THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 247, 13 July 1921, Page 6

THE TURF

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB WINTER MEETING TO-DAY’S RACES AT TRENTHAM

By

Glencoe.

All roads will lead to Trentham today. Given fine weather it is expected that a record crowd will be present for the opening of Jhe Winter Meeting. The first event will start at 11.30 a.m., and special trains will run from Lambton. every five minutes from 9.48 a.m. A new race, in th'e shape of the Steeplechasers’ Flat Handicap, will bo the opening event. It is run over two miles and a quarter, and proliablv the distance is the cause of such a small field compared with tfio other events. Omahu is the best flat performer in the race and he, Mattock (who likes the going), and Coalition will all have plenty of supporters. Bindlo was scratched for the Stewards’ Handicap at 9.20 a.m. yesterday. This will leave a field of twenty-six, and the issue is most open. The top-weights can be written out, for those at tho bottom of the handicap will set a very fast pace and have the top-weights extended ajl the way. Good horses who have very little weight to carry are Battle Knight, Tari, and Bonny Briar. Some of the runners in the Hack Steeplechase are also engaged in ffie big event on the second day. Paddington Green won at his first attempt over brush fences at Hastings, but has a big weight to-day, and Yankee Jack and John Bunny may Iwth extend him. Paddington Green wilL not school on the tracks, and some of the fences may find him out in such heavy going. Sartoline is a good safe jumper and stays on well. Demagogue. Sweet Tipperary, and Sir Agnes are all entitled to respect in tho Vittoria Hurdles. The last-named revels in the mud. Wild Pilgrim is another good horse in' mud, but he is a long time in hack company, which does not say much for- him. There is a good field of twenty in the Parliamentary Handicap. The Ellerslie double winner. Strategy, has been talked about a good deal, but the history of the race is all against the success of a three-year-old carrying such a big weight. Molyneaux, list. 41b., goea well in the going, but his weight will hamper him at the finish. Royal Star is a first-class performer and must be counted on to shape well. Bonny Maid likes the mud, but she may not be ready. No thing has been galloping better at Trentham than Jock, and his light weight should assist him to get the distance, while all his past performances of any merit have been accomplished on a heavy track, Arch Salute and Bagdad are others with light weights that should have no difficulty in getting the. distance. For the big hurdle race the public, will be divided in their support, and Multive, Sir Fanciful, Sea De’il, and Penurv Rose will all. have a very large following. The first-named has a very big weight, but he can handle it well, and he likes the going on the soft side. Sir Fanciful, Ost. 131 b., may not get the distance, though his party express no doubts on this score. Still there was nothing in his flat form to compare him with Multive. ' Sea. De’il won two races at Ellerslie, but Gladful was up with him on the last day, which form does not read very well. Penury Rose is a rare mud lark, with little weight on his back, and he will get a lot of support to-day, mainly on this account. Hawke’s Bay will have three representatives in the Trial Plate in the two-year-olds, Grotesque, Pataiki, and 11-. hume. It looks os if the race mayagain go to the Bay, per medium of the fii.tnamed, but in Ditchley, Lord Martian, and Edendale, he will meet strong oppoThere is another big field to finish up with. This is in the Te Aro Handicap. Onee more the top-weights can be over with the exception of Eisteddfod, who races well in mud. Bonny Brook and Passenger have also shown the ability’’o gallop in heavy going.

Trentham Visitore-W* extend to ?on an invitation while in ™ P a L ? visit to our well-known stole, AVillis Street. Herb. Price—Advt.