OVER RACING EASTER

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 75, 29 March 1934, Page 6

OVER RACING EASTER

THE WAIRARAPA MEETING

SINGLE-POOL TOTALISATOR

The Easter lacing and tiottin^ carnival opens on Saturday with six galloping and two trotting meetings, distributed throughout the Dominion, and it'will bo continued nett Monday and Tue&du\, with additional later meetings on the West Coast The fi-^tuics within daj'a lange of Wellington arc the Wairarapa and Feildiug Meetings, both on Saturday and Monday, but considerable ancillary; interest will be taken as well in 'the Auckland and Canterbuiy Meetings and in the Metropolitan Trots, wheic Walla Walla is to make his New Zealand debut. The Wairarapa Autumn Meeting at Tauheremkau is the iixtuie that ivill diaw the mam Wellington patronage, and the fields for the opening daj. as is eustomauly the case at this penod of the jear, are of just fair quality and size. Still, the meeting is a populai one, and a good attendance is assured, if the weather ]»• at all satisfactory. The tiaek should be in excellent older alter lecent lain The totalisator will opeiate on the singlepdor^system, with two dividends in fields ;of five* or more runners. Trains leave Lambton Station at 7 30 a m. and 8 33 a.ni each day. The piogrammc and piospects are briefly, as follows — 11.30: NEWMARKET HANDICAP, £115, 6 fin longs Equltant ... 0 <h Lady Nan ... 8 1 lioyal Boutine Sll Aston 7 7 Xayaho .... s 3 Royal Routine looks well placed in the Newmarket Handicap, and the tiack mill suit him. Lady Nan has. the hkehe t fouu of the others, but Navaho and Aston, both nmneio at the Xciv Yeai, may aloo go well. The favourites will piobably be Royal Routine and Lady Nan. 12 10: MAIDEN RACE. £101); 7 furlongs; all Agrestic Consummation First View I.a Parleiusc Ma Chcri . lUmuria Te Kansltumau Treasure Uuut The public will doubtlessly be pleased to find the Maiden Race second on the programme now instead of the last race, but the club rather unaccountably has still kept the corresponding race till the end oil the second day. The form for Saturday's event is poor, and the best of it looks to be held by Treasure Hunt, Consummation, and Te Rangitumau. At the distance preference may be for Treasure Hunt and Te Eangitumau. 12.35: EASTER HANDICAP, £225; V/i Miles. Arrow Lad ..9 0 Thrasher ... 7 4 Miladl ..... 8 13 Capo Fair ... 7 4 Hazoor 8 4 Lyrical 7 0 Saltpot .^... 7 5An even issue is offered by the Easter Handicap, and four or five of the seven runners promise to be well backed. Last year's winner, Arrow Lad, who had'recently returned 'to good form, may be expected to go a solid race again, but one .it le.ast who should ficriously trouble him is tliii promoted hack Hazoor, who was decidedly unlucky iv a way not to win the Champion Hack Cup recently at Trentham, and is probably' better than he lms yet ruvcalcd. The in-and-out Miladi is another definite possible, and Saltpot (who lms not raced since Christmas)) and Cape lair are ilwajs liable to biupiiac Touu suggests Hazoor and Arrow Lad. 1.35: WAIBAItAPA . NURSERY HANDICAP, £110; 5 furlongs. Morbury 8 10 Choral . 7 4 Queen's Prido 8 1 Zionist 7 2 Balbus 7 7 RUlalc 7 2 ConßscatiOn . 1 5 The best class in the Wairarapa Nursery Handicap is undoubtedly held by Morbury, who has already won two juvenile, races and hos been just beaten in miielr better company than this. The improving Balbug, who ran second last week at Awapuni, looks likeliest of the others, but he will require to begin better than he has in his races to date. Queen's Pride must be respected, too, as she was a winner last start. Choral and Zionist are possible improvers. Support promises to come for the Morbury-Rulate bracket and Balbus. • . 2.15: TUHITAKATA HACK HANDICAP, S, 100; 1 mile. Te Ua .v 9 0 Reno Bello .. 711 ISonnle.Vale ... 8 5 Vititiihouo ... 7 7 Huntins Lodse 8 3 a Lancet 7 5 ■ Lovccburt ... J 12 The field for the Tuhitarata Hack Handicap is not strong, and the top pair, Te Ua and Bonnie Vale, appear to hold all the credentials for a race over v mite/ At their difference in weights Bonnie Vale, who returned after her let-up to run a •good fourth at Awapuni last week, may ,be the better. Hunting Lodge, on her: Dannevirke running' over seven furlongs, is. a possible surprise. The betting will be for Bonnie Vale and Te Uu. 2.35: MARTIXBOROUGH HANDICAP, £115; 7 furlongs. Speed. ...... 0 9 Thrasher .... 7-13 La Pounea .. 9 2 Flower w 7 11 Royal Routine 9 1 Snowball .... 711 ,I'rosttatlon ~.. S 11 Speed has always run consistent races, and in his present form he will take beating in the Alartmborough Handicap, despite his 9.9. La Poupee was a winner at .the Dannevirke Meeting, but she beat ' nothing, and Prostration, who has come ■ very fit with his recent Tacing, may be a : more serious danger to the topweight. Royal Routine, i£ started, would also re- ■ iquire consideration, even with a rehandieap. A likely pair look to be .Speed and Prostration. • 3.33: 3IOKAI HACK HANDICAP, £100 3 7 \ . furlongs. West Tor .:.. 9 .0 Windward .., 713 ■:; Hunting Lodge 8 13 Full Throttle . 7 10 Grand Blow .. 8 3 V^ilta Squall . 7 5 Purse ....... 8 1 Quebec 1 5 Rene Bella .. 7 13 The Mokai Hack Handicap gives West Tor another chance to justify the sup- ? port that has several times sent him ont favourite lately, and as he has usually ;been running on it would he a risk discarding him yet. Purse and Windward avc due for a win, especially the former, ■and Hunting Lodge (if reserved) and Grand Blow are others with fair-prospects. Those in main demand may be West Tor and Purse. ».-.' • 4.13: FERRY HACK HANDICAP, £100; 6 furlongs. Prostration .3 8 Bay Area .... 7 0 -.Piadle 8 13 Lady 1na...... 7 9 Normandy ... 811 Full Tirottlo . 7 9 Gay Seton ... 8 5 Sir Spear ..'. 7 5 : Bon Rapide .. 8 1 "White Squall ' 7 5 ' "Pegged. ■ • Magnitude .. 7-5 Exchange 7 13 Roderick Dhu . 7 5 ; Lady Ronald . 7 13 >; The Ferry Hack Handicap has drawn the ■biggest field of the day, and the club is' lucky to have it as the laefc race on the card. If Prostration is reserved he must • take beating, despite his weight, for his ■recent racing has so improved him, but ■one who should move than hold his own with him isGay Seton, who finished ahead of him in hi 9 one start at Trentham, aud now comes in at exactly 141b better terms. Pladiej Bon Rapide (unlucky at Awapuni), and Lady Ronald look likeliest of the others. Normandy is better than he has been at any previous part of the season, and Pegged Exchange is also fit, so that a surprise by either of these would not ,be out o£ order. The final betting may ■be mainly for Gay Seton and Prostration (or Bon Rapide).