WAIKATO RACING NOTES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 601, 1 March 1929, Page 13

WAIKATO RACING NOTES

horses for franklin AND WELLINGTON PEGAWAY’S GOOD PROSPECTS Witli the Pukekohe mooring the only one in the immediate future matters bave assumed a rather quiescent j aspect in racing circles in the Waikato, j writes The Sun’s travelling Turf cor- j respondent, but all the same there are mong the great number of horses in steady work in the South Auckland | district a number that can be safely scheduled as possessing very rosy prospects of success in the not far distant future. The Franklin fixture week should find the Waikato well represented and local stables should get their full share of the: good things offered by the progressive Franklin Club, while there is also the possibility of a useful team journeying down for the Trentham meeting. The Frankton representative. Cllena Bay. has been racing consistently of late, but he can by no means be regarded as first-class, and big weights, even in moderate company are liable ] to And him wanting. However, he has j had the racing and may perform, well a t Pukekohe. The fo' lowing , week Glena Bay claims engagements at Wellington, including a very flattering nomination for the Trentham Gold Cup. _ Not Yet at Her Best Macroom is another of M. J. Carroll’s charges that figures in the list of Wellington nominations, but her form .so far this season has been disappointing. She threw out indications a short time ago of striking her form of last autumn, when she won several fair races almost on end, and her poor display at Rotorua was a big reverse to an army of admirers who thought that at last she was really right. The little Archiestown mare was sore after her fall on the first day at Te Aroha. but is now working along satisfactorily on the tracks at Te Rapa. She will need to show us something really Rood, however, before her prospects in the good company she is likely to meet at Wellington can be regarded with any favour. A more likely member of Carroll’s team for Wellington is .he two-year-old, Gay Duke. He has been nominated for Pukekohe as well as for Wellington. but will probably forego his engagements at the first-named meeting. This near relative to Faganelli is a speedy youngster and should beat more than will beat him at Wellington. He was unlucky to have been beaten at Te Aroha. Paganelli, of course, will be the sheet anchor of Carroll’s team on the Wellington trip and the brilliant son of Lord Quex should further extend his winning record. He has been nominated for the Thompson Handicap, and it will be interesting to see what weight ho is allotted for the big mile event. However, as the weight-t’or-age flutter, the Challenge Stakes of seven furlongs, is decided on the same day, it is scarcely* likely that his connections will tackle the Thompson with him. Paganelli is going great guns on the track and should strip at his best at Trentham. Coming Good The Matamata-owned Mussie is not a big fellow and generally suffers when he meets a big field. She has run some good races, however, and, although she has now attracted the attention of the handicapper, should be worth keeping in mind for future engagements. Pier second to Gold Money in the Wynyard Plate, in which she defeated Subdivision at level weights, and subsequent success over a distance at Te Aroha, stamps her as a young galloper that may go a little higher. Desert Glow showed by his close third in the big handicap on the second day at Te Aroha that he was not far removed from his best and, with a horse of his useful calibre throwing out indications of returning form, followers of the game may look to something a little better in the immediate future. Desert Glow is in the Franklin Cup with S.O, but even if he should disappoint at Pukekohe there is the Ohinemuri Cup. an event in which he was successful last year with 8.7. Even if he wins at Pukekohe he cannot get much more at Paeroa. than the impost with which he won last year. Although beaten in his only engagement at Te Aroha, Pega way’s full brother. King Peg, is one that should bo kept in mind for short distance events. Although he will probably Acver rise to the heights of his illustrious relative, his forward showing at Te Aroha indicated that he should P"ove a nuisance in some event around tli6 circuit. A Speedy Sprinter One of the best propositions among the sprinters in the Waikato—that is. of course, at the weights—is the Chief Fluler three-year-old. The Begum. She like lightning out of the barrier and. Ht the weights she is likely to receive Just at present, should give most of them a headache around the country courses. That promising young hack. Prince of Orange, who gave such an encouraging display on the first day at Te Aroha, was badly kicked at the start-lug-post on the second day, which, of course, completely accounts for his •father inglorious display. It should n ot be long before he is hitting out at bis best again and lie can be kept in mind for some minor event. Archeen was a big disappointment at Te Aroha and the form of the Marble Arch gelding, who looked extremely well, was too bad to be true. He has been nominated for Paeroa and should be worth keeping in mind. Fie is working along very nicely on the Te Rapa tracks. P®gaway’s Immediate Engagements There will be a lot of Waikato money to say that Pega way wont get beaten in whatever he starts in at Welling, to.:. His display, when he gave Glenstar 391 b and ran him to a head in the bis six at Te Aroha the first day, showed that the big Lucullus gelding Was in excellent order to tackle dresscircle company at Trentham. Providing he is not unduly burdened he should run a great race in the Thompson Handicap the first day, for he is equally at homo at a mile as at a mile and a-half. Moreover. the long straight at Trentham will, suit him and he will be putting in some great work when the post looms up. The muchhnproved Te Awamutu horse is also ♦‘ngaged in the Trentham Gold Cup and although the two miles attached to this event will be a new experience for him the writer expects Pegaway to be one of the hardest to beat. When tho tracks get softer Queen Arch will be taken more seriously. She nearly beat The Lover in the Rotorua Cup, only to run a poor race in the 'Jerries Memorial Cup a week later. She was probably feeling the effects of her racing on the hard ground and w hen the tracks get more to her liking should be a force to be reckoned with. The ex-Riccarton jockey, D. Cotton. "*ho is doing the riding for W. Stone’s establishment at Te Awamutu, has found his home at Hamilton too far removed from his centre of activity •'ind has accordingly moved to Te Awamutu.