RACING AT AWAPUNI

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 126, 30 May 1941, Page 10

RACING AT AWAPUNI

WANGANUI MEETING

CLARION CALL'S RECORD

(By "Binocular.")

There will be racing at Awapuni, Napier Park, and Wingatui tomorrow, with the Auckland Racing Club ushering in the Great Northerns on Monday, but at this end of the North Island principal interest will be centred in the Wanganui ixture which, owing to the club's own course being occupied by the military, will be staged at Awapuni.

To the Wanganui Club falls the honour of staging *he first steeplechase contest to be presented on the new track at Awapuni, and the formidable nature of at least some of the obstacles will make the race a very fitting test. Topweight in the steeplechase is Clarion Call, winner of the event in 1937, 1938, and 1940 (he was missing in 1939), and on this occasion he will be vrequired to carry the steadier of 13.2. This grand performer has been rather under a cloud of late, otherwise he would no doubt have been at Ellerslie. and his owner has wisely decided not to ask too much of him meantime. Also included in the field is another triple winner, the veteran Riotous, who registered his first win in the Wanganui Steeples as long ago as 1934. He returned to the River City course twelve months later to again prevail, and his third win came two years ago. Figuring in the Century Hurdles is this year's winner of the Grand National Hurdles, Limbohm, who is spoken of as likely to go north for the Great Northern Meeting after fulfilling his engagement at Awapuni. Consequently, his display will be watched very critically, more particularly as he has not raced since he failed at Trentham last October. The Connolly Handicap, the big flat event, has attracted a strong field of good-class performers, and the indications are that highly interesting racing, will be the order of the day. The totalisator will be operated on the 75-25 basis of

betting. HORSES IN FORM. Form horses who promise to be well supported are:— Purua Hurdles.—Foxiana (if started), Manteau or Regicide. Maiden Race.—La Rosita, Ringless or Sandy Bay. Century Hurdles. —Foxiana, Limbohm. River Hack Handicap. — Young Charles, Ra Houhou. Wanganui Steeples.—Clarion Call dl started), Riotous, Ruling Star. Connolly Handicap.—Aurora's Star, Trench Law. Winter Oats.—Black Robe, Night Eruption. . Borough Hack Handicap.—Lucky Lulu or Kriemhild, War Credit. Following are the acceptances:— PURUA HACK HURDLES, £150; I 1/* miles. Foxiana 11 4 ColibrI 9 4 High Peer ... 11 3 Travail ...., 0 4 Haron Bold .. 10 3 War Lap 9 4 Rnntiti 10 2 Kincoro 9-2 Golden Memory 10 1 Selkirk 9 0 Notliim 9 13 Corroborce 9 0 Regicide 9 10 Distress Signal 9 ,0 Manteau ..... 9 7 12.10 MAIDEN RACK, £130; 6 furlongs. Merlac 8 7 Chef d'Oeuvre . 7 7 ttiiiBlcss 8 7 Royal Return . 7 7 Swell Chance 8 7 Cloverlea 7 7 Managhan ... 8 7 King Athenla 7 7 Big Wave 8 7 Silver Ore ... 7 7 Tremolo 8 7 Blue Lagoon . 7 7 Santa Lucia . S 7 St. Fellcien .77 Rangitikci . 8 7 Sandy Bay ..7 7 Kami! To Pai 8 7 Bcndemeer .. i 7 La Rosita 8 7 Henry of The Hawker . 8 7 Huntingdon 7 7 Klusory 8 7 Ara 7 7 Moderate .... 8 7 12.50 CENTURY HURDLES HANDICAP, £250; 1% miles. Smoke Screen . 11 3 Great Quex ... 9 3 Limbohm 10 2 Kupntrid 9 0 Foxiana .... 9 13 'Raana 9 0 Segra 9 10 I 30 RIVER HACK HANDICAP. £150; 1 mile and i 1 furlong.. -Young Charles 9 10 Kenascor 8 8 Mountain Fox . 9 3 Courting 8 3 Sanction 9 0 Little Margot . 8 0 Myarlon 8 13 Arachne 8 0 Ra Houhou .. 8 11 Kohika 8 0 2.15 WANGANUI STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP, £330 ; 2y 2 miles. i Clarion Call ..13 2 Lady Callaghan 9 2 Kaiwaka 11 1 Karere-Nui ... 9 0 Riotous 11 1 Gold Nut 0 0 Rilling Star ... 9 8 Tigreterre . 9 0 3 0 'CONNOLLY HANDICM', £230; V,i miles. Noble Fox ... 8 11 Last Acre 7 11 Aurora's Star . 8 8 Authoress ... i 10 The Monarch . 8 3 Ned Cuttle ... 7 9 Gaelic Song ... 8 2 Davilia 7 < Trench Law ..82 Pearl of Asia . i 7 Gay Fox 8 1 Filbert 7 i Kena ' , 8 1 3.45 WINTER OATS, £175; 6 furlongs. Majority 9 9 Screen Star ... 8 G j Gold Dale 9 8 Algerian 8 4 Royal Star II . 9 5 Veldette 8 4, Minority 9 1 Grandora 8 0 Night Eruption 8 12 Sea Link *> 0 Black Robe ... 8 12 Colincamps ... 8 0 Alcxcclia . • • • 8 8 4:30BOKOUG1I HACK HANDICAP, £150; 0 furlongs. Star Zone .... 9 11 Desert Tide ... 8 0 Miss Leighon .. 9 5 Barry Boy ... 8 0 Sceptre .; 9 2 Caution 8 0 War Credit ... 9 2 Cheetah S 0 Parlato 9 0 Night Ray ... 8 0 Kriemhild 8 7 Victoire 8 0 Lucky Lulu ... S 6 Suueers S 0