SHREWD VERY WELL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 227, 25 September 1930, Page 15

SHREWD VERY WELL.

TO RACE AT KAPLER

PALETA'S FULL BROTHER.

V. Collello lias Shrewd in great fettle at present, and the King Mark gelding has never looked better during his career. His next start v/ill be in the principal event at the Napier Park meeting on October 4. Jenny Diver will make her presence felt in the very near future, as the Lord Quex —Poily Peachum filly has been shaping attractively in her work. This filly was a good two-year-old last season and should win some good races for Mr. J. S. McLeod this season. The full-brother to Paleta, in the Leighton—Catalini colt, figures among those who have made the final payment for the Welcome Stakes, but he is not likely to go north, as he is entered for the juvenile event at Napier Park. Up to the present this youngster has not shown anything out of the ordinary in his track efforts and is still a bit backward. Acmil is an improved filly and ran two Very good races at the Wanganui meeting" She should be more than useful round the local meetings, as she finishes very gamely. Although Innuendo (Tea TrayEpitaph) is among the entries for the two-year-old race at the Hawke's Bay meeting, he is hardly likely to be forward enough to perform prominently, as J. H. Jefferd has only commenced work on him a short time. The full-sister to High Court, Ruby's Step, who gained a couple of minor placings last season, is being tried over a distance and has given some encouragement to her connections in recent gallops. Futurist gallops as fast as anything on the tracks here and was confidently expected to be a winner as a two-year-old last season, but disappointed in her races. Nevertheless, this filly was rather overgrown, sa can be expected to improve with a bit of time. i Rapallo is reported to be moving along steadily in her work at Greenmeadows, but is hardly likely to be forward enough for the Hawke's Bay meeting. My Own failed badly in her last two starts, when expected to run well. However, this mare looks none the worse for her races at Wanganui and may perform better with the track to suit. Simba looks very well and shows an improvement in his track work of late. He is to be a starter in the Hawke's Bay Guineas, but some doubt has been expressed as to his ability to run out a solid mile at present.