BROUGHTON'S BIG DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 60, 12 March 1934, Page 4

BROUGHTON'S BIG DAY

FOUR MOUNTS, FOUR WINS

Following a night of continuous torrential rain, the weather cleared in the early hours of Saturday for tho concluding day of the Dannevirke Racing Club's "Revival" Meeting at Woodville on Saturday, and, except that it was damp'underfoot, the day was a most pleasant one for racing. The attendance, however, j was not as good as-might have been expected, and very small fields kept the betting down. It was an unfortunate feature of the betting that the open events drew very poor pools, with even the novice stakes attracting a bigger aggregate investment than the principal race. As a revival meeting the fixture was far from being a success, indeed the club must have been a very considerable loser over the whole meeting when the expense of - the postponement is taken into account. The day's turnover amounted to £2767 10s, as against £2278 10s on the second day at Dannevirke two years ago, making an aggregate of £5551 10s for the meeting, compared with £4305 10s two .rears ago, an increase of only £1156. Saturday's investments, duo to the poverty of the fields, were actually less than Friday's. • ■ The track quickly recovered from its' drenching, the going being very holding at first but improving as the day progressed. _W. J. Broughton had a * great day's riding, bringing home four successive winners with his four mounts. Voitre's luck at the meeting was execrable. He had six seconds but not a single win. POOR BETTING RACE. Little interest was taken in the Tipapakuku Highweight Handicap as a betting! mediuni, and the pool was only a few pounds larger than in the, corresponding race on the first day. Hazooiv was a big favourite, with Easterly the only other seriously considered, and the public estimation was correct. Hazoor made light o£ his task. He was last early,' moved up along the outer to bo following Ythau and Miss Hushabye down the back stretch, and, racing to the lead as they came into the straight, came on to win unchallenged by three lengths from Easterly. He apparently improved a lot witii his .first day's race, but the class and style of event was altogether different. Ho is a horse who should race well-at Trentham this week. WARM FAVOURITE MISSES. Betters elected to make Keith Voitre's mount Te Rangitumau a warm favourite for the Novice Stakes, but once again, this at present luckless horseman had to be content with-a second placing. Te Ran^itiimau attempted to leave his field from the half-mile, but he finally lacked even the slightest : touch of brilliance that might have given him the victory. It looked as if-Voitre might have made his move at the wrong moment, but a horse who has only the one pace is not an easy animal on which to win races. The winner was View Halloo's three-year-old sister Hark Forrard, who was at a surprisingly good price considering her excellent finishing effort into second place over a furlong shorter distance on the first day. She was again at the rear early, but Jenkins was 6ending.her along from the three furlongs and she was a\ready second three lengths behind the leader at the straight, entrance. Continuing her run she was on terms a furlon"from the post, but she was then begin' ning to tire and was all out at the post to score by a neck. This well-bred filly was passed in cheaply at the yearling sales, Imt she was obtained privately afterwards by Mr. W. A. Dewar, for whom she is being trained at Feilding by H. J. Batten. The rest of the. field requires little comment. Bold Jim finished over tired horses for third money six lengths back, and Royal Guy and Toxmiss were together next Royal Guy is a three-year-old Royal Divorce gelding who looks likely to improve hiter on. j FROM A USEFUL FAMILY. Calydon, after looking a prospect for ;i race for some time past, finally opened lus winning account in the ' fotaranui Hack Handicap. He did not begin too well and was eight or nine horses back when the field settled down, but he began to move forward on the turn, and he ran through the leaders in the straight to take the lead-below the distance umf to

score excellently by a length from Gi;and Blow and Royal Shift. Grand Blow and Royal Shift were also among the last horses to begin, but they van home strongly from the straight entrance, the former always being in front of Royal Shift, who came along tlie rail from au almost impossible position just to miss reaching second place. Lady Ina, a fair fourth, was always handy to the front. Tres Sec looked dangerous halfway down the straight, but did not see his effort through. Hunting Jay, Moatoa, and Full Throttle, the early leaders, failed to finish-on. Purse could not hold position and wa,s never, dangerous. Mana Gift was hopelessly left. BROUGHTON'S FOURTH WIN. Determination and extreme vigour on the part of her rider, W. J. Broughfon, was - the one factor that gained the verdict for Palm in the Kaitoke Juvenile Handicap Palm and Peggy's Joy cut down Bodyline soon after landing in the straight, but Palm found that the outsider alongside her was ready fbr ten rounds of hard fighting once they were out clear together. -Peggy's Joy had- a lead on points till the final round, but Palm then got in a last telling blow almost on the bell. Palm's win was Broughton's fourth in succession in four rides, a really splendid performance in itself. Broughton was without a ride in the concluding two races. Peggy's Joy, a full-sister to Arena and Stadium, went her best race yet and she will be unlucky not to capture a juvenile event before the season ends. She was beaten on Saturday •by the ieast; imaginable margin, the official verdict necessarily being half a head. GOOD TH IN GS U PSET. The good things were.completely.upset in the Tapuata Hack Handicap when the maiden Good Cheer finished brilliantly from the back to win by nearly a length from the favourite, Vonia Park. A fur-, long from home Voitre was sitting ihe favourite between. Interlocutor and -Moorwyn rea.dy to strike for victory at any moment,;-but he had not anticipated the late rush from the .winner, who .was up and past him before he could- move: Certainly Voitre is finding it next to impossible to do the right thing at present. The field,.with the exception of White' |? n. • iad not raced on the opening day. Vonia Park was probably a good thing beaten/ Interlocutor ran much better than at Bulls. . , A POOR FINAL PpOL. -. There were only three acceptors for' the Tiratu Handicap, and two of them were still well within hack ranks. • The Mother was La Poupee, who waa made a gaod favourite in a small final pool and duly did what was expected of li*. La Poupee was content tc. allow the other pair to set tlie pace. Golden shadow. Hunting Lodge, and she were separated by lengths approaching the straight, but. once in line for home' La loupee came along the outer and won comfortably by a length and a quarter from Hunting Lodge,.with Golden Shadow three lengths back. ■ ' Hunting Lodge was -'Voitre's last chance for.a win at the meeting, but she failed to' rise to. the occasion. RESULTS IN DETAIL. Results .were:—. ' ".- ---' rTipapakuku Hlghwelght Handicap, £60; 1 mile and a distance.—l. Hazoor, 10.13 (K. P. Ro.bmson), 1; 2 Easterly,.9:4, .2; 4. Ythan, 9.8. a.-.■ Also started: ?. Miss nusbabye 10.4, 5 Mon. Rot. 9.0, 6 Lady .JVessex.9.o. < Time; 2min 1 3-5 sec. .•.-■:. . ' • K°vte° Staftcsi SoO;'7 furlongs.—3 Hark Forrard, 8.5 (A. Jenkins), 1; 1 Te: Rangitumau, 5.5, 2; 2 Bold Jim. 8.5. 3. Also started: 6 Toxmiss car. 8.7^.. 5 Caneflcld S.S, 4 Royal Guy 8.5. Time, lmin. 31 2-ssec. HARTGILL MEMORIAL, £100; 1 mile and a distance. \ 'Z...™ T""1' B'° < w- J- Broughton) 1 4 White Fa,ns, 7.6 (R. Marsh) 2 1 Speed 0.0 (B. 11. Morris) 3 Also started: s'La Modcrno 5.13, 3 Thrasher car. 7.8%. 6 Flower 7.0. Time, lmin 50 2-ssec. Totaranui Hack Handicap, £00; 7 furlongs. —G Calydon, 7.9 (W. J. Broughton), 1; 7 Grand Blow, 7.11, 2: 5 Royal Shirt, 7.9. 3. Also started: 10 Hunting Jay 9.9, 2 Mana Gift car. 8.7, 1 Tres Sec car. 8.4%, 3 Lady Ina 8.1, 4 Purse 7.12, 8 Moatoa car. 7.11 V., 8 Full Throttle car. 8.3%, 11 Gay Coat 7.7. Timo, lmin 30sec Glengarry llnndicap, £S0; 6 furlongs.—l Epigram, 8.1 (W. J. Broughton), 1: 3 Good Hunting, car. 7.2. 2; 2 Souchong, 8.13, 3. Time, lmin 15 l-sscc. Kaitoko Juvenile Handicap. £G0; 5 furlongs. —2 Palm, 7.11 (W. J. Broughton). 1; 5 Peggy's •loy, 7.4, 2; 3 Balbus, 7.11, 3. Also started: 1 Bodylino S.B, 4 Confiscation car. 7.9.- Time, lmin 3 3-sscc Tapuata Hack Handicap, £60; 5 furlongs.—' ■1 Good Cheer, 7.0 (L. H. Jones), lj 1 Vonia Park, 8.5, 2; 2 Interlocutor. 5.5. 3. Also started: 3 Moorwyn 7.7, 5 White Squall car. 7.3. Time, lmin' 3 2-ssec. Tiratu Handicap, £75; 7 furlongs.—l La Poupee, S.lO (B. H. Morris), 1; 3 Hunting Lodge, 7.9, 2; 2 Golden Shadow, car. 7.10, 3. Time, lmin 31sec.