Keen Sport

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 885, 31 January 1930, Page 12

Keen Sport

TAKAPUNA HOLDS OUT PROMISE Review of Tomorrow’s Fine Fields TTIb chief events at Takapuna tomorrow have filled really well, and the indications are that the sport will be even keener than on the opening day, Wednesday last. There are 16 in the Jockey Club Handicap and 25 in the “hack classic,” the Wynyard Plate, and these two events promise to provide sufficient thrills for all. The going will be in good order. ‘Early Bird s” review of the fields is appended. I 9 0 MOANA HANDICAP ,V Of £250; 7 furlongs Chromadyne' I's Th ® usual bls fleW win be seen Mon star ..7 8 | New Boy ..SO out in the opening affair, 23 having Comet 7 8 Royal Lover 713 been paid up for. Honiton won RiTa«atS r ’ * ! S g.° n •• • • 713 so well on Wednesday that it is Atta Lad" * ll j; On Top d ' ‘ 712 to t ake something to stop Rose Willony'x 7 7 Hed Lion * * 7]T bim, although he has a heavy Section ... 7 7 . Loving Cud * 7 8 weight. Chromadyne was a sur- Neil .... 7 7 Merry Lu .’. 7 S Wise, and if he improves he may Lady Eustace 7 7 | Welcome Boy 7 8 make it interesting again. New a * * I 1 Fairy Belle . 7 8 Bov is a very likely improver, while Aggressive .77 . , Top’s form the first day was- too oaa to be true. Others who may show improvement are Coll, Sir Mond, Loving ' Cup, hairy Belle, Atta Lad and Measurer. There are several newcomers, perhaps the pick of them being Red Lion, Welcome Boy, Biddy Comet and Rose Willonyx. It it a difficult race, but a likely trio are: WELCOME BOY, ON TOP and NEW BOY 12 45 WAIWERA HIGH-WEIGHT Of H 250; 1 mile 3 furlongs 40 yards llimSrv' • ]° n % , This small field will suit several of those engaged. Glena Bay" ' 10 5 Wenday was hopelessly left the first day and then ran king’s Guard 10 4 fourth. Luminary is not at all badly treated with a Golden Wed- ri&e °f 101 b, and in his case the extra quarter of a mile ding . .. 10 0 may tell the tale. Glena Bay won so well at WalpapaMaSnn? a ' O - kauri with 12.3 on his back that he must be hard to Cybele '‘ ‘ 9 ? beat ’ even allowing for the poor field he vanquished in Salamander ' b o tlle * v ’° rfl '- King’s Guard is a fit horse, and he was unlucky in going under to Luminary, Golden Wedding had her chance ruined at the barrier, so no line could be obtained as to her chances. Quineoma was a disappointment, although he should be all the better for the outing. Mashoor failed, as did Cybele on the opening day, and both should improve. The last is Salamander, and he will be the outsider. Favourites may be:—WENDAY, GLENA BAY and KING’S GUARD 1 30 WYNYARD PLATE Of £500; 7 furlongs PrtnctPof ’’ 8 9 Latest defections on the course Orirftestor ..SO Orange .S 0 will reduce this field considerably, Curralons- " ‘ y 0 Avon G Court .' fI) and Probably there will be about 17 Atta Lad 733 Arikitoa . . s 'ft runners. The possibilities ought to Chromadyne 713 Arih?na d ' ' I ft include Cruachan, Prince of NassauTady 713 Havaspot .' ! 8 b Orange, Joy Girl, Arikitoa, Voli- ’ ’ ’ -i 18 fuckv‘Alice' I n mond, Havaspot, Tuku, Carl Idem, Helium' 7 7 Awamutu ..80 Monoloff, Nassau Lady, Trig, Swe wi,,y™ , - Carl Idem ..80 Helium and Praetor. Favourites p r „lx“* sper * ■( I MonaloK ... 8 0 may be:— ’ Praetor ... 7 7 HAVASPOT, TUKU and CRUACHAN ? 1 S SUBURBAN HANDICAP * Of £350; 6 furlongs gaglet ... 8 ft This is by no means a strong field and it is not going Awarm> "'lf' *° be a difficult race to win. Eaglet’s last appearance was Macroom ! 7 0 in tbe Hoyal Stakes, in which she was beaten into fourth Town Bird , 7 0 place, but she will have her chance now. Branson, with Cynthia N. . 7 0 a fashionable horseman up, will be a. danger. Awarere Valuation . 7 0 raced badly on Wednesday. There will be no Lady Quex U'-Un Kin " ? n in the held ,to crack him up this time, however, and he Armana • • • should improve. Macroom was beaten by British King at Waipapakauri, and won the second time up, and she is not out of this event by any means. Town Bird is not fancied, and Cynthia N. neither. Valuation will take a lot of beating, for he is very speedy. With a comparatively weak field tomorrow it might have been good judgment to wait for this. British King impressed very much by the way he won at ft aipapakauri last Saturday, and if started here he has a real good chance. Arihana is out of form. One would feel disposed to go for BRITISH KING if this race was selected for him, but in his absence three that must go "well are: EAGLET. VALUATION and AWARERE 9ft T.J.C. HANDICAP V Of £600; 9 furlongs In the Shade S S The only newcomer engaged is Eager Rose . 7 4 Val ’ ’ 8 4 Hyde Park, and a repetition of his Mithra ... 7 2 Boulton 8 2 recent Ellerslie form will give him J lip 2, ••■•72 Hyde Park ! S 0 an undeniable show. In the Shade whS°wmU l r> Maori Boy . 710 raced well on Wednesday, finishing jtivinv ” 7 9 Sir Russell . 7 9 strongly after being hopelessly Toilet 7 n High Pitch . 7 6 tailed off. Prince Val is going to Mosaic . 7 0 Lucy Rose . 7 5 take some heading off, and so, of Monsogne ..79 course, will Royal Doulton, who will be better served by this journey. Maori Boy was a good thing beaten the first day, and decently handled will need to be respected. Sir Russell, too, will race conspicuously, for lie should have won the Zealandia Handicap the .way that race was run. Lucy Rose will prefer the distance, and so will Eager Rose, who made the pace the first day, form which renders her a distinct possibility with her early brilliance. Mithra is coming - back to form, but Hipo and Le Choucas both disappointed. White Wings is improving: fast, but may want another race or two. Flying Juliet was last in the Cup, and Mosaic and Monsogne are light-weight possibilities, and as such are always to be respected on this track. The favourites will probably be: ROYAL DOULTON, EAGER ROSE and PRINCE VAL 9 AC HOBSON HANDICAP Of £325; 6 .furlongs Hard Words 8 4 The distance of this race is a Betterment . 7 4 Raff Hum ■■77 furlong farther than on the open- Snrin^^onJ 6 7 2 Smithfield" '. 7 4 , day ’ abd N B . WIU t f y Hard Silene ... 7 2 Bells of Words out, for he does not appear Trickle ..70 Shandon ..74 to stick on too well, despite his gam© finish the other day. Set Fair is still trying to win a race, with all her pace, and it may be soon that she will pull one off. Rafflight has been galloping well, and Bells of Shandon and Betterment are promising. Full Measure was unlucky the first day, and Silene went a fair race on the opening day. However, it is not a very strong field, so the best-backed may be: HARD WORDS, FULL MEASURE and BETTERMENT A OA RANGITOTO HACK Of £250; 9 furlongs Kawainga ..09 Kawainga is paying for her first Nassau Lady 7 13 Luminary ..93 day’s success, and her 9.9 may tell Quinsilia ..79 x'-L'lY - Guard 1 18 its tale. Luminary will go better '''77 Brampton'. '. 713 here perhaps than in the High- Haviland .' ! 7 7 Spring Abbey 713 weight, for he will make it lively. Dark Prince 7 7 King’s Guard is preferred in his earlier engagement, and of the others a good word can be said for Brampton, Spring Abbey, Nassock, Nassau Lady, Orchus and Haviland. Favourites in an open race may be: LUMINARY, NASSAU LADY and BRAMPTON C 1 C ANNIVERSARY HANDICAP Of £350; 7 furlongs Taneriri . . 9 3 Over half this field may be seen Respirator . 7 7 Branson ..92 out earlier in the day, so it is Glenstar ..77 vfriHy 3, * o I difficult to say which will be figur- Roman Bearl 7 < White Wings 8 5 . nmnne- flip riinnprc Tanpriri Valuation . . * 7 Gem light . . 712 } ns among the runnels. lanenri British King 7 7 Macroom . 7 10 is not engaged earlier. He raced moderately in the first day’s sprint, but was finishing on and stands a chance. Branson, too, may go well, and then there are Mithra and White Wings, while Gemlight will be suited by this, event. Macroom is a likely candidate, and Respirator ran a fine race in the Zealandia Handicap. Glenstar is susceptible to improvement, and Roman Pearl will gc fast. Valuation is one that is going to take some heading off i? reserved for this, and British King is in the same box. It is- a puzzling fields, but assuming that VALUATION goes for the sprint the favourites may be: BRITISH KING, y/HITE WINGS and GEMLIGHT ,