Ashburton Stakes Up

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32047, 23 July 1969, Page 4

Ashburton Stakes Up

Stakes for the Ashburton County Racing Club’s two-day spring meeting next season have been increased $ll5O. The principal race on the first day will be run over a mile for a stake of $l2OO, an increase of $2OO. Trophies worth $75 and $25 for the successful owner and jockey will be given by Gordon’s Gin, Ltd. The Ashburton Cup, 11 furlongs, on the second day will be worth $l6OO, an increase of $2OO on last year. The club will give a $25 trophy to the most successful trainer at the meeting.

After Another National CN.Z. Press Assn,—Copyright) ADELAIDE. The former New Zealand trainer, T. Howe, who won the Flemington Grand National double with Brother Bart and Summer Flight, may bring Sacimo over from Melbourne for the Grand National Hurdle, at Victoria Park, on August 9. Saclmo, a recent winner and fourth behind another New Zealand horse. Sun Bank, in the Leamington Hurdle at Caulfield on Saturday, hag 9-7 In the Grand National Hurdle. Royal Arragon, which after a brilliant sequence of wine over fences in Adelaide and Melbourne, was an unlucky second In the 1967 Flemington Grand National Steeplechase, has top weight of 11-6 in the three-mile National at Victoria Park on August 16. The Arragon gelding has 11-1 in the Grand National Hurdle and is second on the list to Lots Of Time (11-7), which will not run after a leg Injury. Royal Arragon la in active work again, but his trainer, C. Hayes, does not think he can get him sufficiently seasoned for the nationals. His likely runner in the Grand National Hurdle is the BlueWcln II gelding, Blue Turtle, which has returned to Adelaide after racing in Melbourne and has 9-2—one pound less than Summer Blend.

Afiswer To Correspondent. —“Peter,” South Canterbury: Mainbrace had 17 successive victories. Gloaming and Desert Gold each had 19, and Ajax 18.