OWLSFLIGHT'S FIRST

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 116, 12 November 1931, Page 10

OWLSFLIGHT'S FIRST

SCORES IN HIGHWEIGHT

Owlsflight, having.his first start at the meeting, registered the first success at the fixture for the Chokebore Lodge team when he scored a narrow victory in the Suburban Handicap. A four-year-old black gelding'by The Ace from the: Autummis mare Owlscombe, he was' -several tiiries fancied in highweight events last year, but it was not till yesterday that he finally ■ opened his winning account. Like many horses from1 the. stable he was doing his best work at the finish., : ' :•. ';

Owlsflight drew the rail and was first to move, but he was unable to go witli his field early, and? Vitaphone took over the running. Vitaphone was five lengths clear with half the race over, his nearest attendants being Giggleswick, Crash, Filosol, King Midas, and Glenrowan. Vitaphone turned for home ahead of- Crash, Filosol, Giggleswick, and Glenrowan, where Full Mark was racing out wide for a clear run, and Owlsflight was coming: agaia through the field. Filosol and Owlsfligbt were most determined, with their claims, and over the last fifty yards Owlsflight got up to beat Filosol by a short' head, Vitaphone weakening into third place a neck away. , King Midas was a moderate fourth, and next were Glenrowan, Full Mark, Crash, and Giggleswick. '~-■, • The favourite, Filosol, was well favoured in' the funning, but he just failed to1 withstand I the winner, who came home very fast from the false rail. Glenrowanj A. E. Ellis's mount, was slow to move, and never threatened danger. Full Mark looked a possibility at the straight entrance, but his rider took him out very wide, and the extra ground he covered left him without his customary final dash. Vitaphone went an attractive race, and will be unlucky not to break his maiden status shortly. King Midas improved on Monday's performance.