Mangani Was the Best Horse On the Day

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 743, 16 August 1929, Page 13

Mangani Was the Best Horse On the Day

i favourites Make a \ Very Poor Showing LANCER WAS unfortunate CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday. mart from the possibility that .r Tiiaht have done better ' La ,'lf*ki* usual pilot, E. Shaw, in I *' .adrle, the general opinion at today was that Mangani, mat horse at the weights, won i Grind National Hurdies. ronsid* re<! Aucklanders as being ' ujgiy treated in the handicaps, buttle fellow did his part well, and 'ey be* l the local hors{ > Aberfeldy, three lengths. But tin surprising feature of the f W as tfce dismal failure of Mister 1 n At no stage did he flatter his “ ’ an J his effort fell far below . form he showed early in the jumpseason. 'Vhen the field paraded it was very tenable that Mister Gamp was mitring from an attack of stringhalt, he had previously had this 3 mclaint, backers took little notice of ° Whether it was responsible for dire failure Is not known, but tho iv conclusion that can be arrived at •ter his running in today’s contest is he was either troubled from some Jnaoiiit/ or hi 3 form is suffering a jenpcrary lapse. the Great Northern Hurdles at rilerslie he trailed the leaders for the best part of the journey, and then , m# Through with such a terrific burst 1 , that he lowered the race Lord But those people who supLrtfd him in today’s race must have W disappointed to see him occupy , rearward position throughout. Tha Race the field got on its journey hraigmore set up a break on his field, il( l passing the stands the first time 3a «aa out four lengths from Lancer, goromea, Locarno and Aberfeldy, with Wgani next an<i Fuchsia, and Overhaul heading the remainder. But »: tho nine furlongs Lancer jumped to the 'rent, and with Horomea, he led Cratemore past the mile post. At *Ji« stage Mister Gamp was still near the tail of the field, having only TJralla jehind him. Backers did not give up hope, for they expected to see him i.ake a forward move in the next juries#. lancer and Horomea continued to fetd down the back, but before the six furlongs were reached Locarno twt into the picture, and of the others most prominent were AberMdy, Mangani and Overhaul. A little further on Locarno was rushed to the front, and passing the half-mile l.e led Lancer and Aberfeldy, with Mangani coming fast. Locarno was actually first to turn for home, but immediately they straightened up Mangani shot to the front and quickly placed the issue beyond doubt. Mangani led (,'-er the last fence, and sustaining his run easily beat Aberfeldy by three 1 ngths. Lancer was three-quarters a length away third, and then folnwed Horomea. Novar, Red Fuchsia. Mister Gamp, Locarno, Perle de Leon, Overhaul and King's Guard, with Uralla last to finish, Craigmore having fallen at the last fence when in a rear position. Locarno's Effort

When Locarno led into the straight .113 backers must have felt pleased, for hs had done everything asked of him up to that stage. But when Mangani ranged alongside Locarno quickly '•impounded, and to such purpose did Mangani outdistance his pursuers befere the last fence was reached that !' was very evident he was going to via. Ho had a beautiful run throughout, and the stylish manner in vrch he won bore out the exalted ep lion held of him by Aucklanders. Rode a Well-judged Race After the rare, U. Dulieu, who rode Ma.igani, said: ‘'Although Mangani wa * n the middle of the field early I i good hold of him, and he was -raping so well with a mile to go ih&t I knew he had a big chance. At that stige, four

J'lrlonga from ho made a forward move, and when hr. passed Loca *w> just after « tp -ring the stiulgh:, I never riding him. Once ever ihe last •*** l kept him JP to It, and at the flntßh hs was roing , wrongly. I had a , run through°ut - an-I Mangani *I f *r made a misttke.’’

Wltttad His Pilot “ Was unfortunate that E. Shaw, J lO had been badly injured when *oun| Thurnham fell in the Beau■Tt Steeples, could not ride Lancer. a r j- Stanway said after the race that ®° he would have won with !’ up. Stanway had not ridden ; y^ cer before he mounted him in the rjeage toda y* and thus was riding difficulties, and as the Auck- « horseman is a sound judge it is iaw 8 *° assu nio that Lancer ~y have done better. Uncer was pulling double at the said Stan way, “and I had " t aifflculty restraining him. But q. ” ” a Sreat race and only weakened * the last bit."

Happened to Favourite mJpp rider of the favourite, , ~ arn P. said that his mount sever , abourin & at the start and a v ‘ at any sta S e was he going like Gunn r * he moved on Mister the ft*i?- OWn back the last time i certainJ y made up a little • - wJ* » run was shortlived and tarl 0 U J a hopeless position w ith six AWf A S °‘ ,, rt.- a ,.. e1(1 3 r r »n a good race, and aftrainer R. W. King said that >n» er *i nj * 3 runn iug had pleased him r;n~ f ‘ Aberfeldy has been suftil? 01 some Internal trouble for ais an( * in the circumstances orin ance was excellent. Hcromea’s Good Race a gx> ° < * race into fourth :?r awav * ,er w i nn i n K turn cannot be Indeed, her effort was ftov* Jj'll in<i as s * ie * s likely to im*oiy bpfta. • a^e she ma y do considerOreiha ln next year’s contest. b«at. Jy Was another disapointbom* Wa3 beaten a long way t ? at arently his form r >tin e l? ra^e d since the Wellington 18 he certain, y looked well, but sir./* *? ot ha(i a great deal of ■’ r °babip e *u e Tren tham meeting it is 3i * lhat will do better at N’ovap a PP«arance. Fuchsia ran only * ' w bile Uralla, the Great victress, was d fr “«* Uie start.