RACING FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 97, 26 April 1928, Page 5

RACING FIXTURES.

•Unrll 27, 28—Snath Canterbury J.C. >Anril 27, 28—Hawkcs Bay J.C. iApril 2S, 30— Waikato E.G. TROTTING FIXTURES. 'April 2S—Wellington T.C. Way 3, s—Forbury Park T.C. May s—Cambridges—Cambridge T.C. Hay 19—Oamaru T.C. June 2, 4—Canterbury Park T.C. ■ June 4—Hawkes Bay T.C. i/iine 9—Ashburton T.C. 3uue 23. 27—Auckland T.C. Pcminders. Nominations for the Wanganui Steeplechase Meeting are due on Monday. Handicaps for the Egmont Meeting will \>e declared on Monday next. Weights for the Great Northerns and Cornwall Handicap are not due until 4th Stay. Melson Prospects Improve. When the Nelson Jockey Club called for inorainations for its meeting m I'ebruary, the reply was, so disheartening that the meeting was abandoned until that set flown for next week. On .this occasion owners and trainers have responded well, :md entries have been received from the South Island and as far away as Taranaki in the North. For the class of horses for which the meeting caters the nominations were more than satisfactory, and'all that is required now is as equally good a response on acceptance day, which is to-morrow. At present it looks as if Wel r ]ington racegoers on the look out for a lioliday trip combined with racing might do worse than journey to Nelson next Singiespcar. Singlespear showed plenty of pace on the ifirst clay o£ the Marlborough Meeting at 'I'rentham, and prior to the hack race on the second day quite a number of people were making anxious inquiries about his lAustralian form. He lias undoubted pace as he showed each day, when he could hardly be described as well ridden. In New South. Wales he was Mthrde times placed in five starts. He won a £40 Flying Handicap at Gosford with 8.4 from five moderates. At Canterbury Park •with 9.8 he was beaten three-quarters of a length by Kaiwarra, 10.0, in a six-furlong highweight. Arrow Boy was unplaced .with 8.10. Then came easily his best, for nt Warwick Farm with 7.12 he beat Lilah, 8.11, and Persuasion, 9.13, in the first division of the open sprint. He was credited ;with winning by a length and a quarter in 3min 12V£sec. Some idea of his value, iiecording to the handicap, may be gained ■through Jazz Baby, who, with 8.2, was beaten into third place in the second division behind Ascalon, 8.7, and Somnolent, 7.11, in lmin 13sec. Singlespear, who is liy Greyspear from the Masterpiece mare Kingle Hose, will win more sprint races in his class later on. No doubt other riders V'ill also bo tried on him. "Trivalve Not Himself. That Trivalve was not his real self apjicars to be agreed by those, in a position to judge at the recent meeting at Kand■wick. At the same time ho was at odds<m for the Cumberland Stakes, in which ]ie was beaten by Valamita. Pilliewinkie did the paccmaking, and at the seven furlongs he was about a length and a half ahead of Trivalve and Valamita, who were together, writes "Pilot." Entering the straight Pilliewinkie swung out . slightly i'rom the rails, and Trivalve, shooting ■through, gained an advantage that looked like helping him to success. Valamita, however, was quickly in pursuit, and, overhauling Trivalve just aflcr starting upon the last furlong, beat him easily. It ■was a shock for those who laid odds on, lint, though I heard several declare, "Never again!" it is improbable they were taught a lesson. The tact of Pilliewinkie coming away from the rails sulliciently to permit of his stable companion, Trivulve, getting ii nice run at a critical stage was productive of strong comment by si writer in a contemporary. "Shouldn't have written it," was a remark I heard, but I really cannot sec why. While there was 3io suggestion of a preconcerted plan, and Sir S. Hordern and J. Scobic would not lie associated with anything of the kind, it did seem to many of the spectators as if the rider of Pilliewinkie, when he felt his mount could not win, decided to get out of Trivalve's way. If Pilliewinkie and Trivalve were from different stables little would have been thought of the incident. As it was, the impression was unfavourable, and one that J. Scobie and his patrons would certainly have wished to avoid. Odds and Ends. High Pitch has been showing a flash of form recently, and as Ue does best on soft tracks perhaps a win for him is coining. Prince Lv may; be tried as a jumper. He is the right type for this department. Vexatious is a rare ,sticker, and is improving with racing and experience over hurdles. She may f>ick up one of the good stakes during the winter. Inflame and Kindle, who were in second place in successive races at Trentham on Monday, are both by Lord Quex from Heat. •J. Lowe, the veteran Trentham trainer, loaves by the M»ungamu to-morrow for a f-hort holiday trip to Sydney. He will be back for the early June meetings. The Black Mint trouble has been ended by J. O'Meara withdrawing his claims. Black Mint raced again in the interests of Ballinger and Goodman on Monday. Hclotis is not much more than a pony, but she is brilliant and can carry weight. At live furlongs she would set almost any Held, except sibsolute first class, a merry dance.