NO WINS FOR VOITRE

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 51, 1 March 1934, Page 8

NO WINS FOR VOITRE

MINOR EVENTS AT BULLS

Kacing in the minor events at Bulls yesterday was to an extent spoiled by small fields, but most of the races were interestingly contested. The weather:was fine and very hot, and the track was hard and fast.- .The attendance was fully up to expectations, but investors did not, warm up to betting till after the main race, when the pools averaged above what they did jointly under win-and-place last year. The day's investments finally amounted -to £4365105, compared with £4534 last year, a decrease of £168 10s. -: The leading jockey K. Voitre continued to ride without luck, two seconds in*a full book being his nearest returns. - The official times o£ starting were- half an hour later than those .published, two sets of times being given in the correct card, last year's in the official timetable and an amended schedule under the mdi' vidual races. The times followed were those attached to the separate races, not those in the unadjusted table. ; As a result of the late arrival of Senegal and Thrasner for the' main race, there was a twenty minutes' delay in closing the totalisatpr for this event, and the time lost was not recovered. 1 FIRST HURDLES SUCCESS. The betting soon indicated that the stable' very much preferred Constant Sun to Consent in the Ohakea. Hack Hurdles, and Constant Sun. justified his favouritism by getting up in the-last few strides to score by a head from Easterly. He was at the rear most, of the way, but he moved round on the home turn, and down the stretch below the last fence he finished just too well for Easterly. .The winner began .his jumping career only recently at the Egmont and Tara-naki-Meetings, and after promising efforts at the -latter fixture he continued the improvement to notch his first hurdles success yesterday. He ;is a big, wellmoulded five-year-old son of Australian Sun and the Eoseworthy mare Booralie, who .is no other than a full-sister to the Auckland Cup winner Tanadees, and he is owned by Mr. H. Bayly, for .whom L. G. Morris is now training him. -On the flat he did not live up to early expectations) but he may make full amends over fences, as he jumps well and should stay. Easterly improved a lot with her run at Woodville, and it was only in the last strides that she went under. At one stage she was at the rear with the winner, but she began, to go along sooner, and possibly she was asked for' her effort just too early, as. she relies mainly on her finishing dash. Esteem, who was always , one of the leaders, was still in front going well at the last fence, but he hit the top of this obstacle arid was beaten into third place two lengths back. Invictus, who moved up to Esteem at the five furlongs, did not last long there, and he was drifting three furlongs from home. Hauwai, looking very

big, would benefit with the race, and so should Consent, who jumped well but dropped, out o£ the contest before, it was half through.' •■''.■'■. Three horses carried practically all the worth-while support in the Maiden Plate, and they filled-the places, • though the least-fancied of the trio, Leo Colossus, proved to be the winn.er. Leo- Colossus was rather»slow to begin from.the outside marble, but. he moved up on the turn to be next behind War Eagle and Evasion (together), Hard Times, and Kapla at the straight..;entrance'.' In the run down to the post he- finished too solidly for; the leaders, and he wore .them down to gain the verdict ■by half a.length over the favourite .Evasion. . '%■'■'. ■ i Leo Colossus is a- big three-year-old chestnut gelding by Colossus from the Quarantine mare Miss Quarantine, and he was bred i.by-Mr. Dv Buick, from whom he was bought by Miss M. C. Keaney, whose horses are now being trained: at New Plymouth by H. Dulieu. He carries the same colours as Prince Colossus, and his best previous effort was a. second to Lea Fail at New, Plymouth, at Christmas. On his latest effort he may go on to similar deeds to - Prince Colossus. Evasion, a firm favourite, had every chance, and so did War Eagle, both horses beginning well,and .making the running from Hard "Times to ■ the straight/ : WaiEagle: weakened over the iclosing stages into third;.place, a•"length and\a quarter behind Evasion.; Hard Times ran about at the' head.of the' straight/ bii't he was a well-beaten fourth. Kaola did best of the others, with a big gap back to Bold Jim and Colossal. XAnD TAX DECISIVELY.; .:] Land Tax won the Sanson Hack Handicap very decisively^ after being: in: front practically; all:,the,'wayV.,Alcides beat/her. out'from the^barrieri but she raceid to'the lead, within* the'first, furlong and. she'was never1 seriously;':tested thereafter, ■ easing up with; her rider looking behind two lengthsVahead of Boudoir at the post. It was an improvement on-her'.-Wanganui first-day effort;'but her subsequent scratching for Woodville would'suggest'.she .was not then; at her best. ,:She-':SvaS;i-,i^alkedi, over from Bunnythorpe to' Bulls/qn/ Tiies; day, a matter of 20 miles, in the 'style they used.to travel in other days. Boudoir was vigorously -ridden iby K. ■V'oitre, but she made no menacing response. Waipiro, three lengths back third, went moderately only and did not justify - her equal favouritism with the winner. Alcides was second to the turn; where he stumbled and went back to last. . PANGO'S LUCK CHANGES. After having raced without any luck since his spring successes, Pahu's. halfbrother Pango came back to the winning list in the ., Eangitoto .Hack Handicap. Three'of his'four .opponents were maidens, but the other was Round; Table, winner at his: into: last; s,taitsi.4nd -ae.well-regarded three-y,ear-pM, -so .there w^is-. fair merit'in. his effort;p/'v!'^l'?'":..'./''-;-:?4:i y-"-!.'.'t'-.-'i.-.'' '".' ' ' Pango V vftts, "cotiteat" to' f b'llo^''iTreasnre - Hunt.^.and viliyyn^al.ev;)to|:th.e..jstraight,. .but. Eeed thjn sharply".drove him t6 ; ,the front and in'ia.-few, .'strides 'he -was a couple or more lengths!clear>;r.lHound'Table.-chal-: lenged-;.frqm'''the;'dista ; n^^ to have?^charicevwha^|l&gok began ;:i'to^.%,fcbj>.- about ajhundfeds; yards "off; the pbst?a;butJ'Eeed. '.!gptvyjqvrajiio':work; again ":d'n'PaSgß?4who|:fesp'qnded-to' score fcomfpr|ably^B}^aTshorti!lerigthJi::': -;*:';..: .-.' "''-.:-Round'^Tole;ycai^iedveadJy^he''\b'i^e6t ihdividualfppol:/'6f pie dayy-and' :he;Twastwicei'a'sVw.ell.^backed'. asVParigo^fbut/ihewas a s'Afte'rJfollow-

ing Pango i-ound the turn, he did not come on in the straight as he did at Trentham and Hawera. Although lie was slightly cheeked when Pango stopped near the finish, he would have required a lot of luck to have won. It is possible he was just short of a gallop. Wyndale, a neck off third, went her best rnce yet. Los Quex and Treasure Hunt also went failraces for maidens. FAVOURITES WELL BEATEN. In the best pool for the day, Etiquette, Gay Seton, Interlocutor, and Arauline all carried individual investments of "over £100, but the dividend-payers came from two of the remaining four horses, Bon Bapide and Leo Colossus, both at good prices -considering the dimensions of, the field. Bon Rapide, a three-year-old filly by Chief Buler from the imported Polygnotus mare Eapide, the dam also of Speed, was making her first appearance this term, and her forward showing was naturally not freely anticipated. She was always closely pursuing Gay Seton in the running, and she ran on solidly to frustrate a late challenge from the earlier maiden winner Leo Colossus by a short head. She races in the colours of Mr. M, Millar, who also owns Diatomous, the two horses haying been cheap purchases at the 1032 yearling sales. ' ':','■' .'"',. Leo Colossus registered: another attractive performance, as he was last round the turn, then came through the field brilliantly in the straight. At \the halfdistance it looked as if he wpuld catph the winner, but the latter had_ just sufficient reserve to call on to retain-a slignt advantage to the post. .. :, Gay Seton, making her' reappearance after an absence of over a year,, displayed all her oldspeed, ,but she wa's;not quite forward enough, weakening into a creditable third. She. is now being .trained by F. Higgott at Otaki, and later-pnv.she may be. taken "over. to1. Australia.-'; :: ; Etiquette,'the ."favourite,, was -.always handy though- out on ]the : cpurseijbut as previously when she; has failed' to establish an early lead she proved incapable of doing it at the other end. Arauline.showed pace in the middle stages and was already, up with Gay Setou at the straight entrance, but she did not go on with the effort, finishing alongside. Etiquette' just behind the places.- Interlocutor was the only one of the others ever .seriously, in the running.' '. ;;-. * - : ' ; ' ' After) the race an inquiry was held into interference caused Gay Seton in the straight by Leo Colossus (outside) and Bon Eapide (inside), but after hearing the evidence of the riders concerned the judicial committee decided that no action was necessary. ■:- . * . ; ../ -RESULTS IN: DETAIL?^' j: '•Eesults ■'were:— •' -• -d},■:■%■'■ ■y-:':^^' i ;i '-•;' ,; Ohakea Hack Hurdle Baee, £80 '?<1>£. miles.— 1 Constant Sun, 9.8. (I. Tucker), 1; 5, Easterly, 10.13, 2; 4'• Esteem," 9^o, 3.' Also started: 3 Consent 10.13, 2 Invictus 9.5,. 6. Hauwal 9.0. Time, 2min 48 l-ssec. ,V ;; .: .'■ . Slaiden Plate, £55; 6 furlongs.—3 Leo Colossus, 8.5 (Li. Dulieu), 1; 1 Evasion, ,7.7,; 2; 2 War Eagle, 8.5, 3. Also started: 5 Colossal car. 8.6, 8 Bold Jim 8.5, A Hard Times 8.5, 7 Kaola 8.5, 9. Lapel 5.5, 6 Remiss 8.5, 10 Saxony 8.5. . Time, lmin 15 l-ssec, •.':.-. ■ Sanson Hack Handicap, £60; 6 furlongs.—2 Land Tax, 8.0 (S. Anderson), 1; 3 Boudoir, car. 7.7, 2; 1 Walplro, 7.3, 3. Also; started: 4 Alcides car. 7.6%. Time, lmin 14 2-ss"c. BANGITIKEI CUP, £120; I^4 miles.; 3 Count Palatine, 8.12 (L. G; Morris) .... '1 2 Copper King, 7.13 (S. Wilson) >. 2 1 All Humbug,. 8.11 (K.jEeed) ; ............. 3 ; Also started'::- 5 Plateau. 9.0, 4 ,Besert> Star 8.4, 7 ;; i Senegal .7.11. \7, •Thraslier.-'icarV- 7.7. • Time, 2mlh 8; -;S-55ec...'..' ■• '■''■ : ; '■ ' ■ ;-' .;::■; : ' 'Hack^Cup,■ £:S();--7'-furlong3;—1'- 'Ail' Spirit, 8.3 (B.;Reed), r>.3:Moatoai can 7.11, 2; 2,Miss Hushabj;e, ■ 8.3, 3\ ■'''-. Also- 'Btarte'd,:''; 4 Huntihg Lodge'B.B,^'.'s.iArena'.B.B^.6- Boon-7:10', 8 Roy,ston.^ar,:,7.B%, '7. Gay ,Coaf<;a'r., 7.9. Time, lmin 27.,4,-.ssccy.Viv:.--.v.i *;.-v*' 4 ->;-^-;' ■-%■>.'!'■ ~-'■-■■-.•^-■■■•: '-h .•:■; ■. -Ranglfjito"• HacW' iHaridlcap,-'£ 70 'i-SYi i urlongai —^2 Paii'?o', 9.0-s:(R."'Reedj, 1; 1 Round liable, 8.9,' 2;,! A-'Wyn'dale,:car.':.7.6,-::3::'Alsp'started;:' 3 ■Treasure.siHiintV car. >'7.6,^;; :5 ";Lo3 :-:.Quex 7;0. Time.'-liairi .49 l'-ss'ec;"'"'.., ; ..':.;■ ';■ " FarewellvHack Handicap, £fiO; 5 furlougs.^— 5-, Bon; Rapide,. 7.11 ,fW. J.. Broughton), :I,^ 6 Leo Colossus, 7.5/2; 2 Gay Seton, 8,12; 3/Also ■'■ started-: 1. Etiquette' 9.2- 3 Interlocutor S.B, 4 I'Arauline car. 7.11%, 7;King"Peg 7.10, 8 Korerpa T-lOi Time, lmin l--4-ssec.' ■ ■ ■■ ': ":' • .-: