THREE-YEAR-OLD PACERS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 110, 5 November 1935, Page 6

THREE-YEAR-OLD PACERS

Three Great Northern Trotting Derby candidates, Ken Worthy, Great Jewel, and Terraplane; raced at the. Auckland Trotting Club's recent meeting, and, although they failed to win, Ken Worthy and Great Jewel gained minor placings (writes "Abaydis"). Great Jewel, . who is the ■ first of Jewel Pointer's progeny to race, attracted considerable, attention by his remarkable finishing effort into second place in the Newmarket Handicap. He lost ground at the start and later made a bad break, but from the three^furlongs he put in a fine run round the field and was going very strongly at the, end. As he ran the mile and a quarter at a 2min 17sec rate, in spite of mistakes, he needs only to develop solidness to improve upon this time. Great Jewel, when .extended, very much resembles his sire, who was a great racehorse. The colt is. certainly entitled to rank as a • Derby prospect. When he finished third /in . the Stewards' Handicap Ken Worthy took 3min 31 2-ssec for a mile and a half, which was two seconds slower' to the mile than when he won his two-year-old race. He. is a level-headed colt who races very genuinely and should make further progress. What he lacks in speed.is compensated for by solidness and courage. Terraplane, who, like Ken Worthy,, is by Frank Worthy, is a nice1 filly possessing a good turn of speed. She is. not as well seasoned as • the two colts t but with more racing may prove a. very useful three-year-old.