Versatile the Waikato meeting. WaJiriPnii. + led ? u * he way in the Waikato ‘ BrnnWvS i° lengths from Lord Brooklyn, but on Saturday his driver. D SS^SSh d * y ** “hanged his tactics and was content to follow Belhall into the straight. h H r^ he Heliopolis after the leader a H ?ength a good finish ’ won nic ®ly by half Began Smartly . wa |L lll6 smartest to begin in • the st - Hilda Handicap at Forbury and by P P . Gallagher, he soon opened ~ p ,,f °?. ” l ° re than 12 lengths to the 5®? d * v, b 4. t Wlth five furlongs to go Misty- ; un P ast him, and he was being R | re w aka and Zona Grattan. KUdonnin headed Mistydale approaching the straight, but In the run home Rerewaka finished strongly to win-by a neck. Kildonnin, which is owned and Gained by m Roxbu tgh, was sent out I 2 ®* 1 ' b fi in e. and on this performmeetings hj id wm a race at the holiday Always Handy „9; E ,- Hooper always had Elvo’s Pride aftl P * la ,f ed • m *ij e Empire Handicap, and t P owl S g Terry O’Shea at the start the race he was content to remain in ft w ? el } Llbe^t> ’ Bond took the . Th L ee furlongs from home. Elvo’s •; *T*“ e . made _ a forward move-to foUow Liberty Bond into the straight,' and won - R S p S i'm^r by le ? Et i and a half from Ingle Belmer. Elvo s Pride, which is by Nelwi?Vi D +.^! 5y f , rot P Elvo, began the season la v, c . ines . , at the MetropoUtan TVotting Club s Adgust meeting, and a 4 n v,. u ? p l aced effort at Methven. finRnnS i tblr t u No J a Scott and Liberty v . ?. ond _ lr ! the Members’ Handicap at the rfirf W „ B * ri f hton , meetin § 011 October JB. She finri =li r f vel wel ? on the trip to Aucklana, was unplaced at her two starts. Saturdays running confirmed the good ° p ‘, m 9 n formed of her early in the season, and she looks a bright prospect for coming events. Weakened nt«l? 0 1116 B lace fav °urite for the S“5?„ H “ d * cap - began well and trailed . Grattan until the straight was reached in the Otago Handicap, but he >i e c l S!? ed l over fhf last furlong and was in fifth place at the finish. Nelsonova’s best performance this season was a third to Bonny Clare and Local Gold in the . Stak ®s at the Cup meeting, and on that form he should win races.
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24740, 4 December 1945, Page 6
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