IF THE GOING IS SOFT
l-tascal; is .oue of those on thel minimum, iv the Why te Handicap^ ohSaturday with more .t]han\an outside chance of success. At Oauiiara last' Saturday he'wag responsible ipr a really game effort in running second? to : Glenrowan. in the principal event,' states sthe : "Press." -The fact that his s^ablemate, Starshooter, was produced owinj? to the track conditions improving in his favour led to investors disregarding Eascfal, who has .always had the reputation'of being at home only on soft ground, Oamaru 'track, however j was not as "hawd as generally supposed, as if had a yielding surface after recent heavy raihfalJ, and was not wholly unsuitable for Unseal,' whp succumbed only in the last stride after making air his own pace. Eas j leal has had an unenviable record of second placings this season, and hfe chance to pmprove on_ these performances will come hvben he strikes going to his liking, possibly, ■at Trentham. . . ■ .. ■■ '. , ,'•
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 7, 8 July 1931, Page 7
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158IF THE GOING IS SOFT Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 7, 8 July 1931, Page 7
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