BEST PERFORMERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 477, 5 October 1928, Page 10

BEST PERFORMERS

Classic and Handicap Events Will Provide Thrilling Contests FIRST DAY’S CARD UNDER REVIEW ANOTHER stage in the 1928-29 racing year will be reached this week-end, for the important and popular spring fixture of the Auckland Racing Club is set down for tomorrow and Monday at Ellerslie. There is some very valuable stake money to be won, and competing for it will be found the best horses in training - . Conditions for racing are expected to be satisfactory, and unless rain falls the course promises to roll out in excellent order. Big fields will be the order of the day, and with the form already exposed to a certain extent, the favourites should at least hold their own. The prospects for the opening day are reviewed below. 12 2 TRIAL HURDLES ’ Of £400; 11 miles Potoanui 10 9 This is a nice-sized field to open First Prince . 9 t Quineoma ’. 10 '5 the proceedings with. Kawini Lucilius ... 9 0 Siaosi .... 10 5 should have won at Avondale last Piet 9 0 Llewellyn . . OIS week, but Potoanui showed dash- Harbour pSfX •• ■ ,® 13 in & form and he will take some View .... 9 0 v?Katani ■ ■ ■> o heading off. Quineoma was an- Tinopono ..90 other unlucky runner at Avondale, where Siaosi made a fine attempt in his first outing, beating everything except Potoanui. Llewellyn will find the company a bit more select than when he won last week, while Farndon is tietter over the sticks than many suspect. Pekatahi is on the improve, but is a doubtful starter after his fall yesterday, and First Prince will go better r. , 1 a ,ast Saturday. The latter may be one to bother those at the top. jl ’ is known of the others, although Tinopono has only to jump well to be a dimcult proposition. It is an even field, in which backers may declare for the pair at the top: KAWINI and POTOANUI. 12 47 GREAT NORTHERN GUINEAS ’ Of £1,500; 1 mile Cr nil 6 * - !' "sin comprehensive review of this Avon Court . S 5 High Falutin’ 810 f ve "! appears under a separate Gold Money S 5 Kinross ... 810 heading. the best half dozen may Episode ... 8 5 Sir Russell . SlO be summed up as Staghunter, Tox- Mithra . 8 5 Staghunter . 810 euma, Cashier, Episode, Prodice and Prodice ! ! 8 5 Te Atiawa . 810 White Wings. The last-named re- White Wings S 5 Toxeuma . . 810 corded a wonderful gallop yesterday. Violation ..85 With the conditions favourable to a fast race the Avondale Guineas’ placings will in all probability be upset, but on a heavy track the result last week should serve as the best guide. With a good, dry track the indications point to the discerning backers indulging in a plunge on two of the fillies: EPISODE and WHITE WINGS 1 37 SHORTS HANDICAP . " Of £500; 6 furlongs Commeiida- 913 That brilliant sprinter, Aussie, is rightly at the head tion ...*.98 of tbe and judging on his great sprint yesterday Hoariri *..* *. 81l morning will not lack for pace. He has a tremendous Paganelli ... S 9 weight, however, and lack of racing condition may tell the Benzora ... 3 5 tale at this early stage. Commendation can scarcely be Nancv Lee 7 ready for such a strenuous task, and Hoariri will not be Lysander .. ! 713 sought after unless much rain falls. Paganelli is very Freehold . . . 7 5. speedy, and nothing has been heard from him since he Oration ... 7 3 was last seen out. If he goes to the post he is sure Te Atiawa ..70 to stand a chance, for he is one of the brilliant division. Master Done 7 0 Benzora will shape better than cinder the conditions preBallymoy°ll. 7 D vailing at Avondale, and he is no second-rater. Kaiti Prince Otto". 7 0 went well yesterday, and Nancy Lee wanted to burn the track on Tuesday. Lysander is but a shadow of his former self, but Freehold, who ran a close fifth in the great finish of last Saturday’s sprint, has shown real improvement in his efforts since then. A smart three-year-old, he is one of the possibilities. Oration is always dangerous, and Te Atiawa is making his debut in the best sprinting company. Of the others Lady’s Boy makes most appeal. Two that must come in for a lot of support on the day are:-; — FREEHOLD and BENZORA. O 07 MITCHELSON CUP Of £1,500; n miles Star Stranger 912 As in the three-year-old classic,. Royal Mint . 7 G as K- • • • * 4 this event has been considered of Mint Leaf ..76 ..94 sufficient importance to review at Queen Arch . 7 2 1 Prince" . . 810 extl-a length, and It will be found on Glow- 7 0 The Hawk . S 4 this page. There are 15 left in the Transformer. 7 0 Valkon ... 7 12 race, and the half dozen that make Tidal 7 0 Catkin .... 7 6 most appeal are Mask, Te Kara, Sir Archie . 7 0 Laughing Prince. Valkon. Catkin and Papatu, while if the going turns out to be soft the heavily-weighted horses may be discarded in favour of mudlarks and light-weights like Royal Mint and Catkin. The market oni this race should alone furnish an interesting study, but under nice conditions there should be no dearth of financial support for: MASK and LAUGHING PRINCE Q 7 HUNTERS’ STEEPLECHASE 0,1 Of £400; 21 miles Importer ... 11 5 Ten out of this 13 were seen over Marita .... 9 1 Master 01 Arch 10 5 EUerslie’s hill last Saturday, and Cai Bono ..90 Tago San ..99 there seems to be every reason to Archangel . . 9 0 Roman Abbey 9 5 accept that form as a guide. Im- Mashoor ... 9 0 Pompeius ... 9 3 porter won the Pakuranga Hunt Template ..90 Syndicate ..91 Cup and Tago San the minor Rafferty ... 90 steeplechase, both horses registering attractive performances. Pompeius should have won the Hunt Cup, and with a, more competent rider in the saddle to-morrow he would be entitled to favouritism. Clockwork and Master Arch are susceptible to some improvement, while Cui Bono, Marita, Archangel and Rafferty made fair showings last week. It looks as if recent running will be taken into consideration by punters, in which case the favourites may well be:— POMPEIUS and IMPORTER. WELCOME STAKES Of £1,000; 5 furlongs Small, but select, appears to be a correct summary Ceremony .85 G f the eight remaining in the two-year-old classic. There First Money 8 5 j s Supremacy, entitled to special mention for his runaway Hunting Lay 8 5 victory in the Avondale classic. His win in that event ‘r/i* « ? was as decisive as it was possible to be, and that fact Eaglet * s 0 makes it obvious that it is going to be a difficult task to Clever . ! . SO find one to beat him. Early two-year-old form is apt Golden " to be misleading, but in this case there is every justificaMeasure ..so tion for sending Supremacy out a warm first fancy. Ceremony may want a race, although he has a wonderful turn of speed. First Money should be able to muster up some pace over the early part, the first furlong or so being on the down grade. He is a bit green yet, and on Tuesday morning and again yesterday he was wanting to run about. If the Paper Money colt can be held together he may prove to be another Gold Tinge. Hunting Hay is a solid sort of customer, and he runs straight, a point that will give him an advantage over some of his opponents. This colt appears to have made improvement in the last fortnight. Clever is another possibility, for she too has speed. At Wanganui the black filly was badly drawn and then finished up fourth, so that on the bigger track here he can be regarded as a distinct possibility. Eaglet finished very strongly at Avondale the second day, but it remains to be seen whether she is quite up to the best standard at present. Golden Measure does not look (on Avondale running) up to this class, and Carl Idem may be wanting in experience. When the totalisator bells cease ringing the best backed may be: SUPREMACY and FIRST MONEY A 09 GORDON HANDICAP Of £400; 1 mile Storm Fiend. 9 0 Fast beginners will possess a big Kerry Dance 7 2 Micrometer . 811 advantage over the others in such Killute ... 7 0 Modest Boy. 8 8 a b jg- field. There is a good deal Master Lu . 7 0 Roybal’ Lineage 8 0 ° f recent form to go upon, among Eager Rose . 7 0 Bahama ..80 those to have shown up recently m lunette • • 7 0 Respirator ..80 public and private being Storm StriSi, '‘7o Arikitoa. . . 713 Fiend, Micrometer, Modest Boy, Mountain VVar Officer . 710 Royal Lineage, Bahama, Arikitoa, Guide ... 7 0 Tea Lady ..77 War Officer. Tea Lady, Luminary, Nurjahan ..70 rniflon 3l7 ..75 Golden Wedding (who is “iffy” at Optimistic . . 7 0 Weddine- 7 the barrier and therefore not one Sports King 7 0 Wedding . 7 5 tQ stick to) Kerry Dance Eager Wmnmgton . 7 0 Rose, Mountain Guide, Nurjahan and Sports King. The betting market should take a wide range, and the two that will ultimately be sent out best-backed will come from the bunch mentioned above. The actual favourites may eventually be: — ARIKITOA and LUMINARY. 517 FLYING HANDICAP Of £500; 7 furlongs Awarere ... 9 5 This is a big field for a wind-up, Vivo 7 9 Benzora .. . S 9 and it is nkely that ‘there will be Goshawk ..79 WhHe'pang !8 1 a surprise. Prior to Avondale ' l | High Pitch .8 7 re v® W S S hlttlns ou V n sreat Royal Dolton ? 6 Flying Juliet 8 1 fetyle, but now may want a race. Tinokoa ... 7 5 Branson. . . 713 Benzora and Kaiti are expected to Master Doonl 7 4 Mac room . . 711 contest the Shorts, but if reserved The Fox ..74 Stormy ... 711 for this can both run a slick seven. Eh Timi. ..70 Thnrabv 1, ’ 7*9 Wh ite Fang is coming back to form, Cynthia N. . 7 0 Thursby ... 7 9 and High Pitch will do better on a Lomint ... 7 0 softer track. Flying Juliet, after last week’s success, will be in great request, and the seven furlongs will be a distance to which she is very partial. Branson will bo well suited, and if handy at the turn will be dangerous. Macroom is always a possibility, and she is nicely treated on the score of weight. Ohinemuri and Thursby are possibilities, too, while Vivo may be better suited in the handicap the second day. Goshawk is reported as being near to his best, and if that should be so then he will be worth following. Te Koroke is a good one, but may get into trouble in this big field, a remark that also applies to Hyde Park and Royal Doulton. Tinokoa ran a fair race at Avondale, and further down The Fox is one to be noted as suited by the journey. It is an exceedingly difficult race to reach finality about, but a couple that are sure to come in for a big following are: FLYING JULIET and ROYAL DOULTON