Auckland Cup tough assignment —trainer
PA Auckland Patrick O’Reilly, jun. thinks it will be a tough assignment for Rostriever Hanover to win tomorrow night’s $400,000 Auckland Trotting Cup, even after the brilliant pacer scored a comfortable win at Alexandra Park yesterday afternoon. After a serious setback last month, O’Reilly says Rostriever Hanover has not had the hard racing to beat the likes of Luxury Liner in the 3200-metre cup race. “He is a month away from his best,” he said.
The Ashburton trainerdriver will post a training feat of note if his charge can win the cup. The gelding has only had four races since he suffered an infection in a hock which ruled him out of the New Zealand Cup.
While he may be not be at his peak, he still has to be a big threat to the prepost cup favourite, Luxury Liner.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19881228.2.132.11
Bibliographic details
Press, 28 December 1988, Page 27
Word Count
145Auckland Cup tough assignment —trainer Press, 28 December 1988, Page 27
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.