PROGENY OF VAALS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 1, 1 July 1938, Page 13

PROGENY OF VAALS

The victory of Gold Vaals in the Opotiki Handicap at Tauranga this month was another reminder of the success that has followed^ the proeeny of Vaals in Auckland this year. Gold Vaals had previously won the Robinson Handicap at the EUerslie Christmas Meeting, the Walton Handicap at Matamata, and the Titirangi and Morningside Handicaps at Avondale. Cheval de Volee has done very well, winning the President's Handicap at Pukekohe last month, and the Ellerslie and Cornwall Handicaps. He was also runner-up in the Islington and Waitemata Handicaps and third in the Grey Handicap. , ' ,_ ~ Successes in the Glasgow and Islington Handicaps at Ellerslie, m the Piako Handicap at Te Aroha, and m the President's Handicap at Te Rapa, put Valamito well in the limelight, and his reputation for consistency was enhanced by seconds in the King George Handicap at the Auckland June Meeting, and in the Titirangi Handicap at Avondale, also being third in the Autumn Handicap there. Barrister's contributions to the record were in the Harrisville Hack Cup and the Farewell Handicap at Te Rapa last month. Royal Vaals won the Takapuna Trial Stakes, Valimeen the A.R.C. Victoria Handicap, while Vaalso was second in the Jervois Handicap and Mount Roskill Handicap, third in the Rosebank Handicap at Avondale and also in the Harrisville Hack Cup. Valmint's class was emphasised by his second in the Cornwall Handicap, and another who was placed was Vaalstar, at Whangarei.