TE AROHA HORSES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 193, 15 August 1936, Page 24

TE AROHA HORSES.

MTJNGATOON'S CONDITION. PAKURANGA 5 CANDIDATES. The Te Aroha horses accepted for at the Pakuranga meeting are Mazir, Lagoon and King Musk. The firstnamed is in the Dunedin Handicap of six furlongs, as it is considered he is not yet ready to race over a mile and a quarter. The same applies to King Musk, but Lagoon "will run in the Jellieoe Handicap, as she had only a short respite from work following her Opotiki Cup victory. •• .. Mungatoon is moving as well as ever in his track work. Throughout, his career the Musketoon. gelding lias kept remarkably sound, ;both in wind and. limb, and he js quite likely run prominently this sea-ji-son, especially as his owner, generally places his horses ,to-advantage. The Te Aroha Jockey , Club retiring officials have been again nominated for various offices, and as no other nominations were received an election will not be necessary at the annual meeting to be held toward the end of the present month. Gay Rose may be given her first outing in public this season at the Taumarunui fixture, to be held at Paeroa. She is well '-v'ifojjwaiJd jn>;the , ; tiiatteK. of, Condition, bis , taken into " conside?Eftio)i * as"; hitherto,, "the Gay Shield'taare lias not' galloped well in heavy going. By the time the A\rondale meeting- comes i round Golden Sheila,will,'be ,'iri nice- trim for thp" six-furJong'/eT6 n i® improv;\ ing Week by week, bilt as yet has not been allotted fast work. The Te Aroha-owned Routine Flush, by The Ace, has ' been purchased by ' Mr.Fitzgerald, to be used in the polo field. Periodical setbacks, principally of a minor nature, have interfered with the preparation- of the King Lu —Queen Arch gelding jtfahlhi: He is, 011 the easy list just now, but, being possessed/of.:galloping, capability, will doubtless be recomihissioned shortly. ' ■ .

After being on the holiday list. f6r twelves months. Record Flight is now ready to be put into work again. As he has shown jumping-ability and has quite his share of pace, the Lucullus—Gold Plane gelding should be good enough to improve on his previous performances in due course.