Spirited Discussion

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 280, 26 November 1941, Page 12

Spirited Discussion

ALISON CUP

ORELIO ADVANCES IN FAVOUR

AUCKLAND MID-SPRING RACES

The possible results of the Alison Cup and the Cheltenham Handicap have formed the main theme of discussions on the Auckland Racing Club's mid-spring meeting during the last 48 hours, and there is every indication that Orelio, who has 9.4 in the Cup, has advanced to favouritism, -while Llandaff is most spoken of among the acceptors for the Cheltenham Handicap.

Orelio is a high-class performer. After being off the racing scene for several months, he made a reappearance in the King George Handicap at the Avondale meeting at Ellerslie on November 3 and led to the straight entrance, where his condition gave out.

A fortnight later, when improved by the run and additional galloping, the atti acti\ely-formed son of Limond and Water Wings made the pace in the Waikato Cup. one mile and three furlongs, to within 50 yards of the jttdge, where Beau Leon took his measure to win by threequarters of a length.

tnl » ♦ v\ er \ sne5 ne P iece oC galloping on Pd ° b ? lh horses - and as Orelio now meets Beau Leon on 51b betler terms he may have his revenge. •n n thers l ° be mentioned frequently are rellsom, who won in good style at Te Kapa a little over a week ago, and Regal Fox, winner of the Great Northern Guineas, and one of the favourites for the Great Northern Derby, to be run on New* " he is to win the Derby Kegal 1- ox, who worked extra well during I if" uho has 7 " n in the Alison v t ry near] y win on Saturday, i fellsom is a better horse this year than | ever before, and he is nicely treated with IJandaff's Prospects After his brilliant half-mile sprint at S la f r . yesterday Llandaff became a strong favourite for Saturday's Cheltenham Handicap. If the track be dry indications are he will continue his winning sequence On a rain-soaked track yesleray Llandaff travelled three seconds faster w?. n any ?^ er galloper at half a mile. }\ hen conditions were taken into account ft generally agreed by track watchers 't was a remarkable effort. It might drwmg the long bow to say that Llandaff has never been in better nick. K ronos . a high-class two-year-old last season and winner of the Great Northern Champagne Stakes last April, is riehtiv g ° od P ros P e cts in the Cheltenham Handicap, and he rivals Llandaff for favouritism, while Harmony who has been withdrawn from the Takapuna Plate, is also mentioned in connection with the Cheltenham. Harmony fs but ?.?m°£ lner a " d on the improve, I . y have a hard task to defeat a field of the Cheltenham class.