Foreign Coin Collected In Wanganui Guineas

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 212, 8 September 1941, Page 4

Foreign Coin Collected In Wanganui Guineas

An outstanding feature of the racing i \\r - iuu l Jum on Saturday, w ,ien -tlie Wanganui Jockey Liu.o brought spring meeting to a conclusion, was the decisive manner in which l-'oreign Coin tiounccd the opposition in trie Guineas. He u.ic, in front immediately the tield settled down, ■but then indulged flue tpeed.v Premature in the lead i'or halt a mile, after which he took up the running. And,, despite the fact' that he was inclined to ' hang out in chc efiuiglit, ho went right ' away to win easing up. Ihe going was made to order for : l'Oieign Coin, a gelded son of Lackham and foreign Queen, as the heavier the track the better lie likes if. He i»] ove<l : this in the early part of last seasson, when i ■iie followed up a win in the Juvenile at ■ Marton by easily defeating the Weilesley I Stakes field in the rain. " j Foreign Coin was a starrer in the Flying Handicap on the opening day at Awapuni. ! but he was last to leave the mark, and nitimately fiuisheel tenth on a rapidly drying track, the six furlongs taking another three-year-old, Par Avion. 1.14 2 fo run. On Saturday the track was rapidly getting heavy—the result o: 1 showers—by the time the Guineas came j up for decision, and the mile took the I winner 1.47 4-5 to cover.

The Rinemaster colt Par Avion was compelled to cover some extra ground, but was in third place, behind Buira Sahib, once straightened up for the run to the judge, and he was not going nearly as well at Foreign Coin over the last Vurlonu.

Buna Sahib, a bay colt by Buhtndshar front Provence, tan a surpi isiiitrly race for Mr. Frank Ormond until his condition gave out. He has furnished into a magnificent specimen of the thoroughbred. and he should be at about the top of his form by the time the Ureal Northern Derby comes along.