FIRST LEG AT AVONDALE

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28370, 31 August 1957, Page 7

FIRST LEG AT AVONDALE

Palford And Nine Days

"The Press" Special Service . AUCKLAND, August 30; wMI Sw? Takanini, and the in visitor, Nine Days, are J 5 h? favour Ao dispute the finish ?L th ® # Co ,L onat l on .? and i ca P. the first . double, on the first th* Avondale Jockey Club’s tomorrow. The V. with ’-«• t^ lrd over this dismonth, and Nine Days B ? U l?i. back J ' waß a cloBe third the DeZSl I*.and 1 *.and three furlongs in Handlca P at .^ ata i, le besides Palfora D^ y *„ “f® Philadelphia, Great Best and Couft Jester, which d& i^ om '’. fr^ ra . w 2 o<3vlU ®- PhflaYQd Great. .Scot ran credit2. .>? n the “Ur*?. l»«t month, and * r ® ~w ell seasoned with the winter, they "jay be the hardest for Pallord and Nine Days to beat. »„T. lack Raven scratched early morning for the Coronation SS?,?£2 P S£ar he had bolted during fining. Black Raven took charge of his young rider 'when sent out - p a ce . work.-and went three times round on the , sand track at before he could be sropped. bracketed on the totaUsator with Takatu, both horses being owned by Sir Ernest Davis. Sambx ? la and Atelia are th e second leg, the Sheriff Handicap, .of six furIvSF 8 ' R resene e of three-year-olds such as Somain, Miss Able, Hello and Zekan has given the event much Interest. . big muster of two-year-olds will -®£ in in the Kindergarten Plate, which will be run in divisions over half a mile. Matauwhi, Beau Way, Pondicherry, Carolyn Anne and Greensieves, have admirers with good sprints St‘h:^bt^eS r ?u b n a Si? s . they W 1" Matauwhi arid Beau Way are in the first division for colts and geldings, and the other three are in Sfies SeC ° nd division, which is for _ The weather has'been sunny and fine during the last -three or four th e ground consider*Orec»«t is for showers, but if they are not too frequent the going is likely to be good for this time of the year. Selections:— „„ a -to.—September Hurdlei: Royal Hussar, Thepeen, Twister. Plate—First Division: .Matabwhi, Beau Way, Fair Merit. Second Division: Pondicherry, Greensleeves, Anne. o 12 S? —Swanson High-weight: Sea Contour, May Day, Talleyrand. V?® P- 1 ?-—Coronation Handicap : Palford, Nine Days, Philadelphia. _ P-hv—Henderson Handicap: De Falla, Clangula, True Instinct. 3.10 p.m.—Sheriff Handicap: Bunyarra, Sambula, Atelia. # 3a55 p.m.—Borough Handicap: Sir Goodwin, New York, Bandera. 4.45 p.m—Cornwallis Handicap: Yoga,. Bohemian, Univox.