NAPIER PARK RACES

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 52, 2 March 1934, Page 4

NAPIER PARK RACES

VANESTEP'S EASY VICTORY

SPEED RETURNS TO FORM

(By Telegraph) (Special to the "Evening Post.") NAPIER, This Bay. Ihe opening day of the Napier Paik .Racing Club's Autumn Meeting at Gieenmeadows yesterday, held m ideal summeihke weather, could scarcely bo called a success, as the attendance was only modelate and theie was nevei any enthusiasm 111 the betting The totahsatoi icceipts amounted to £3672, compaicd with £4710 last jeai, a decline of £1044, moic than 20 per cent. Single pool betting would have been much moie suitable to the conditions, for the individual iace pools aveiaged only £500, and weie sometimes much less than that, vet these small pools had to be divided into two, win and place, giving the backers of favouiitcs no chance whatever of reasonable returns. An unfortunate accident occmied durin«the running of the Maiden Scmiy, Bold Bill colliding with the picket fence neai the winning post and thiowing his jockey, I. Callahan. Callahan, with at«istincc, walked over to the stands, but lalci he was sent to hospital VANESTEP'S CUP. Vancstep, who has lecenlly been i.icin o ' with, raaiked consistence at East Coast meetings, added the Napiei Cup to her list of successes, winning decisively fiom a small field. She took tip the lunmng early, and the only one capable of>gomg after Jier ovji- the concluding stages was the outsider Aesculus, from whom she drew away 'again through the final fuilong and beat home by nearly three l|ngtns.. This four-yeai-old daughter of Weathervane and the dual New Zealand and Auckland-Cup'winner Warstep, who earlier at the stud left another good one in Footfall, is not very big, but she is all quality and she is going to win better racte yet. Her career has been brief, and in all she has started only 13 times for seven,wins and three minor places. lue inconsistent Aesculus proved best of the, others, but Chopin was going well at the.efid a close third. The well-fancied Uurie went very modelately and was last to complete. , , Only four runneis paiaded for the Autumn Handicap, the other open event, and Speed, the favounte, finally just woie down Soucnonfe to scoie by half a head Ixracnong quickly put a break on Ins opponents and was four lengths clear at the end of a couple of furlongs, but Lady t>py and Speed began'to close on him fiom the half-mile. Souehoncr contested every inch o£ the straight with Speed, but he pould^not rraite keep his chillenfrer out. iha instance is undoubtedly Speed's best, nnt it is rather too far for Souchong Cuticle was finishing on thin] THE MINOR EVENTS. Manuiu was a good favouute 101 the Omarunui Hack Huidles, but An Laddie {ed all the way and beat him comtoitably by a length. Mamuri had almost caught the leader at the last tence, but the latter did the better on the stretch below It was Air Laddie's third hurdling success his other two having been gained on the first days at Feildmg and Woodville in the spring. Chock Bay was a fan tliud and Chesham fourth. Mana Gift, who was a winnci at Hastings on January 2 at his last start, proved to have retained his form in the interim by upsetting the calculations of investors in the Esk Hack Handicap. He was m the lead piactically all the way and he scored by a length from the rank outsider Tareba. Hunting Jay, the win favourite, went off badly, apd after running up to the winner at the head of the straight he weakened over the final fuilonjr to be beaten into thud place. Eoyal Shift was finishing on fouitli. Sabatim displayed his tustomaiy fiactiousness and was left at the bsnier. Coronilla, the win favounte, attempted to win the Sapling Stakes all the way, but m the straight she failed to respond when challenged, and Cullus Lavinia, and Abbey Feale all beat her home. Cullus got through, along the rail and vyon comfortably by a length from Lavinia, ,who just held off Abbey Feale by a head. The other pair m the race, Hornpipe and Shirred Eibbon, having their hrst start, weie not ready to show their possible worth, , Tb.e well-bred Bellbroney, a four-yeai-old full sister to the successful Auckland three-year-old Killddar, -was Well enough regarded by her" connections to be made favoupte in the small pools on the Maiden Scurry, and she iully justified the con- y Jidence reposed in her. Beginning well from the rail position, the could .have taken the lead at any stage, and' after assuming chargo before reaching the straight she came on to win as she liked by nearly three lengths from Pikiao, who vvaa always one of the leaders Hatuma waa a good third^ followed by Seattle (the early pacemaker) and Marae Ques, The winner hails from Blenheim, being owned and trained by Mr. A. M Parnell, and she had raced only twice pieviously at the recent Mariborougb. Meeting. More will probably be heard from her. Blue Boy, the four year-old full-brother to Gay Court, followed up his Woodville success with another neat win in the Eedclyffe Hack Handicap. He was handy to the leadeis (Sabatim and Eoyal Eecord) at the straight entrance, and he lan on too well from them, scoiing by a length and a half from the outsider Eoyal Record, who held off the win favourite Secrecy by a neck Eoval Dash and Sauatini were next, Fondle was always hopelessly placed. RESULTS IN DETAIL. 'Results vvere:— Omanmut Hack Hurdle ninoVin £70 iv miles-2-2 Air Xaddic, 10 2 (J \fcnio), 1; 1-1 Manuiri, 110 2 3 3 Chock S-vj, 9li V Also started- 4-4 Chcsh-im 0 0 0 -i Lone bneai car 9.3%, 7-7 Ex Dono 9 1,66 Wee, Boy 10 length; two lengths anu .1 half limn. 2mm Esk Hack Handicip, £6" 6 tuTlmur* fi & Mana Gift. 7 9 (I Callahan), 1 ;7-G TareSa! .0. 2; 1-2 Hunting Jiy, 0 4 3 Also startauV 2-1 Dorado 7 9, 3 2 Bolt Song 7 9, 6-5 Saot tlnl car 7 11, 4 1 Royal fehtft car 7S, Length: head. Time, lmln 14 4 sscc b ' Sapling Stakes Handicap, £60, 5 furloncs 2-3 Cullus, 9S (R Reed), 1; 1 i I'viuai 2; 4-1 Abbey Feale, 7 13, 3 Aho started's 1,-2 Coronilla 8 5, 6-6 Hornpipe 7 \ 5-* i Shirred Rtlbon car, 7 2 Length, head Time, lmln 1 2-ssec, NAPIER CUP, £130, li miles I—l—Tancstep, car. 7 0 (R Jr,irsh) 1 s~i~^ sclJ Ulsi, car 7"' (W J Bro"Kl»ton) 2 4—3—Chopin, IS(L H Jones) 3 Also started: 1-1 Curie 9 S, 1 5 v\htto Tang ■ o Three lengths; half 1 lcn ß tli Time. 2min 3 4-sscc Maiden Scurry, £3u, "< Curloiigs, weight 8 7 —1-1 Bellbroney (S. Anderson), 1, 4-5 P ( Uio' 2; 2-3 Haturaa, 3. Also started: 11-7 Mercian Lass, 7-5 Seattle, 6 0 Bonnie Ques 5-4 Good Choer, 10-10 Bold Bill, 3-2 Maraa Quex, 8-10 Wahinenui car, B.B*i, 7-S *akirl car. SSV 10-0 Market Inn Two lonEths and a half ■ three quarters of a length. , Time, Imin 1 4-3 sac Autumn Handicap, £90; 7 furlongs—l Soeed <M (B H Morris), 1; •{ Souchong, oTo, 2 4 Tuticle, car 7 S\4, 3 Also started. 1 Lady Spy car. 8 3 Half a head Time, lnun 26 4-oscp Redclyllo 'Hack. Handicap, S7O; 1 mUc.— 2-1 Blue Boj 8 8 (X Voilre)', 1, Koyal Record, cai 7 3 2 12 Secrecy, SO, 3 Also started: J-4 Fondle !).0; 3-3 Royal Dasli car 51, 3 3 Sj+batlni 713 6 b Dusky Crown 77, "-S Monetto 7 7 9 9 Lady Wcssc\ 7 7 Length and a half; neck.