CUTICLE'S SURPRISE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 131, 1 December 1930, Page 6

CUTICLE'S SURPRISE

SPBINT. CALCULATIONS UPSET

The Hastings : trained Cuticle,^ c. four--'year-old-.bay iiare-by. Paper Money from ~- the Demosthenes ,'mare; -Pelt, bad a - surprise to -unload on bettors'in the Flying .: Handicapi for.-rankoutsi^errpf the field, ' sic was Tiear the front all the'way and ■i-von rather more easily, than the narrow margin in her favour at the end 'would indicate.- She is the makings of a useful sprinter. Once, earlier, in the season, at the Napier Park Meeting in September, she similarly ' upset calculations in an ripen.six, and on that occasion was also ridden by her Satmrday's-rider; the apprentice A. Maedoriald. . : Acora, Just an. Idea, Coon Song, and Cuticle moved oft in line, but after they \liad.gone a furlong Coon Song, was leading Cuticle, Just an Idea, Acora, Broad Acre, and Bonogne. , Coon Song stopped sharply turning' into the straight, and: Cuticle and Acora were first on to the home stretch^ : . with Just an Idea,. Coon ■ Song, First Money, and Broad Acre next. Just an Idea lodged a determined claim at the distance, but Cuticle beat him to the post by a neck, with First Money finishing fast a good length further back. Bonogne was ifourth> and Acpra; Broad Acre, Coon Song;'ami Itoyal Ruler, next; E"irst Money was nearly £200 better backed than- Acora, with Broad Acre carrying most: support of the remainder. . Cuticle, was at nearly double figures. First Money was last out from the barrier, but" he made iiP lost ground in good style and ■wss' going better than anything at the end.- With, art'even getaway he would probably have won. Acora appeared to 'be in need.of a race, and Broad Acre did not finish with his- customary dash. Just an Idea improved a lot as a result of his .r^in. at ; . Levin, and ,he is going to be a force to reckon with.in sprints from now ■on.; . .' ... ' .•'•'.•' '■ ■■ ■ ' '