El Jefe and Hilarious Guest to meet today
By
G. K. YULE
El Jefe, unbeaten in five starts, and Hilarious Guest, which has a. winning sequence of three, will vie for favouritism in the Timaru Nursery Stakes at Washdyke today.
El Jefe, by El Patron, has i not won by convincing;: margins at times, but for allh that he has displayed tenac-j' ity in fairly rugged finished p and that is expected toll ensure that he is one of thehardest to beat today. He-j will be driven by DenisNyhan, who has shown skill; in rating the gelding when' 1 he has been inclined to race!, fiercely. i Hilarious Guest advanced;!
in favour for this race when; she won with ease at Ad-’ ding t o n Raceway on Wednesday. Like El Jefe,' she has drawn favourably, ibut it is doubtful whether :she will get under way as quickly as Mr Ben Grice’s representative. Hilarious Guest wears a long hopple and in most of her starts, both in races and trials, she has been inclined to tangle and travel for some distance before becoming balanced.
ij Once under way she has /great speed and" stamina,, .which should carry her into; l ia prominent position at the; -‘end of what will be a testing! , 12000 m. • i Mister Wood Chips looked; to be travelling well until he; ; ! jumped something on the; ’(track at Oamaru. In the cir-j /.cumstances he did well tod finish fourth on February 7,j (IHe has a big reputation andj .;will have to be considered. 11 Kawarau Don won the i; Oamaru Stakes with ease, 'but he was a little dis-
appointing when third behind lowa and Harvey’s dSiter at Gore on Monday. He ;has drawn the second line ■and. with so many horses of indifferent ability in front of Ihim, he will need luck to sell cure a clear passage early. :i Tebaildi, Timely Joy, ■ Disco George. Mighty Guy rand Turbine could add interJest to the finish of what is the first leg of the T.A.B. treble, but they will need luck to match El Jefe and Hi- ■ larious Guest.
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