SYDNEY CUP

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 617, 20 March 1929, Page 12

SYDNEY CUP

CATKIN’S OWNER PLEASED (United P A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) SYDNEY, Tuesday. On the Rand wick tracks to-dav th* Xevv Zealand horse Catkin covered ->even furlongs in 1.305. being the bes-i of to-dav’s gallops. Mr. Toxward. the owner, expresses the opinion that Catkin will have a good chance of winning the Sydney Cup on Easter Mondav if the going is heavy. The weights for the Steeplechase at : Randwick on Easter Mondav were is- i sued to-day. The Xew Zealand horse i Tuki has been awarded list. Sib. The prominent New Zealand race- I

horse owners, Messrs. Samson, Toxward. Knight, McDonald. Lutterell and Greenslade, with the brilliant horse Honour, arrived from the Dominion by the Maunganui to-day. The Hawk and Merry Mint have been scratched for all their engagements at the A.J.C. Autumn Meeting.

JOCKEY OUT THE RIDER OF AMOR Press Association \Y ELLINGTON, Tuesday. An inquiry was held to-day by the judicial committee of the Wellington Racing Club regarding the riding of C. Eastwood in the Autumn Handicap at Trentham yesterday. The following finding was arrived at: “The committee is of opinion that C. Eastwood, rider of Amor, the winner of the Autumn Handicap, crossed Star Area md Tresham between the false rail and the winning post, and, while there is no evidence to show that he deliberately and intentionally crossed, the incident shows that he was riding carelessly in allowing his horse to cross practically to the rails, so interfering with the two horses mentioned. The committee therefore suspends him for one calendar month from yesterday.” AUCKLAND ACCEPTANCES Acceptances for the first day handicap events on -the card for the Auckland Racing Club’s Easter meeting, also first forfeits for the G.N. Champagne Stakes, G.N. Oaks and G.N. St. Leger close with Mr. W. S. Spence at 5 p.m. on Friday next.