FIELDS IN REVIEW

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 108, 3 November 1939, Page 11

FIELDS IN REVIEW

* GOING SHOULD SE GOOD

November is generally one of the most delightful months of the year in Canterbury, and the New Zealand Cup Carnival has only rarely experienced wet weather, Cup Day itself having been fine except on only two or three occasions in its whole long history. Though the spring this year has been more unsettled than usual, there is now every prospect Of a fine Carnival Week once again. The track at Riccarton tomorrow will not be so hard as it has often been, but unless there should be a change in the weather, it will be firm and the going good for high-class racing. The betting will be under the win-and-place system. . SPKING HURDLES. The racing will open with the Spring Hurdles, which in recent years has been a brush hurdles event but is now oyer ordinary hurdles again. Rather i like the first events" On Trentham pro- i grammes, it is a race that has often' proved a pitfall for those seeking to step oft on the right foot, last year's! winner having been the sixth favour-1 ite, Silver Sight. Tomorrow's favourit-! ism will be . disputed by Dividend, Dorado, and Esperance Bay,~ all three in winning form, and North Islanders will undoubtedly vote for Dorado's continuing his unbeaten record as a jumper. Jewish Lad and Fundy Bay are the possible upsetting elements, but the-weight scale is against the latter in particular. A likely pair read to be DORADO and DIVIDEND* SPRING PLATE. / The Spring Plate is a hack event run at set weights according to age. and the winner is usually pn& of the three- ;> ear-olds, with the favourite rarely i out of the money. Eight but of the last ten winners have been three-year-olds, and Wings of Song-looks the likeliest of this division this year. bHowever, Wings of Song had little in reserve at the end of seven furlongs at Trentham last month, and - a better prospect might be ah older horse on (this occasion, the four-year-old Sternchase, who so greatly impressed at

The best supported will include ! ENRICH. MISS HALLOMET, and GOLD FLIGHT. APPRENTICES' HANDICAP. The Apprentices* Handicap is customarily won by one of the bettersupported section, and the winner last year was the favourite, Auetor. Auctor has tbp weight tomorrow, 91b more than last year, but he is coming to form again and he should be the hard one for the others to beat on a track he likes. Anita Foe's solid winning effort at Trentham will also ensure her plenty of support, if she has recovered from a bad trip, and Counter Lunch. Night Pal, and Kobi are other good three-year-olds. Great Legion is sticking out his races well enough to have prospeets~at a mile, and two improvers in the field are Sceptre and Stylist. Good races should come from AUCTOR, COUNTER LUNCH, and ANITA FOI or SCEPTRE. STEWARDS' HANDICAP. Th© Stewards' Handicap will see Beaulivre hacked to create a weightcarrying record for a three-year-old in this race, and he is a colt of great brilliance capable of achieving the distinction* Two other three-year-olds in Globe Trotter and Sleeveless should menace him with their light imposts, particularly his former stablemate, and the older division includes proved sprinters of the class of Paper Slipper, Nightcalm, Gay Chou, and Disdain, tlie first-named also after a record, as no horse has ever won the race three times. Rakahanga, Strip, Toro-Koura, and Density read the best of the remainder. Three who will' carry confident support are BEAULIVRE, GLOBE TROTTER.and NIGHTCALM. RICCARTON HANDICAP. A three-yerfr-old with a Derby chance is generally one of the best prospects in the Riccarton Handicap, and Baran, twice second in top class at Trentham last month, fits this bill. His weight is much below that carried to success by many other three-year-bids in the race. x Among Baran's more formidable opposition are Sovereign Lady (last year's winner), Lady Montana (second last year), wardress (winner at her last two. starts), Dainty Sue (Who gave promise in her one race at Trentham), and Wine Card (who won the main event at Motukarara last Saturday). Trench Fight is one who* might surprise on his favourite course. The favoured runners will include BARAN, LADY MONTANA, and WARDRESS.