SPORTING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 June 1943, Page 6

SPORTING

‘AUCKLAND MEETING STEEPLES TO GOLD SPOT. A WIN FOR FOXLORE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 7. The Auckland Racing Club’s winter meeting concluded today in fine weather. The track was heavy. The attendance was large, and the totalisator handled £173,530 10s, against £111,323 10s last year. The total for the meeting was £328,647, against £222,177, an increase of £106,470. Results:— TAMAKI STEEPLECHASE, 2j miles. 3/3 Sir Waimai, 9.4 (Coon) 1 5/5 Hunting Chief, 9.0 (Winder) 2 1/1 Abbey Lu, 9.12 (Jenkins) 3 Won by 15 lengths; I length. Time, 5.13. Scr.: Kenya Mist, Persistence. ORAKEI HURDLES, lj miles. 6/6 Rich Blood, 9.3 (Brown) 1 1/3 Malacca, 10.10 (Temperton) .... 2 10/10, Ramillies, 9.0 (Baker) 3 Won by 2 lengths; 1 length. Time, 3.27. Scratched:, Cuisinier, H sten, Wildore, Mark Antony, Veritable. YORK HANDICAP, 1 mile. 16/15, Foxlore, 7.5 (Hughes) 1 21/20, Kinvara, 7.0 (Caddy) 2 18/16, Esquire, 7.0 (Buchanan) 3 Won by 1J lengths; a head. Time, 1.43. Scratched: Babrow, Lowry Bay, Manuma. Brackets: Kinvara and Glenbevan, Esquire and Merry Vaals. WINTER STEEPLECHASE, about 3 miles. 1/3, Gold Spot, 11.10 (Sinton), 1 2/1, Chat, 10.11 (Temperton) 2 8/7, Erination, 9.2 (Baker) 3 Scratched: The Cardinal, Kinkle. Fifteen lengths; two. Time, 6.13. Campbell Hurdles, two miles: 1/1, Colibri, 9.13 (Temperton), 1; 7/7, Black Musk, 10.5 (L. Brown), 2; 2/4, Hunto, 10.5 (Winder), 3. Scratched: Town Survey, Mendelssohn, Surpeen, ■ Malacca. Cuisinier, Ascot Bloom. Two lengths; neck. Time, 3.55. ' Visitors’ Handicap, six furlongs: 3/3, Kronos, 9.0 (Markwick), 1; 6/4, Betterman, 8.5 (Martinovich), 2; 10/10 Transmitter, 8.0 (Holland), 3. All started. Neck each way. Time, 1.17 4-5. First Fitzroy Handicap, one mile: 13/13, Sir Reynard, 8.1 (Howard), 1; 8/9, Lord Defoe, 8.13 (Mudford), 2; 17/17, Ballyneety, 8.0 (Clifford), 3. Scratched: Peter Gregor, Loch Acre, Malaguena, Royce. Three-quarters of a length; short head. Time, 1.45. Second Fitzroy Handicap, one mile: 9/8, Dependable, 8.0 (Hooton), 1; 6/6, Yes Tor, 8.13 (Phillips), 2; 5/5, Taku Kara, 9.4 (Cameron), 3. Scratched: Laughing Fox. Three-quarters of a length; neck. Time, 1.45 2-5.