RANGITIKEI MEETING

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 6

RANGITIKEI MEETING

ONLY MODERATE FIELDS

WORSES IN LIKELY FORM

In common with other fktmes lecently held in the southern poitiou of the Xorth Island, tho Rangitikei Racing Club's AnnuaK Meelnic tit Bulls tomouow has drawn disappointingly sm.ill fields, but, gi\eu a continuance of the pie^ent hue Weather, the gathenng should be tun suctessfully. Tho biiie ot the fields is cmdonee of the silbstahtial falling away m the munbet ,of hoises 111 ti.umng in the district at present, foi the stakes otteied are. alliound laiger than they weie Inst je.u, and populiu e\ents in tho hmdles and Cup ha\c been leinstated. Tn a ie_w qf the paucity of ncceptoi s it is piobablv fottunate that the club has dropped win-and place betting and ie\eited to the smgle pool, 'lwo diMdends will be pa> able in fields of h\e, six, <!e\eu, or eight Wrtors, and three di\ulendb if any race should hav,e' nine or more btnrteis The only events which have sufficient acceptors for three dividends aie the Maiden Plate andHhe Hack Cup The piogiammo and prospects aie — 12 0. OHAKEA JIURDLE&, £80, 1% "miles Eaitcrly .... 10 la In\ictU3 9 S Consent . 10 13 Esteem .... 9 Q Constant Sun . 9 8 Hamvai .'...;: 9 0 , The only horse1! with lecent foim in the Olnkea Hmdles aie Invictut, and Constant tsun, and of tins pair the expeiiented Invictjis looka the bettei tvith a pull in the weights. One who may beat the two of them, however, is Consent, a class hoise i\ho piomised to reach a high plane as a hurdler but who went amiis aftei the Wanjjanui Meeting last winter Gonsent hails honu the same stable as Constant Sun, but the pair run in dif> ferent interests " "Easterly ii liable to ha\e impro\ed with her run at Woodvillo last week Betteis may nefer Consent and hmctus.. * 12 45 MAIDLX rLATE, £33, B furlongs Colossal .... 8 5 iLap6l . 8 r Bold .-Jim i,r', 8 C ■ Leo Colossus . 8 5 Tven Money ,85 Remiss . .85 Hard Times ..8 5 Wjndnlo ..85 Itaola ...... 8 5 Satony ' .. . 8 5 War Eagle ... 8 5 Evasion . 7 7 Form in the Maiden Plate is next to negligible, nnd the lace should not be a hard one to win Haid limes is an impiover who went fair races at Woodvillc, and he and Wjndale will piobably claim the mam attention On hci own liack Wvndale may make a better showing than last week Among tlie otheis Leo Colossus has had recent c\peiience, and ]Z\a3ion, the only twoyeaiold engaged, jr classily bred Wai Eagle, who has been off the scene since a few promising efforts in the winter, maybe the slirpiibe element A likely trio read to. be Hard Times, Wyndale, and Evasion. i3O SUsSONtHACK HANDICAP £63, 6 furlongs AU Spirit .... 8 3 Walpiro ..75 Land Tax ... 8-0 Alcldcs ..70 Boudoir .... 7 5 All Spnit and Land Tax ha\o the best ciedtntials in the Sanson Hack Handicap; and the iorniei, following his Wanganui success, will probably be the fa\cnnite is an impio\er who looks the likpliest upsetting factor, but success for Alcidesi would not smpiise those who have noted him in his fey laces to date There will be. good follow ings foi All Spuit and Waipiro s Zl3 KA3>.GrnKEICCUrP r £120, Hi miles Plateau ~ 9 J Copper king. . 713 Goynt Falatino 812 Senegal ... 711 AH Humbug 81l Thrasher . 7 3 Desert Mai .84 A useful field of handicappcrs pi onuses to paiudo for the reinstated Kangitikei Cup, and all seven of the acceptbls ate capable of Succeeding if the wee is true run' Uateau did not leveal his spung fptm at Wanganui, but with those two races in him and with Jus opponents closer in the weights he may well make amends here. The unlucky All Humbug will be a. formidable opponent, and Count Palatine, Peseit Stai Copper King, and Senegal can all be expected tojnake creditable showings Honours may be shaied by Plateau and All Humbug ■5 0. HACK CUP, £80, 7 "furlongs Jlunting-.Lqdje. 8.8 Sir. IlomeQ ... 7 7 Ar«nn 8 8 Moatoa ..75 All Spirit1 8 3 Royston ... 7 1 Miss Huslmbjer 8 i Qay Coat . 7 0 Boon 7 10 ► Arena piomiscs to hue mam call on attention 111 the Ha-ck Cup, but she has jet to be proved bejond m\ fuiloivs Hunting Lodge and A.ll Spnit (if l'csencd) aie otheis who will be supported,"but they too have had their pievious successes at distances under seven fuilong*- Miss Hushibve is well and she is the most solid peitoimer in the field, with 1 good turn of speed nolhwithjstanding tint she lnb been umn;ug in lughw eights, I itcly Boon and Sir Romeo are aKo po^ble-, rJ he best efforts may come tiom "\liia Hushabj c and Arena 343 R^GIIOTO HACK HAJ»DICAP, £70, 7 furlongs. Tango ...... 9 0 'iVeasure Hunt. 7 0 ■Round Table .; "8 9 LO3 Quex .., 7 0 Wyndalo ..75 Round Table/ winner of' his last two races, is hkelv to touch a short puce in the Rangltoto Hack Handicap, and it is not easy to countenance his defeat If he should be beattii it would piobably be by the recently un\»-ky Pango The othei three are all maiden^, with Lob Que\ possibly best of them lavountes will be Round Table and Paugo 430 FAREWELL HACK HANDICAP, £00, 5 furlongs Ftlquetto ..92 Araulinc . . 710 Gay fecton 8 12 Ivini, Peg .. 7 10 Interlocutor . 8 8 Roreroi 7 10 Bon1 RapidOi .'. ' 7 11- Leo Colossus . 7 5 Speed will count irnunlv in the Taicwell Hack Handicap, and Ltiquettc possesses it in pluitj ' If she begins bettei than on the final day at Wanganui she will take catching Inteilocutoi and King Pe^ have shown lecent foim, and Aiauhnfe is also fast when sjie gets, oft Gay Seton tt\^is a promising twoyeaiold who has been off. the scene toi over twelve months, but she is quite a, possible in sueh1 a race as this Toim indicates Ltiquette and Inter locutoi-