TURF TOPICS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 328, 8 January 1937, Page 7

TURF TOPICS.

FORM COMMENT. Round the Racing Realm With “Top-weight.” Siegmund Was an unlucky horse during the holiday racing in striking tracks thc;t did not suit himtf The t>4j Tr.ntham course should see him effing much bstter. -X- -X- * t Another unlucky runner was Me Mea, who missed the bus at the bai rier rise. He then finished fast int fourth plac < and it might pay to ri member this.

* * * Tunneller was a. good thing beaten in the Invercargill Cup. If this is taken to Wellington he is almost certain to b i in the prize-money. * * * Orato, whom Stratford racegoers will not forget Un a hurry, should win c-nother couple on end before he is out of the ‘hack class. * * * Sp:-ed and jumping ability will find Pango very hard, to beat in future hurdle events, even in the best of company. * * * Although Matara was beaten into fifth position in the Derby at Auckland this horse is still liable to improvement. And don’t forget that he carried more ground than most of the other competitors in tha race. * * * Southern critics say that Petersham will just about win the Douro Cup at Wellington. This three-year-old gelding won a race the second diay |a-t Wingatui and a few days later won two races in the o-ne afternoon at Oamaru.

* * * Te Hula was disappointing over the Taranaki circuit. On Waikato running he looked sure to be in tlhe money at Xmas time and it would ndt be 'WiS’S' to discard him from memory just yet. * * * Although Mazir did not take the major portion of tire stakes in his race he ran wall enough to suggest a winning is not far o:f. When th- • tracks are a hit niore firm * -X- * If Haute Monde has a mile ra.ee selected for him at Trentham it will pay to remember that he ran second in a mile at Ellerslie in going that did not suit him. * * * Privy Seal was a well-fancied candidate at Ellerslie but apparently is not nearly so good as was first thought. * * * Don’t forget Round Up who «T-n excellently at Auckland,; and im open company too. Improving al| the time this one. • * * The Taranaki mare Ingenuity is now out of the hack class. Sfie- is entered for the Wellington Cup and other open races there, but while these races seem a bit rich for her to win sh-ei should pay her way round the country meetings. * * * Two horses who are expected to go well in their Trentham engagements are Land Raid and Rebel Chief. They both ran well in winning on the West Coast. W|2ight s for the -firsfj |day of the Wellington meeting will be out on Monday next and acceptances will Clpsie bn, th.© fol lowing WfecTnescr y, he 13th inst.