the scratchings pen will have a lot to do with the betting in the Pakuranga Hunt Cup and this because Zane Grey, Ironic, Valpeen and Grant's Opal are in it while Maunga King is in the Hurdles. Out of a field of . eight only Winnagan, Nukutere and General Lu are left. Winnagan won twice in the Windy Province and each time easily against better fields than he is aneeting here. On that form he should be extremely hard to beat and the only one likely to cause hiaaa trouble should he Nukutere who won his race at Arawa Park through sheer ganaeness and Bill Rennie's good riding. Of course it is not every horse who can see out the Ellerslie Hill and that, may be in Nukutere's favour against Winnagan but the race, bar accidents, should lie between the two. Provided they start the best of the others may be Ironic and Valpeen and * the choice between thern is one for a toss up. The judge may see Winnagan Nukutere Ironic from. — PAKURANGA HUNT CUP, About 3 miles. Winnagan 11.7, Nukutere 11.1, Maunga King 10.0, Zane Grey 9.10, Ironic Valpeen, General Lu, Grant's Opal, 9.0. The Auckland mile has a field of a dozen headed by Kiltowyn who is a good one, has worked well and can run a mile. However he has quite enough with 9.1 so early in the season. Beryl Latour is in the Sylvia Park and may start there while Gigantic should go well if ready. Biform is one liable to go exceptionally well in this race while Tatyoon must be respeeted though he did not go well at work the other day. Merry Lap reads better in the Sylvia and Sandy Dix from Te Rapa might spring one on the rest. Wee Pat is well thought of and Echo Song is fast but may find a mile too far. The best read Biform Tatyoon Kiltowyn j from. — ! AUCKLAND HANDICAP, 1 mile. j Kiltowyn 9.1, Beryl Latour 8.0, Gi- ! gantic 7.13, Biform 7.9, Tatyoon 7.9, Merry Lap 7.7, Sandy Dix, Wee Pat, , Echo Song, Solarium, Love Story, Surveyor geld. 7.0. Gastronomy was omitted from the ,JAt of acceptors for the Bracelet published in the "Post" and he is one who might run exceptionally well. It is not uncommon for a horse omitted from the list of acceptors to j run well and even win and this may be a case in point in the Ladies' Bracelet. Of course, the fact that the "lilywhites" are on the pigskin aoiakes a big difference to the runners and , with his right rider Seareher may go very well, as he likes a small field. He can carry weight all right. Lon- j don will have been seen out earlier | in all probability as will Ruby Meteor. Aspect is a novice while Glenfield and Kopurere are similar. Coachman will have to go a lot faster than ever he has done not to be called "Slowcoaehman" and he does not appeal if there are in the field London Rugby Meteor Seareher from. — LADIES' BRACELET HANDICAP 11 miles. Seareher 11.10, London 11.2, Ruby Meteor 11.2, Aspect 10.7, Glenfield, Kopurere, Coachman 10.7. There are one or two decent sprinters in the Dunedin six headed by Greek Gold who is good class. Lady Quex has no less than 171b the : advantage of the Lucullus geldmg ; and if she is back to anything like the j form she showed in her five-year-old | days, it should be a cinch for her. j However, before she left Taranaki j she was far from right and may not i have recovered though she has had | three months spell at Te Awamutu. [ Under new conditions she may be right agaiia. Lord Val, now trained by Larry Wiggins, is one who does well on a light preparation and he should be considered .especialily ihs he will be ridden by his metor. Tradesman was most unlueky to be cast in his box before the June rneet- | ing where he was expected to win I and here is his chance to recoup. i Chromadyne is always liable to take ; all the rest of the craek sprinters for i a walk and come hoane first and he is well placed here. Deputy Ruler has been working well but may need a ■ race. Vandyke is in the right con- ! dition but is "iffy" at the post. Del- | rain making his debut in class company may do nicely while Tavern Knight is better suited here than in the hack seven. Tenakoe is making a re-appearance and if he is even the shadow of his self of three seasons ago there is nothing in the field to look at anything but his tail. He is very solid when right. Cruaehan and Cherry King will have probably started in their other engagements and when summed up the choice may be from Greek Gold, Lady Quex, Lord Val, Tradesman, Chromadyne and Tenakoe and these are hard to separate." The final selection may he Lord Val Tradesman Chromadyne » and in the absence of any of these Tenakoe. from.— DUNEDIN HANDICAP, 6 furs. * Greek. Gold 9.13, Lady Quex 8.10,

Lord Val 8.10, Tradesman 8.10, Chromadyne 8.5® Deputy Ruler 8.1, Vandyke, Delrain, Tavern Knight, Tenakoe, Cruaehan, Cherry King, 7.0.