GRAND NATIONAL MEETING

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25878, 10 August 1949, Page 4

GRAND NATIONAL MEETING

RACING

FIELDS FOR SECOND DAY ACCEPTORS FOR HURDLES Sixteen horses remained in the Grand National Hurdles when acceptances for the second day of the Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting at Riccarton next Saturday were taken last evening. The field will be led out by Hunting Mac (10-9), which will be making his third attempt to win the race, Hunting Mac is in good order for the race, as he showed on the first day of the meeting by decisively winning the Jumpers’ Flat. Desert Trek (10-7) will also be making his third attempt to win the race. The Nightmarch gelding was favourite for the race in 1947 and finished fourth to Boola mskee, Duality, and Ernada. He returned to form at Wingatui in June when he won the Otago Hurdles, but failed in his two races at the Wellington winter meeting last month. North Island stables are well represented in the race with nine acceptors— Hunting Mac, Our Gold, Golden Reign, Dawn March, Jon Rosa, Zulu Boy, Roman Duke, Aristea, and Homespun. The fields are:—

HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE, Of £600. About two miles and a half. st. lb. st. lb. Night Prince Sparkling Lad (17) 10 6 (4) 9 6 Homespun (6) 10 2 Blanket (2) 9 5 Regular (12) 10 2 San Quentin Specialist (3) 9 5 (9) 9 13 Liquidate (7) 9 1 Matapan (8) 9 11 Open Cast Laindon (15) 9 10 (18) 9 0 Light Tea Scotty McCabe (10) 9 10 (16) 9 0 Diameter (13) 9 10 Tiny Atom Dark Game (11) 9 0 (1) 9 9 Trencherman Tanga-ta-pai (14) 9 0 (5) 9 8 11.22 a.m.— SUMMER HANDICAP, Of £600. Nine furlongs. st. lb. st. lb. Detract (14) 10 0 Victory Night Hormond (24) 9 1 (10) 8 5 Sorry (2) 9 1 Beechwood Dad’s Pal (18) 8 4 Moonlit (9) 8 4 (23) 8 13 Show Mist String Band (15) 8 1 (19) 8 13 Valley Gold Flibbertigibbet (20) 8 0 (27) 8 12 Albert John Terminate (12) (22) 8 0 8 11 All Pockets Elofa (7) 8 11 (16) 8 0 Snow Saint Boost (6) 8 0 (1) 8 9 Flying Gleam Marut (5) 8 9 (8) 8 0 Don’t Listen Gold Mine (4) 8 7 (21) 8 0 Military Chief Jolyon (13) 8 0 (26) 8 7 Rappel (17) 8 0 Turf Topic Watchword (3) 8 6 di) 8 o Show Boy (25) 8 5 Balloted out with right of re-entry: Gold Mine. 42.7 p.m.— LINCOLN STEEPLECHASE, Of £1500. About three miles. st. lb. st. lb. Pages Raid Bravura (5) 9 8 (7) 10 10 Roman Son Colonel Smart (9) 9 7 (3) 10 4 Master Play Eleanor Star (4) 9 6 (11) 10 2 Hazsoult (8) 9 5 Flying Attack Abbey Lu (1) 9 13 (10) 9 0 First Out (8) 9 11 Tanga-ta-pai Red Glare (12) 9 0 (2) 9 8 12.52 p.m— SPREYDON HURDLE RACE, Of £600. Fwo miles. St. lb. st. lb. Gold Song (9) M) 13 'Arctic Perusha (12) 10 7 Circle (13) 91 4 The StormoFairhome (14) 9 l 4 vik (10) 10 5 Quadrille (5) 9 3 Money Brockie (8) 9 0 Lender (2) 10 5 Money Rc bingay (6) 9 0 Sailor Girl (3) 9 0 Bird (7) 10 2 Thomas (1) 9 0 Il-Corona (4) 10 2 Tikakoura Grin (15) 9 7 (11) 9 0 1.37 p.m.— WOOL8TON HANDICAP, Of £500. Seven furlongs. st. lb. st. lb. Personality Revelry (10) 8 2 (6) 9 4 Finance (9) 8 1 Robin RedStag breast (1) 9 1 Dance (15) 8 1 Neptina (14) 9 0 Talent (11) 8 1 Trench Chasemint (22) 8 0 (20) 8 0 Paper Spy (2) 8 0 Platonic (21) 8 0 faulter (16) 8 6 Prefect (8) 8 0 Fyxen (13) 8 5 Racedale (12) 8 0 Open Southern Range (17) 8 4 Special (4) 8 0 Chord (19) 8 3 Supreme ComValid (23) 8 2 mand (5) 8 0 2.22 p.m.— NEW ZEALAND GRAND NATIONAL * HURDLES, Of £2555 Two miles and a half and 160 yards. st. lb. st. lb. Hunting Dawn Mac (14) 10 9 March (15) 9 10 Desert Gunther (13) 9 9 Trek (2) 10 7 Jon Rosa (4) 9 8 Sphere (9) 10 2 Zulu Boy (6) 9 7 Young Detain (5) 9 3 Bob (12) 10 1 Roman Our Gold (3) 9 13 Duke (16) 9 2 Golden Aristea (10) 9 1 Reign (1) 9 12 Homespun (7) 9 0 Batal (11) 9 11 Minion (8) 9 0 3.7 p.m.— ISLINGTON HANDICAP, Of £1500. One mile and a quarter. st. lb. st. lb. Kartikeya Night (10) 9 4 Owl (26) 8 2 St Bruno (2) 9 1 Merry Dark Robin (25) 8 2 Arrow (12) 9 1 Silver Conclusion Sam (20) 8 1 (19) 9 0 Broie (15) 8 1 Fine Volomai (6) 8 1 Night (27) 8 13 Finlgin (21) 8 1 Leyma (1) 8 8 Bar GarLangham (13) 8 7 rette (18) 8 0 Sir Abbot Ned (23) 8 6 Kelly (22) 8 0 Nullah (8) 8 4 Pageant (16) 8 0 Swift Pandemonium Robin (17) 8 4 - (7) 8 0 ThornPeridot (14) 8 0 bridge (3) 8 3 Reveller (9) 8 0 Helio (4) 8 3 Western Orthodox (11) 8 2 Front (5) 8 0 Angell (24) 8 2 Balloted out with right of re-entry: Swift Robin, Pandemonium, Ned Kelly, Peridot, Western Front, Reveller. 3.52 p.m.— AUGUST HANDICAP, Of £1000. One mile. st. lb. st. lb. Julius Swift Caesar (2) 9 10 Robin (7) 8 5 Distinction Magnaform (8) 9 4 . (6) 8 3 Super Lady ChrisFlight (9) 8 13 tine (5) 8 1 Lady Infatuate (10) 8 0 Myrtle (1) 8 13 Playtos (3) 8 0 Clyde Winning Bridge (4) 8 7 Cheer (11) 8 0 Saieda (12) 8 5