Amateur Riders Have Their Chance

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 370, 2 June 1928, Page 6

Amateur Riders Have Their Chance

MONDAY’S CARBINE FLAIL One of the interest races sc i dorr for Monday at Ellerslie is the c irs£ l’late, a mile event for hack* tuhT ridden by gentlemen riders only, tw generally furnished an exciting Vqfr. test, and with several notable hat** ' may be bit better than most of its n^, decessors. The acceptances are not due until to. night, so it is unknown at presem what horses will run. Of those likely to start, it is expected that favouritism will rest with either MICROMETER or CATKIN, provided fairly well-known riders are in Hie saddle. The former is engaged in the Cornwall Handicap this afterneen (and for which she is more than moderately fancied), and in the event of her winning she will be automatically disqualified from the Carbine Plat^,

as it will place her out of hacks* In the event of this contingency probably Catkin and Rangi Kokiri would bo best backed. The following are the horses entered, together with their imposts, In tho CARBINE PLATE Of £400; one mile. (Amateur Riders). Adjuster . . 11 0 Micrometer .11 ft Arc-peta ... 11 0 Piet . . .11 0 Bracken Praiseworthy 11 0 A.bbey ... 11 0 TTince Papa 11 o Foxhound ..11 0 Saucy Lass . H o Glona Bay ..11 0 Template .. 11 fl Golden Cross 11 0 Palda ... 11 0 Lady Passen- Waltzer ... 11 ft sanger ... 11 0 Catkin .... 10 10 Lord Abbey .11 0 Marble King 10 10 Lord Guy .11 0 Rangi Kokiri 10 10 Louis Poto . 11 0 Solario . . .10 10 Mi ster Noel 11 0

Difficult Double The last horse to win the Wanganui Steeplechase and Great Northern Steeplechase in the' one season was Gluepot, who secured the double in 1917. Corazon did likewise in 191 L Coalition also captured the two awards, but not in the same term, which was also the case with Moccasin. Substantial Rise The weight-adjuster of the Auckland Racing Club has arrived at the conclusion that the success of Brigadier Bill, in the Wanganui Steeplechase, on the top of his score in the Egmont Steeplechase, must be taken notice of and therefore he has increased the poundage of Mr. Bull's gelding in the Great Northern Steeplechase by 30 pounds, making his weight 10.8.. This is nothing much for a horse of the construction of Brigadier Bill to carry, and there is no doubt that he cm lift the poundage along all serene. Mayhap it will not be the avoirdupois that will bother him, but the distance of the journey at Ellerslie, which is about 32 miles, with hilly country to fight against. Anyhow, the other competitors will have to do the same as Brigadier Bill, and that is, get over it, but: some of them may be more accustomed to that sort of travelling than Brigadier Bill, and in racing, liko everything else, knowledge is i>owor. But the Brigadier has not taken any particular fancy to Ellerslie.