RACING Castle Air Sprints Best In Mud And Slush

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30499, 22 July 1964, Page 4

RACING Castle Air Sprints Best In Mud And Slush

After die best part of an inch of rain overnight conditions were just about as bad as they could be for training at Riccarton yesterday.

Haif-mites in a mir?me er thereabonts on the No. 1 grass -srere up to average, which made Castie Air’s 54 4-ssec for that distance about haif-wav through the training an exceptional efiort Casfle Air was ridtei by his Brabazon Handicap rid®, D. N. Hadfield, in this outstanding trial f® the Christchurch Hunt Chib's mam fiat race on Saturday. Castle Air has had two ■ races since his spell, and Should be ready for azythizg from now on. He is iE strong Bsmpazy oz Sarurday. but is a hgirt-wright with a solid chanre und® any track eonditions. On Term* Next best time f® half a mile was 55 3-sset. recorded by V? Wood iDalyj and Status Symbol < Coffins i when they beat Hrien'k Bay (N. Eastwwdi easily. We Wood is engaged in the Haldoz Stakes at Bjctarton ® Saturday. He was run-n®-up to the useful Patriot

ib his last start on his summer campaign, aza could be reri' useful m his next few starts. Foxy Boy (Lowi and Tidal Ware (McTaim > worked easily from the sir furlongs, and qiriekened to ran the last half-mile in 56 2-ssee. Fory Boy is being prepared f® the Wizt® Cup next week. He hand}® heavy tracks well. Tidal Wave was a fair fourth at Wasadyke last Saturday. The WmgatuMjwaed and tramee Lucky Son < Parr> also arted well in the mud and slush to record 56 2-ssee fw iris half-mile. He has improved with each race lately and ran a creditable third over a mile and 35 yards at Washdyke last Saturday for a third behind Morris Francis and Court Belle. Knight of Work <N. Eastwoodi and Research IHadfield) snriztec half a mile on terms in 37 3-ssee. They are stablemates but rival eaimidates for the Camla Hack Handicap, the first leg of the Christchurch Hunt :dub's double. N. Eastwood will ride • Knight of York, a creditable last-start fourth against hack milers at Tretrtham. ■ Besearth. a wins® in maiden class at Washdyke .'.ast mouth, will be ridden 1 on Sarjrday by A J. Stokes. Dowling*® Mounts The stablemates Omasong fßerifi) and Keep fMcCasn'l. two the earliest worfc®s. ran nine furlongs in 2min .15 4-sset and the last haif,mile in 58 4-ssec. The leading jockey. J. R.

Dowling, will ride them both tm Saturday—Omasong in the. Camla Hark and Keep in theKennels Handicap. Seribbl® (A. H Eastwood) ; Jed Melody Maid iTraeeey *' by three lengths, aad then there was a slightly longer gap to Chari borough (N. Eastwood) at the end of seven furlongs, the last four in i® 2-ssec. Other times for half a mile included:— Sirtax (Lbw) and Mustara I'McCann) 61 2-ssec Smuggl®'s Bark CBraning) and Big Boy (Messentj 59 2-sser: •Wiffiam David <Swanson) and Thump® (A. Martin > 5) 2-ssect Vivien Kobe CMessezt 1 61 35sec: Manana /Stokes) 60 2-sse.c: Shake l ; Bruning) 61 i-ssec; Byair (Luwi 60 35ser; Frigid iWildermoth) 62 l-ss«: Prince Callan {McDonald) 58 1-ss®: Apache (N. East■wood i. 58 2-sser West® (Wildermotfa) and Zinder (Stokes) 62 4-ssec: Canadians (Mrs Cffiiterbuek) 61 2-ssec: Ashirigh (A H. Eastwood) 60 25sec Benefice (Swanson 1 58 l-ssec; Gripey (Coffins) .58 4-ssep Beau Seazt (Wil•dermotii) 58 4-ssec; Waveriey ;(N. Eastwood) 60 36sec. Masai (B. J. Blair) jumped eight fences on the trial , steeplechase course at a steady pate. Kumai Not Starting I . Eunai was scratched yesterday for the Winter Cup and oth® engagements at the Crand National meeting.