Auckland Spring Fixture

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 175, 14 October 1927, Page 6

Auckland Spring Fixture

EXCITING SPORT PROMISED Review of the Card TO-MOKROW will mark the opening of the 1927-2 S lightliarness season in the prvoince when the Auckland Club submits the first day’s card of the Spring fixture. While the fields in the principal events will not be large it will not detract from the excellence of the sport. Swollen fields with top-hole performers will appeal to the speculative public and provide spectacular and thrilling contests. ] | 3Q WAITEMATA TROT Chessev * it Of £300; 1J miles; limit, 3.45. Carberley . . . Lt! Fourteen trotters of moderate degree have stood the Red Dennis . Lt, acceptance test for this event, but Quickfire and The Caterpillar ' Lt! Tiger have not put in an appearance, reducing the Quickfire . ... Lt. number to twelve. Of those on the end the Nelson - yds! bhd.* owned and trained Caterpillar will find most favour with Roma Bingen . 24 backers, as he is a consistent plodder. Roma Bingen, if Gold Star . . 24 she will tackle the grass circuit with the; same vim that * * 51 she does the cla Y» will be a bard proposition, and alFloraline . ! CO though there are good ones behind her, they would get Blue wood *. ! 72 a headache before the post was sighted. Raima is a Aneline . 72 solid customer and more reliable and will handle any Appeal .... 72 track. He should account for the limit lot and the majority of those at the rear. Floraline my require a race, but Blue wood, is a likely sort and in this company will be quite at home. Appeal’s form in June will not be overlooked and he will have a lot of friends. Anseline is working with great gusto and will be on the premises. Favouritism will proba.bly rest with: Raima, Anseline and Roma Bingen. 12 20 IMPROVERS* HANDICAP V 0 f £800; H miles; limit, 3.28*. * ‘ * * Tjt * Thirteen are carded for this heat, with five off the Rothschild . . L*t. end. Wrigley appears the most likely of this lot, although if Delavan Bill could be persuaded to do his best Keatty Lt he wouW make the finish exciting. Van Rich is a solid yds. bhd. customer and judging by his track essays will be handy. Van Rich . . 12 Festive Morn has not been in the limelight of late, but Festive Morn . 12 Buz Buz is tearing up the track like a good one. Luvan Buz Buz ... 12 is a mare that the public will want to be with and Amaris 24 whether she elects to tackle this or the ten-furlong Bob Logan . . 36 flutter, will be in demand. Nothing is working better Cute Lad . *. . 36 than Amaris, and on the dirt circuit he would clean up Goldman ... 48 the issue. Still with the grass solid he may go better than expected. Bob Logan is a solid, consistent pacer entitled to respect. Cute Lad is on a hard mark, but Goldman, who is in fine fettle, will keep those in front of him busy. Public opinion may lean toward: Luvan, Amaris and Buz Buz. 1 7 SPRING HANDICAP 1,1 Of £1,000; 2 miles; limit, 4.34. St. Tom Thumb *. . 12 candidate, has declined the contest, and Tom Thumb, Jewel Pointer . 12 Jewel Pointer and Machine Gun will be the first line to Machine Gun 12 move. The latter may effect a surprise, although he Concliff .... 30 has no f raced with any confidence since the fall at Talaro ** * * 54 Alexandra Park in June. Jewel Pointer is a gentleman Imprint*. I DO that will fight out every yard and a win for the sole reAhuriri .* T ! ! 90 presentative of the province would be extremely popular. But he has: the hard part to do and in Tom Thumb he will find a tough nut to crack. The latter was coming on nicely with the racing at National time and should have made sufficient improvement to hold on at top pressure to the wire: Concliff has been discarded in some quarters for his failure over two miles at Christchurch, but he was evidently not right for such a journey. His effort in the mile proved the value of his speed and he will do a lot better over the distance now. Talent is always a difficult problem for the opposition and can pull out a good effort when lea.st expected. Talaro, if he is to dispute the New Zealand Cup issue, must have a big chance in to-morrow’s struggle, and as he is bracketed with Tom Thumb it will be a good combination. Imprint is an Epsom favourite and always puts up a big performance at this end. In the scant field lie should be suited by the conditions and if over his recent cold will make it merry. Ahuriri has been tuning his stable companions up at Oakhampton and is showing a return to his best form, which entitles him to consideration. When the machine is balanced it may indicate: Holmes' Elect, Ahuriri and Imprint. 1 CO GREAT NORTHERN DERBY " Of £1,000; 11 miles; for three-year-olds. The review o*’ this race is contained in a special article. 007 STEWARDS’ HANDICAP 1 of £400; 2 miles; limit, 4.30. Reremal . . . Lt. Fifteen acceptors colour the race book in this event, Reliance . . . Lt. t)ut as some o£ them have earlier or later engagements Buz Buz .' ‘ i Lt! this number may be reduced. Reremal will be tacklVan Rich" ’ " ’ Lt ing the longer journey for the first time and may find it Concertina’. . . Lt. a ’difficult proposition. Buz Buz, if reserved for this Yds. bhd. heat, will make It interesting off the front, but Van Rich Amaris . . . 12 wlu flnd tlle distance perplexing just yet. Amaris will Tramofast ’ ’ 21 have had a race earlier, and his friends may not elect to The Shrew . 24 start him twice on the grass. Uncle Bert is pleasing in Marshal Neil . 2i his essays, and will be a busy chap when it comes to William the the final. Trampfast has not yet raced with any deGrent .... 24 gl . ee 0 f certainty at Epsom, but The Shrew, Marshal Nell r.srSimM 48 and William the Great are a trio with possibilities and Dick Dillon . . 48 all should be in at the kill. Wallroon may find those in front too solid. Lady Dunmore has a call on the mile, but Dick Dillon must not be passed by lightly and is getting on a better mark. The public may fancy; The Shrew, Uncle Bert and Marshal Neil. 000 OCTOBER HANDICAP Of £450; 1 mile; limit, 2.14. Ben Lomond . Lt. _ __ _ _ ___ Lady Dun- The non-appearance of St. Maura and Bell Harold yds. bhd. reduces the field to ten, but there is fine speed material mors . . .. 12 to -work on. Ben Lomond would like a soft track, and Anselm Um ° 12 those in the race are pleased that it is on the hard All Bell “ side. Tom Thumb will have enough in the two-mile Black Lila, . ! 12 heat, and Anselm will probably hold All Bell and Black Jewel Pointer. 21 Lila safe, although the latter has a good turn of speed St. Maura . „ 36 when right. Jewel Pointer will benefit by the earlier Sea Pearl ... 36 run and those who take him on in the mile will realise ar ° ld * “ ?<! this fact. Sea Pearl, although not a brilliant beginner, ° * ’ “ can finish with the best in the land and if within strikNelson Fame 48 ing distance in the run to the tape will keep the others busy. Talaro will make a bold bid for victory, but Nelson Fame should have it on him over the short course. The Mangere pacer is a, dashing sprinter, and will be quickly in the van, and as he will non be chasing the longer distance earlier should have no difficulty in seeing it right, out. Backers will vote: Nelson Fame, Jev&el Pointer and Sea Pearl. A 7 MOUNTAIN TROT * Of £500; 2 miles; limit, 4.42. For trotters. VVild Lad . . Lt. Eleven is the main in this event which promises to Sister* ’’ * Lt ‘ produce one of the keenest finishes of the day. Of ea * r t the limit quartette, Sister Beatrice should do best and Tradeisman’ . ! Lt! ir ‘ a y make it almost impossible for the back markers to yds! i)hd. Sfet U P * n time to keep the big end going to Hawera. The Tartar . . 12 The Tartar is doing fine work and will want a slice of Peter McKin- the stake also. Peter McKinney is trained in the country p n ® y *• • • 24 and little is known of his condition, but he may not be Tramrfast* 11 **7 a 8 ready, and the same would apply to that good little Young Blake ’ V> trotter, Peter Dean. Trampfast will probably be seen Betty Moko ! 84 out earlier, but he can come again and generally does Waikaha . * 96 better after a run. Young Blake was consistent at Christchurch in August and if he has improved will be knocking. Betty Moko made a great name for herself in June and will make a big effort to enhance it. She is doing well and is ready for the fight. And fight they will all be required to do with Waikaha coming from the back. This splendid trotter is given a hard task but he is made of the material from which champions come and there will be no shirking. The figures will no doubt ..um it up. Waikaha, Betty Moko and Young Blake. r a ELECTRIC HANDICAP of £400; 15 miles; limit, 2.515' Mulwaree . . . Lt. This looks like providing the biggest field, as the card Oliver*Thorpe ! Lt! shows 17 standing ground. Mulwaree may account for Direct Morning Lt. his associates on the end, but with Luvan, The Shrew, yds. bhd. Rockburn and Gold Jacket on the heels of the frontLuvan 12 liners, they cannot have very bright prospects. If re-r-Ivia t ’ ’ 12 served for this flutter Luvan will be a popular fancy, Rockburn ' ' 12 while Gold Jacket, if he decides to go away smartly, Lord Nepean’. ! 24 will trouble the best of them. Eight well-performed Stanmoor ...' . 24 pacers are arra.yed at the next tape and it is quite posBob Logan ... 24 sible that the winner will come from this: squad. Lord Wcodvilo . . 24 Nepean has plenty of toe for a sprint, while Stanmoor Pitaroa. .. . . 24 and Hughie Wallace have won well at the distance. Hughie Wallace 24 Woodvale, If in his June temper, could upset the best Goldman 24 calculations, and Boh Logan and Goldman can turn it Holly Boy".'. 42 on solid. Pitaroa may find it hard at his time of life, but Nelson Tasker will be at home to the best of them. It is only a question of a quick dispatch for the Henderson horse to be soon in the lead and then the others will have a hard part to do to supplant him. Public opinion will incline toward: Gold Jacket, Bob Logan and Nelson Tasker.