BLACKSMITH AND PUKEHOU

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 146, 22 June 1934, Page 6

BLACKSMITH AND PUKEHOU

Wjth. the success of his two horses; Blacksmith and Pukehou, in'the two opening events at Napier Park' yesterday, Mr. A: F. Symes made sure of being one of the owners to find the meeting a profitable (bne. Form pointed to both of them, and they were at rather surprisingly satisfactory ' prices. ...

•'■■ ißlacksmith may be one of the,,best of. -the- late winter hurdlers yet'! Ythis season, and he is just: the-type" to- go on to a V":nter or :National;iHurd>Bv<iwin.!, He began the jumping; term'^ell'by winning at Awapuni in "March' !and "just- failing by a head tp: coriiiede;h!is;stablfemate*;Easterly' weight on the second-day of .-thajt- meetr ing. At Easter he contested and ran third in .the Waipuk'urau. Cup, but when school-, ing- at Awapuni afterwards he slightly'injured himself !ahd developed;poisoniHg. He reappeared to. run.-a.good third atFoxton: a fortnight ago, and yesterday^,.was his next start. Two years back, in. other colours, Blacksmith^revealed jumping promise, but after a double win at New Plymouth he left the game alone, meanwhile reverting to the, ownership of his breeder and winning on the flat.\ It was .only, during the autumn that he was returned to hurdling. ' :; ;. . . . Pukehou, %ho is trained at Hastings by L. D. Berry for Mr. Symes, was overdue for her success. ' In her previous six starts she had registered three seconds and two thirds, .and.it was surprising not,to find her going 'out. favourite yesterday, but this was probably because she had not raced since Pahiatua in April. She ib a three-year-old bay filly by Mercian King from the- Wormwood mare Nukerakau. being thus a half-sister to the two-year-old Bodyline, and she was bred by her owner.'' In 3 resterday's race she was bracketed with the two-year-old Flaxen, who is trained for Mr. Symes along with Blacksmith by Mrs. A. McDonald at ■Awapuni. ■'"■■.■ ; ■■-.--