USEFUL AWAPUNI TEAM

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 61, 9 September 1933, Page 25

USEFUL AWAPUNI TEAM

The Awapuiii trainer L. Wilson is buililing up for himself quite a useful string, for iv addition to his active members of last season, Princess Doreen and Catalogue, he now has Maiiawatu, Rolptiyllis, nnd the two-year-olds 'Dombey (Mercian King—Silver Strand) and "Lover's Lane (Lord' Quex— Cheloma): Lover's Lane is 'a half-brother to'Chelone, who was a useful performer when he carried tho colours of Mr. W. Hi Gaisford. \ ' ~ THREE-YEAR-OLDS IN CUPS Tlio marked differouuc between Australia and New Zealand in regard to three-year-olds racing in two-mile handicaps iv the spring, as shown by the record of the Melbourne and the New Zealand Cups, is commented ou by the southern writer "Vigilant." . Up till 1914, he remarks', three-year-olds, though not so, successful in the Riecarton event as they were and still are in the Flemington race, won eight (including dead heats).of the 32 New Zealand Cups. Since'l9l4 not one New Zealand Cup victor has been of that a"ge, though six three-year-olds have Won the Melbourne' Clip, in tho last 18 years. . Only five of tbe 4S entrants for the 1033 New Zealand Cur are three-year-olds, but that was1 the age of 115 of the 275 entrants for the 1033 Melbourne Cup. In respect to horses aged four and five the percentage.of entries in the ,two. races is almost identical, but in regard. to . other ages it differs greatly, as will be Been from the appended table of percentages:— N.Z. Cup. Melb.Cup. \ RC ' Percentage. Percentage. Three *...'..10.4 -.. 41.8 , : Four, 23.0 ,28.3 . Vive ■ -18.0 18.2 • J Six 25,0 .S.T : •Afe-e'd ............. 21.0 5.1 Fifty New Zealand- Cups have been decided, and owing to dead heats, 52 horses appear in the winning list. Their ages have been:—Aged, 8;- six years, 7; five years, 13; four years, 16; three years, 8. Seventy-two Melbourne Cups have been run. and the agea of the winners have been:—Aged, 6; six years, 11; five years, IS; four years, 16; three years, 21.