TAIL LIGHT LUCKY

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 105, 30 October 1935, Page 8

TAIL LIGHT LUCKY

THE FORM AT RANGIORA

(Succial lo the "Evening Post.") CHniSTCHLTRCH, October 29.

jTail Light, a hot flavourite, was not the good thing for Ihe Highweight Hin idicap at the North Canterbury Mcrting yesterday the betting suggested. He only scrambled home from the i last-finishing Polygraph, who shou Id win soon. Rose of Tralee stayed f^oo well for the others.

Honour's Lass, a foun-year-old sister to Ga-ey Honour, slipped the field halfway j through the Trial Plate and won easily. She is very speedy and she shouTd win more races flar D. Cotton's | stable, though she may never stay. I Rival Shot easily beat Princess Rawenq for second, owing; her place to saving ground at the home turn, where seyeijil horses ran wide. All the same, Rival) Shot is worth keeping in mind. Ihis ,was her first race and she is a good j sort, likely to win'races for Sir Charles Clifford before Song. Malvasia vjas one of the sufflerers at the home; turn, and another was Whaddon Chaae, a promising gelding. JA GOOD PERFORMANCE. ■ Mctileath was one of the leaders all the U'ay in the Rangiora Handicap. Rose }Val and Sky Rover followed him amd Sisterena, Girl Guide, and <~hidcw;n were handy half a mile from home, j Then Sisterena Girl Guide! dropped out, Rose Vbl following suit^ When the straight was reached. Lniddan made a good effort but was °eaterj fifty yards from the post and McHedth hung on to beat (Sky Rover by halt a length. McHeathfe performance looked a good one. , Riposte set a strong pace in the Oxford Hg ck Handicap but retired quickly m tsie straight. Invoice -%'as never further I back than third and! he went on in t&ie straight to win easily His success . was overdue but others may follow aoon.- Celerrimus, now from the Cheviot district, was alvVays well placed atnd just stalled off Note Issue. Dover Piatrol, Top Rank, ariid Orris were neixt, with no excusess, for deB.ACK TO THE FLATt There 'was an exciting finish in the Open Handicap. Capital set ai strong pace, beujig well clear of CourU-ard and -K-nockfin; at the entrance Ito the straight, rwith Quietly handy. Knockfin then retired, a disappointing effort for a hot favourite. Courtyard, wen* after Capital, 4nd Polydora, after tailing the field earl\y, came; with a brilliant run, beating qiapital by half a: hessS, with Courtyanil a head away. . PoSydora's performaiV.ce looked good, as she came home gamely. It was her first race back- on ilhe flat after successes over hurdles. ;, > . Grand B'.eview and Silver Jesjt were X=w "2? 1?; oslr of i! le way in th£3 side Hacte Handicap. Riptide.) after being last «early, finished strong^,*-, failing- to casch Grand Review Only by a neck, wjith Silver Jest a away. Latitude, the favourite,; was running ort in fourth place, but: never looked like being in the money.