West Coast Circuit Opened By Egmont

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 267, 1 February 1928, Page 8

West Coast Circuit Opened By Egmont

GOOD PROGRAMME A TTRACTS FINE FIELDS r T 'HE OPENING OF THE EGMONT MEETING AT H A W EH A 1 TO-MORROW MARES THE INAUGURATION OF THE WEST COAST CIRCUIT. COMPRISING TARANAKI AND WANGANUI. IN THE NEXT FORTNIGHT. IT WILL BE REMEMBERED THAT HERE. TWELVE MONTHS AGO. FIL - TH AIR WON 'THESE THREE CUPS ON END.

K LTHOTTGH there are. only seven horses left in the ‘Cup all can be given a chance, for the field is a quality one. The other events have filled very well and should provide interesting racing at this popular fixture. A start will be made with the OHAWE HURDLES 15 miles. st lb st lb Pink Rose . IQ 11 Hymgreat ..96 San Fera . .1< o Flowing Bowl 9 3 Troilus ... 'c 13 Royal Flight 9 0 Airtight . . . 9 S Nucleus ... 9 0 The topweight has won several hurdle events in modei|tte company, and will have to do better to score here. San Fera is a fine jumper, but unfortunately he has been under a cloud for some time, perhaps he ’s right, once more. Troilus, too, has a reputation, but he ran badly when last seen, at Feilding. Airtight should make a fine hurdler, for he is the build, and it must n£*t be forgotten that he won a high-weight at Trentham a fortnight ago. Hymgreat and Royal Flight have shown promise. PINK ROSE and HYMGREAT will probably be the best backed.

The open sprint follows early as usual: FLYING HANDICAP 6 f*vrlongs. Reremoana .99 Bonogne . . 7 10 Benzora ..89 Tip Tree . . 7 S Vast Acre . . 7 12 Partaga ... 7 2 Town Bird . 7 11 Sea Star ..70 Oration ... 7 11 Sarchee ... 7 0 The topweight is in rare form, and it will be interesting to see if he can win under his impost. Benzora reads very well at the weights, for he appears to be nicely treated indeed, and with him it is probably only a question of whether he is at his best. Vast Acre goes fast and may not see it out against this lot. Town Bird is

well, and Oration is making a reappearance. Bonogne can never be left out of calculations, and Tip Tree, Partaga and Seastar have winning form behind them, while Sarchee is on the up grade. BENZORA and VAST ACRE appeal most. A big field will come out for the TOKAORA HACK HANDICAP 6 furlongs. Ned Kelly ..90 Archon ... 7 5 Gold Dawn . 8 9 Upoko ... 7 5 Onward ... 8 7 Monsogne ..73 Eka- 8 6 King Mart ..73 Paul Lucerne 8 0 Royal Flight 7 3 Powhiri ... 7 13 Restaurant .73 War Flame . 7 11 Fortalice . 7 3 Yawl .... 7 5 Those that read well are Ned Kelly, Gold Dawn, Onward, Eka, Warflame, Archon, Upoko, Monsogne, King Mart, Paul Lucerne and Restaurant. Of these Gold Dawn is engaged in the Juvenile, and which will be his mission is at time of writing unknown. Given a run, GOLD DAWN, NED KELLY and EKA will carry most money. This brings us to the event of the day, the EGMONT CUP 15 miles. Piuthair ..90 Bright Glow 8 0 Hynanna ... 8 13 Royal Mint ..77 Yoma .... S 9 Orazone ... 7 2 Mint Leaf ..80 Piuthair, last years’ winner, finished fifth in the Wellington Cup, and was a bit unlucky. She is apparently almost back to form,, Hynanna is a four-year-old, and a good one, too, and his penalty for winning at the Wellington meeting will not keep him out of the money. Toma would like the going a bit easy, and it was this perhaps that told against him during the holidays. Mint Leaf ran a great race under difficult conditions in the

Taka puna Cup, and on the roomier course here he will be one of the: hardest to beat. Bright Glow is thought a lot of in Taranaki, and he will be well tested on this occasion. Royal Mint cannot be fancied on a hard track, while Orazone won a race at Eilerslie in the spring and has the makings of a useful handicap per if she can be kept right. Four that should carry most money are Piuthair, Hynanna, Mint Leaf and Bright Glow, and to • fine them down a bit more punters may declare on the totalisator in favour of PIUTHAIR and MINT LEAF. A big field remains in the JUVENILE HANDICAP 5 furlongs. Royal Ceres . 9 10 Fermanagh .75 Gold Dawn . .8 12 Black Coin .73 Tea Miss ... 8 4 Colapat .... 7 2 Te Atiawa . 7 13 Miss Ransom 7 0 Le Champ . . 7 12 Lady Quex . 7 0 Upoko ... 7 10 Time Will Calamine . . 7 10 Tell .... 7 0 Biforte ... 7 7 Boundary ..70 Marjoram ... 7 6

Royal Ceres, Gold Dawn. Tea Miss, Te Atiawa, Le Champ. Upoko and Miss Ransom are a few that read well, for they have shown recently that they are well. The last-named ran second in a two-year-old race at Trentham a week ago, while Royal Ceres con-

tested the open sprints, so that considered good enough for that class he must have a chance here. TEA MISS, GOLD DAWN and ROYAL CERES will carry a lot of money. Another problem confronts bettors in the NOLAN GOLD CUP 85 furlongs Goshawk ..92 Orcades ... 7 11 Greengrocer . S- 6 Kawhakina .79 Bisox .... 8 5 Lady Killer .79 Keddar ...84 Miss Mercia .79 Blimp .... 8 2 Sovena ... 7 5 Discourse ... 8 2 Flying Shot . 7 0 Royal Acre .82 Barry an da ..70 Bent .... 7 12 The topweight has proved himself one of the best and altogether too good for hack company, as was predicted in these columns. Greengrocer is striking fomr, while Bisox will have to be at her best to head those above her. Keddar ran second twice in the one afternoon at Trentham, and so must be a fit horse. Blimp has been a disappointment since the spring. Discourse, if on hand, will be watched with interest. Royal Acre is a good hack that reads better than most outside the topweight. Of those lower down the most fancied would be Orcades, Miss Mercia, Sovena and Barryander. It is haxd to go beyond Trentham running, a.nd on that GOSHAWK and GREENGROCER must be considered as possessing undeniable chances. Quite a* good field is to be seen out in the WHAREROA WELTER 85 furlongs Paitonu ..94 Sleepy Sol ..84 Vivo 8 11 Sea Star ... 8 2 Tiega .... 8 8 GlengarifE ...80 Monaghan ..88 Wenday .... 8 0 Manly .... 8 6 Killoch ... 8 0 Beaumont ..86

Paitonua, Vivo, Tiega, Monoghan, Manly, Beaumont and Sleepy Sol are all possibles, while further down we come to Wenday and Glengariff. It is more than a second-class handicap that will require a lot of thought, but

two that impressed with their recent form are PAITONU and MONAGHAN. The concluding- item to-morrow is the WAIPAPA HACK 7 furlongs Broad Acre .95 Archon ... 7 4 Royal Acre . 8 10 Aropeta ... 7 0 Orcades ... 8 5 Silent .... 7 Always ... 7 13 Gas Xapper . 7 0 Some Lad . . 7 13 CornerofE ... 7 0 i^ ISS T_ M , ercia * 7 13 Service .... 7 6 Kawhakma . 7 11 Ranee 7 0 whisogne ..78 ®.® ver ?** of the above are engaged earlier m the day, and as there are some possibles among them the situamade rather awkward. ROYAL ACRE and ORCADES are two of these, MIQC absent it looks as if ..®® mer CIA and BROAD ACRE will be made favourites. Hawera Track Notes Mountain Bell finished in front of Pink. Rose over a mile on Saturday at Hawera, the distance being covered in Sleepy Sol was in front of Re--' taurant over six furlongs in 1.1 jf Royal Acre and Silent finished on terms over seven furlongs in l 3 “> Marjoram, a promising maiden "was °5 f 0 BlaCk ° din over four ’ fur ' iJS ySOSn . e ' Paitonu and Orcades fin-l??-a o good r Tallor SIX fUrI ° nSS lD -SSgSu.'g'SLT* ™ Royal Mint was too good for Hi fort over four furlongs in 51 * w riv^ ShaWk and The have ario^i S ° X ai ? d Orazone went four furin 49i° n e Pl ° Ush ' wonting together Benzora ran five furlongs clone in 1.2 3-o, doing it nicelv. Onward was working better than Cornered over half a mile in 50 1-3 and Euphonium went "Vivo, who is a great track worker e ’ Just Bright Glow, who looks in great heart, strode twice round at half-pace working freely. She has lost her sore-’ ness.