AN IRON HORSE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 803, 25 October 1929, Page 17

AN IRON HORSE

Wraekler Has Fine Constitution DON WARRENS CLASSICS Don Warren has made numerous trips to Auckland with horses owned by the president of the New Zealand Trotting Conference. Mr. H. F. Nicoll. but it «s doubtful if he has ever been associated with a better one than Wraekler. j Warren lias liandUd some clas^; 1 winning pacers for the Ashburton j sportsman during the last 10 years. ! including Lady (G.N. I>erb> | and Champion Stakes*. Child© Pointer ; (Sapling Stakes. Champion Stakes and N.Z. Derbyi. Latona (Sapling Stakes'. Xantwich (Sapling Stakes and G.N. Derby), finishing up last season by securing both Derbies with Wraekler. The classic for square-gaiters hold an- | nuaJly at Forbuiy Park ulso claimed D. Warrens attention, and he li. s twice gained the coveted honour, through the agency of St. Anthony and Manhattan. Many of those mentioned were champions in their day. but their good deeds have been overshadowed by Wraekler. As a two-year-old the gelding. w!m is hied on great lines, being bv tho mighty Wrack from Trix Pointer. New Zealand Cup and Free-for-All ! winner, showed fine promise. While he failed to win a lieut. and particularly disappointed his owner by linisli- , ing third in the Sapling Stakes. Ik-' Warren’s charge acquired a. mile and a half record of 3.29 4-5 in his first start, in which he ran third. As by a strange : «'oincidence, on the same day another Wrack youngster. First Wrack, square-gaiter, put up the wonderful ■ trot of 3.46 3-5 for 12 furlongs, i When the son of Wrack commenced ; his three-year-old career, he did not ; take long to demonstrate that he poI sessed ability above the ordinary. This ! was further borne out when he won both Derbies, which he did in approved style. But it was "the youngster’s determined efforts over two miles at various fixtures in the Dominion thatmade fans sit up and take special I notice, and when he finished up the season with a. two-mile record of 4.29 1-5 he was rightly acclaimed tho greatest three-year-old the country had seen. Wraekler has proved himself a herof great constitution, and in this respect resembles his worthy sire. 11c experienced a lot of travelling and racing last season, starting on 17 occasions at meetings in all parts of tl • Dominion. Wrack’s son won over every distance from one to two mil*' -, and his record reads five firsts, five seconds, one third and six times unplaced. Wraekler won in stakes £2,3S’. truly a fine effort for a three-year-old. Tomorrow I >. Warren’s charge will have his fi. ' hard contest as a four-year-old. and providing he feels no ill-effects from his strenuous previous season will give a splendid account of himself.