Preparing for the Spring Fixtures

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 753, 28 August 1929, Page 12

Preparing for the Spring Fixtures

TRACK LIVENING UP HORSES FOR MARTON (Special to VUE HUS) WANGANUI, Tuesday. | With two small teams away at the 1 ; JDanncvirke meeting there was nothing i lof much interest at the Wanganui ; * tracks this morning, most of those t ; with early engagements being re- ! stricted to tasks of a routine nature on | number two track, which was in good ! order. i Talisker slipped over seven furlongs \ i in a tick over 1.35. hitting out freely. Vertigern covered five furlongs in 1.0, but the first three were cut out j in good time and then he was eased I up. ; Arvada and Grecian covered three ' ; furlongs at three-quarter pace. Five furlongs was the task allotted i Auctioneer, who was brought along j over the last three furlongs by the i I two-year-old Arisus. Auctioneer’s ; time was 53. He will be raced at Mar- ' ; ton. Warflame took a tick over e 52 for ! four furlongs. Useful tasks were allotted Zareno, ; | Paratoo. Arastar, Banket, and several I j others, including the remainder of ! , Moroney's team. Taranaki Work At Hawera operations were carried i out on the trial grass and sand tracks j this morning under fine weather condi- * j tions. The grass track is stiii heavy. ‘ j and times recorded there were slow. Xgawhine and Ttossferry were the first to gallop together. They went , four furlongs on the sand down the back in 51. Both horses went well and finished together. : Latakia did a working gallop on the | ■ same track, running the last six fur- ! longs in 1.27. ! Tenacre. Havering and Llanorc were j restricted to half pace work, j Grand Mernia and Silent were companions on the grass, galloping from the five-furlongs post home in 1.12. j Glengariff ran six furlongs on the sand in 1.27. For Avondale Cup j Bisox was not extended in her work |of once round. She may contest the Avondale Cup. Annoyer and Joy Spear sprinted half a mile on the sand, running the first two furlongs in 251. three in 3S£, and four furlongs in 52 2-5. Partaga was not bustled to run six furlongs on the sand in 1.26 4-5. Benzora trotted and cantered on the inside. Royal ►•’—•.tin and Guard of Honour ! galloped on the grass down the back, ! running three furlongs in 401. Boundary went twice round at. half pace, and I MendiPi Just So, Golden Flower, Air- | tight. Clover Leaf and others of J. | Fryer’s team were out performing ! slow pace work. ! Valpre and Reremoana galloped I three furlongs down the back in 41. i Under Treatment Again After being on the easy list since the Trentham meeting in July, Kauri Park made a reappearance at Ellerslie on Monday. The big fellow is looking nice and bright and will probably undergo a preparation for hurdle events- at the spring meeting of the Avondale Jockey Club, preliminaries to the steeplechase races at Ellerslie in October. Let Through Track work indicated that KingEmerald would have a good chance of' winning the Jellicoe Handicap. at Ellerslie on Saturday, but after meeting with two sorts of luck in the race he beat all but Barometer. lie was one of the last.to Jeave the barrier, and what this means at the mile and a-quarter peg at Ellerslie those connected with the sport well know. However. along the back King Emerald made a fine run on the rails, and moved up from second to last to fifth, one or two other riders very kindly pulling out and letting him through. At the home turn King Emerald was fourth, and after his earlier effort he hung on very well to get second money. The Nassau gelding should be a good stake earner this season, and two or three of

those country cups may be won if sought.