The Bill of Fare

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 524, 29 November 1928, Page 10

The Bill of Fare

BIG FIELDS DUE TO PARADE Review of To-Morrow’s Racing ANCE again sportsmen will be found wending their way to v Takapuna this week, for the Jockey Club stages its popular spring fixture to-morrow and on Saturday. Excellent fields will he seen out in all events, fortunately without recourse to divisions in any race. The course is in splendid order, as a result of the rain earlier in the week. A continuous ferry service is to he available for racegoers, providing an enjoyable trip to the scene of operations. A review of to-morrow’s programme is given below. MELROSE MAIDEN STAKES Of £250 ; 7 furlongs st lb Smart beginners will be required st ,b Taneriri ..SO, , . , . . Jolly Money 8 0 Becalmed . S 0 re and - m lactI act - 111 every race on Footpad ..go Black Maire S 0 th ® card. Those engaged m the Tukunoa ..SO Justify ...SO first event that have shown form in Critique ..SO Viburnum . S 0 public and on the flat are Taneriri, Josie Prince Val . 8 0 Becalmed, Black Maire, Prince Val, Melville . 8 0 Diamond Diamond Queen, Red Lion, Jolly Just Nell . S 0 Queen ... 8 0 Money, Footpad, Josie Melville, * * * * I 2 S™Mo£d ; s S Lido Valsier and Merry Light and 8 0 Land to reduce them still further will be Merry Light 8 0 Measure . 8 0 the backers’ problem. The actual Good Boy . S 0 Aggressive . S 0 favourites in what should prove to Princes Rain S 0 Red Lion ..SO be an interesting race may be, Bannock . S 0 ir. the probable absence of BECALMED, this pair: TANERIRI and RED LION 1 9 9A TIRI HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP Qf £250; 9 f ur |ongs This event is for hurdle horseWenday . . 30 4 Master Lu . 0 1 Whaka King 3 0 4 men, and there will be a difficulty Pekatahi . 9 1 Royal Form 10 1 i n obtaining suitable riders for ¥\ z FF r L° ’* * 9 0 Poun .... 10 0 , , „ Abbot’s Rahepoto . . 911 several of the 19 engaged, this fact Delight ..90 Potoanui ..97 alone being responsible for the Mangaiti ..90 Roman cramping of the market. Big Bertha Blago .... D 0 Abbey ..96 won impressively at the Dargaville ’ 22 M?y Ha,r. 9 I meeting, and Moy Hall won at the Y ' Lord Abbey . 9 5 Pakuranga Hunt meeting, a race in Clements . 9 0 which Pekatahi also showed speed on the flat. Wenday will go well and of the others a thought is given to Whaka King, Rahepoto, Potoanui, Roman Abbey, Bizarro and Mangaiti. The eventual favourites may be: BIG BERTHA and MOY HALL 1 1 C BOROUGH HANDICAP Of £400; 7 furlongs Awarere ..90 This is a line field of short and The Thorn .74 * s l s middle distance performers, with Mithra ... 7 3 Flying Juliet 8 7 class strongly represented. Awa- Tinokoa ..71 The Lamb . 710 rere, Seatown (who is more likely to Eh Timi ..70 Macroom ..78 wait for the big race), Le Choucas, N. * 1.2 !cat ns ;: ; 7 6 Flying Juliet, The Lamb, Macroom, s£***£££ ; ? g New Moon 7 6 Serang, The Thorn, Mithra, Cynthia Liaison ... 7 6 N, Modest Boy, Miss Potoa and the penalised Liaison promise to be in the picture for their recent form has been excellent. It is an open race, and the barrier draw will play a part in the finding of the favourites, but with small marbles the public may want: FLYING JULIET and SERANG O C ALISON CUP £*•o of £700; 1 mile 3 furlongs 40 yards Seatown - - 9 ® Recent form is strongly repreCorinax ..86 . , t i- Papatu ... 7 3 Le Choucas . 8 0 sented in this, the principal liandi- Thursby ..70 Mint Deaf . 711 ca p event on the card, and the con- Tinokoa . 7 0 Royal* Gl ° W 711 test should certainly develop into an Golden Loulto* • 7 7 interesting struggle for the honours. Wedding . 7 0 The field is reviewed at length elsewhere, so all that is intended to be done here is to sort out what appears to be a likely half dozen, as* follows: Seatown, Corinax, Desert Glow, Royal Doulton, Le Choucas and Transformer. Backers will be set the task of still further reducing this number down to strike the two dividend payers, and when all the investments have been rung on it may be found that the best supported are: CORINAX and ROYAL DOULTON O CA CAMBRIA HANDICAP L.OV Of £4OO ; 5 furlongs Awamutu . . S 12 This is one of the most open races Cymon ... 7 7 c2rl 6 Idem ill *ho whole programme, for there Eaglet ...S3 is nothing that appears to stand Crimestor . 7 3 Gemlight . . 710 right out, which is rather an un- Pellette filly 7 2 Frazer ... 7 8 usual state of affairs for a two- Rose Mint ..72 Ruling- 11 Chief ? ? year-old handicap Winners already ® Terrazzo ..77 are the three top-weights, but Nor val Tea . 7 0 excellent promise has been shown by several, including Eaglet, Gemlight, Fraser, Cymon, Currajong and Praetor. Any one of these is capable of beating the winning division as represented by the top-weights. The actual favourites may be: GEMLIGHT and LOVE CALL Q TAKAPUNA PLATE Of £600; 7 furlongs Saucy Lass . S 9 The race is dealt with elsewhere Avon Court . S 0 British King 8 9 a t length, so all that remains now Gold Money 8 0 Air King . 8 9 £ to ,f ive a lis * of Possibilities. Millais ...80 Here they are: Saucy Lass, The R . , The Lover. 8 # 9 Lover, Leitrim, Subdivision, Mosque, »ecaunea . i Miss Mercia 8 9 Arikitoa, Avoncourt, Gold Money, Sports King 713 Kerry Dance 8 9 Millais, Becalmed, Lunette, The Jack Jumper 713 . Begum and Mauriaena. These Onewhero . 7 13 Lertrim .. 8 9 should provide an excellent race, Subdivision. S 9 and justify the club in staging such une e * * 6 Mosque ... S 9 an attractive and obviously popu- Arihana . . 7 13 Respirator S 9 lar contest. When the totalisator Kawainga , 7 7 x ‘ l bells cease ringing the figures may r*.*.,.,.,,, n -? Arikitoa . . 8 9 favour:— Return. 7 7 Orchus ...89 * Cat-e-mes. 7 7 GOLD MONEY and LEITRIM. 4 OC PONUI HANDICAP Of £250; 9 furlongs Tidal .... 9 6 The top-weight is now known as a real horse, and to Uy 9 0- win this race he will have to prove this to be so. He Speechless . 8 8 lags in the early stages, and this will not do at TukaBombarder . 8 6 puna. But all the same he is the goods, and if he runs Komak . . 8 3 will be dangerous. Winsome Boy has run some C% eltlia * 7Jo fine races, and is just about due; he won on this course Eager Rose * 710 last time. Maori Boy has the speed, even if his stamina Brampton .78 is doubtful. Speechless is one of the possibilities, and Double Mint 7 7 with the sting out of the track is worth watching. Bombarder shoul«d be benefited by his recent runs, and Komak is a good sort, but will need to show more early speed if he is to win. Big Bertha would be favourite if reserved for this, and Cybele is to make a reappearance; she has the speed when right. Eager Rose, Brampton and Double Mint complete an even field, in which backers may decide in favour of: WINSOME BOY and EAGER ROSE C 1 A CHELTENHAM HANDICAP Of £425; 6 furlongs Aussie ... 10 0 Outside of the top-weight this is White e ■ S 3 an even field, with number one out- Wings ..71 3ea lime ..83 Town Bird. 7 0 Lady's Boy . 711 standing, of course. Aussie won Ballymoy 11. 7 0 £rftST > ° m * * with 10.4 at Avondale a*month ago, Seastar . . 7 0 Finance .73 but the circular track may be ippSuinU ‘ 7 0 against him here, and in addition the field to-morrow appears to be much stronger. Nancy Lee is coining back to form, for she scored comfortably at Te Rapa. Tea Time railed at Te Kuiti, cind is apparently a horse of moods; outside this the course will suit* him! Lady’s Bo} displayed really good form at Avondale earlier in the month, and as li is a smart beginner and can go round the turns on two legs, he will be quite at home at Takapuna. Macroom has been a disappointment so far, and the speedy High Finance has not been seen out for quite a long time. White Wings is endowed with speed to burn, and if she gets away with the leaders tne filly may prove the hardest to head off; her work prior to the Ellerslie spring meeting was brilliant. Town Bird failed badly at Te Kuiti, and he is wel? too, so that makes his failures all the more difficult to follow. He has been an unlucky horse for some time. Seastar has good form round the Taranaki district to recommend her, and Te Atiawa, prominent in the G.N. Guineas for six furlongs, won at Waverley. Appellant and Ballymoy II complete the field, and they will probably be the outsiders. To sum up the punters may decide in favour of: NANCY LEE and WHITE WINGS