PROSPECTS FOR TODAY
MANAWATU CLUB ■4> "The Press” Special Service WELLINGTON, June 11. After rain earlier in the week, there has been an improvement in the weather, but the going is likely to be easy for the opening day of the Manawatu Racing Club’s winter meeting at Awapuni tomorrow. The double will be on the Winter Cup and the Stewards’ Handicap. Brackets are:— Maiden Stakes: Golden Tor and Convincing, Miss Fortunio and Sabotage, King Manna and Karenza, Lady Dida and Logie, Maori Scholar and Simon’s Pride, Vicar and Wayne. Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase*: Deep Gold and Stourbian. Suburban Handicap: Beniamino and Belle Mode, Super Law and Merry York, Rosie O’Grady and Ticino, Quits and Marau, Full Rate and Hushah, Brenin Aur and Rueful, Loyalist and Kentucky King, Bowater and Golden Heights, Andora and Cloudy Robin, Beau Ideal and Fleetfellow, Foxborough and Harleston, Inchcolm and Kamala, Light and Quatrain, Red Bill and Smudge, Special Edition and Tiny Tot. June Handicap: Special Problem and Sportsfield, Trim Lad and Vai’s Boy. Selections are:— 11 a.m.—Ruahine Hack Hurdles: Puketoi, Dilbury, Upright. 11.42 a.m.—Maiden Stakes: First Division—Lucerne, Matamua. Second Division—El Novia, Wayne. 12.27 pan.—Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase: Song of India, Lay Off, Peter Ora. 1.17 p.m.—Manawatu Winter Cup: Good Abbot, Bretton, First Degree. 2.2 p.m.—L. H. Collinson Hurdles: Driftwood, Canadian, Peer Gynt. 2.47 p.m.—Stewards’ Handicap: King's Fair, Pharaoh’s Castle, Saboteur. 3.32 p.m.—Suburban Hack Handicap: First Division—Ticino. Prince Joseph. Second Division—Teddy Balloch, Calm Quest. 4.27 p.m.—June Hack Handicap: Sugar Bowl, Gay Scholar, Elsie Mary. The double races, with form backgrounds and available riders, are:— MANAWATU WINTER CUP, Of £lOOO. One mile and a quarter. st. lb.
Nominations for the Ashburton County Racing Club’s Winter Meeting will clcse on Monday. 14th inst.. at 4 p.m. Advt.
1201 Reigning King (2) 9 13 0001 The Wake (10) 9 11 2000 First Degree (21), V. J. Sellars 9 2 3413 Bretton (22), J. W. Harris .. 9 0 0422 Mary Tudor (12) 8 13 1001 Broie Martia (20) 8 12 0000 Topmast (13), K. Thomson .. 8 10 0010 Meresun (15) 8 8 2404 Payloch (4) • .. 8 8 0001 Dormant (18) 8 8 4000 Berne (1), G. R. Tattersall .. 8 5 0032 Good Abbot (3), W. J. Broughton 8 4 3302 Clancy (16) .. 8 3 2003 Whitehall (6), A. Johnston .. 8 1 0400 GMlace (11), C. H. Mackie .. 8 1 0030 Bonne Affaire (9), B. P. Wood 8 1 0000 General « rant (7) 8 0 0000 Lagonda (5) .. 8 0 4000 Mahogany (19), D. D. Gough .. Waratah (17), K. GYylls 8 0 0000 8 0 Scratched: Mainlander, King’s Pal. STEWARDS’ HANDICAP, Of £700. Seven furlongs. st. lb. 0300 Golden Coronach (6) 9 6 0000 Sporting Ken (1) 9 0 0010 Surrey Gold (9) 8 12 1111 King’s Fair (2), V. J. Sellars 8 12 1201 Saboteur (14) 8 10 3000 Sleipnir (7), K. Nuttall 8 7 oooo Chattan (4), J. R. O’Neill .. 8 6 0023 Soladity (10) 8 4 0400 Dunkirk (11) .. .. 8 2 0000 Major Neptune (12) .. 8 0 0430 Pharaoh’s Castle (13) 8 0 Scratched: Earl Beatty, Sanford, Pretty Gold. Ashburton R.C. Nominations
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19540612.2.43
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XC, Issue 27374, 12 June 1954, Page 4
Word Count
514PROSPECTS FOR TODAY Press, Volume XC, Issue 27374, 12 June 1954, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.