Class Fields

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 950, 17 April 1930, Page 14

Class Fields

FIRST DAY OF A.R.C. MEETING

Saturday’s Prospects Discussed

THE autumn fixture oi' the Auckland Racing Club Is to i open at Ellerslie on Saturday and will be concluded on Monday. The fields are excellent all through and, with the best horses in the Dominion engaged, the gathering this week-end promises to he right up to the high Ellerslie 5 standard. The eourse is in excellent order. “Early Bird’s” review of Saturday’s fields is given below. 1 1 *?? PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP Of £500; 1} miles S kL„„,. p n This event is the prelude to the Pompeius ..70 Pa iron 11° * h 2 much more valuable distance handi- Rawhetu. ..70 Royal *' • * 7 cap the second day, the Autumn Flying Dculton . . s 4 Handicap. Star Stranger must be q;,. 1 * * 4 J! In the Shade S :: very fit after his Gold Cup win kawainga . 7 0 itei’ert Y-W 7 :!t Tr entham last month. Paitonu Hipo 7 0 Gemliaht 7 4 is now sticking on better, and Royal Kassoek .. . 7 0 Count * * Boulton will be better placed here Motere ...70 Palatine . 7 2 lhan :, t Te Rapa last Monday. In ’ * l ° Mithra .... 7 0 the Shade will be one of the Antique .... 0 . heaviest backed, and if he fails on Saturday he will be again in the limelight on Monday. Vali may be reserved loi the Easter, for the stable has In the Shade and Mithra engaged here. Desert Glow, the three-year-old Count Palatine, Pompeius, Gemlight, lvawainga and Motere read the best of the others. Best-backed will probably be IN THE SHADE and STAR STRANGER 1 ? ] 7 GREAT NORTHERN OAKS Of £700; U miles Kugiet^ Mte • 112 The field will not be a big one, but it Is a bit better Vaireina ..." 810 than the average. Eaglet stands out as the best perJiy^Own'' 1 1?| former engaged; she won the Oaks at Riccarton ancl Tambourine . 8 1U so, with the pace not on over the first part, she is going “\Vhisper _ SlO V L^e sorne heading. Buellona is a smart filly, and Biddy Comet 810 * so is Own, who recently Avon the principal handicap at Dannevirke. These three read the pick. Others that will be found hanging on at the finish are Biddy Comet, Lucky Alice and Tambourine. It is a pretty fair field, in which the public may express a fancy for: EAGLET and MY OWN 1 9 BRIGHTON HURDLES Of £600; 2 miles King’s Curd 12 0 The first leg of the double is as Omeo .... 9 9 • • •• 11 1 usual a trappy sort of affair. The Glena Bay . 9 Wiltshire . .io 10 ton-wpieht Kintr's Gnnrrl won throo Star Comet . 9 2 Po a u n H ani .; ;10 4 and was second in the fourth hurdle ° ° Prince Lu ..3 0 2 race he contested at the Christmas Guide 9 0 Roman Abbey 10 2 meeting here, and as he has been Joke Form *! 9 0 Kawini ... 10 2 kept going on the flat be should be Kamehameha 9 0 The Lamb . 013 worthy of respect. Furthermore, Airtight ... 9 0 lie will be bracketed with Roman another fine jumper. Elicit was second to Aurora Borealis at Awapuni a fortnight ago, and such an accomplished hurdler could not reasonably be overlooked. Wiltshire may still require a race, although last season he came to hand early. Mangani cannot be ready, but Pouri won so well a*t Te Arolia seven weeks back that he lias only to strip in condition for the money to pour in. He is a proved stayer and the fences will not bother him, and a bit of rain in his case would be appreciated. Prince Lu tailed on the flat last Monday, so cannot be recommended for this. Kawini ran badly at Te Rapa, and so too did The Lamb. Omeo won well the first day at Awapuni, coming at the right end, and he looks really good; his record of four wins in five starts this season rather proves this. However, he is taking on something bigger than hitherto and it takes an out-and-out good one to win the first time over the Ellerslie hurdles. Glenstar and Glena Bay are Te Rapa winners, and the former has been scratched. Favourites may be: POURI and KING’S GUARD 1 EASTER HANDICAP Of £1,500; 1 mile Toxeuma '' n f Jt is unlikely that the number o£ Vali .... 7 Vertigern Bv> runners will exceed a score, and Hunting Day 7 9 Bright Glow S n even then the field will be too big Branson . 7 4 Silver-mine ..86 tor the average punter. This race kminel.l 7 o Mfcrvette ..84 has been reviewed more than once Prince of ’ ’ White tang 8 0 already, so the - most likely half Orange .70 | ~ dozen will be briefly discussed. They Lucy Rose' . 7 0 Ladv Onex * 8 0 aro Pegaway, Toxeuma, Bright Cynthia N. 7 0 Eager ‘Rose.'. 7la <}1 °w, Silvermine, Vali and Hunting Refresher .70 Prince Val.. 711 Day, the last two particularly smart V.I.InoATA. h e Richfield . . 710 three-year-olds. One has even to Royal i made i u omit good horses like White Fang, Ceremony Corinax, Eager Hose, Lady Quex, Richfield, Branson and Gold Money. Toxeuma won the li.B. Stakes last week, and was beaten the next clay by Great Charter, form that goes to show that there is nothing wrong with her condition. His wonderful consistency must not be overlooked. Pegaway is- a master of weight, and after a brilliant gallop on Iris home track a few mornings ago he mil not lack friends. Bright Glow was at her best during the midsummer meetings, and it remains to be seen if she is again at her best. 1S m S reu ! order, as his second at Awapuni to The Swell indicated. Then there are the juveniles, Vali and Hunting Hay, the latter perhaps the moic biilliant oi the pair, with Vali preferred over a mile course. it is a strong field all round, but backers will not be far out in declaring for this pair (or SILVERMINE if either is absent or on a soft track): VALI and HUNTING DAY 9 27 G -N- CHAMPAGNE STAKES Of £1,000; 7 furlongs , Words vi? The field will be reduced rather Cylinder . . SlO VnniVrtnre' ' ' s considerably by starting time, and Biddy’s Boy . S 10 Sir Limond' ' 810 ther ® ma V not be more than eight Green Linnet 8 8 Ruling Kins' 810 or nine runners; which will be Vv\iT ’ ' I 1 Clnysology . slo <|iute sufficient lor a race of this lonnv Diver ‘ « x Arisus ... SlO description. The prospects of the Green Timber 8 8 . contestants is fully reviewed elscKt mlfnn vv’ t ] l * t 'Y. ill be Principally a question of Cylinder’s . uuuma against Hard \\ ords s brilliancy, and the latter hung- on pretty well 'J.'.l'.xTr,,■ A i ua l )l, ni- Lady Pam is a brilliant customer, but over the would 1 appear may b ° h ® r master ’ The two heaviest-backed candidates CYLINDER ancl HARD WORDS 9 ?? MANGERE STEEPLECHASE Of £400; about 2J. miles Om22 nUi . '. :51 1 A very small "ill line up Wenday ... 9 S Airtight. . .10 2 ior this race over the hill, which Marita . . . 9 2 Boomerday . 9 9 has to be negotiated on two occa- Master Lu . 9 0 sions. Omeo gave a great display 1 reJa ’’’ ’ 9 0 over this country this week, but" • tlv ' /g.!!, r ' n '' hurdles, with the steeplechase in view the second M rii i hmvßvpp’ 1 nt , l ;? lt V C he doeH not run off), Boomerday, Wenday and .Manta however, should make a good-race of it. Favourites may be: BOOMERDAY and POTOANUI 4 7 ONSLOW STAKES Of £400; 6 furlongs Grand S Spi"it ! ” There wUI be no dearth of two- Valley; .. . 7 * Biddy’s Boy S 4 year-olds in the handicap race, for i-S ** * -? 2 Imamint . . s a no less than 23 were accepted for. s ooorV ‘'' 1 $ Wild Tin? 1 ' 7 i Thos J > that can be strongly recom- • skpling filly ' 7 4 * * J 2 mended are Grand Spirit. Biddy's Green Timber 7 4 Love Son t* * ‘7 ] i oy ' Iniamint, the Te Rapa winner Crosstitch . 7 2 Gold Dav * 7 r King Ford, and the runner-up there Waimuri ..70 King March* 7 6 buth days; Karangapai. Wild Time, ? S Lady Court 7 6 Love Song, Gold Day, Lady Court; r,? f 7 n Jaeldy Karo 7 6 the speedy Jaeldy Karo, who has ° leat Lniblem 7 0 been doing so well on the tracks and " ' l s ° od race if not too inexperienced; Raff light, who should be a better colt after Ills two outings at Te Rapa; Waimuri and Manawhenua. It is a mg field which is sure to have backers guessing. On the form and track work seen to date punters may be found pinning faith to: LOVE SONG and GRAND SPIRIT 4 R/ EDEN HANDICAP * Of £400; 1 mile Ohromadym; slO it is a big field of hacks, and Honiton ... 710 r>?,Y nm? 1 ? ’ I r among them is British King, who Mauriaena ..76 V??oek 1 2 has run some good races in open Day .. . 7 5 To' Hoia ;; ■ | 3 sprint company. Chromadyne was §™" hi £ mce 4 I Spring Abbey s 0 a bit off colour at Te Rapa, but if Fec,stai * * 7 a Currajong . . 713 he strips well will take some beat- Can Idem . ! 7 3 Haviland . 713 ing. Perhaps he wanted the race. Sir Mend ... 7 0 Havamot 3 ' -r- Then there is the St. Leger candi- ” ann |!' nl • • 1 9 o2 Va T P op .* ; 7 h date- Don Quixote, who must be a . 7 0 Manifest . . 712 dangerous contender. Te Hoia has _ \Vaiau Lady 7 0 been racing promisingly of late, and % near the bottom is Pedestal, a three-year-old who ran two splendid races at Awapuni, coming from a long way back on each occasion to get handy to the ultimate winners. The big Ellerslie course will be to his advantage. Others likely to show up are Spring Abbey, Haviland, Havaspot, Manifest (v.ho went a surprisingly good race at To Rapa on Monday), On To}), Honiton, Mauriaena, Snow Prince, Gruachan and Hannil»ul. It is a very open race indeed, but given a good run there would be some justification for supporting the three-yearolds:-CHROMADYNE and PEDESTAL