HOT FAVOURITE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 231, 30 September 1942, Page 5

HOT FAVOURITE

REGAL FOX'S PLACE POLAND CUP DISCUSSIONS A drrU„n to run Fox , ' m '"P on Satunl.,y of rf.-irvinc h,m for the MitchHson Cun orl K .n..11y lntrn,l,,l. has result,.,! in tho four ■ Min „r foxbrldßo taking pronoun. -.Ml priority m preliminary ,n, ( . 11s ,i,„w on the rare. Hi, namp hns fren.s mentioned in con lunution with Sure IM.v lor ,„e Kl.vln ß Humllrap , hat the combination is now at prohibitive odds, .lut that docs not mean that either race is all over liar .shouting. It is true that the wa.v is mad,. for 1 i i'K.ll 1-l ix by (lie wlll,llra ua 1 of' \hrA :=;? won the cup decisively, while Harif.m Vaals tinished a close fourth. The latter may find he small turning Paeroa track more to his liking than Ellerslie. Fnxfen. 7.10. would only need to re cover the form she mislaid during her " visit to Australia last season to command the serious attention of backers and It i = Intere,! Ing to note that, she showed tm in moVh. * m lhC JolHcoe "andicap'la's" i-Svnrku," VrT r thc Pat ' roi ' f««.rso. 1.1 « I K>n well, and among the liirhtmhM il I li' I (o'c Vi 1 rrinklrr 1 K<»s<. (lpsor\l'fllv have admirer tor s.iiinl,i\ t. Howcvrr. JU-mI ; [•o\ m.i\ .hin| uy f.iv (iiiritisrn. | li U i.ii.jor>tno«l that the il.ialc.n-at-,,l ' Ktnli-li will the Ng.itea H i■ i• li■ ■-■ ■. .ini hot Hi,. H"l \ ing, for which he is one ul the.' favourites. 1 A lIKKI.V MOVIt'K The | icrfiirinance or in finUhimr third in the first division of the Trial I I.lll' .11 the Avond.-Ile meeting will draw 1 •ittenl ion l<> bis prospects in he T : . i "I Flier C r h " n his run ! , f- 'li i -In- the lour->ear-old son of I Cainblia I .irk was nlu;i\s in the rtrlmr line and he hung on well at. Ihe end. {tapd? ° Nt ° Muir's team at Te A VSKKI'Ii KOItT i, IjKbtweight with jirospeets in the Poland ( up is Urn isli Mint. The chestnut son ol llritish King is a solid customer l which aluajs races well, and though lie! was beaten out ol a place in the Kiving ! Handicap at the Avondale meeting - ' lie ln fourth place. British Mint gives the impression that ho would b « "' c ' l . ,nvv » middle distance and. with his light, impost of 7.."i on Saturday lie may prove a difficult proposition for his opponents. HPKKIIV HACK Although Klnstep does not win out of her turn, this speedy hack rarely runs a bad race. In her only run so tar this r' 11 , - vva " sec ond to Lord Chancellor I .it the F akuranga Hunt meeting, and she' then carried H.io, or lib less than she I has In the Kerepeehi Hack at Paeroa'on Saturday. !•'. Tutchen should have the brown mare at the top of her form, and she is likely to take a lot of beating. FIKI.O OP MOIIKIMTKS Hy no stretch of imagination can the flelci engaged in the Hurdles be regarded as representing class, and there is only 11 lb between the top weight, Surpeen. and those In at the minimum. The candidate with the most pace is undoubtedly Lady r;x. and as this mare has been very patiently handled by R S 1 Bagby, she may he In a position "to regis-I tcr an early win over the small fences j