TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 113, 14 May 1940, Page 11

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

i Trentham horses earned £330 at Otaki, as the result of two firsts, three seconds, and one third. Loyal Queen shaped like an early winner at Otaki, and it should not be long before she breaks her maiden status. ~, ~ , Dv Maurier caught backers unaware at Otaki, but in his present form he is likely to be difficult to dispose of at Awapuni. Bridegroom was given a run on the flat at Otaki, and, although he failed to show \m, impressed as in forward condition for future races. . First Round, who was m the, minor money on Saturday, is trained at Trentham by P. Burgess, and is a bay filly by Nightly from the Winning Hit mare Knock Out. ■ -,a a Lockit's last five starts have yielded three firsts and two seconds, and he is racing very solidly at the moment. He looks like developing into a very use%ua a dnroon Pwould be all the better for his outing at Otaki, a pleasing feature being the fact that he pulled up sound. He is to contest the Manawatu Winter Cup on Thursday, and should the going be soft is more than a possibility. Inform, a full-sister to Classform, was never in the picture at Otaki, and she raced as if she would require a, little time before being seen at her, best. Spear Gold's Australian, and New ."Z&aliand record of 53sec for .four; and a half furlongs, established in August, 1937, was equalled at the Newcastle Meeting .on April 23 by Enderby, a two-year*old colt by Salmagundi (now in Southland) from Alicia. •. .