Elrey Due Today At Riccarton

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29890, 2 August 1962, Page 4

Elrey Due Today At Riccarton

The Great Northern Hurdles winner, Elrey. will arrive at Riccarton from the north this morning. Count Lin. another Awapunitrainsd hurdler, is another arrival today

They are acceptors for the Jumpers’ Flat on Saturday, and will almost certainly start m the Grand National Hurdles next Tuesday. C. R Cooksley will ride Elrey. which schooled well a: Awapuni earlier this week The steeplechase course will be open for schooling at Riccarton this morning. Marvo is a Grand National candidate expected to school This eight-year-old from Matamata is trained by N Crawford, who has been a regular visitor to Riccarton for Grand National meetings, but has found a Grand National S'eeplechase victory elusive Crawford trained French Echo, one of the most cons.stent of performers over the Riccarton country He also prepares Tepeta. which was going well when he was brought down on landing over the last fence in the Grard National last year The hack ’chaser. Mighty Fella, is another expected to jump the big fences this morning R. T Cotter, the Re Rapa trainer and part-owner of Golden Defaulter, will arrive from the north today,’ and his rider. J. H Hely. who returned north last Saturday, is due back tomorrow. B. L. Hillis, who will ride Dusky Prince in the Grand National, will return from Auckland tomorrow. He will ride the 14-year-old Gabriel’s Gully m the R Enfield Steeplechase and Dionosaur in* the Jumpers’ Flat. Programmes for double acceptors must be settled by 4 p.m. today. Omaha is expected to run in the Winter Cup B W McDonald has been engaged for her in this race Jayell’s Levin trainer, B A. V. Preston, is leaving a decision until this morning

when B. J. Langford will arrive from the north. Langford will be free to ride Blue Rock in the Jumpers’ Fla: if Jayell starts in the hurdles. Tidal Wave was scratched yesterday for all engagements at the meeting. He was an acceptor for the Winter Cup on the first day. Underarm has also been scratched for the Winter Cup. Knight of York has dropped out of the Cashmere Plate, and Lola from the Avonhead Handicap. Purr Along re-enters the Avonhead Handicap field.