Te Aroha Trots

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 335, 21 April 1928, Page 9

Te Aroha Trots

ZEALOUS WINS FIRST CONDITIONS UNFAVOURABLE (Special to THE SUE) TE AROHA, To-day. The annual fixture of the Te Aroha Trotting Club was held on the Te Aroha racecourse to-day in the presence of a good attendance. Heavy rain fell this morning, and racing comj menced under a threatening sky. The track was soft. Results: WAITOA HANDICAP Of £100; 1£ miles. 6 — ZEALOUS (T. L. Nicholson), blk m, by The Pointer —Hova, 6yrs, limit, Owner ... l 12—LORD HALDANE, limit, A. R. .Saunders 2 -I—BELL DIAL, 36yds, G. A. Williams 3 Also: 16 Vanity Boy, 1 Beauty Spot, 17 3oada’s Child, 10 Regret, 12 Jasper, 11 Margaret Wallace, 9 Carnui, 2 Rosie Thorpe, 3 Great Eyre, 5 Warspite, 11 Araroa, 19 Kilty, 7 Golden Park, IS Cornwallis, 15 Marosa, S Great Ballin. Winner, trained by owner at Te AwaWon by a length, four lengths separating second and thii'd. Times, 3.42 2-5, 3.44, 3.42. Two Good Dividends In a big field backers supported Beauty Spot £252, Rosie Thorpe £238, and Great Eyre £l6l. The winner, Zealous £ll4 and second horse, Lord Haldane £ 59, were not in great demand. A straggling start saw Jasper and Kilty left, Zealous, Beauty Spot and Carnui quickly settling down. Passing the stands the first time Zealous still led, with Carnui, Vanity Boy, Lord Haldane and Great Eyre following, the last-named then losing his position, while actually on the home turn Regret and Golden Park collided and took no further part in the contest. With a mile gone Zealous was attended by Vanity Boy, Lord Haldane, Carnui, IBeauty Spot and Great Eyre, but coming to the straight again her closest opponents r > ve t' e Lord Haldane, Beil Dial, Margaret Wallace and Great Ballin, these being the only ones in the picture. Zealous went on to score nicely by a length- from Lord Haldane, who was four lengths in front of Bell Dial. Ten lengths back was Margaret Wallace, with Great Ballin, Marosa, Vanity Boy and Araroa following. ELSTOW HANDICAP Of £75; li miles. 2 LAC KI E WOO D (D. W. Thomas), blk g, by Wildwood Jun.—lnnisfail, aged, 192yds, C. R. Wood .. 1 4—BILLY CARBINE, 120yds, A. Ayres 2 3 PETER BROWN, 4Syds, C. Johnston 3 Also: 3 Lena Ansel, 14 Golden Down, 7 Ohapi, 12 Bell Todd, 13 Joe Truxhall, 8 Garwood, 11 Salesman, 5 Nelson Girl, 10 Lilydale, 1 Peter Tracey, 9 Gold Star. Winner trained by C. R. Wood, Taupiri. Won by a neck, third horse three lengths away. Times, 3.42 1-5, 3.48, 3.57' A Poor Contest The Elstow Handicap was a poor sort of affkir, most of the field galloping at various times. Peter Tracey £237, Lackiewood £167 and Lena Ansel £166 carried the money. Peter Tracey and Gold Star went off at a gallop, and Carwood broke. the stands Carwood had gone to tire front with a rush, being pursued by Lena Ansel. Peter Brown and Lackiewood, the last-named having got off smartly. Carwood increased his lead along the back, and across the top was yards ahead of Lackiewood, with Lena Ansel another ten lengths further off, but the leader broke and stopped to a walk. Lackiewood showed the way into the straight from Billy Carbine, Peter Brown and Lena Ansel, and despite Billy Carbine’s challenge went on to win narrowly by a neck. Peter Brown was three lengths back, and then came Gold Star, Lena Ansel, Peter Tracey and Golden Downs.

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