Tilka In Form To Win At Wanganui
"The Press” Special Service
WELLINGTON. Tilka and Home On The Range, both last-start winners, are picked for the T.A.B. double at the Wanganui Racing Club’s meeting today. Tilka, two starts back, won the Caltex Cup narrowly at New Plymouth and at her next start won the Taranaki Gold Cup by a wide margin. She beat Titian both times and Titian carried on to Trentham to equal the New Zealand record for a mile and a half. Selections: — McGregor Hurdles: Yeti, Shahrua, Triomphe. Wanganui Improvers' Handicap: Sparkle, Justify, Kenrick. Autumn Trial: Captain Rebel, Worthy Chat, Quin eila. City Plate: Grapevine, On Display, Robin Marie. President’s Handicap: Tilka, Big Bill, Marise. Western Hack Handicap: Tolunda, Sweet Dream, Roley. Winter Oats Handicap: Home On The Range, Donald Dinnie, Count Carmel. Members* Hack Handicap: Linesman, Galicia. Kassal. Fields: 12.40 p.m.— MCGREGOR HURDLES, £500; Um.—Yeti <4) 10-7; Flockhart (7) 10-6: Shahrua <5) 10-4; Count d Azure (10) 10-1; Stitch (11) •-9; Coalseam (12) 9-6; Vivid Light (6) 9-4; Aureum (14). Barta Boy (8). Bronze Tower <2), Captain Panair (18), Confer (21), Fabriano (19). First Prince (16), Garve (17), GayBelvedere (3). Gold Spire (1). Keep Trying (9), Kundalini (15). Rippahucki (20), Triomphe (13) 1-0. Balloted out with right of reentry in the following order: Aureum, Bronze Tower, Rippahucki. Bracket: Count d’Azure and Keep Trying. 1.15 p.m.— WANGANUI IMPROVERS* HANDICAP, £500; Im.—Justify (4) 8-2; Northern Star (7) 8-1: Sparkle (8) 7-13; Kenrick (9) 7-12; Ridiculous (11) 7-11; Peter’s Pride (2) 7-9; Aloft <6). Garnishee (10). Main Defence (3). Valcorn (5) 7-8; Adler <l3), Altina (14), Dreamtime (12). Indian Caste < 16). Perm (18), Sue (15), That’s Fair (17) 7-7. Scratched: Classical Glow (1). 1.55 p.m.— AUTUMN TRIAL, £350: Um - Ana (23). Bel Avenir (14), Captain Rebel (9), Copper Tan (22), Erewhon (12), Excite (21), Fox .Marie (8). Golden Ann (16), GoL vedor (24), Heilbronn (11), Hi Ho (13). June (15). Lieutenant • 20). Manila (19), Mary’s Choice (3). Moutoa (18), My Diane (4), Note For Note (17), Paddy’s Prince (6), Quinelia (7). Rand (2), Sibylline (10). Trevi (5). Worthy Chat (1) 8-3. Balloted out with the right of re-entry in the following
order: Paddy's Prince, Quin ella, Trevi, Fox Marie.
2.35 p.m.— CITY PLATE, £350; 6f.—As ben (18), Brevet (21), By Bare (19), Dunraven (17), Grand Fun (15), Grapevine (9), Hi-Esther (8) Jimmy Friday (1), Little Johnny (14). Marie Dressier (7), Mr Chase (20), Mr Fashion (11), Ocean Star (5), On Display <2), Re doubt (10), Robin Marie (4). Startling .*l6), Strikeout (6), I Stylish Rose <l3), Wiessner (12). j Wingrove (3) 8-7. I Balloted out with the right iof re-entry in the following (order: Mr Chase, Asben, Stylish I Rose. i Scratched: Lord Aurora (22).
*.lO p.m.—* WESTERN HANDICAP, £600: Um. —Roley IS) 9-2: Lucas (2) 8-8; Goldtone (7) 8-0 Strontian il). Sweet Dream (6) 7-13: Sparkle (18) 7-11; Kurrajong (16) 7-10; Estate (15), Fingala (3), Tolunda (11) 7-9: Autumn Haze (4). Galvayne (12), High Society (10), Jimmy Shand (8), My Comrade (17), Razzamatazz (13) Vicki Leigh (5), Vital (14) 7-7.
5.25 p.m.— MEMBERS* HANDICAP, £5OO. 6if. —Monograph (11) 9-0; Understudy (U 8-13; Kassall (12) 8-7; King George (4) 8-2; Linesman (3) 7-13; Galicia (10) 7-12; Femme Fatale (9). Ta Vince (2) 7-8; Autobe (6). Corina (8). Nice Peter (7), Storytime (5) 7-7
3.12 p.m.— PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP £1400; 14 m. st lb 4000 Bandon <2) 9 0 1200 Big Bill (1) 8 8 0011 Tilka (6) 8 5 0000 Ichtar (8) .. 8 2 0201 Le Plus (15) 7 13 0404 Blue Lodge (4) 7 8 4000 Funny Story (7) 7 8 0200 Dr. Jekyll (20) 7 7 0000 Solly Joel <18) i i 3410 Bright Coral < 12) .. 7 6 0000 Triple Bel (16) 7 6 0013 Marlite (21) 7 4 2004 Pomare (14) 7 3 1000 Fine Time (19) 7 2 2200 Paper Kiwi (5) 7 1 0000 Aorangi (9) .. 7 0 2040 Begame (17) 7 0 0002 Capless (11) 7 0 4000 Caspian (10) 7 0 0000 Llanmeter (3) 7 0 Balloted out right of re-entry: 0000 Marco Lee < 13) 7 0
4.45 p.m.— WINTER OATS HANDICAP. £800; 6if. st lb 0031 Home On The Range (5) 9 3 0100 Acis (1) 8 8 0030 Donald Dinnie (11) 8 4200 Star Of Kildare (16) 7 12 0022 Kaupane (10) 7 10 0030 Te Aro (13) 7 8 000 Toureg (4) .. 7 8 0002 Warea Boy (2) 7 8 00 Gold Ruth (15) 7 6 0001 Count Carmel (4) .. 7 5 1000 Conspirator (6) 7 2 Pursuit (7) .. 7 1 0000 Top Lad (9) 7 1 3002 Outs pan (3) ./ 0 Powerful (17) 7 0 0000 Supreme Courage (8) 7 0 0030 Tuscar Rock (12) .. 7 0
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