Otaki Probables

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 987, 2 June 1930, Page 15

Otaki Probables

Review of Tomorrow’s Programme

For many years trainer F. Tilley found the Otaki meetings a really Happy Hunting ground. Will L. G. Morris, who succeeded Tilley when the latter went tripping Home, carry on the good work? This Fordell trainer lias half a dozen I > iu.: Hack Hurdles; Platina, Kuku ! Maiden: Cadland, Waitoliu ' Hack; | Cashier, Kaukawa Cup; and Laughing i Prince and Equitant, Huia Handicap, j plenty of good material here,! and it may pay to follow the stable, but it is hardly worth the risk. • ! on Wanganui running Airforce, Lin ! Arlington, Lirnosa, Wyeford and First j Ruler should show up. Avro is ar« interesting novice, and Sir Moment on j a heavy track is capable of a surprise. ! Smart Two-Year-Old If Jaxson really did split Lady Pam and Hard Words the last day at Trentham a couple of months ago—and the general opinion was that Jaxson was not closer than third—this two-year-old ought to be good enough to beat the Kuku Maiden field. Platina has shown promise, but the 23 horses left in comprise many unknown quantities. The recent Ashburton winner, Sapient, figures among a modest lot of hacks in the Waitohu Handicap. Others to be regarded as possibilities are Cadland. Patearoa, Statuary (already well overdue). Grand Jury and Coon Song. This hack event presents rather an open appearance. The Cup Contest It is possible that there will be a j small field of not more than nine on hand to contest the principal race, the I Itaukawa Cup, run over a mile and uquarter course. Merry Damon won j at Hawera with 9.8, and tomorrow he j lias half a stone more. The opposition j is quite as good, if not better, tomorrow, and in addition this course may bring about his undoing. Panther is ; a good horse of the “iffy” type. The Swell has yet to get 10 furlongs in tins sort of company, but Admiral Drake was third at Wanganui over this journey and he is susceptible to improvement. Cashier would just waltz home if caught in the right mood. Howover. his last three outings have seen the Fordell gelding at his worst. Dal- j loon will be handy if the going is muddy. Mountain Heath has not run a bad race lately, .and he has only to have his share of the luck to caU the tune. Full Mark is a promising sort, and of the others on the mini- j mum Tourist and Llyn Du impress most. The latter ran two solid races j at Wanganui. Form in the middle distance hack. | the Otaki Hack, points strongly to Merry Melody. Others to come into I

the reckoning are Lucretia, Myola Best Friend and Mount Shannon. The Sprinters TT Wi i th 18 I ? ft in the s the Hula Handicap, the barrier draw will be of primary importance. A fanev is exfor the Wanganui sprint winners, Equitant and Melissa, but there

are several others that should make a good race of it. The course may not be of much assistance to the ‘ topweight, Laughing Prince. In the final event the first day, the Te Horo Hack, Potoaform appears to have more than his full share cf weight. He is a good hack, but at the difference in the handicaps Glenrossie, Paiko, Audience and Banbridge may be j too good for him. ; The following will be in big demand | for their engagements tomorrow: Tararua Hack Hurdles: AIRFORCE WYEFORD , Kuku Maiden Race: JAYSON PLATINA Waitohu Hack Handicap: STATUARY CADLAND Raukawa Cup: ADMIRAL DRAKE MOUNTAIN HEATH Otaki Hack Handicap: MERRY MELODY LUCRETIA Huia Handicap: MELISSA EQUITANT Te Horo Hack Handicap: GLENROSSIE AUDIENCE