Racing At Avondale

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 99, 29 April 1938, Page 12

Racing At Avondale

i ALL IRISH. I j j THE BEST JUMPER. J KILBERIS DISAPPOINTS. I The best juniper seen out at the Avondale _ meeting was All Irish, who was making liis first appearance over fences , since the spring. He went amiss when J sent to Cambridge for the Waik ito ; Hunt meeting on Labour Day and could J not be started in the Wa'ikato Hunt : I <' 111 * - He had been working well on the ■ tracks at Kllerslie during the last few j weeks and was given ;i rill* on the flat on the opening day last Saturday. He I had 11.4 when he won <>u Wednesday.: jilild scored very easily. He jiimticd well throughout, and his fencing W;ls ,|,iit,. in contrast with many of the other j ! competitors. All Irish his won over I both hurdle'! and steeples at Kllerslie. ' land will only need to keep right to be; J a good proposition throughout the winter. High Star won the hurdle race on the j first day at Avondalc. but was inclined I to run down his fences. However. hi« ' pace on Kie flat enabled him to himilit liu : his positio-i in front to the end. On Wednesday he was not as wvll supported as he was on the first d.iv. and when lie ran to the front along the back j it ap]>eared as if he might win again, : but All Irish made short work of him whe,, they cleared the last fence, at i which stage he tired very badly. How- ' : ever, with more experience High Star I should pay his way in this department, i When Kilberis finished third in the] : Brighton Hurdles at Kllerslie he looked ! j as though he was coininjr back to his j best form, and as a result he was solidly [supported in the hurdle race on Satur- I jday. but the best he could do was to ! ; finish i. very moderate fourth. He was j j saddled up again in the Hohsonville ; Hurdles on Wednesday, and. though lie ' finished third, he never looked a winner ! i at any stage of the race, and his effort i was most disappointing. j Of the novices seen out at the meet- ' ing. Superior Ciiml and Vaalso j impressed most. The former ran a good race in the Rosebank Handicap. ! seven furlongs, and looked to have a j good show a furlong from home. How- j ever, he tired and was fifth at the finish. ! On Wednesday he put tip a great per- I formaiice when he accounted for the ' Dominion Handicap, six furlongs, and was then saddled up for the succeeding j I event, the Waitakerei Handicap. He won the former event in convincing style by three lengths, after being! ; always well up. In the Waitakerei 1 j Handicap, in which he was meeting a '.

J ■ <- much more select field, lie was not prominent till the last furlong, and his I pro-perts of overhauling Dragon Moth. J who was well in front, seemed anything j but rosy. However, he came with a I great rattle on the outside and just got up in time to dead-heat with Dragon J Moth. Superior (.'uard is a half-brother to Town Ciiind. Eager Rose and Arawa : Rose .and now that he has reached the , winning list there seems every likelihood of him going on to further silicoses, for he is a strongly built gelding and carries weight well. Vaalso put up a very creditable show ing when he ran third in the Host-bank Handicap on Saturday, but. this being a j maiden event, he was not seriously considered for the Mount ixoskill Handicap. ; i-iiii oxer a similar distance, on Wedne*- , day. He was drawn wide out at the barrier, jifid when half the journey had been covered he was m the middle of the field. He came through half-way do\«n to challenge Te Mouowai strongly. , and it was only by a very narrow mar--1 <iin that he failed to the decision. I Vjjilso is only a three-year-old and lias not had a great deal of racing, and he should turn out more than useful next season. One of the most consistent hacks seen out at the meeting was Te Monowai. In the Chevalier Handicip. six furlongs. |oii Saturday, she seemed to have Ihe race won at the distance, and her pilot appeared to be riding her confidently. However. Prival put ill a late run and headed her on the post. On Wednesday . she carried !•.<> (including apnrentic'e ' allowance) in the Mount Roskill Handicap. She again came through in the ! striight and held on to win by a short j head from Vaalso. Te Monowai. though ! not very big. has a great turn of speed. i while she carries weight well anj should j perform prominently in open sprint ! events next season. Tn winning the Chevalier Handicap on f Saturday Prival put up one of his best | performances ' to date, and he ran , another good race on Wednesday, when j he finished a good fourth i:i the Mount j Roskill Handicap. He covered a bit of ' extra ground, but was st-iying on well at the .iinish. There should be more successes in store for this half-brother i I'v Vails to Crooning. | Dragon Moth developed a cold after | the Te Kaiia meeting in February aiid she was n.rt seen again at her best till Wednesday, when she contested the i Waitakerei Handicap. She was well in I front half-way down the running and i was kept up to her work by her rider. I but she just failed to hold off Superior Cu-ii'd. who got up in time to divide the ■ first prize with her. On Saturday she ; did not get the l>cst of passages in the Chevalier Handicap, but came on to linish fifth. Dragon Moth was a very | speedy two year-old, and she looks as I though she is returning to her best again.