RICCARTON RAMBLES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 30, 6 February 1928, Page 12

RICCARTON RAMBLES.

i 2 3 MONEY ORDER AND SATRAP. i LIKELY PAIR FOR DUNEDIX. FOOTFALL TO DEFEND MIDSUMMER TITLE. 2 (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") f CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. Sir George Clifford will be represented " at the Dunedin Jockey Club's meeting by Sudden Storm, Skv Quest, Quarterdeck, Front Rank, and the two-year-olds Full Feather and Impertinence. They are * all in excellent order. H. Cutts will 3 takes them south on Monday.

E. Scoullar will leave for Wingatui on Monday with Countersign and Rotor. They have not raced up to expectations, lately, but they are in good order, judging from their recent track work.

T. H. Gillett will take Money Order and Satrap to Wingatui on Monday. They are a likely pair to win races on the trip, as they are both in their best form at present.

W. G. Hobbs will be represented at the Dunedin meeting by Luminant, and he will go south on Monday. This filly has improved a lot lately, and she may pay her way on the trip. F. D. Jones will have five horses at the Dunedin meeting, and the teata will go south on Tuesday. Limerick is the star member, and the Hazlett Memorial Plate looks easy for him. He will be accompanied by Arikiwai, First Sight, Stormy, and Zaragoza. With the exception of Zaragofca they all appear to have excellent prospects. P. V. Mason will go south on Tuesday with Goblin Market and Shalimar, who should get some money at the Dunedm meeting. F.. P. Claridgc has Thomdale i* the best of order at present. He has improved a lot with his recent racing, and j he should be hard to beat in his engagements at the Dunedin meeting. J. Boyd will take Nincompoop South for the Dunedin meeting. He has raced well this season, but the Dunedin Cup journey may prove too far for him. W. McDonald has the hurdler Koauau looking in capital order, and he may show up among the jumpers at the Dunedin meeting. He will leave for the South on Monday night. Satrap has been responsible for some good track work lately, and it looks as if the three-year-old were coming back

to his best form. He showed in the spring that he could stay a mile and a* half, and he may be hard to beat in the Dunedin Cup.

Nincompoop is in excellent fettle at present, and lie may win another race shortly. He will make his next appearance in the Dunedin Cup, but the final stages of the mile and a-half race will find him out.

Sir Roy has been allowed to forfeit his engagements at the Dunedin meeting. He is being kept going, however, and as soon as rain falls to soften the tracks a little he will be worth keeping in mind, as lie looks well.

The two vear-old. Silver Coot, is still causing his connections a lot of anxiety. The trouble which prevented him from racing at Trentham has not disappeared. It looks as if it is due to a splint, and it is doubtful if he will be seen in public for some time. Possibly he has made his last appearance for this season. Although Footfall was not considered sufficiently forward to fulfil his Dunedin Cup engagement, he has been nominated for the Midsummer Handicap at Riccarton next Saturday, a race he won last year. Ho has got through useful tasks lately, without being seriously tried out, but lie is not at liis best yet.

ROTORUA RACING CLUB,

Owners and trainers are reminded that acceptances for the first day of the Rotorua Jockey Club's annual meeting close with tlio secretary of the Avondale Jockey Club, Mr. A. J. Farquhar, at 3 p.m. to-morrow, or with the secretary, Mr. E. La Trobe Hill, Rotorua, at 9 p.m.

The following rf-hanilicaps have been declared by Mr. F. J. Mc.Manerain:—

Poliutu Hicliwoijrlit Handicap. — Ripon Abbey iC>lb). 10.U; Master Lu,(.">lbt. 9.5.

Goym-r Hack (Olbi.

Handicap.—Ripon Abbey

Mokoia Handicap.—To Koroko (81b). 7.11. Arawa I'ark Handicap.—To Korokc (81b). 7.10.

TE AROHA JOCKEY CLUB.

Nominations for all events to lie decided at the annual meeting of the Te Aroha Jockey Club close with the acting secretary, Mr. G. A. Bush, or Messrs. Blomfield and Co., Auckland, at 5 p.m. next Wednesday.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. C.T.— A. Driscoll rode Sir Roseberv when lie won the Dargaville Cup. RE-HANDICAPS. TARAXAKI JOCKEY CLUB. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Sunday. Uc-handirnps for the first day of the Taranaki Jockey Club's summer meeting (February 9 and 11) : — Ngamotu Juvenile, five furlongs.—Tea Miss. S.S. Mimi High-weight, seven furlongs.—Orazone. 8.10; Manly, 8.8. Timaru Hack, sir furlongs.—Paul Lucerne, 9.0.