NOW RATED WITH BEST

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 141, 16 June 1932, Page 8

NOW RATED WITH BEST

_The steady progress that : the former ■ Welhngton : qwned Rational II: has made in the estimation' of Southern handicap-' »^ s ■* shown ,by the.weight heh'as.been. Mked. to carry in the Prince ; Edward-1 Handicap at the South Canterbury-Meets ing on Saturday. In this race he' shares! pride of place with Red Heckle; orr ttie' 9.6 mark, and well beneath lim are the* .Dunedin winner, Red 'Racer,' 8.9, and thY Jieefton winner, Ravine, 86' ;■ ■ !.o ■i^nh^S^ at, i>6J^ s''Dwab Cn P Recess in' 1930, Rational H. could do nothing right for Mr. C. Boyle, who disposed Sf him to his present owner, ilr. P. E. Thorpr. at the last Grand National Meeting. With the change of ownership came a-change or fortune, and in thirty-two races in Mr J.horpy's colours he has been six times a ■winner, eight times second, and five times third.

At the recent Dunedin Meeting he did not win a race, but he performed consistently. On the first day he was fourth under Bst 111b in the Provincial Handicap one mile and a quarter, won by Red Racer, 7-8 (=amed 7.5), with Red Heckle, 8.12 third. Then on the two final days he was twice second to Fast Passage, to whom ie was conceding a lot. of weight, turnin* the tables on both Red Racer and Red Heckle. It will therefore be seen how it is hejb weighted on top with Red Heckle for .rest Saturday's race.