TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 582, 7 February 1929, Page 13

TROTTING

“Abaydos.”

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ADDINGTON FIXTURE PROMISING PACERS NOTES AND COMMENTS THREE-YEAR-OLD TEST Among the large army of pacers entered for the Addington one-day fixture this week-end are several performers whose form of late has been consistent, while not a few have made big improvement. The fields in the pacing events promise to be large, and with so many competitors benefiting by the steady racing in the South, the problems are going to be difficult to solve. Quick Promotion June de Oro, the live-year-old daughter of Rey de Oro and Driftmine, was not long in working her way out of the hack class into the intermediate section, and she will be given a chance in all probability during the week-end to prove her right to the promotion. Off the front of a 4.35 two-mile heat June should give a good account of her stewardship, but there are others in the race who have more experience and at least two or three with attractive records. Ascending the Ladder

Another descendant of Rey de Ore, in Roddy, made rapid advancement this season and he now figures in the medium-classpacers. being on the end of a. 4.40 two-mile handicap. After spreadeagling a. field of improvers at Dunedin recently over 12 furlongs,‘ Roddy put. up a good performance in a. half-mile longer contest in which he gained second berth, tramplng 4.39.. As he is on the improve the Rey de Oro gelding should not be long in adding to his earnings.

May Soon Make Amends The Author Dillon mare Lingfield has not so far fulfilled the promise given in the early portion of last season, and to date she has certainly proved an expensive proposition to the followers of the Barton livery. Quite recently, however, the mare gave a glimpse of better form, which suggested she is coming to hand at last. When right Lingfield can both sprint and stay, and is equally at home in saddle or harness. She may turn 'up trumps in her next outing. Still Retains His Punch It was not so many moons ago that Firpo was looked upon as a sprinter pure and simple, and then there was never any certainty that he would leave the peg correctly. When he did the Hal Zolock gelding generally got a share of the prize money, and he had some useful performances with “the weight on top.” During the last couple of months Firpo has shown that he can race over a journey and after being second to Roi L’Or at Forbury Park in November, he won the chief event at New Brighton in December. On a 4.38 peg on Saturday, if started, Firpo must be a hard proposition. Should Stay All Right There is a general tendency to discount Travis Axworthy as a stayer, and while his successes have been gained at ten and 12 furlongs, it should not be forgotten that in the spring at Hutt Park the aristocratic Yankee was just headed off by the consistent Athlone at the end of a two-mile journey. The son of Author Axworthy will be better prepared for the extra distance by this, and he should be able to add to his successes further if raced over two miles. Jean McElwyn ran two sterling races at Dunedin last month in the principal events, being close up third on each occasion. She was off the front of a 4.32 class, and in being just topped off by Glideaway and Roi L’Or the first day, and the latter and Harvest Child the following time, the game little pacer was not by any means disgraced. In society of lesser degree at Addington Jean is giving away 36yds, and while there are some good improvers in front of her, she will take a power of beating. Not Her True Form When Evelyn Locanda strolled home smiling at the opposition at the Otahuhu spring fixture, it was thought the mare would soon win her spurs for higher company, but failures at Alexandra Park a month later have kept the daughter of Brent Locanda among the moderates. However, off u 4.37 mark at Addington, E. Cucksey’s promising pacer should have a good chance of making her way into the next grade. She is one that shows a whole lot of promise. Ricardo a Possibility The big grey gelding Rica.rdo gave a glimpse of his better form when last seen at Epsom, where he succeeded in running two good seconds over 12 and 1G furlong journeys. The son of Lord Althorpe would benefit by the racing and when next seen in action should be able to make even a better showing. He is now on a 4.38 mark, from where he should be capable of giving the opposition a good fright, and it may not be long before B. Mackle’s pacer earns more money. The Blue Riband Winner The crack three-year-old Wrackier, although failing at Dunedin in the mile saddle heat, s'ooriT made* amends when lie romped home in front of some classy horses in the harness event over the same distance. If he elects to tackle the saddle contest on Saturday, off the front, he will have a big following. The sun of Wrack also appears in the twomile item for horses that can go 4.40

or better, and Aucklanders gut a taste of the blue riband winner’s staying ability when he ran Sunfish to a head at Alexandra Park in the spring. Off a 4.36 peg Mr. H. F. Nicoll’s youngster will be a thorn in the side of his rivals. Getting Back To Form Kotuku Jack has been showing signs j of a return to his best form in his more recent essays, and providing the | brother to Prince Pointer keeps on the j even tenor of his way, a winning certi- I heate should not be long withheld from j his cwner. The Logan Pointer horse j can go a merry mile when right, and has no objection to doing it in saddle, while he can also stay out a two-mile journey when in suitable company. He has been knocking at the door in such a manner of late as to suggest his day is; nigh at hand. V/ili Do Much Better Lick Logan’s failures at Forbury Park in the saddle events were, a severe blow to his numerous admirers. The son of Logan Pointer threw his vanning chances away at the start, but. he is not always in suoh bad humour. Lick is a good all-round performer and last winter at Forbury Park, after beating a very large field over 13 furlongs, had the distinction on the concluding day of defeating Roi L’Or off the same peg over two miles. While it is hardly likely he could repeat that performance now. Lick Logan will tigain be on deck in a saddle heat. V/hen He Comes Right The four-year-old Matchliglit gelding Vestas has caused his connections a lot of worry this season, but the iact that he has been nominated for Addington this week-end is the signal that he is shaping all right again. When Owner Barton was last in Auckland he informed “Abaydos” that on two occasions Tomkinson had the gelding almost up to concert pitch, and ready for the races, when something would go wrong and undo all the good work. Nevertheless Vestas is a promising sort and the day he is o.k. will find the opposition hurrying up some. Dundas Boy’s Hard Problem Lundas Boy, after a run of ins during which he raced kindly, was up to his old tricks at Forbury Park and would not begin correctly. In the handicaps for Addington the Aucklttpd(wned pacer is set a stiff propositio n in being placed on a 2.45 peg, a 2.12 mile gait, while in the mile saddle heat the Brent Locanda gelding is on 2.13, equivalent to 2.464 for ten furlongs. Considering the high class engaged in the harness race, Lundas Boy lias got all the worst of the deal. A popular item on the Metropolitan card is the Juvenile Handicap, a handicap event for three-year-olds, run over the same distance as the Derbies. Wrackler, winner of the Auckland and Christchurch classic, is not engaged, neither is Rolfe Audubon, who finished second to the Wrack gelding at Alexandra Park. Grand Sight, second in the New Zealand Derby, was entered and given pride of place in the handicaps. The son of Matchlight is a bonny colt and one that promises to reach a high order. A Recent Winner Lindbergh, a son of Author Lillon from an Antonio mare, ran a creditable race in the oSTovember classic at Addington, and gave the impression he wuuld later turn out a useful pacer. Author Lillon’s son was in the picture ior ten and a-half furlongs, and then finished close up to Muriel de Oro. who got third money. .Since then Lindbergh won a 12* furlong heat on the ■'Vest Coast, and will be in good .‘ondition for the encounter. Showed a Lot of Speed In the Southern classic was a colt named Tactless, who after doing everything stupid at the start except fall down, showed a remarkable turn of speed when he set out after the Held. At the end of six furlongs the youngster was up with the leaders and gave a lot of cheek for another rhree furlongs where the exertion in making up leeway over the early stages told its tale. Tactless is by The Triumph from Lady Child, and if lie has mended his ways should soon win some money. One From Auckland Auckland has a representative in the three-year-old contest in Choysa, a full sister to Maid of the Mountains, ownqd by McKendrick Brothers and trained at Hornby by J. Bryce. Prior to leaving Epsom, the Blue Mountain Xing filly showed a lot of promise and since going South has satisfied her trainer about her speed ability. Choysa lias failed in her first couple of starts, but when she gets over the green stage will make amends. Will St. George Do Better Another three-year-old with pretensions to form is W. T. Morland’s gelding St. George, who was produced during the Wyndham Racing Club’s New Year meeting. St. George was defeated by a neck in a 13-furlong race, by Coldstream Guard, travelling the journey in 3.55 2-5, a 2.25 mile gait. The following day St. George was beaten out of a place at Invercargill over 12 furlongs in which Erin’s Prince, the winner, registered 3.33 1-5.