GRAND JURY'S CUP

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 11, 14 January 1932, Page 8

GRAND JURY'S CUP

MAIN EVENT AT FOXTON

COURSE RECORD TIML

(Special from '/Rarigatira.'") PALMERSTON N, This Day Th» Foxton Cup, the main e\ent at tbe IVjjrton Racing Club's Annual Meeting yes l«rd»y, -was an even betting iate, and it piovlded a roost inteiestmg and eutertain ing contest. Jow de Val, a hack i\ho was having hei first stait in such class, was always the public's choice, but onlj I.He minor.dividend was to fall to her lot, the winner being" the rank outsider of the iiefd, Grand Jury, who is also a hact and is still so well within the ranks that even the win does not remove him from them 'that there was some merit in his. performance is shown by his time, 2mm 7 3 ssec, which was a course record

Grand Jurj has often shown really ftratelais form, but. he has been well watched hy the handicappers, and .till jesterday had scored only three wins in three sea*hu He is an older full-biothei to the better-known Knollmere, and the Cup ■uccen will serve to show that he is piob »b\r not much her inferior in ability. It was at this time last season that he was banning to strike his best form,: and he •will be worth, watching for the next month. 01 so. He is owned by Mr. D XiOTirie, and is trained at 1 eliding by W. A. Jorgensen, who earlier in the day had the misfortune to lose a member of his team m the hurdler, Goldhke. The race was ran at a fast clip. Gland Jury was always well placed, and after settling down did not covei unnecessary ground, a fact for which tribute is due to his rider, J. M. Pine, who gave his mount a much better chance than some of% the other, riders in the race.

Arrowhead and Pahu made most o£ the running to the straight, wltei-e Billion \vas up on the outside in line with them, Grand Jury behind, and Ruanul and Joie de Val coining down the'outside from the. back. Pahu hit .the front at,the distance, but Grand Jury, was hot on. his girths and had him settled a little furthei on. Then Joie de Val put in a great challenge, but Ihe gap was too wide, and, although she was finishing much faster than anything else in the field, Grand Jury beat her by a. very short half-length. Ruanui was a length and a half away, third,' with Palrii right up fourth, then BiJlion, Balloon, Arrowhead, and Chief Cook Joie de Val -was probahly unluckj not toy have She covered extra ground «11 thi "way, which, nevertheless, is the style that suits her best, then came very determinedly well out on the course nn the straight. She finished m the brilliant manner of her sister, Degage, a great galloper of a tew seasons ago, nnd she must have won had the post been a few jards further on. , fiugnui covered more giound even than Joie de Val, tut the placing of the field compelled him to do so. He also finished strongly, but Joie de Val ahvavs hid him beaten in the straight. Pahu ran one of hia best races, but he had to let a great chance slip. Balloon did not; get away well, but his subsequent^showing was hardly up to expectation, though the fast pace probably had something to do with his being unable "to impiove his position Chief Cook wag-prominent -earlj, but the distance proved beyond him Billion vas another horse to coyer much additional ground. _ Arrowhead, though in trouble by the time the straight was reached, performed <tmte iratisfactorily fop a hack that h«s done most of his recent lacing in hurdle events.