FACING AND TROTTING

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21334, 29 November 1934, Page 12

FACING AND TROTTING

LATEST NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR

'' RACING FIXTURES November .'JO, December J --Fcilding J.C. ■ November HO, December I —Winton J.C. December I—Ashburton County R.C. December 6, B—Dargavillc R.C. December 8. HI - Wood vi lie D.J.C. December .15-Wellington R.C. December 15 -Waipa R.C. December .15--Hororala R.C. December 20- Waipukurau J.C. December 2(>. 27 -Taranaki J.C. December 20, 27- Dunedin J.C. December 20, 27, 29—ManawaUi R.C. December 20. 29-Westland R.C. j December 2(1, 20, January 1, 2—Auckland .R.C. I iJanuary 1 Waikouaiti R.C. Uanuaiy 2—Oamaru J.C. TROTTING FIXTURES December fi—New Brighton T.C. December 8-~Tc Aroha T.C. December 20 —Gore T.C. December 20—Wairarapa T.C. December 2ti—Ashburton T.C. December 2(i. 27—Westport T.C. December 27, 29. 31—Auckland T.C. December 29—Winton T.C. ;imiliary 1, 2—Canterbury Park T.C. •January 3—Wcstland T.C. January 4. s—Greymouth T.C. January 9—Recfton T.C. January 12—Wellington T.C. January 19— N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. January 26—Timara T.C. January 31, February 2—Forbury Park TUKF GOSSIP to Correspondent niomey/' Rangiorn: G. Richards last, year rode 259 winners, 103 seconds, and 113 Ihirds out or 975 nioimls. JCeniinders Nominations I'm- Hie I loiorala Racine, Club's annual race meet inc. to be hold' at Hororala on December 15. will close with the secretary at the Canterbury •lockey Club's offices at. 8 p.m. tomorrow. General entries for the Auckland Pacing Club's summer meeting will close aI: 5 p.m. 10-morrow, when forfeits for the- Great Northern Derby, JRoyal Stakes, and Foal Stakes will also be due. Nominations lor (ho Wellington Racing Club's meeting will close at 8 p.m. to-morrow. Nominations for the Dunedin Jockey Club's summer meeting will close at 5 p.m. on December 7. !At Ashburton For the Ashburton races on Salurirlay, a special passenger train will leave C'hristchurch at 10.35 a.m., and will ]eave the racecourse siding on return at 5.35 p.m. The single, pool system of speculation will be in use, and a Joud speaker- will be installed for a 'Tunning description of the races. The track is reported to be in good order, and unless rain falls in the meantime, jt will be well watered before the meeting. Jlome Again R. Reed returned to Awapuni from on Monday, and will be riding at Fcilding to-morrow. Hiding Plans A. E. Ellis returned from Auckland yesterday, and will be riding at Ashburton on Saturday, his mounts being Moonbeam, Sam Smith. Tout lc Monde, and Cranford. L. J. Ellis will be riding at Feilding to-morrow, and will leave for Wellington after the seventh race to catch the steamer express for Dyttelton. in order to attend the Ashburton fixture. He will have the mounts on Aga Khan, Burnish, and Merry Way at Feilding. Both horsemen have made arrangements to be at Trentham next month, and at Ellerslie for the summer meeting. Reduced Members C. Emerson has decided to turn Hine Ha out for a spell until the New Year, and now has only two horses. Top ■Rank and Tuirau. in commission. Tlie tformer is to contest the high-weight event at Ashburton on Saturday, and will be ridden by G. Salt. Slighly Strung The Polazel-Precious gelding figuring in the acceptances for the Lagmhor Plate at Ashburton will race under the name of Token. H2 is an rpstanding three-year-old. but will require some racing and travelling before he is likely to settle down to serious business. He was given barrier practice yesterday, and behaved reasonably well, while he showed a turn of speed in a run down the straight. Token is one of J. Tomkinson's team, and is owned by Mr E. C. McDermott. who bought him cheaply from the estate of Mr J. McCormack.

Going North Variant has gone on the right way since the New Zealand Cup meeting, and will probably be racing in the special three-year-old event at Trcntham on December 15. All going ■well, she will then be sent on to EllersTic, where she is engaged in the Great Northern Derby and Royal Stakes. The three-year-old Hostis, from the same stable, is also in the Derby. Settling at Trentham Negotiations between the executors of the estate of Mr E. V. Riddiford and T. R. George have been completed, ■whereby George has taken a lease of Brentwood Farm, with its training stables. The premises were formerly occupied bv S. J. Reid. when training for Mr Riddiford, and they have been closed since Mr Riddiford dispersed his team last January. Done Well Might and Synagogue are being kept going with a view to racing at the Royal Welcome meeting next month. They have both done well since Riccarton. At Feildiiiff The two-year-old lilly Going Gay ■Will have her first race from the stable of T. R. George at Fcilding tomorrow. She galloped half a mile •with Princess Doreen on Monday, and showed a lot. of early pace. Going Gay, with Linoleum and Chile, will be'Trentham's only representatives al Fcilding. Linoleum is showing some .improvement, and Chile is in good order. S. Wilson will, ride Linoleum and Going Gay, and in addition Eminent and Hard Tmc-s. A Successful Family Among the two-year-olds lhat will race at Fcilding to-morrow is Good Conduct, a filly by Grand Knight out of Civilisation, the dam of Civilform, Civility, and Siaosi. Good Conduct is I rained by F. Lind, who did so ■well wilh Civility. Australian-bred Triune, which now looks one of the smartest two-year-olds of the season, is an. Australian-bred colt by Tippler from Trice, by Three 'a son cf The Welkin) from The Top, by Louis XIII. from Pirouette, by Carbine. Sunec is a representative of the same line. .Three, the sire of Triune's dam. did ?Bome racing in New Zealand, and ran "second to Croesus in the 1915 Stewards' Handicap. 'A Bright Future Returned New .Zealanders from Australia state that it is the general opinion among good judges that the {i,~ i. C V II / Homer . will prove one of ihl best two-year-olds in Australia by the end of the season.

Different Methods According to O. Cox, who returned irom Australia hist week, New Zealand riders in Australia obtanied little riding other than on horses from the Dominion. M. McCarten, of course, is an exception, and is very highly thought of in all centres. The Australian jockeys almost always rode their mounts right out, and the quiet methods of R. Reed and K. Voitre, for example, were not in favour with racegoers. J. Barry, who shifted from New Zealand to Melbourne last season, is faring poorly.

Racing at Perth At the West Australia Turf Club's meeting at Perth on November 17, the hurdle race, one mile and a half, was won by the Romeo—Consultation gelding, Freezeout. Freezeout is a halfbrother to Landmark and Revision, and was bred by Mr J. J. Corry. On the same day the Chief Ruler mare, Valpre, ran third in the principal race, the November Handicap, one mile and three furlongs.

Conflict With Rules of Racing Although the requisite majority was not obtained at the Racing Conference lor a reduction of the "hack" limit, clubs all over the country are framing special conditions for hack races which restrict them to horses which have not won a race worth £2OO to the winner or of races of an aggregate value of £4OO. It is apt to be overlooked that the Rules of Racing demand that at any two-day meeting there shall be a hack handicap of not less than one mile, and for this race the statutory limits of £250 and £SOO must be observed. ' Another rule which is easily lost sight of is one that makes it obligatory on clubs holding more than two meetings in a year to include at least one handicap for apprentice riders only.

Another Promising Juvenile Du Barry, another two-year-old winner ot the season, which was successful at Ellcrslie on Monday, is a chestnut filly by Chief Ruler from .ienolan, owned by Messrs K. Davis and R. T. Rcid. and trained at To Rapn by A. Julian. Du Barry was bred at. Westmere by Mr J. Donald, and her dam was imported from Australia, being by Valais from Breakaway, by I'realc-spcnr--I,ady Alwynton, by St. Alwyne --Miss Symington, by Symington. Du Barry was one of the keenly-contested lots nt the yearling sales, her owners having to go to 025gns to get her.

J.ong Association T. Weston, whose retainer as lirst jockey for Lord Derby will expire at the end of the flat racing season, has entered into a similar contract for next season with Sir Abe Bailey. Messrs H. W. W r . and H. .J. Simms, patrons of G. Digby's Newmarket stable, will have second claim on Weston's services. The severance of the association between Lord Derby and Weston was one of the surprises of the season. Weston, who is aged 31 years, has ridden for Lord Derby since the completion of his apprenticeship. He won the English Derby on Sansovino in 1924, and on Hyperion last year. Both of these horses represented Lord Derby. Limond's Successes Between August 1 and October 31, in Australia, 17 horses sired by Heroic, who has headed the winning sires' list for the last two seasons, won 20 races and £0702 in prize money. Bin. in the matter of stakes, the New Zealand sire, Limond, and the defunct Trcclare were both in front of Heroic. Eight of Limond's stock won nine and a-half races, and £10,174, and Trcclare sired 12 winners of 14 races, worth £BI7B. Of course, since October 31, the figures have changed considerably. To Limond's credit goes the £3500 earned by Thco when he won the Victoria Derby, and £550 in place money won by Golden Promise and Palm Queen. Colombo Retired Lord Glanely's horse Colombo Is 10 be thrown out of training and retired to his owner's stud at Exning, Newmarket. Colombo's fee has been fixed at 300 guineas. Colombo is by Manna from Lady Nairne, and he occupied a high rank among the great racehorses of England. He was unbeaten as a two-year-old, winning seven races and £17,130 in stakes. At his first start this year he won the Craven Stakes easily, and then be took the Two Thousand Guineas. He was defeated by Windsor Lad and Easton m the English Derby, and by Flamenco at Ascot. Colombo was expected to turn the tables in the St. Leger, but an injury to a knee interrupted his preparation, and he had to be withdrawn from the race. He is sound again now, but Lord Glanely has decided against keeping him in training. Throughout his career on the turf Colombo ran in only 11 races. He won nine events, worth £26,227.

HAROLD LOGAN'S BREEDING STATEMENT IVY' MK (JEOKGE <;ould The following statement was made yesterday by Mr George Gould:—"ln 'The Press' this morning a paragraph headed 'Harold Logan's Breeding' caught my eye. This went on to show that the granddam was a mare named Wisconsin, by Duncan Abdallah out of Charity, a mare whose breeding was unknown. These names wakened memories long forgotten in my mind, for I had associations with both and was, I believe, responsible for the mating of Duncan Abdallah and the thoroughbred mare Charity, which was by Cadogan (imp.) out of Malice, by Traducer from Mermaid, one of our most famous thoroughbred taproot mares. ' "Duncan Abdallah v/as bred by .Duncan Cameron, of Springfield Station, Methven. and one of my early recollections was about ]<ißo riding with him from Springfield to Mount Somers. he being mounted on a splendid bay marc named Fanny, by Shales. This mare was a great favourite of his and from her he bred many fine carriage horses. Either Fanny herself or one of her daughters was the dam of Duncan Abdallah. "Going back to Charity. At the end of last century she was owned by my brother-in-law, Mr J. Sinclair-Thom-son, who had a few mares at Goodwood, near Palmerston South. I bought Charity, then a very old marc, from him in foal to Ruby, and she dropped a colt foal which I named Stone Cold. According to my recollection, I then told him" to send her to the 1 rotter, Duncan Abdallah. who was travelling the district. I always had an idea that by introducing the thoroughbred blood one might in a generation or two breed an outstand- | ing trotter, and if Harold Logan was descended from this cross the idea would appear to have been a sound ,one. The result was a bay filly which' a year or two later I brought to Canterbury and sent up to The Hermitage, Rotherham. When the Ally was about three years old I sent her to a man in the district who handled trotters, and presumably I sold her to him. All I know is lhat the mare was raced, but there can be little doubt if Wisconsin was bv Duncan Abdallah out of Chavitv that this was Wisconsin, the granddam of Harold Logan.''

TROTTING NOTES Reminders Nominations for the Gore Trotting Club's annual meeting will close on Tuesday. Acceptances for the New Brighton Trotting Club's meeting will close at 12 noon on Tuesday. Nominations for the Auckland Trotting Club's summer meeting will close at 5 p.m. on December 7, when a final payment of £2 for the Great Northern Derby will also fall due. Nominations for the Ashburton Trotting Club's summer meeting will close on Monday, December 10, at 8 p.m., when final forfeits for the New Zealand Champion Stakes must also be made. Nominations for light harness events at the Hororala Racing Club's annual meeting will close at 8 p.m. to-day at the Canterbury Jockey Club's offices. Well Deserved Honour At a recent meeting of the Goulburn Owners' and Breeders' Association, Mr L. Martin, owner of Walla Walla, was elected patron and a life member of the association in appreciation of his services to the sport of trotting. Leading Drivers The Auckland reinsman. F. J. Smith, is at the head of the winning drivers' list for the present season with 11 wins and closely following him are E. C. McDermott with 10, M. B. Edwards with nine, and J. Fraser, jun., with eight wins respectively. An Ashburton Prospect Carrageen, who figures amongst the acceptors for the Melrose Trot Handicap at the Ashburton County Racing Club's meeting on Saturday, is a five-year-old gelding by Wrack—Erin's j Logan, and racing in the nomination I of Mr C. M. Archer, he is trained at I Addington by E. Carlyon. At the Oamaru meeting on October 22 Carraj geen was sent out a good second fav- | ouritc in the Trial Handicap, won by rraq. A bad beginning completely spoilt his chance, but once on the journey he showed great speed. He is a fine type of pacer, and with experience he should win good races. A Useful Three-year-old A good deal of interest will centre in the appearance of the three-year-old Drag Harlan in Ihe Melrose Handicap at Ashburton on Saturday. The Nelson Derby gelding is a fine type of pacer, for after winning the Westward Ho Handicap at Methven in 3min 29 2-sscc, he showed undoubted racing qualifies when be finished third to Gamble and Subsidy in the New Zealand Derby in 3min 21 2-ssec. In Saturday's race he is set to give away 30 yards, a big task when the opposition includes a number of older and more experienced pacers. Drag Harlan, however, is a really good thrce-year-old, a born stayer, and a game finisher.

(liclianapolis Indianapolis is yetting through very satisfactory work at Addinglon, and on Tuesday morning' he was allowed to bowl along over a mile and a quarter in 2min 52scc. Although he has to be carefully handled in all his tasks the big pacer is keeping sound, and his trainer, C. S. Dunlcavy. is confident that he will strip a very lit horse in the Auckland Cup. Indianapolis has not done any real fast work since his sensational performance at Addinglon early this month, and as he is a gross horse he can stand a lot of work. He will not be given a race before the bis Auckland contest, and whatever he does in this race he should improve on later at the meeting. His owner, Mr G. J. Barton, is anxious to win the Bulloch Lade Gold Cup, which will go to the horse lowering the record of 2miu 22-!) sec at present held by Auburn Lad, and it is possible that Indianapolis will be sent against the record at the Metropolitan Trotting Club's summer meeting. Such an attempt would create the greatest interest on a day when Addington will probably be favoured by a visit from the Duke of Gloucester. With Indianapolis racing against time and a probable match between Worthy Queen and Nell Volp, Addington patrons will enjoy a feast of good things.

Speedy but Erratic There are few faster pacers than Sunny Ducrow, a five-year-old chestI nut filly by Rey de Oro from Kashmiri, trained at Adc'ington. She is only a pony about the same size as Silver dc Oro. Unlike G. McKcndry's mare Sunny Ducrow has her own ideas on racing, and up to the present has proved unreliable at the barrier. Her dam, Kashmiri, was by Harold Dillon from Ardzigular by Viking from Mercy by the thoroughbred stallion Stonyhurst from Pride of Lincoln, who was by another thoroughbred in Touchstone. Silver dc Oro also inherits a good deal of thoroughbred blood, for tier dam, Mollic Pointer, was by Logan Pointer, from Single Girl, by the thoroughbred Singlestick 11. from u thoroughbred mare. Unfortunately for Sunny Ducrow, there is not in her pedigree the wonderful Logan Pointer blood which has been responsible for many of the best racehorses in New Zealand. Nell Volo v. Worthy Queen Though nothing definite has been arranged there is every possibility of a match race between Nell Volo and Worthy Queen being staged at Addington in January, and such a race would be worth going far to see. It would also mark the meeting of two of the best bred mares in New Zealand, for in both pedigrees can be found strains of blood that have helped to make our trotters famous. Nell Volo, who was originally registered as Nell Gwyn, was foaled in America in 1927, and is by the leading sire, Peter Volo, a son of Peter the Great and Nor volo Belle, while her dam, Kaly O'Neill, was by Walnut Farm—Ozalma by Moko (by Baron Wilkes), from Ozama by Director. This is true American line-breeding, and the preponderance of the blood of George Wilkes and Hambletonian goes to the making of high-class racehorses. Worthy Queen, too, inherits the best American strain for she is by Worthy Bingcn, a fullbrother to Great Bingen, by Nelson Bingcn—Bertha Bell, by Peter the Great, and her dam, Queen Chimes, was by Coldstream Bells from Vanquish by Vancleve, the last-named the sire of the one-time champion trotter Fritz, and many other notable performers. Both Nell Volo and Worthy Queen are bred the way of great trotters, and while Worthy Queen has the fastest record of 2min 3 3-sscc for a mile, Nell Volo, from a moving start, will prove capable of fully extending the Addington-tramed mare. The .CSOO challenge made by F. J. Smith and accepted by J. &• Shaw shows the confidence each trainer has in his trotter. American Items While most of the records in America have been made on mile tracks, many races arc run on courses half a mile in circumference, and some of lesser distances. At the more important meetings all the races are run over a mile, but at the smaller fixtures the tracks' vary. At Berea. Ohio, the meeting lasted from October (J to October 20, and 11 days racing were held. The races were all run on the three-heat plan, and while some were over nine furlongs, u mile, and six furlongs, the Free for All Pace consisted of two haif-mile heats and one over six furlongs, while a second race of th'_- same class was run over a mile and five furlongs, one mile, and seven furlongs. Most New Zealand clubs have deleted saddle races from their programmes, but at Berea these events proved very popular. One race, the purse for which amounted to 50 dollars, was won by Holly rood Wallace, who trotted one heat of seven furlongs : n lmin 47sec, and five furlongs in Imin Usee. The second horse, Mickey the Great, was ridden by Mrs Delhar'

NEW BRIGHTON T.C.

HANDICAPS | i Mr G. Paul has declared ihe following handicaps lov the New Brighton Trotting Club's summer meeting, to he held on Saturday, December 8: TRIAL HANDICAP, of 110 sovs. For trotters. 3iuin lilsee class. One mile and a half. Ann .larrish see iienovn . . scr Axiom . . set- Roso Chenault scr Bellerina 1 •. Mr Koyal Parrish scr Bittersweet. . . srr Travis Pringle srr Calm Queen . . ser Win Thru . . scr Corn Hose .. scr Blue Blood .. J 2 Braomar .. set- Guy Carbine 12 ITuJce . . scr Sonoma Kins '-'■' I Great Harvester sir Gavnor . . 2d I (iuv Hupo .. scr AValter "Wrack 2(i Harvest King scr Kenesade .. 'lB | Harvest Lady scr Don Giovanni HO Lament . . ser Kstlier . . "<> Master Parrish scr Mother's Bov 72 Master Wrack scr Prince Pnrette . . see Harvester 72 Presentation .scr Chiming Wrack fi-l Princess Onvx scr lleailer .. St Real Parrish scr Sandy S. . . 9G IMPROVLKS' HANDICAP, -of 111) m.vs, .'imin 4:isec class. One mile and a half. Aud rev Dillon m-i- Ivv Peterson scr Bettv Jinks . . s,r Ladv Coneliffe srr Black Guy .. scr Levity . . s<r Buddy . . scr Marie Chenaull srr Carairecn .. scr Marie Louise ser Chiming Duv scr Minnetonka . . ><■<■ Cream Native, Son . . scr Harvester scr Nonnie Wrack scr Cruiser . . scr Olive King . . ser Colonel Bogey scr Olania Chimes srr Dillon Queen scr <>„,- Fav . . setDual .. scr Plutus .. scr F.lil. Tide . . scr Belling . . scr Fdgar Wallace scr Uepeal . . scr Fpilogue . . scr Hhinegnld . . scr Floodlight . . scr Kongomai . . scr Full Hand . . ser Sans Pear . . scr General Self . • scr Sarstield scr Shoelace .. sir Great Travis scr Silk Bonjiy scr Guardsman .. scr True Keflectifm sir Ifandicapper ser War Betty . s.-r Happi ■ . ser Wild Wrack . . ser Heather Queen sir F.vie Denver 12 Hidden Charm scr Guy Znloek .. 12 Ilvdraulic, .. scr Doris Derby .. 21 Isabel Derby scr Thornworthy 2 1 MACE MKMOK'IAL lIANDrt'AP, of 2uo sovs. ■tmin -JOsec class. Two miles. .. scr M.xplosion iTI 21 Bettv Wreck ser Aceras 2fi Desert Maiden >.'f Bra.dven .. 2b Marjaret Gnat Antrim 2b Chenault -n- l-ornbrpnl; Lass -IS Nelson Pointer scr Harold Denver Isi Sea (lift (T) :rr Little Nelson IS Smoke Screen <rr I.Vy Spec .. I Tangalu .. -..,- Colonial Boy 72 Young Travis ~•,- Kurek.-i Hoy . . 72 Heal Burton . . 12 WAINONf HANDICAP, of 12" .o\u. "min .'msec class.' One mile and a half. Bilh- Sundv . . scr Kollirlcing Black Shadow her Wave sir Cam Dillon .. scr Sentty Bingen ser M.-imlv Locanda ser Summit . . '-' r ilarveslin .. scr Vanity Fair .. ser Irish Pencil .. .- •-r Wavilt" Con s'-r frnnsi.lt. .. ser Cram MeKlwyn 12 Midshipmaid ser I ra'i 12 Noble I'rinee ser Imposlor . . 12 Paragon . . scr Garry Thorp. '.' 1 Portliglit .. sec Harvest Time 'lt Bewa, . . s.r Sunny Durrow ■■'■ BOWIIILL HANDICAP of 120 -,, v ,-. ■'inin 5.-, see class. One mile ,-ll.d a fpiarter. Avr Lass . . scr Marvin Buig. n -' r Banffshire Lad ser Ifeross .

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It. B. IMaxico's Success R. B. Plaxico. who spent some time m New Zealand n few years a no. enjoyed some success during die closing weeks of the trotting season in America, and at the Berca, Ohio, meeting he won the Three-year-Old Trot with Frisco Tod, Die 2min 19see Claiming Pace, and another race of the same class with Jean StraUon. and the 2min 20sec pace with J.T.B. At the Upper Sur h'«ky (Ohio) meeting 011 September 20, Plaxico won both divisions of the 2min 22sec Pace with J.T.B. and Twenty Grand, and the 2min 19scc Trot with Provoker, and at the Mount Gilead meeting a few days later he took the 2min K)scc Trot with Worthy Burke, the 2min Msec Pace with Jean StraUon, and the Frec-I'or-All Pace with Napoleon Grant. The stakes were very .small, ranging in value from SOO dollars (oliO dollars. Converted Trotters Several New Zealand horses after earning distinction as pacers have been converted to the trotting gciit, Wrackler being a noted example. In America the pacer, Dick Reynolds, one of the big attractions of the Grand Circuit, was converted to the trotting gait. An American writer supplies the following details: —"After three years as a pacer, Dick Reynolds, Imin 59',sec, is back on the trot as a member of the Ben White stable and is taking kindly to his original gait. Dick Reynolds, although he was a son of the pacers Single G (Imin 58-isec) and Etabella (2min s,!sec), started off as a trotter and clung to it, although he was shod as a paccr. He trotted to a record of 2min s.',sec on the trot at two years, the fastest record for any trotter of two pacing parents. In the latter part of his three-year-old form he switched over to the pace, but was not started at that gait. At four he paced to a record of 2min I,ssec, the fastest green paccr of his year. In 1933 at five lie was the fastest harness hcrse of the year, taking a record of Imin 59isec. This season he started off brilliantly at Cleveland, pacing in Imin 59] see in nis first start. This race evidently was not a good thing for him, for while he won a number of other good races, he did not lower his Cleveland effort. As Dick Reynolds trotted a quarter in his work at Lexington in 28-isec at three years, it is likely that with decent training luck he will materially lower his reccrd on the trot. He is at present the world's champion double-gaited stallion. The fastest double performer is Prince Dorec 2min 3.ssec trotting, 2min pacing. To beat this record Dick Reynolds will have lo lower his record)a full second." Fi:iI,I)IN(; JOCKEY Cl.nt'S MEETING trnisa association txlegbah.i FEILDING, November 28. Scratchings for the first day of the Feilding Jockey Clubs's meeting are: Aorangi Trial Plate—Choral. Kowhai Hack Handicap—Alcidcs. Flying Handicap—Moatoa.