WINTER MEETING AT ADDINGTON

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27064, 12 June 1953, Page 4

WINTER MEETING AT ADDINGTON

TROTTING

Real Globe Selected For Main Event BATTLEGROUND CHOSEN IN SECOND LEG Real Globe, which has had five wins and six placings from her last 13 starts this season, will probably be favourite for the Haughty Handicap, the main race at the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s winter meeting at Addington tomorrow. Fields of good strength and class are engaged, and the season at Addington should end very successfully. One of the features of the day will be an attempt on Convivial’s Sydney mile record for two-year-olds, of 2min 8 4-ssec. Brahman, a colt by Gold Bar from Haughty, will try to better this time. Brahman is owned and trained by B. Grice, and tomorrow he will be driven by F. G. Holmes. He will have the assistance of a pacemaker, Morano, which will be driven by A. Holmes. ' Real Globe has improved out r of all knowledge this season, and she is now on the verge of open class. She is a free-going pacer. She will be alone on the limit tomorrow, and will be able to make her own rules out in front. It is unlikely that she will be beaten. First Mate, an ungainly gelding by Grattan Loyal, won well at Addington last month and the mile and a half race tomorrow should suit him admirably. He will have to be respected whether the track is fast or slow, but he will probably be better served by firm going.

Lahore, a member of J. B. Pringle’s team at. Prebbleton, has run some good races this season. If he is as good as he was when he won at Forbury Park in the autumn, the aalf-brother to Parawa Derby should be prominent, though he will not have an easy task from 24 yards. Interest will be taken in the performance of the Auckland pacer, Cavandale, and he will have a chance. Imperial Trust and Duncraig make most appeal of the others, but Fallacy could surprise. Battleground will be a warm favourite if he is started in the Bronze Eagle Handicap, the second leg of the double. If he reproduces his effort of May 23, when he easily beat Eileen Lillian in the Fendalton Handicap, he should win. He is also engaged in the next race, the Integrity Handicap, but in that race, the stake is £l5O less. Battleground is trained by V. Leeming, who won many races, including a New Zealand Cup and free-for-alls, with Integrity. Battleground is a grand type of, pacer. C. R. Berkett will parade a useful bracket in Brave Company and Countermark. Both horses have plenty of ability, particularly Brave Company, a most impressive winner over one mile and a half at Ashburton on June 1. Brave Company is not always reliable at the start of his races, but, if he begins well tomorrow, he could easily beat Battleground. Countermark has not raced since May 23, when he finished fast from a long way back to take third place behind Real Globe and Roschana in the Final Handicap at Addington. Countermark has run some of his best races over the distance of tomorrow’s race, and he will be a worthy second string for the Berkett stable. Girl Black paced two fine races at Ashburton without returning a dividend. If she begins smartly tomorrow, her prospects will be very bright. She is a grand type of mare by U. Scott from Moko Child, and L. C. Frost has her near her peak. Authie won well over two miles at Ashburton, ami, if he can make his own rules out in front, he will, take beating. Knightmare, Roschana, and Scwhanda have all raced well this season, and they •houid be prominent. So should Clontarf and Gay Lyric. Captain Cuddles Selected A good field of straight-out trotters is engaged in the Fantom Handicap. .Captain Cuddles, a member of N. L. Befkett’s Yaldhurst team, will probably be favourite. The Gaillard gelding has had four wins and three placings from 11 starts since being trained in Canterbury, and he has shown terrific speed in most of his races. He is a good front-runner. As there will be only two horses in front of him tomorrow, he should be able to work clear within the first furlong. He will not have much chance if the track is easy. Sure Charge has not raced since he won at Forbury Park early last month, but he has been working well. He will not have an easy task from 36 yards, but he should be prominent, and will have bright prospects of reaching a place. The consistent Swanee River has not run a really bad race in recent months and he, too, will have to be respected. He is a noted performer in bad ground, and may have conditions to his liking tomorrow. Bonus is another candidate with prospects on a bad track. He is a solid trotter, and is usually running on at the end of his races.’ He may be placed tomorrow. Others with prospects include Fair Isle and Red Valley. Arriba and Black Douglas will probably dispute favouritism in the second leg of the double, the Gold Bar Stakes. Strong support is expected for Magellan and Dancing Years. These four three-year-olds have more than usual form to their credit in recent months, and they should fight out the finish. Others likely to show to advantage include Excelsa, Timber Miller, and Jaunty. Real Globe May Win Again Real Globe will have bright prospects of winning second race for the day in the Highland Fling Handicap. The Springfield Globe mare gave a glimpse of her sprinting ability when she easily b*at Roschana in the Final Handicap at Addington on May 23., In that race she recorded 2min 38 4-ssec for the mile and a quarter—an outstanding effort on a dead track. She will be handily placed on the front mark tomorrow, and, if produced again here, should win. Mighty Song raced well without much luck at Forbury Park recently. If she is at her best she will be hard to beat. This Springfield Globe mare is well up to the best sprint class, and she will need only a favourable run to be hard to beat. White Angel is another capable sprinter, and from 1» yards in this comparatively small field, she will have prospects. She is usually -a brilliant beginner, and this should be to be her advantage here. She is owned in Dunedin and trained at Templeton by W. R. Butt, who is at present leading trainer and driver for the season. If Batleground is started in the Integrity Handicap in preference to the Bronze Eagle Handicap, he will be at a short price. If he is not started, Bendemeer Stream, which is more capable than her most recent effort would suggest, is selected to win. She has fair ability, and over the mile and five furlongs tomorrow she should be prominent. Most opposition to Bendemeer Stream may come from Eileen Lillian, Paia Royal, Alkin and Ohio.

Flammula, a most impressive winner over two miles at Ashburton on May 30, should be hard to beat in the Acclamation Handicap. The Josedale Grattan fillv is one of the most promising young trotters about, and she should at least be placed. Jaquine won most convincingly at Rangiora last Saturday, and she will need only to reproduce that effort to be the hardest for Flammula to beat.

Blue Admiral, one of the backmarkers, showed outstanding ability at Ashburton, and he will have to be considered. Executive, Madam Grattan, and Quite Soon should do best of the others. Merval will receive strong support in .the Josedale Handicap, and she should make’amends for her defeat by Peace Pipe at Ashburton. Merval has brilliant speed and, no matter what the track conditions are, she should win. Fearless Peter and Bronze Indian have useful form to their credit in recent weeks, and they may be the hardest for Merval to beat. Defiance, Trout Stream, and Rola Veyor are selected to do best of the others.