Trots at Ashburton

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 683, 7 June 1929, Page 13

Trots at Ashburton

WRACKLER IS WELL PLACED Good Class Representation THE 1928-29 trotting season is fast drawing to a close and the South Island section will reach finality tomorrow with the staging of the Ashburton winter fixture. This is always a popular function, productive of keen racißg and high-class sport. A review of the fields by “Abaydos” is appended.

A PART from the seven handicap events figuring on the card, which have drawn splendid. fields both *n point of quality and quantity, additional interest is attached to this fixture on account of the two-year-old classic contest, in which practically the best youngsters of the season will' measure strides. The'chief heat, the Ashburton County Handicap, has drawn a fine field of proved two-milers, the majority of whom have, during the season, displayed good form over the long journey. The crack three-year-old Wrackler is again well placed, and promise? to start a sound favourite, but he will be asked to do his very best to beat several of those opposed to him. The. second “leg” will also be stubbornly contested, and the brilliant Author Jinks is set a very difficult task to concede starts to some of the improved young pacers near the front of the handicap. T rial Handicap This heat for the improvers presents a difficult problem for backers, with several promising ones on the end. Becky de Oro, Cushla de Oro, Lou Lee. and the pair of two-year-olds, Lydia and Seamist, are likely to show improvement on recent essays, while be- i hind them Cyone, Golden Vale, Kate i Logan, and► Mary Locanda must hold! reasonable prospects. It will not be surprising to sec Kate Logan and Cyone elected to favouritism. Longbeach Handicap There is a big field of improving square-gaiters engaged in this event, and of the limit lot. Blue and Gold, Bonnie Fille, Gemligrht. Great. Dillon, Great Harvester, and Manhattan are most known. Great Glee and Plum Tree were recent.winners at the smalls, and further back Pavo, Deceitful, Great Way, and Tot Logan are ones that will keep those in front busy. Deceitful on Hawke’s Bay*form will be in demand, and Blue and Gold will count numerous friends. Ashburton County Handicap This race is full of possibilities, and every horse engaged has a fighting chance. Evelyn Locanda has been showing good form, and her prospects are decidedly good off* the front, while on th© same line the LingfieldMaiwhariti bracket and Omaha will make it interesting. Jolly Chimes is nicely placed, with Travis Ax worthy and Athalone in the next division, and just behind them is Trimmer, Harvest Child, Glenelg, and Wrackler, and the solid dual Derby winner' will make it very interesting. Jean McElwyn will not lack admirers, while 4 * the trotter Trampfasi is sure to keep the pacers doing their best. Zenith is a good sort, and Vesuvius is again showing his fin© form of the spring, while Author Jinks is not badly placed on 4.26, It points to Wrackler and Jean McElwyn being the most fancied. The next item on the programme is the New Zealand Sapling Stakes for two-year-olds, and it promises to be one of the gems of the day. The contest is the subject of a separate review, in which the issue • s narrowed down to Purser, Ngingo Ngingo and Grand Canyon. Acton Handicap Ln this event there is a short limit of 60 yards, and the field is particularly strong. Imperial Logan has- a

fine chance from the front, and Lady Cello, Lough Neagh, and Myra Locsinda will prove tough off the same mark. Editor, Loiterer, Denver’s Doll. . and Ethiopian are a useful trio, and the latter has recent good form to recommend him. Further back, Morning Sun, Muriel de Oro, and Sir Author *ire smart performers, but tlie public may choose Ethiopian and Imperial Logan, Stewards’ Handicap Straight trotters claim attention in this session, and Tot Logan, off the front, will be regarded with respect, while Midland is a useful customer. Accumulator is a steady trotter, and Hawkesbury’s Pride, Oval, New Met—ford, and Repute will add interest to the affair. Commander Bingen will not be found wanting friends, and. the recent displays of Dipnoi and Eileen Wood will keep them in the picture, while Lady Fan cannot be counted out. When the final selection is made, it may favour Dipnoi and Midland. Winter Handicap Some speedy customers will clash in this heat, in which Return Voyage appears the best of the front division. Grey Cloud, Great Logan, and Lindbergh are bound to prove a nuisance to the opposition, while Neerson, Evelyn Locanda, Linkman, Kotuku Jack, Trimmer, and the Linglleld-Maiwhariti bracket are worthy of respect. Author Jinks, the back-marker, never admits defeat till the post is passed, and, like several others mentioned, has an engagement in the big two-mile go. Should any of these run second in the larger race, it will be a good guide to the successful candidate here. Of the

others. Lindbergh and Great Logan will be well supported. Farewell Handicap There will be a big field and a good pool for the final flutter, in which the competitors will carry the weight on top. The coaster, Marina, is useful at this business, while others on the end that like the style are Imperial Logan, and Young Bingen. On the next line is the big pacer Baby Logan, which recently defeated Ethiopian, Black Wattle, and Denver's Doll, making’ an interesting trio. Sylvia Logan can go a merry mile, and St. Bridget was a good winner the other da3 r at Addington. Baby Logan will probably be first choice, with friends for Harina.