TUNING-UP GALLOPS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1933, Page 25

TUNING-UP GALLOPS

HAWERA'S HOLIDAY HAND

(Special from "Limited.") HAWERA, December 15. Hawera-trained horses engaged at the holiday meetings are well forward, and they should account for a reasonable share of stake money. The connections of Debut are reported to have had a good i-in over that geldiug's success at Woodyille. No one would begrudge trainer W. Pine hia change of luck, which has been out for a long time. Pine's own mare La Crown ran two sterling races and may r-ire for him during the Christinas racing. Pine remained at Awapuni, where Debut and La Crown are engaged^ at the Manawatu Meeting. Aga Khan and Diagano are booked {for the Manawatu Meeting, and C. Jackson has the pair in excellent fettle. Aga Khan's" work indicates his starting in the Cup, and in his present form the distance should not be beyond him. J. Brown leaves on Wednesday for Ellerslie with Whenuakura, -Garfex, and Kara (the Wake Up filly). In a well-rated gallop on Tuesday over a mile Aga Khan (Vaughan), Carfex (Cole), and Gibraltar (Duncan) were associates. The pace was evenly maintained throughout and Carfex and Aga Khan finished strongly five lengths in front of Gibraltar in lmin 43V£sec. Present intentions are for apprentice Vaughan to ride Carfex in the Auckland Cup. In the hope of the gelding's receiving another chance W. Grindlay is giving Havering special barrier practice, even to the extent of having him enclosed between two hurdles. Havering is working parjticularly well just now, and if a starter at