ASTON WINS AGAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 140, 10 December 1931, Page 6

ASTON WINS AGAIN

ANOTHER USEFUL1. PRICE

Aston's connections, obtained another good price with him wheu lie won the Oete Handicap, yesterday's'open sprint, in his tliaracterißtio from-start-to-finish style. He drew the rail, and, although Ridgemount and. Xorbkio were momentarily in front ot" ■.■■■him. after the dispatch, he displaced ■them-immediately and thereafter • Was al* ■vvaVß going well enough tcr win. The Woodvjlle"straight wag a good test ot his solidity, and he survived tho ordeal splendidly. The dry atmosphere was of assistance to him, but it will be wise not to discard him in-any future-sprints he contests, for evidently weight does not trouble him, ■. Royal Routine,' after being nicely placed all .the. Way, was''most persistent m challenging in the straight, but, although he closed .to> a neck on the winner, never looked like'catching him. Royal Routine 5s another who-ii now much, more solid, and lie 18 racing with great consistency., The favourite, Korokio, did not have the best of runs. She was one of the first to move, but,, but quickly slipped back along tlie $ence ;tb be "last except for Curie, with-a couple-of furlongs covered. Whether she met.interference was not observed. She finished well in the straight for third money a length bock, but Curie was running over her at, the end and would have displaced her in a few more strides.Great Charter, a,bad-winded horse, was tprominent, to the straight, but did not tfien' come on. Royal Baby was never dangerous, although well up most of the ;-tv-ay, but she was favouring a leg when she returned to the birdcage.