G.N. Hurdles

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 677, 31 May 1929, Page 12

G.N. Hurdles

BRILLIANT FIELD TOMORROW First of Big Winter Events ONCE again the Great Northern meeting, probably the most popular of the four fixtures staged by the Auckland Racing Club, is at hand, for tomorrow at Ellerslie will see the opening of the three-days’ gathering at headquarters, the fixture being continued on Monday (King’s Birthday) and Wednesday. The big attraction tomorrow is the Great Northern Hurdles, with the picturesque Great Northern Steeplechase set down as the star turn on Monday. “Early Bird’s” review of tomorrow’s prospects appear below. The course at present is in good order, if a bit soft, U JERVOIS HANDICAP IS (FIRST DIVISION) * Of £325; 1 mile Maori Boy 50 0 pt' those in the first heat recent Catonian . S 0 Ivawainga ..96 . ~ . , Flitt***" s 0 Brilliant running points rather strongly to Nell 8 0 Light ..91 Maori Boy, Kawainga. Brilliant ' adv Gustnce 8 n Ank/toa 1 S « Light and Archileen, while others lyton I ’star UP . 1 0 Justify ...SO likely to be in the picture are Prince of Bizarre_ • • f .f Justify, Arikitoa, Catonian. Loving Orangp S 0 TTwavT * I l Prince of Orange and Roman « * Brampton * 8 0 Pearl. They have all shown up in aia 1 ac y their rapes of late. Perhaps the best half dozen of those mentioned Avould be Kawainga. Brilliant Light, Archileen, Catonian, Loving Cup and Prince of Orange, and the favourites should come from them. Best backed may be: ARCHILEEN and KAWAINGA 1 1 Qi; GREEN LANE STEEPLECHASE Of £400; about 2J miles Potoanui . . 10 S ~ . Kauri Park 0 <7 King’s Guard 10 3 Nothing will strip better than the faster Arclr 0 3 Vexatious . . 10 top-weight, Potoanui, who a week Kapuna .10 3 ago was set a strenuous task over Son o’Mine . 9 0 Airtight . . 3 0 3 15 fences, and that should stand to Town Maid°s . .. 10 1 him in lieu of a race. King’s Rambler ..90 Mountain ' ' ' ° uarr J is a splendid jumper and ' 9 0 Crag . . 3 a may be hard to beat here. Vexa- Baylv Damon 9 0 tious raced well here at Easter, finishing second to Star of the East, and her schooling tasks since arrival have been most promising. Maidos won well at Wanganui, while others to have shown form of late have been Kapuna. Airtight, Uralla, Mountain Crag, Kauri Park. Master Arch, Son o’ Mine and Sea Comet. It is an open race, in which a. fancy may be expressed for these two: VEXATIOUS and KAURI PARK _ JERVOIS HANDICAP 1/XS (SECOND DIVISION) 14..JJ Qf £325; 1 mile Good Boy ..99 Probably the Avondale form of Glendowie . S 0 Storm Fiend 9 1 ... , . , , ~ Killute . . SO Indolent . Sll Anhana has overshadowed the Mountain Te Money . S doings of others, and a repetition of Guide ... 8 0 Catapult ’. 8 2 that running will make him hard parfait* • • s 0 Camp Prince 8 2 to head off. Of the remainder those Amour ..80 Takarunga 8 2 possessing good chances can be said Palmares ..SO Bonny’ Day 1 0 t° be Storm Fiend Good Boy, In- “fast 8 0 Day Form 8 0 dolent, Te Money, Catapult, Camp Prince, Parfait Amour, Palmares and Standfast, but when all is summed up backers may indicate that the pair hardest to beat are: ARIHANA and STANDFAST 1 OA PENROSE HURDLES Of £400; M miles Highflown . . 10 2 Probably never before in the his- Barbour Pendavies .’ i 3 9 n tory of Ellerslie has such a fine field Cm tall .’ .* *ft o Cybele . .. ! 91l been received for this event. With Sleepy Sol ! 9 o Golden no less than 22 engaged, including War Officer . 9 0 Wedding . 910 some most promising material, it is Sulla . .... 9 0 Spalpeen .9 10 £°* n £ be , an interesting contest, Delight ..90 Horoinea ..98 and without a doubt a race ot Te Waka ... 90 Ripon Abbey 9 8 thrills. There are at least ten Master Doon 9 0 Gold Rep .. . 9 7 horses that can be fancieed in a Salamander . 9 0 Star Comet . 9 6 more or less decree and thev are- Frothblower 9 0 Prince Lu . . 9 g ® or less aegiee ana tney are. Te Kawana _ 9 0 High flown, who will appreciate the easy going; Overhaul, a promising recruit; Cybele, who was unlucky to fall yesterday morning, and one of the best of this season’s recruits; Golden ■Wedding, possessing a real show unless she loses'the race at the barrier; Lady Spalpeen gave a a good display yesterday; Horomea, only needs to be caught in the right mood; Star Comet, whose second to Wiltshire at Te Rapa was a remarkable first effort; Prince Lu, who has not been over the sticks, but ran second in this race 12 months ago, and as a result of a lot of racing on the flat is probably the most seasoned horse in the race; Harbour View, a horse that should have won a hurdle race at Avondale in the spring, and schooled nicely recently; and Sleepy Sol, who gave a dashing exhibition yesterday morning. Those are the ten possibles, but there are others capable of turning the trick. Perhaps the machine favouritism will lie between: — , CYBELE and STAR COMET O C GREAT NORTHERN HURDLES Of £1,750; 2J miles Red Fuchsia. 10 18 . A lengthy f discussion of the Possi- ™ Comical ... 10 11 bilities is not necessary here, for this Maunga .... 9 0 Beau event is covered very fully in a Umtali .... 9 0 Cavalier ..10 11 separate story. Suffice it to say Kamehameha 0 0 Wiltshire . 10 6 that of the 16 remaining in the Cybele. . • • 9 0 Mangani'. \ ! 10 2 half dozen most respected are Bed 9 0 Mister Gamp 913 Fuchsia. Comical. Wiltshire, ha- Roman Abbey 9 0 wini, Mangani and Mister Gamp. By a further measure of elimination Comical and Mangani may be two requiring deletion. That leaves in Red Fuchsia, Wiltshire, Kawini and Mister Gamp, and it is hard to go further than this. Wiltshire is a decided possibility, while Mister Gamp may be the actual first fancy tomorrow. However, he is inclined to chance his fences, good jumper that he is, and for that reason one may be pardoned for declaring in favour of two great jumpers to beat him perhaps, such as Red Fuchsia and Kawini. However, they may be preferred in this order: — RED FUCHSIA, KAWINI, MISTER GAMP O Cft CORNWALL HANDICAP Of £1,000; M miles Corinax ... 9 12 As in the preceding race, it is not be Choucas . 8 1 Seatovn ... 9 6 proposed to deal with the big flat The Dover. . 8 1 Boulton . . 9 4 event Other than briefly to sum- ctaeen Ar'ch .' 8 0 The Hawk . 9 3 manse the list of probables, -and Eager Rose . 8 0 Bisox .... 9 3 even then the element of surprise Paddon . . » 0 Hyde Park. . Sl3 * may well be in evidence, as it was Mithra .. . . 8 0 Mo S srue ltCll ’ 1 1 9 * n race 12 rponths ago. Those Krist 8 0 Ducy U Rose' .‘ 8 6 that make most appeal are Corinax, Emerald ..80 Seatown, Royal Doulton, Bisox, Hyde Park, High Pitch, Mosque, Lucy Rose and Le Choucas of those above the minimum, and at the bottom there are Queen Arch, Paddon and King Emerald. Luck in the running, particularly in the early stages when the field swings round the sharp turn upon leaving the straight, will play a big part, but with a run at all it is going to take a real good one to head off: two such solid customers as: BISOX and CORINAX a ‘lfl HUNT CLUB HURDLES Of £400; 2 miles This is really a poor field, and Taumai ... 9 0 Pi I.- imni 10 11 Opnpi*p i Odin ..’.' .* 912 judging from the quality engaged Maniapoto 9 0 Te Horea ..91 the race almost looks out of place Night Comet 9 0 Terrapeen ..91 on n programme of the Bllerslie Master Soami ... 9 0 Clements . 9 0 Marita 9 0 sfunclaid. Uowevei, the hunteis must be catered for. Odin’s recent form fully entitles him to be a good favourite, and Pikimai has a big weight for the little be has clone. Archangel, Te Horea, Terrapeen, Marita and Hight Comet have a bit of pace, but it will be difficult for punters to entirely overlook: ODIN and TERRAPEEN 41C ‘ MEMBERS’ HANDICAP Of £550; 6 furlongs Ked&ar" ' i*9 l 5 ' vith suoh a sroat field of sprint- j^' k^” on ;* ° V’allar . . . 9 9 ers the placed horses are surely Atta Lad ..SO fctagfield' . : 9 2 Soing to take some finding, for the '' ' 8 ° Black Duke . 9 2 draw at the barrier is going to keep O’Rorke . S 0 Valkon . . 9 0 backers on their toes. A horse Diamond Awarere ... | K badly drawn will have an exceed- Va 9s« en -• • £ ° Oration S 9 ingly difficult task to get into the Ruffles '‘ * ' s 0 Gold Money . S 7 money. King Lu is a real mud- King Lady’s Boy . S 6 lark, but then he has a big weight. Willonvx . 8 0 Mprn,- a St ' I•> Keddar has been wonderfully con- k ori , e , nt lb. ■* 9 Cool'Mint !8 0 sistent in his last few outings, and Omlone S 1 0 at the weights he is preferred to the horse on top. Vallar would be greatly fancied on a reasonably dry track, and if it is bad going the stable may elect to pin its faith to Dave, who is in good order. Hoariri is one of our best mudlarks, and his recent racing in Australia should enirble him to be well seasoned. Kingfield has failed of late to show that dash that marked his earlier autumn efforts. Black Duke is a distinct possibility if he gets away from the barrier all right; he was slow each day at "Wanganui, but for which he might have won there. Then there was his great gallop yesterday. Valkon may not be quite equal to this, and Awarere would prefer the top of the ground. Oration will be a surprise packet if he bobs up, but x Gold Money will have a host of admirers. She is not yet absolutely reliable at the barrier, and is inclined to loaf over the early part. She has only to be placed handy at the home turn to give the opposition something to do. Lady’s Boy. Takutama, Merry Mint, Cool Mint. Sew Moon, Value. Billikins. Ruffles and Chelone please most of those lower down. It is a very hard race, but with a run two that should go strongly in the market are: GOLD MONEY and KEDDAR