AWAPUNI TRACK NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 59, 13 March 1929, Page 7

AWAPUNI TRACK NOTES

11 COMMENDATION IN GOOD ORDER (By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post") ' PALMERSTON N:, This Day: The rain-of last week has had a most beneficial effect on the tracks at Awapuni and conditions were excellent for. training operations yesterday morning. The course proper, however, was closed, and practically all the operations were carried out on the plough, which, while not fast, was in good order. Awapuni atabks have nine representatives, figuring on the programme for the opening day of the Trentham Meeting, the Thompson Handicap being the only event in which a local entrant does not figure. . Mister Gamp and Elicit are Awapuni acceptors for the First Highweight at Trentham. Yesterday morning Mister Gamp, with T. Green in the saddle, ran along over six furlongs on the plough with Disrank, who had the services of a stable boy. The chestnut had the measure of the. Lord Quex gelding in the run home to complete his task in lmin 24 2-Dsec. Elicit (A. M'Donald) went alone over a mile on the plough to cover the distance in lmin 41 2-ssec.. • Although Moutoa Treasury did not run up to expectations over the Cup distance at Bulls, :the ; Paper Money filly is to fulfil her engagement in the New Zealand St. Leger Stakes. Yesterday morning she was given a couple of solid rounds on the plough by R. Reed, who will be her pilot on the day, sprinting home over the last three' furlongs. . . ■. . Hunting Boy, who got on the winning list at his first essay in company at Wood-' ville. will be a runner in the Plunket Nursery Handicap at Trentham in which Coon Song,' who scored on the second day at Woodville, will be a fellow representative. In company with Vinella, Hunting Boy ran half a mile on the plough attractively, the last three furlongs taking about 40sec. , Coon Song was worked in company with Desert Lad before darkness had actually lifted, and no time was taken. However, both will go through with their Trentham .engagements. Commendation, who went through to the Napier- Park Meeting in search of Cup honours, will make his next appearance in the North Island Challenge Stakes. Commendation will leave for Trentham to-morrow, the Challenge Stakes to be his one outing at the fixture. Disrank is this centre's 'sole representative in the Silverstream Handicap and the Lord Quex gelding, who is now much more solid than formerly, should run out a good mile. Keddar is likewise Awapuni's sole representative in'the Railway Handicap, and, while the opposition reads strong, the Arrowsmith gelding should make quite a fair showing. In a gallop with Benmure yesterday morning, Keddar ran home alone in lmin 21sec, the chestnut refusing to gallop over the last three furlongs—a habit which he has displayed previously. FOR AWAPUNI. With the Maninvatu Meeting following hard on the' heels of the Wellington fixture, it is not. surprising to find a large number of horses declining to journey away from home. As was only, to be expected this centre furnishes a big list of jumpers, Red Fuchsia, Elicit, Klysianor, Locarno, Novar, Vexatious, Red Bank. Hymestruson, and Lin Arlington figuring, and the majority will no doubt reach the post. Lin Arlington was to have figured in the jumping events at Woodville, but he met with an injury to his leg, and he has since been on the easy list. Locarno received a scraped shoulder and a cut under the arm when he fell in the Cup race at Bulls, but the Elysian gelding is in work although his task yesterday morning was of quite a light nature. Rod Bank (A. E. Stratton) and Rod Fuchsia (A. M'Doriald) did a round over four fences yesterday morning, both giving an excellent display of clean fencing. Red Bank, despite having the outside running, made the pace throughout and they negotiated the round at more than exercise pace. Novar and Elysianor were restricted to steady pace work on the plough, while ■ Vexatious following upon her negotiating the brush and the hencoop along the straight seven furlongs course, came on to the plough to complete her task. Hymestrason worked'in company with Askari, the latter seeing out his two steady rounds on the plough iiv good style. ' : Blimp, the winner of the Napier Cup,

■ will make his next appearance "in • the Prince of Wales Handicap at Awapuni on 20th March. The Gasbag geldiug was not asked anything strenuous yesterday morning, but he appeared anxious to go and it is evident that ho is very well at present. Imperial Spark and Mister Gamp have also been accorded nominations for the Prince of Wales Handicap at the local meeting. Dobbin, the wiuner of the open sprint on tho second day at Bulls, has Keddar and Broad Acre as fellow entrants in the Telegraph • Handicap at Mauawatu.- The first-named was not nsked to show his paces, but Broad Acre, who looked very burly at the Rangitikei fixture, was sent along with a couple of younger companions. Although the race he had at Bulls has fined him down somewhat, he may require another race or two yet before ho is up to concert pitch. Skyrider, who emerged from the maiden ranks at Bulls, claims an engagement along with Disrank in the Te Matai Hack Handicap at Manawatu. The Day Comet mare is carrying a little more condition than usual, and may record a fair performance in consequence. Unfortunately, she has always been somewhat o£ an indifferent doer. ■ A big string of locals are down to compete in the Woodhey Handicap, the final event on the openiug day at Awapuni, for Desert Lad, Grand Acre, Inflame, Archeria, Patearoa, Lucky Bag, Wyeford, Le Champ, Malahat, and Moutoa Fume all represent local stables. Grand Acre was a costly disappointment to stay-at-home backers when he failed at Na'pies Park Inflame has run" his beat race to date over scurry courses, but his staying powers have given evidence of being on the improve^ and he might well see out the six furlongs. T;ucky Bag haa not been displaying quite the same brilliancy of late as she did earlier in the New Year, and whether she will stand her ground remains to be seen. The G. W. New stable has also Le Champ and Malahat engaged, but the former haß not been up Jong, while the latter haa still to lose his maiden status, although he went close to doing so at Dannevirke. when he was placed second to Propaganda. GENERAL JOTTINGS. Home Made and Cold Air, while they do not claim engagements on the opening day at Awapuni, are in good order. They ran six furlongs on the plough yesterday j morning in lmin 22sec without being j pushed. G. Jones has in work a handsome two-year-old Limond gelding from Tivoli, who shows promise, being a big upstanding type with excellent manners. Mr. W. H. Gaisford is reported to have effected the purchase in Melbourne of a Nassau colt, the dam being a mare by De-mosthenes-Ikon, who originally carried the colours of J. M. Cameron. Once of the biggest youngsters in t work on the local tracks is King Acre, an Acre gelding, who will in due course carry the same colours as Desert Lad. A bold, racy type, he stands in the neighbourhood .of 17 hands and may in consequence require time. An early arrival on the scene for the Minawatu fixture is the Gold Soult three-year-old gelding Goldlike, who is quite an attractive type of youngster. _ Kalos, who has been spelling, is back in the active ranks looking considerably built up as a result. Another who. has made a reappearance is Plane, who has been off the scene for a long time past. The Warplane gelding is still little more j than a pony.