AUCKLAND WIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1068, 4 September 1930, Page 12

AUCKLAND WIN

IN THE SHADE’S LATEST A STRONG FINISH It was weight of public montv that maintained In the Shade fav ourite for the Roschill Handicap on August 23, the consensus of opinion being that the Australian Sun gelding would improve on his display on this course the previous week. This he did. Jumping away well, In the ?had« was not bustled in the early stages and going out of the straight he was in front of three alone. a Sat Down to Ride Neither did he improve at all until the half-mile post was reached, wh®n he moved up sixth. At the turn Vertoy, Sunflare and Attente were the only three horses ahead of him.

Then Bagby settled down to ride him and, challenging Vertov at the distance, In the Shade quickly took control, to come on and win by three parts of a length from Sunflare. One well-known punter would not permit a single beating to put him entirely oft the New Zealand gelding, and from Jack Molloy he took X 1.000 to win at nice odds. Will be Favoured Now In the Shade pulled up very well. On his run in this event he is almost sur® to enter Metropolitan Handicap discussions once again. Another horse to show vast im. provement on her previous effort was Vertoy, who was well backed in the ring. In fact, from both Hackett and Molloy one punter took £7OO about her chances in the race. Some of the soreness that was apparent the previous wef-k she had shaken off, and sh« quickly cut down Hustler for the lead. She led unchallenged until the half.* mile post was reached, when Sunflare drew abreast, and from there until the straight was reached he worried her. She was still going fairly well when* the distance had been reached, but lacked sting entirely to combat the challenge which In the Shade threw out. Anxious Rider Sunflare is a horse that will improve. His rider seemed a bit too anxious for the lead, and although Sunflare has hitherto run decent races when taken to the front half a mile from home, on this occasion lie could merely plug along behind the winner once his (Sunflare’s) measure had been taken. About his prospects in the race one punter took £6OO from Molloy, but there was a lack of big money for Arikiwai, about the biggest individual bet being the £6OO that Jim Hackett laid. With the exception of the start, Arikiwai was never in front of In the Shade, whom he followed throughout a major portion of the journey. He moved up smartly at the distance, but stopped almost as quickly as he started. Attente was in the hunt until the distance had been reached.