TOPICAL COMMENT

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 307, 29 December 1942, Page 7

TOPICAL COMMENT

UNBEATEN

Invulnerable, winner of the Dunedin Champagne Stakes, is a bay gelding by ] Siegfried—Winsome Sister, owned by Mi. . W. Swale and trained by F. Ellis. i dently Invulnerable is a smart youngster, , as at his only previous start he won the McLean Stakes on the same course. her first success The Bronze Eagle filly Bronze ®plle credited her owner-trainer, Mrs. F. Wackrow with the Tiorangi Handicap at the Taranakl meeting. The four-year-old was not greatly fancied, and in a very close finish she got the decision by a head. She is a filly likely to improve and should score again before long. A FINE EFFORT The New Zealand Cup winner. Royal Lancer., ran a slashing race in the Dunedin Cup, to be beaten only a head b> two lightweights. The Raker and Eulogist, which dead-heated for first place. Royal Lancer carried 9.12 and was conceding The Raker 331b and Eulogist 361b. The time for the mile and a half was 2.32 4-5, which is evidence that there was no loitering on the trip. OVERDUE WIN The success of High Class in the Kelvin Handicap at Awapuni on Saturday was long overdue, as the son of Bulandshar was being boomed as a brilliant sprinter when the season opened because of good form shown last season in hack company. However, he did not rise to anywhere near the heights expected of him, and six defeats were down against him this season prior to his win on Saturday. The distance of the race was nine furlongs, and he won comfortably, which suggests he may turn out a useful middle-distance galloper. A KINDERGARTEN PRICE The Mr. Standfast gelding Kaitere Maati scored his third win in a row when he prevailed in the second division of the Hack Cup at Stratford on Saturday. Seeing that his two previous runs had registered as many wins, it was not surprising that trainer D. Arnott s horse should be a warm favourite, but the dividend returned was very small and in keeping with the prices Kindergarten has returned at times. This, to a great extent, was due to the Hack Cup being run in divisions, and when the favourite prevails in such cases the dividend is invariably a small one. GOLD MONEY SONG While the Takanini trainer, F. Smith, was having a happy day at EUerslie on Saturday — he won three races with his horses Lord Chancellor. Beau Vaals ana Representative — he added to his stable s successes when Gold Money Song won the Flying Handicap at the Taranaki meeting. Because of a lack of form for some time. Gold Money Song had been dropped in the weights to 7.7 in a not particularly strong field. Showing at least a glimpse of his best, he won after a close tussle with Celebrity and Orwere. As he was only tenth in the order of betting, the price returned by the son of Hunting Song was a solid one.