POINTERS FROM CARTERTON

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 187, 28 October 1927, Page 7

POINTERS FROM CARTERTON

A horse that lias some good engagements later in the reason is the Romeo three-year-old, Teri, and as he won the Wairarapa Cup at Carterton from end to end he might have to be taken notice of in the future. The pace was slow, to all appearances, but the official timekeeper chalked up the announcement that the mile and a-quarter had been covered in 2.6 2-5. If the official time is correct, or approximately so, Teri’s was a fine performance, and he might trouble some of the better recognised three-year-olds if he meets them this spring. Teri looked exceptionally well, and this is not the first glimpse of good form that he has shown this season. Of the horses who opposed Teri, two distinguished themselves by their poor form. These were Tresham and Joy Bird. IMPROVED HORSES Waicullus ran a surprisingly good race, and he left the impression that he will go a middle distance. It is said that he was being tried out over the 10 furlongs to see- how he would shape, and no doubt his owner-trainer was satisfied with the performance. Waicullus finished very fast when he got clear in the straight, and I he was a close third. This reads pretty well for his first attempt at the journey in open company. Another who pleased, and can be marked dqwn for future reference, is Vesperus. Vesperus, a cast-off from

the stable of Sir George Clifford, looked a picture of health. Never since he came North has he looked so well. USEFUL THREE-YEAR-OLD Some interesting maidens and coming hacks were seen in action at Carterton. Panther, the Maiden winner, was the sort of two-year-old that one instinctively took a fancy to, but he has not come on much. One never knows with the young horses how they will turn out, and Panther is a case in point. However, he has started winning now, and might go on for a while. One of those who contested the Trial Plate was the Australian-bred Billion, by Trillion from Nazetha. Billion, on account of his breeding, was eyed with interest, and he ran a very fair race, and wound up a close third. He looks almost certain to improve sufficiently to beat a field of maidens or hacks shortly. Even more impressive than the performance of Billion was that of Tliurnbell, a chestnut gelding in Mr. AV. R. Kemball’s Masterton stable. Thurnbell by Thurnham from Belle of New York, is a big, long-striding gelding, •ind he looks to have a ‘really good finishing run. Thurnbell looks to be one of the most promising that has come from the Kemball stable for some time past. WAITING THE CHANCE Trentham harbours a promising maiden, too. This is Ring Boy, who ran prominently at Dannevnke, and ,Vn account of that form was made one of the favourites for the Trial riate at Carterton. Ring Boy had

been pleasing the track-watchers at Trentham, and this also ensured for him a considerable volume of support

last week, finishing third and then second. Though he missed, Ring Boy did not lose any friends among those who saw the race, and they will be waiting to see him again in a suitable field. One can safely say that the most expensive horse of the week in this island, was the fashionably-bred Sarchee, who was backed like a Limerick is the six-furlong hack race at Carterton, but did not even fill a place. Sarchee, as his namp suggests, is by Sarchedon, and is from Welkin Queen. On breeding he should be a flying machine. They say that he is, and that he had been doing absolutely brilliant work on the tracks at Masterton. Men who do not bet till they know a “certainty” stood off all day for him, and then went their limit. Sarchee disappointed them at the outset, and he did it again at Trentham. Reckless, who was a fairly speedy two-year-old, has not lost her pace now that she is a three-year-old, and her owner is content to run her in hack company. She has a lot of pace, and she cleared out from the field she met at Carterton. She was always going well, but at the finish she was just simply running right away from the opposition. She is one of those who has not done winning yet, despite her Trentham failure, and if she cannot earn another stake this month or next will be a great proposition at the Christmas meetings. Imitation still runs out a solid six furlongs, and as weight does not

bother him he will beat more of the hack sprinters than beat him in any of his coming engagements. *