Avondale Cup Contest Should Be a Rare Struggle
If there hadn’t been such a lot of rain during the week, there would have been sufficient support to send Historic out favourite for tomorrow’s Avondale Cup. Now, with the prospect of what is likely to be a soft track, backers may have other views of the position on the Avondalq Cup front. Not that Historic is not at home in bad ground; on the contrary. But the fact that the Trentham representative has got a burden of ft. 11 i.s the disconcerting factor. A horse may be good enough to win in bad ground with a reasonable burden, but when they get up to near the 10stone mark they want everything in their favour —and that does not include bad ground, no matter how good the borse is under those conditions. Great Weight-Carriers With the soft ground all against Star Stranger, it is likely that his trainer will exercise his option to withdraw, as was announced earlier in the week. On the other hand it
Chances of Historic and Seatown
| was produced in the Marton sprint. I-Ie was never far n.way from the speed merchants out in front in that outing, and at the finish he must have been i within half a dozen lengths of the winner. For Historic that was very close. j One relied on that showing, com- | Pined with his well-trained appear--1 untr, to have him on side when the ; i Avondale Cup discussions came along. ; Historic is still the good horse with ability enough. to win tomorrow, but' ono hesitates to plump for him under I the* conditions. However, the way be j galloped yesterday indicates that he | will be hard to beat. Good In Winter A month ago Prodice was popularly ticked off as likely to l*e one of f the dangerous candidates, for she has . always come to hand early in the j season earlier in her career. Unfortunately, the daughter of Catmint had a slight interruption in her preparation recently, and as she has 9.2 she j I would need to have been at her best ; i to improve her second last year to
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1081, 19 September 1930, Page 12
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361Avondale Cup Contest Should Be a Rare Struggle Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1081, 19 September 1930, Page 12
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