WALTON PARK NICELY

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 96, 20 October 1933, Page 6

WALTON PARK NICELY

NARROW HIGHWEIGHT WIN

AValton Park, improved with his two initial races for the season at Otaki and Masterton' respectively, upset the calculations'of the general investor m the Glen Highweight Handicap, in which, favoured with a good run through in the straight, he finished too resolutely for Colossical, who had been in a leading position throughout. The improvement was not out of order, for he had been fifth home in bpth earlier starts, and at Otaki he did not have all the best of it. > He returned good prices both ways, being at double figures straight out. The winner, was well back in, the early running, being eighth or ninth outside a rear bunch.' He'improved a place or two in the back stretch, and by the time they reached the straight he was with Revision, closely following Te Ua, Colosjsical, Aesculus, and Henry of Navarre. With Te Ua weakening at the false rail her came through an opening to challenge Colossical, and he got up in time to beat the Trentham! horse home by a head. Throe lengths back Aesculus just retained third ■ place and dividend from Revision, with Te Ua and Doiran close up, and Flower,' Henry of Navarre, Lovecourt, Mercian Prince, and Tunbridge following at intervals. i It was an attractive performance by the winner, but had '.. he not received the lucky opening when he did he would not have reached Colossical. ' He is a five-year-old gelding by Cape Horn from the Kilboy mare Kilccit, a balfrsister to Egotism, darri of Pride and'Jaloux, and he was bred .and is owned by his trainer, 8., Burgess). He, began racing only last season, when he was three times successful and several times placed.

Colbssieal-was easily second best in the field. .He.looked the winner at the distance, but he hadi just'insufficient reserve left to; stall off ithe winner's determined; challenges He,is well worth remembering/as he is improving all the time.; A. . Aesculus^ after 'having every chance, failed iv his usual way to show fight at the finish.- Revision looked unlucky not to be.: \third,.' for. she was hampered -in attempting to find a way through in the straight. Doiran, the favourite, drew the outside and was out on the course all the way. - He. loomed up on the outside of the leading division in the straight, but .the task of going further after the fast pace that bad 'been set was beyond him, Te Ua showed a lot of pace out in front to the straight. Flower, again began slowly.

A feature of the race was the fast time, the'mile and, a quarter at the high scale being run in 2min 79isec, exceptionally good time foe the type of event.