Hurdler Elicit Under a Cloud

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 668, 21 May 1929, Page 12

Hurdler Elicit Under a Cloud

MAY NOT COME NORTH NOTES ON WANGANUI FORMS (Special to THE SUE) WELLINGTON, Monday. j • Joy King showed a lot of speed in the Rata Hack Hurdles, but he hit his fences.very hard and was soon done with, lie will not win a hurdle race until he becomes a much more proficient jumper. Cybele was backed and beaten in the Rata Hack Hurdles. She had finished well on the first day, but on the second day while being better placed in the early stages of the race she proved to bo not quite good enough and wound up a close fourth. Cybele^.looks like a possibility in a hack hurdle rate in the very near future, as those who finished in front of her are likely to do well. Otairi is coming on as a hurdler, lie has done a little racing on the flat this season and is to be given his chance now as a hurdler. On his Wanganui running he will not be long in making a return.

Another novice who promises well is Ticga. The big fellow is looking exceedingly well, and as he is not a bad jumper he should win a race over the small obstacles at any time now.

Still another promising novice is Overhaul. He pleased by what waa seen of him at Wanganui, and can be looked to to improve. He is to go to Auckland for the winter/ meeting next month and probably will make quite a respectable showing over the difficult hurdles there.

Goodwill, who has run some fair races in open company, was back among the hacks at Wanganui on Saturday. Curiously, he did not show up as well as he had done in the higher class.

The consistent Monsogne was a competitor among the middle distance hacks on Saturday. On her Hawers. running it was expected that the journey would suit her, but though she ran a go'od race she did not run on as strongly as she was expected to. She had no chance with Shrewd, and was beaten by Disrank, who up to the. present has run as though mile and nine-furlong races are a shade too far for him. Thrift will be all the better for the racing she had at Wanganui, and a little later in the winter her turn will come. An Improver Shrewd has improved rapidly. He ran two good races at Wanganui, and on the second day he won very attractively. I-Ie was going away from the field when called upon in the straight on Saturday, and can be expected to go on improving. Shrewd is by King Mark from Chancery and is trained by V. H. Colello for Mr. A. Symes, who also races Elicit. One of the best performances of the day was that of Tied Fuchsia, who won the May Hurdles after a good set to with Aberfeldy, who ran one of his best races and took a lot of catching. The chief factor in Red Fuchsia’s success was his better jumping. He gained ground at every hurdle and particularly at the last. Had Aberfeldy taken the last hurdle as well os Red Fuchsia did positions would have been reversed. One result of Red Fuchsia’s performance is that he has further increased in favour for the Grdat Northern Hurdles, in which he will have the services of Alan McDonald, who piloted him on Saturday. A i on the first day Glengariff fell. ITe did not seem to have recovered from his first day’s tumble when he went out for his preliminary prior to Saturday’s race. Aberfeldy had every chance to win the May Hurdles. He was out in front running his own race all the way, and then went under at the death. He might not win one of the good hurdle races this season, but should pick up a jumping stake when the best are out of the way.

Maunga jumped badly on Saturday. His showing was one that will not increase him in favour with the public. He was ridden by J. Wairoa, who had a particularly rough ride. The race on the first day took some of the ginger out of Rangi Sarto, but he is liable to be heard of again if he keeps sound. Paitonu’s defeat on Saturday after his good win on the first.day may be partly accounted for by the fact that he was slightly sore and partly by his having to run outside several horses all the way. He was very badly placed at the home turn, where his chance was nil. Le Chouoas Races Well Two representatives of J. T. Jamieson’s Papakura stable were saddled up for the Empire Handicap, but one, Mithra, bolted a couple of miles before the race and was withdrawn, the club deciding that any money that had been invested on her should be refunded. Le Clioucas carried the stable banner with great credit. He was right in the thick of the battle at the home turn and finished on fairly well, but both Ruanui and Spearmiss were just too good for him. He can be kept in mind in races of round about a mile from now on. Kawhakina was tried in open company on Saturday and did well. He .likes a distance of ground and is liable to score in a moderate field. Spearmiss goes on improving. Her finishing run in the Empire Handicap paralysed the opposition. She is expected to win again during the winter as she is capable of handling bad ground. It is rumoured that all is not well with Elicit, and that he might not be a runner in the Great Northern Hurdle Race. Mrs. McDonald’s stable at Awapuni has Elicit and Red Fuchsia engaged at present, but Red Fuchsia is the more likely to be the representative of the stable. It was stated that if Elicit ran A. E. Ellis would have the mount, but the latest is that it is more likely that the Elysian gelding will not run. Havering won in such faultless style on Saturday that he can be kept in view for future sprint races among the hacks. He is better now than ever he was. There was a big tip for High Society for the Farewell Hack Handicap. He had liis chance and was not as good as they thought, but he is coming on and as his track work of late has been good no doubt he will be in the money shortly. Bank Note is one of the worst stayers in the country. He showed speed in his race on Saturday, but the six furlongs over which the event was run was too far for him and he was done with a long way from home. Bank Note’s owner, Mr. Martin Hearn, is seriously ill at present.