WILD CHASE BEST

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 99, 23 October 1936, Page 13

WILD CHASE BEST

GOOD EFFORT IN WAINUI

Wild Chase, leading two-year-old of last season and having his first race I this term, put up a fine performance lin winning the Wainui Handicap. Although always well up in the running, I fourth or fifth from the start, he appeared to be shifting about from his line in the middle stages and he was still not going like a winner entering the stragiht, but once sent on a challenging mission he went up and collared Sinking Fund at the distance and then held off a claim from Tunneller by three parts of a length. There was some bumping a furlong out, but it did not affect the result. . Wild Chase won like a good colt, and he should be a fowte to reckon with in the classics this season if his knee does not trouble him further. • It was possibly due to his knee rather than to his riding that he moved about as he did., He was undoubtedly a handicapper's tip at the weight he had,' only 41b for instance above Deficit, who was not half-way to his class last season, and his lenient weight was a considerable factor in his success. It was the second win in succession for Sir Charles Clifford's colours and also for G. H. Humphries, as Counterblast was victor in the previous event. To date Wild Chase has started thirteen times for six wins and five minor placings, and he has earned £2075 in. stakes. Tunneller, who had been third iv the open event at Washdyke last Saturday and had previously won at Trentham, came home along the outer like the solid little horse he is. He was one of the first to begin from the rail position, but then dropped back and was seven or eight places behind the leaders when the field was turning into the straight. Sinking Fund maintained his northern reputation for consistency by easily gaining the other place dividend a head behind Tunneller. He moved up to fourth on the home turn and then went past Boomerang to take charge at the false rail, but he lacked the necessary reserve to stall off his southern challengers. ' After the place-fillers there was a gap of three lengths to Snowball, Boomerang, and Tiger Gain, whojiad always been well enough placed if they had been good enough. Snowball was third in much of the running but. lost her place approaching .the-straight.. Boomerang, who followed his stablemate Deficit round the turn and had charge at the straight, failed to run on. Tiger Gain made a promising dash up along the inner below the false rail, but could not see the effort through. The others- finished as Werohia, Hunting Lodge, Aussie Ra, and Deficit, Hunting Lodge looming up for a-short space wide out nearing the straight, but Deficit stopping very badly and being a bad last to complete.