MILE CLASSIC

NZ Truth, Issue 1293, 18 September 1930, Page 11

MILE CLASSIC

Lead Obtained On Saturday (From "N.Z. Truth's" Christchurch • Rep.) CO far, nothing outstanding has been shown by Riccarton candidates for the Dunedin. Guineas,. but there should be a showing up at Ashburton where the following three-year-olds are engaged, Brumal, Babel, Pharaoh, Jael, Tarquinius, Gustavo, arid Sleipner. .With the exception of 'the latter all the others are nominated m a . mile event,,the Guineas distance. Of this bunch Gustavo seems to be the most forward, and if he runs weil over the mile -a line' can be obtained as to his future prospects. , If he goes on the, right way it will not be too much to expect of him to follow m the footsteps of his brother, the "Count," when he captured the 1924 Dunedin • Guineas and went on to win the Derby. ■: •:'.'.-■ Sleipner looks as though he would :pref er a shorter distance/ but with a run into hirri at Ashburton arid Geraldine an improvement may be 'expected and his; doings Ywill be; watched with filter est.- '.".'.' ' Last year's Welcome Stake's, winner, Praise, has Jb>een doing the right thing m her work,: rand as she: had better performahcesHo her credit last > year than most , of. ; the,.- others,, she .might again prove to y be' well up, oh. the list. .:■' Of George Aynsley's trip, in -Spoon, Rirl and Hoa, Spoon must be prefer red and the 7 way; she. finished on. m the Challenge at {the end of ''seven 1 , makes a .mile'. v -look--'asV;.i't'-'/i't^W'ili:';'ri'ot.'bc..-.,beybnd her this season. Of the southerners, Pink Paper, . a full brother to Pink Note, has been doing best, and' although this good looker, started six times last season without snatching a kill his second to Adelphi at Timaru last, April was a good effort, and a lot of improvement can be expected of this cblt. He is Wingatui's trump card. At this stage those whose prospects -appeal most are Gustavo and Spoon.