STILL UKDETERMINED

Evening Post, Issue 6, 8 January 1935, Page 4

STILL UKDETERMINED

TWO-YEAR-OLD SUPREMACY

'(Special From "Early Bird.") '"■'"■:]' . ; January 7. Thfe two-year-old . form''prior to the Auckland. Summer. Meeting commencing was /strangelyj mixed, and it was still1 that waj;- after 'the four days' results-at Ellerslie.,-. The -two-year-olds were privileged to rum in sis.races during that fixture, and the only- one to come out of it with an enlhanced reputatibn was Bun Fight; who wcas very consistent. However, in the btest class; the honours were shared by Legatee and Galilee. . ' '. Legatee, won the big prize, the ,Foal /Stakes, thanks to the riders of, other favoured candidates thoughtlessly chasing the winner's stablemate Symcony, whose purpose apparently was to crack up the field. In this she succeeded beyond expectations. Three and a half furlongs from, home Legatee was giving 'away twelve lengths' start to Symcony and riot much less to youngsters ■ like'--:'H'aut Monde and Galilee, and when they stopped in tIW straight the Posterity colt had. little difficulty in running-past them. That was all there was to ; the Foal Stakes contest, and the result was practically nullified in the Eoyal'Stakes on the final day. , Here Legatee was made a warm favourite and could finish only fourth.. Galilee got all the best of it when she slipped out smartly from number one position and she led all the way. The three-year-old Variant. made it hard for her over the last bit, but Galilee is nothing if not game, and she held him off. Legatee and. Galilee- both had 51b penal-, ties and each'-tarried;-2ib;overweight. ■■'[/. Haut MondeirlQoldngs a Shuch. better horße than on'opening day, ; ;went an improved race top, .'making :a; fine show, and with an even getaway he might have made it much more difficult fpr; Galilee. Legatee ivas a^moderate fourth, and except for covering a bit of extra -ground, there was no excuse for' bins, Penelope ;■ went fast for four furiongs and then stopped, and Hunting Scene was outclassed. Gay Sheik, the brother to Gay Blonde,, appears to lie improving,./but Bun Fight was the most consistent at. the meeting. On the opening day she r was narrowly beaten by Lady Ruler, and with an ounce 'of luck it looked as if should' have won. Bun Fight' then won the Criterion. Handicap easily, Galilee" failing to run up to form, and in-winning again on the final day she paid a" fine price. -.-.■. So two wins and a second entitle: Bun Fight to be consideied a,"very smart filly, as she showed promise of, beiflg when she ran second to.Haut:Monde:at Trentham at the Koj'al:Welcome "Meeting. • .'.:''', ■- .Symcony retains all her great speed, and ■this'.-■,enabled the-stable rtb win, the Foal Stakies"with Legatee.;; i At ;her '.only: other appearance ; at Kllerslie.: iSymcoriy. :'was, beaten 'by Bun I"ight,\but 'she drew a bad maiTjle. ,«iid, beginning rather slowly, :it took her, a long timb 'to get to the front. Persian Lady won in the rain on New Year's- Day, but she failed to run up to, it the inext.time out and so perhaps her' success was .a bit of a fluke, for which, the conditions might have been held responsible.' ' However, she may be good with age. ' Round TJp appears to require a bit of ground, and Lady Ruler and Kotou will both improve considerably, for they aye very fast. Parquet is pronir ising .too, but Triune and Velocipede, who looked like/being J'eally a few weeks .ago,;,appear ,to have, trained off, for they ■ran badly at the meeting.' : ■ ': • ■ .' : Peiielppe;:lias plenty "otVpafie, and Flood Tide, ■'■-~ who, ; naturally enough.- : was teeen': ■ iat iis> best1., when it. was icaining . ieavily,^; has .the. speed. He is by . the French horse, Tidal, ivto "ivas Tepresented at the'meeting by another promising youngster in Tidalia. Light Comedy, third the , ; third day, is one that may be. expected to make: considerable improvement; ; '■' . ':■ . ~ .. : After the' way ;^Dii v Barry spread-, eagled the field'on theeepond day of the Takapuna Meeting.' .at.'^Ellers-lie,::a: 'few. weeks ago, it was disappointing: to learn that she was not to start at the Auckland Meeting. However,'she may-be taken to Trentham for ithe.;'Wellington' Stakes, so from this it is gatheredv'tHt^the filly is in good order./ ■.;'■' : , .; il!~-., 1 ■.-'-' The Stakes is open to.; two-' and thireej-yeaf-o.lds, and-several of those entere-a :Sa?:. this 'event who 'raced at-'EI-' lerslie'-'iare.. engaged...-ci-They :inc;lude 'tlie; twb-year-oid&Sß'un .Fight;^Galilee,-'-Sym^ cony, and Legateei-and the three-year-olds .Gay Blonde, Mother Superior, and Variant, it will be interesting to see how rthis race aiext measures up the form1 of {these waiiiaus w.f.a. aspirants. : f.. .