AUTUMN CLASSICS

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 170, 13 April 1933, Page 17

AUTUMN CLASSICS

Easter Carnival Wind-up FIELDS HAVE DWINDLED (By “The Watcher.”) Easter racing will dispose of the remainder of the season’s two and three-year-old classic events. At Auckland will be run the Great Northern Oaks and St. Leger and Champagne Stakes, and at Riccarton the Champagne Stakes and Challenge Stakes. Silver Scorn dominates the three-year-old events at Auckland, and it will be a shock to the racing world if she is defeated. The position is much more interesting in the Champagne Stakes. The six runners now left in after the scratching of Midiari are all, except Princess Doreen, from Auckland stables. On northernform A. Cook’s Te Awamutu pair. Impasto and D'Artagnan will no doubt be the most popular but down this way support will be firm behind Princess Doreen. The Chief Ruler filly is undoubtedly first class and although she has been defeated and run disappointingly more than once, her last showing in the Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes was an excellent one. She will he hard to beat at Ellerslie, where she has previously shown her best form. The C.J.C. Champagne Stakes will also be an interesting race. Red Manfred and Fracas arc almost certain to divide favourtisim, and it will be, du form, fully justified. Guarantee raced here last month much below his best form, and was apparently feeling the effects of his hard racing. It will need substantial improvement on his part to beat the favourites. The most likely improver of the lot is the Trentham representative, Pegged Exchange. On actual form during the season there is little to recommend him. but his fourth in the Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes was impressive. It fairly indicated very substantial improvement, and all going well Pegged Exchange should not end the season with only his solitary success of the spring on the same course. Red Manfred is not engaged in'the Challenge Stakes, where Fracas, Pegged Exchange, Guarantee, and the other two-year-olds will take on the older horses, Rebel Song and Might. Th position at present favours the two-year-olds, Fracas and Pegged Exchange, but a good line should be obtainable from first day's running. FIXTURES. April S. 10—Westport J.C. April 15—Tlliipeka County J.C. April 15—Hawke’s Bay J.C. April 15, 17—Wairarapa lt.C. April 15, 17—Feilding J.C. April 15, 17—Auckland lt.C. April 15. 17. 18—Riverton lt.C. April 17—Beaumont lt.C. April 17—Walpukurau J.C. April 17—Kumara R.C. April 17, 18—Canterbury J.C. April Ift—Westland R.C. April 21, 22—Greymouth J.C. April 22—Hawke’s Bay J.C. April 22, 24—Avondale J.C. April 2ft—Heeftou J.C. April 2ft—Marlon J.C. April 27, 20—South Canterbury J.C.