ON TRENTHAM TRACKS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 38, 15 February 1939, Page 4

ON TRENTHAM TRACKS

WOODVILLE TRIALS ; SOME RIDERS FOR FRIDAY I Trentham stables have fourteen! horses among the acceptors for the, Woodville meeting on Friday and| Saturday. Dungarvan, a double win-, ner at Egmonl last week, was lett at Woodville on the trip back from Hawera. <he other thirteen will Dleaving for the meeting on Thursday, writes “Rangatira in the Bien ln T'here was not a great deal of fast; galloping yesterday morning, as mosti of the noises racing are .well lot-; ward. The weather was line, with a nip in the air early, and the ploug.i was in splendid oraer. H. A. Telford’s pair for the meet-

ing, Silver River and Prediction, were let off with serviceable pacing, but they v> ill be galloped this morn-1 ing. Each will be having his first race since transferring Horn Awa-| puni to Trentham. Tney were very nt horses when taken over by lei-, ford. Silver River is engaged in the two open events, and m whichever he starts he will be ridden by A. E. Bennett. prediction will have the. services of G. R. rattersail in the Maiden Plate. . Good Sun iR. L. Hitcher. > iinisiied up a couple of rounds of pacing w itn I three furlongs in 37sec., and ne in-, fused plentv of keenness into his ( work. Hitcnen will ride him on mt-| dav. . .., Galteemore (Bennet) had Peerless i tw Doylei for a mate over a mile, and though the lilly <hew out Irom him at the close he worked satisk.c torily in registering Imin. 43 3-osec i the last half-mile in 52 3-asec. iEdwards has been engaged tor Galteemore in the Woodyide Handicap, in which the stable will also be represented by Dungarvan. Peerless i* next to race in tne Taranaki Cup. Siegmund <R. A. Hawkings) uas doing his job well when leading Happy Heels <S. G. Robinson) at the end of seven furlongs in Imin. 31sec., the last hall-mile in 5'2 3-Ssec. Siegmund is to be ridden by W. JBroughton in the Woodville Handicap, and he looks fit enough to show an earlv return to race form. Ruling Star (A. Foster)) was not impressive in a five-furlong sprint with Trebor IA. W. Sim>, the last half-mile taking 53sec. Ruling Star will be having his first start from the stable in the Woodville maiden event, in which he will be handled by S. Anderson. Lady Lyric (Robinson>, ridden at the ciid, beat Diareus < Hawkings > by half a length over live furlongs in Imin. 3sec., the last half-mile in 50 2-ssec. No rider has yet been secured for Lady Lyric at Woodville. Alunga (Sim) sprinted live furlongs in just better than Imin. 3sec., the" final half-mile in 50sec. As usual, he was feeling the ground afterwards. He will probably nave the services of one ot the stable apprentices at Woodville. Pearl of Asia (Bennet), Beau vite (Doyle), and Lady Drake (I?oster) lengths separating them, after runfinished in that order, with single ning half a mile in 48 3-ssec. Peail of Asia, a Limond—Aspic filly owned by Mr. E. Kirkwood, of Stratford, is now being trained by George and she demonstrated in this trial that she possesses speed. She raced without tilling a place over the Taranaki Christmas circuit, but she has im-

j proved during the month she has (been at Trentham. Barrabas, Titter, Dancing Flame, • Cay Hunting, and Mother-in-Law J arc other Trentham horses who will i be at Woodville, but they were not 1 required to go against the watch j yesterday morning. Barrabas appears to have recovered completely from the effects of his fall at Otaki iin December. P. Burgess’ mounts on Friday wiil include Dancing Flame, Titter, and probably Maser Cyklon. Dungarvan will be ridden by his Egmont Cup pilot, L. Dulieu.