Auckland’s Card

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 236, 24 December 1927, Page 6

Auckland’s Card

WEALTH OF EQUINE TALENT Rare Fields Come Under Review THE Cup, Railway Handicap, Great Northern Foal Stakes, and five other highly interesting races will be decided at Ellerslie on Monday, Boxing Day, on the occasion of the opening of the Auckland Racing Club’s summer meeting. Fields are big all round, and there should be some stirring contests. The fixture will be continued on Wednesday and the following Monday and Tuesday. A review of Monday's bill of fare is given below. 1 1 Q? QUEEN’S PLATE Of £500; 1 mile; special weights.

carton; Singleton, a promising three-year-old from Hawke’s Bay, where many good ones hail from; Welcome Home, an easy winner at»Whangarei, and Whakarite and Golden Armour; the latter will be making her racing debut; incidentally she is a stable mate of Agrion and Eulalie. The most fancied when the totalisator closes may be: SATRAP, MARTARMA, and ROYAL DOULTON. 1017 GREAT NORTHERN FOAL STAKES Of £1,500 ; 6 furlongs.

ite will be taken from: CHILDSPLAY and PRINCE HUMPHREY. 1 7 ROBINSON HANDICAP Of £400; 7 furlongs.

found plumping strongly for the two that have won at their last start and an improving hack, as follows: TEA TIME, THE IMMIGRANT, and KING ARCH. o o AUCKLAND CUP Of £3,000; 2 miles.

when he so desires; Eden Hall, an unlucky horse in big races; Royal Mint, whose owner is praying hard for rain; Phaola, reported to be sore after last Saturday’s race; Desert Glow, winner of the Te Awamutu Cup, and a bit sore after being bowled over a few seconds after winning that event; Delightment, who has gone out of favour; Great Charter, another likely three-year-old; and Papatu, who is in rare galloping mood these days. There are three places to be filled, and backers may endeavour to sum it up on the machine this way: RAPIER, MASK and TE MON AN UI. 9 An GRAFTON HURDLES a. 1 * I of £500; 2 miles.

The betting market may favour: ARCHIBALD and KING’S GUARD—LORD STAR Bracket. 9 A 1) RAILWAY HANDICAP of £1,400 ; 6 furlongs.

Silvermine, and some of the older horses may find it difficult to concede the weight to the three-year-olds, who have a rare record in the last few Railway Handicaps. However, it is a long time since we have seen a galloper like Aussie, and he may be the most dangerous candidate the juvenile quartette will have to combat. The three favourites will most probably comprise: AUSSIE, GASCONY and PAGAN ELLI. A 97 NURSERY HANDICAP Of £500; 5 furlongs.

best fancied trio may be: RAASAY, MARION’S BIRTHDAY and VOLIMOND. C 17 CHRISTMAS HANDICAP « Of £600; 1 mile.

KING LU, LAUGHING PRINCE and IN THE SHADE.

Good Boy . . 8 9 This interesting event should give the meeting an excellent send-off in the way of a great race for the Paper Boy . . 8 9 stake. A brief summary of the prospects of the horses Piet 8 9 that can be admired would naturally include such as Waltzer . . . 8 9 Goshawk, who won well in Sydney and may yet prove a Abbey Day . . Royal Doulton good substitute for The Hawk; Paper Boy, a useful galloper when in the mood; Piet, the rapidly Improving 8 Magpie gelding trained here; Waltzer, a good perSatrap . . . 8 0 former of late who has had more than his share of Singleton . . Welcome S 0 ill luck; Abbey Day, winner of three races on end at . Taumarunui and third with 9.5 at Waipa; Royal Doulton, Whakarite . . 8 0 a free goer at present at top form; Saucy Lass, who outclassed a maiden field at Takapuna; Martarma, whose Armour . . 7 9 best effort to date was a second to Set Sail at Oamaru recently; Satrap, second to Agrion in the Derby at Ric-

Freehold . . 8 10 • This fine field is the subject: of Childsplay . . 8 5 Prince a review by itself in another colEpisode . . . 8 Humphrey . Raasay . . . Ridgemount . 8 10 8 10 8 10 limn. Those that to be in the running can be fiaid are Freehold, Prodce .... Marion’s Birthday . . S s 5 5 Amplifier . . S 10 Prince Humphrey, Ridgemount, White Wings 8 5 Staghunter . 8 10 Staghunter, Childsplay and Episode. Of this sextette the favour-

Paper Boy . 9 0 This will not be a division race, Blue Spear . 7 0 Tea Time . . Royal 8 6 S 6 for it is not thought that the safety number of 30 will be exBahama . . . Betty Zane . Doublemint . 7 7 7 0 0 0 Judge’s Box 8 3 ceeded at starting. Those that must Dimmer . . . 7 0 Antrim Boy 7 13 be given excellent chances are Golden Ripon Abbey 7 11 Paper Boy, Royal Boulton, Saucy Armour . . 7 0 The Immigrant 7 11 Respirator .78 Lass, Golden Armour (this quartette is also in the opening event). High Tide . . Josie Melville Killute . . . 7 7 0 0 iving ATCQ . l o 7 6 Tea Time (penalised 31b for winMicrometer . 7 0 Saucy Lass . 7 5 ning the open sprint at Te AwaPalmares . . 7 0 Whaka King 7 4 mutu), Judge’s Box, Antrim Boy, Prince Lu . 7 0 Lady The Immigrant, King Arch, Orchus, Quinsilia . . 7 Robinson . Carinthia . . Catapult . . . Air King . - 7 2 7 1 Wliaka King, Micrometer and Torquil (a horse that has a big repuTidal .... Torquil . . . Viburnum . . 7 7 0 0 7 0 tation at Hastings). To fine them White Light 7 0 down still further the public may be •N

Star Stranger 9 G This time honoured race is fully covered elsewhere, Count Cavour 9 5 and all that is left to do here is to make an attempt to Te Monanui 9 0 tine them down somewhat with the idea of arriving at Footfall . . 8 12 10 7 what may prove to be the best trio. Star Stranger * Rapier .... Te Kara . . . Mask ... g has a good horses weight, and he ran second in the 8 N.Z. Cup with a couple of pounds less; Count Cavour, Grand Knight 8 0 who ran second to Rapine and Tanadees the last tw'o Satrap . . . 7 4 years; Te Monanui, about whom there exists a doubt Bennanee . . . 7 2 as to his staying the two miles; Footfall, who has not Transformer Battlement . . Eden Hall . . 7 7 7 1 1 1 been working too well since arriving at headquarters; Rapier*, an easy winner of the N.Z. Cup, the result never Royal Mint . 7 1 being in doubt; Te Kara, winner of the Cup on two Delightment 7 0 occasions, and now getting up in years; Mask, who did Great Charter 7 0 a brilliant trial on Thursday; Grand Knight, an imported Papatu . . . 7 0 horse that will find it hard; Satrap, a likely three-year-old; Bennanee, fourth in the N.Z. Cup; Transformer, now out of form; Battlement, a horse that can go fast

Sir Rosebery 11 6 This is. not a large field, and with the tracks reArchibald . . 11 4 maining so firm the number of hurdlers seen out on King’s Guard 10 10 the later days of the meeting may be still further Anchor . . . Lord Star . . Red Comet . 10 10 10 7 reduced. There are a dozen engaged, but there is 10 4 really nothing impressive outside of about five of this Kendall . . . 9 7 number —Archibald, the King’s Guard-Lord Star bracket, Glenotus . . 9 1 Anchor and Red Comet. Little is known as to Royal Lucullent . . 9 0 Diadem’s jumping abilities, although there is no doubt Tinokaha . . Daddy’s Girl Royal 9 0 as to his pace on the flat. Archibald will be having his first race over the sticks for some time, but as against Diadem . . 9 0 this he has raced on the flat, and with his natural style of clearing the obstacles he will be hard to dispose of.

Aussie .... 8 13 Like the other principal contests Paperchase . . 7 12 Ly sander . . 8 7 for Monday this sprint, the second Town Guard 7 10 Joy King . . . 8 3 leg, is dealt with elsewhere. Ten Gascony . . . 7 8 Limited . . . 8 3 that will have to be more seriSilvermine . . 7 6 Paganelli . . Nancy Lee . . Royal Damon 8 8 8 3 2 ously considered are Aussie, Lysander, Limited, Paganelli, Nancy Kingfield . . . Sir Archie . . Flying Juliet . 7 7 7 5 0 0 Cimabue . . 8 1 Lee, Cimabue, Money Order, PaperAwarere . . . 7 0 Money Order 7 13 chase, Town Guard, Gascony and High Finance 7 0

Avoncourt . . Raasay . . . Amplifier ... 9 8 8 0 7 2 This, is a big field, and as is usually the case the smartest out Winnington . The Earth . . Moehau . . . 7 7 7 3 3 2 Katarena . . 8 1 of the barrier will have the pull. Snowdrift . . 7 1 Fatodawn . . 8 0 In the case of two-year-olds there Red Lion . . 7 1 Marion’s are generally seyeral that fail to Mauriaena . . 7 0 Birthday . . 7 12 get away with the speed merchants. Seamstress . . 7 0 Sir Russell . . Kota.hi , . . . Aggressive . . 7 7 7 8 8 8 and therefore have a hopeless task. Some that will stand good prosMon Star . . . Volimond . . White Wings 7 7 7 0 0 0 High Falutin’ 7 6 pects are Avoncourt, Raasay, Lady Mestor . 7 0 The Begum . 7 4 Amplifier, Katarena, Patodawn, Marion's Birthday, The Begum, Red Lion, Volimond and White Wings. The

Centrepiece . 8 S The possibilities in this concludTrue Blood . 7 6 King Lu . . ing event should include King Lu, Pegaway . . . Mosaic .... Laughing 8 Pegaway, Mosaic, Laughing 7 2 Prince, Day Guard, Valkon, In the Ti Tree . . . 7 2 8 4 Shade, Master Doon, Gala Day, High Pitch . 7 0 Day Guard . . 7 13 True Blood, Llandudno, Doree, Ti Siaosi . . . 7 Valkon . . . V 13 Tree, Thaw and Cohesion, so it In the Shade Master Doon Gala Day . . 7 7 7 7 will be seen that it is a very open race. The prime fancies may include: — Cohesion . . 7 0