ENTIRES IN THE CUP

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 17, 20 January 1940, Page 21

ENTIRES IN THE CUP

An interesting point .about the result ox the Wellington Cup on Thursday was that .not.a single gelding finished in the first six places. Old Bill is a four-year-old, entire horse, BeauL Yite, Gladynev, Beau Repaire, and Mdorsotis are three-year-old colts, and Ther. midor, who- separated Beau Repaire and Moorsotis, is a mare. The best of the geldings in the field was Centrepoise, who finished seventh. It is quite usual for the. entires to. dominate in the big races in England and Australia, but there are rarely many of them in handicap races in New Zealand. A stallion when under pressure near the finish of a race will often attempt to savage any horse who comes up alongside him. The Wellington Cup, with Old Bill swinging his head out at Beau Vite. several times, was an unusual experience for race watchers in the Dominion. , .'■,'.

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