NIGHT MID SUCCESS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 111, 7 November 1933, Page 4

NIGHT MID SUCCESS

ALL HICHWEICHT PLACES

The offspring of Night Raid-proved "best capable of handling the changed conditions in the- Middleton Bighweight 'Handicap, the three progeny of this sire engaged in the race filling the three places. • ■ Elude, who has shown no decent form for a long. time, was well placed from start to finish,1 taking : the lead from the expended Royal Sceptre at the half-mile, and although Nighttfier went up to him at the straight entrance and seemed for a time likely to outstay him, he proved to have a concealed "reserve, which be produoed at the distance and ; drew away to win by a couple of lengths. . The, winner is a six-year-old; brother to Aeeculue, but his general form has never been anything except very ordinary. Last season his only success was in a, highweight at Riccarton at the C.J.C. Autumn Meeting. He is owned by Mr. J. G. Maedonald, and is trained by F.'Holmes, better known now in the trotting world. Nightflier was last for the first halfmile, but then went up fast on the outer of the field going round the far turn. He looked to be doing it better than the winner at the false rail, but the latter pulled, away from him at the distance when aaked" for an extra effort. ■ ■ Nightguard, the brother to Phar Lap, was sent back to last at the half-mile, but came again in the straight,. running over beaten horses for a substantial place dividend three lengths behind Nightflier. High Rank (thrashed out),.Doiran (tiring, after being well placed' to the.straight), 'and Flower (never dangerous) were in a buncK close up' behind' Nightguard. ■ After'the race the judicial, stewards inquired into the interference to Nightguard, and they found that it'wae due to I careless riding by W. Hbgan on Locksley. They; decided to suspend Hogan for the remainder of the meeting. ' i