ROTORUA PROSPECTS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 34, 10 February 1927, Page 9

ROTORUA PROSPECTS

(By Telegraph.) » .. (Special to "The Evening Post.") AUCKLAND, This Day: ■ Hairera, who is engaged at Rotorua, has done his previous racing in Sydney, where he won' several races as a two-year-old. His best effort was to win a nursery handicap at iiosehill,". carrying 5.6 and running the mile in Imiu 42% sec. As a three-year-old: he had. six starts, but his only placed _ performance that-, season 'was to run;third in .;a three-year-old handicap at Hawkesbury; where he had 8.10, aud-was conceding over two stone to the winner, Knight Errant, who covered the mile in lmin 419isec.-\ '■. Hairera, who isr' by Heather Mixture from Piraeus, is now a four-year-old, and was a runner at Ellershe on Boxing •Day,.?when he ■..•.--.finished about the middle of the field in the Christmas Handicap. -On his.form at: Takapuna, where hejiotched a second and a thiyd in the. leading handicap events, Spoony should have a first-class chance in the Rotorua Cup. ' -The only thing against his prospects may be the circular nature' of the" track, for bpoony has not been beginning well iv his recent engagements, and it will be to his disadvantage if he fails to get a position early. After racing at Te Kuiti; Ring the Bell was i taken, on to Rotorua, where^ he is freely : engaged. Ring the Bell has not yet won beyond a mile, but he is in creat heart at present, and is the class of horse that might do well in a race like the^Rotorua Cup. It is more than likely that he will race prominently in any of the events he contests at that meeting . Heisler won the two five-furlong events at Rotorua last year, and he will be on hand to contest the sprint events there this year. The Lord Multind gelding ; waged a successful campaign at the summeiv meetings, on the West Coast of the South Isknd,_ where he won four races, iiis latest winning exploit was to capfnH th? B. laA r Me'«°»al Handicap (sfx ■ furlongs). at Grey mouth .on 4th January carrying 10 stone and beating Birthmark (8.8), Nincompoop (10.10), "and several ?*«"• >? ln™ W-Msec.' Heisler is a fast-beginner, and this will always be mi r aVolir on small courses. Ihe Catmint mare Alonsoa is on the improve, and at Takapuua last week' c : r?n a good second to Cantab in the Moa a Sd 0?' lA, ."Pf^n ot' that fox™ Wl-i '? ,l urn dangerous ymoug the ~ P t lS3 ( at KOt,T" a ' has two engagements on' the\opening day don^n- ?T l ,tO 'Arche"° «nd Quon'month TTtp a^ CVent, at E«erßlie-last month Lord Guy has had only one run. out aid not show up on that occasion It may have been that he was feeling the etieets of his previous outings, and lie may display some form'-at Rotorua, where cheTrf hacksmPetinS am°nS a moderilte

Dave is in excellent order to tackle his engagements at Rotorua. The big sprint er has raced prominently without getting SJ i,VjaCe Imong1 mong the best in camWp ? W f^?' S0 t!lat he should te capable of extending his opponents in his coming engagements. Dave carries weight wmniSist 0^ Sh°rtly rett" 11^ notched three wins and a second in W last seven starts. Branson's latest vicqf'T Va\ a*talned "» the Warea Hack wl^f tat W, Plymouth in' December f«UrflT d 9"° ond d?Wcd;« useM aw fc^fs &r °™* Itarsby was entrained for Rotorua topete inTl^ T^ mha^ "Bdding is to compete m the Cup on Saturday, and may make a decent showing, although his chance wpuld be better with the sting out in tfc T °i imtl- a> rsby finked seventh wnvl • •Cajcap"na Cu P' and has since been working freely. J. Buchanan is booked to leave for Roand Tall Timber. Form at Te ICuiti points to Day Guard T\^ h% 7° l'a haviD S excellent Jcha^e3 in the Rotorua Cup, and the pair will no doubt be well favoured. When they met m the Te Kuiti Cup last week, Day liuard secured, the honours by a lone neck, but on this occasion Miss Vera will meet him on 71b better terms, and that may be sufficient to turn the scale in her favour. Still, Day Quard is sure to make a bold bid for victory, as he is a very fit horse.