ASHBURTON RACING

Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1940, Page 8

ASHBURTON RACING

(By "Hurry On.")

PROSPECTS FOR TO-DAY

With good fields figUring in all events, the spring meeting of the Ashburton Racing Club to-day is likely to provide interesting racing. The totalisator will operate on the win and place method. The fancies may include: — County Hurdles: Sir. Frederick, Courtyard, Waka. Novice Stakes: Pleading, Jolly Time, Stylosa. Ashburton Handicap: Winning Rival, The Wrecker, Sovereign Lady. Chatmos Hack: Don't Forget, The Vulture, Lord Midas. Penscroft Hack: Iceland Spar, Prudent Prince, Kilcato. Spring Handicap: Shikari, Night Dress, Royal Chief. The acceptors are:— COUNTY HURDLES HANDICAP, of £120; 1J miles and 100yds: Courtyard 10.11, Top Rank 10.8, Jewish Lad 10.7, Master Dingle 9.13, Land Raid 9.8, Sir Frederick, Sunnyland 9.3, Waka 9.2, Leopardstown, Arita 9.0. NOVICE STAKES, of £100; six furlongs: Royal Lancer, Gentility, Sweet Mystery, Pink Gauntlet, My Ship, Safe Light, Star Wing 8.4, Foxette, Platform, Bali, Pleading, Whiphand, Stylosa, Jolly Time, Green Gables, Wild Coon, Cesarina 8.0. ' SELMA TROT HANDICAP, of £110; 3.43 class; 11 miles: Ardglass, Aurie's Star, Ben Travis, Canister, Castlebar, Clonard, Dandy Travis, Durate, Festivity, Hamarfast, Happy Man, Lady Denise, Marco Polo, Mickey Rooney, Nationalist, Ngarimu, Nilgau, Paddy Pointer, Ronaki, Rorqual. Salisbury, Surprise Potts, Turret lt., Wainoni Jack 12, Hoyle 24, Jarrah 36.

ASHBURTON HANDICAP, of £200; U miles: Sovereign Lady 9.0, Swordstick, Tlie Wrecker 8.3, Winning Rival 7.12, Settlement 7.10, Glenora Boy 7.8, Petersham 7.7, Entail, The Raker 7.5, Dunstan 7.0. - CHATMOS HACK HANDICAP, of £120; six furlongs: Gay Parade 9.3, Retrogression 8.12, King's Toast 8.8, Don't Forget 8.7, Night Glass 8.4, Dinah Dhu 8.2, Lord Midas 7.13, The Vulture 7.9, Muscatine, Airline, Lady Magellan, Night Shift, Royal Refrain 7.7. PENSCROFT HACK HANDICAP, of £120; one mile: Prudent Prince 9.4, Iceland Spar 9.0, Great " Night 8.7,. Dranoel 8.1, Grey Silk 7.13, Ferriby 7.10, Ryetown 7.9, Blue Abbey, Muffler, Gay Thread, Kilcato 7.7. SPRING HANDICAP, of £140; seven furlongs: Royal Chief 9.10, AVillie Win 9.3, Toro Koura 8.9, Thermidor 8.6, Fassa» form 8.2, Shikari 7.13, Rebel Star 7.7, Roy Bun, Night Dress 7.6, Night Hawk 7.1, Rebellion 7.0. RAKAIA TROT HANDICAP, of £130; 3.38 class; 1J miles: Braw Lass, Burt' Scott, Erin's Lad, Jarrah, Mortlake, Oasis, Pursuit, Silver Grattan, Swift Lady, Talak, Wainoni Jack lt., Clive Brook 24, Panquitch, Star Ace' 36.