PROMISING FIELDS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 102, 2 May 1941, Page 10

PROMISING FIELDS

NELSON OPENS CIRCUIT

I Much better fields than usual are listed for the opening day of the Nelson Jockey Club's Annual Meeting at Richmond tomorrow, and the' circuit, which concludes a week later at Marlborough, promises to enjoy an overdue turn of success this year. Several North Island horses are engaged to oppose the recent. form from the West Coast. There was a time when the Nelson Cup was one of the premier events in the Dominion, and though it has long since lost that glamour it is still a race that leading sportsmen are very keen to win. The usual trophy is attached to this year's contest. The betting will be under the singlepool system, and the following horses promise to receive good support: — Wakefield Trot, Airline, Bulldozer. Novice Stakes: Haughty Rival, Batsman. Nelson Cup: Augment-Lady Montana bracket, Flame 'Queen. Hope Hack Handicap: Te Ore or Black Sovereign, > Titter. Brightwatei Trot: Highborn, Lough Derg. Electric Hack Handicap: Gemara, Citizen. Newman Handicap: Augment-Lady Montana bracket, Flame Queen. The card is as follows:— 12.30 WAKEFIELD TROTTING HANDICAP, £93; 3.43 class; 1% miles. Airline scr Bulldozer 36 Fullwood scr Clielidon 36 Portfolio ...... scr Cavatina 60 ' Mauri- McKinney 12 Rorqual 60 1.10 NOVICE STAKES, £80; 5 furlongs. Batsman ■'.-, 8 8 Make Play ... 8 8 Smiling Morn .8 8 Dark Agnes ... 8 8 Kuatoro ....'. :'8 8 Verlagia 8 8 Tristan "8' 8 Half Caste ... 8 8 Dark Water .. 8 8 Flying Fortress 8 8 Haughty Rival 8 8 Miner's Hope . 7 11 , Rebel Lady ... 8 8, Te Awe Awe .. 7 11 1.50 NELSON CUP. £175; IV* miles. Augment ... 9 1 Flame Queen .79 Lady Montana 8 12 Beau del ... 7 2 Roy Bun ... 8 2 Rabbla 7 2 Esperanca Bay 8 0 Philibun ... 7 0 2.30 HOPE HACK HANDICAP, £100; 1 mile. , Titter ' 9 0 Dark Watei ..82 Te Ore 8 12 Lights Out ... 8 2 St. Grace ... 8 3 Half Caste .. 8 2, Lady Magellan 8 3 Fos Tower ... 82 Black Sovereign 8 2 3.10 BRIGHTWATER TROTTING'HANDICAP, £93; 3.2 class; 1% miles. Chelidon scr Rorqual 12 Mauri McKinney scr Lough Derg 24 Portfolio scr Travelwell 24 Highborn 12 Worthy Audubon 24 Kate Bingen .... 12 Gunman 36 Plymouth 12 Gold Cue 48 3.50 ELECTRIC HACK HANDICAP, £ 100; 6 furlongs. Miltlades ... 9 0 Moderate ... 8 2 Gemara .... 812 St. Grace ... 8 1 Te Ore 8 10 Lady Magellan 8 1 Pretty Lass ..8 6 Haughty Rival 8 0 Citizen 8 4 Fox Tower ..SO Batsham ... 8 3 4.30 NEWMAN HANDICAP, £100; 7 furlongs. Augment 9 3 Aggravate ... 7 6 Lady Montana 8 12 Rabble 7 2 Roy Bun 8 4 Adina 7 0 Skyrena 8 3 Philibun ... 7 0 Flame Queen . 7 12 Gemara 7 0 TEAM TRANSFERRED A. M. WRIGHT AT AWAPUNI (0.C.) PALMERSTON N., This Day. A. M. Wright has transferred his j team from Woodville, and the appearance of his horses at Awapuni added quite ! a lot of interest to the track work yesterday morning. The horses are Chat, Raana, Haile Selassie, Game Pit, Hunter's Eve, and a Croupier—Rag Fair .four-year-old. Chat out in the centre, was given a solid test over the country. She jumped soundly, wasting little or no time over the fences, and she negotiated six brush fences, four post-and-rails, and two hen-coops. She never put a foot wrong, and there was plenty of pace on all the way. Raana (M. Wright) was schooled over six hurdles, but there was little pace on, and he jumped carefully. Bridegroom and High Peer galloped six furlongs on the plough, and Bridegroom was in front at the post in lmin 23Jsec. ; Aurora's Star was just in ' front of Selkirk at the end of a mile in lmin 49 4-ssec. ' On the course proper Newbury Queen was not under pressure in running five in lmin Bsec. Ringless was on the bit in a similar task which took lmin 10 3-ssec. Fly-by-Night scampered easily over three .in 39 4-ssec, and Rangitikei covered half a mile in 54sec. St. Felician showed pace in a three-furlong sprint, the last two taking 25 3-ssec. Taitama was in front of Squeers at the end of five furlongs in lmin 5 4-ssec. Courting registered lmin 6sec. Corroboree was schooled, as was Grateful, who was put over one of the brush fences on the steeplechase course. E. W. Watson has taken in hand a likely-looking youngster in a rising three-year-old filly by Inflation from Cloudy Bay. She was bred by Mr. W. Crystall and is to be called Thumbs Up. TROTS AT OAMARU The Oamaru Trotting Club's Winter Meeting, which will be held tomorrow, has attracted satisfactory fields, and some good racing should be provided. 'Betting will be win-and-place, and the following may be fancied: —12.15, Innovation Handicap: Cockney, Shaun Aroon, Mavis Nelson. 12.50, Advance Handicap: Special Agent, Technique, Catalpa. 1.25, Papakaio Handicap: Southland, All Gallant, Indian Clipper. 2.0, President's Handicap: Positive, Channel Fleet, Arietta. 2.35, Oamaru Stakes: Pacing Power, Court Card, Great News. 3.10, Waikaura Handicap: Jock McGrath, Parrish Gipsy, Native Ruler. 3.45, Enfield Handicap: Three Tens, Foremost Junior, Stormtost. 4.20, Electric Handicap: Bankstock, MacGregor, Jerry Parrish.