WELLINGTON SPRING MEETING

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 99, 23 October 1942, Page 6

WELLINGTON SPRING MEETING

The Wellington Racing Club's Spring Meeting will open at Trentham tomorrow, with the second day set down for Monday, and the indications are that a most successful fixture will result. Earlier in the week the spell of fine weather was broken, but the rain was not sufficient to affect the track, which' is in excellent order. Splendid fields are carded in every event and a great day's racing should result.

Special trains will run from the city to the course at 8.45 a.m., 9.20 a.m.,

9.37 a.m., 9.53 a.m., 11.51 a.m., 12.16 p.m., 12.48 p.m., and 1.22 p.m. The opening event is at 12 o'clock, and the races are at 42-minute intervals. At a suitable juncture Kinder-garten,-who is to contest the Harcourt Stakes, on the second day, will parade and be given a run down the straight as a special attraction.

A fine field of 14 is carded in the Glen Hurdles, the opening event, but there have been repeated instances of Trentham patrons finding the winner of the initial race very elusive, and both last year and the preceding October the favourite failed to gam a place. Kanui Te Pai, despite his failure in the Grand National Hurdles, ! might well be the elect, but the manner in which Talenta finished in the highweight at the Masterton Meeting last Saturday promises to bring her into favour also. Visitors from the South Island are Recollection, Rockery, I and Inquisitor, and the first-named pair are possibilities. There is plenty of ! room for a surprise, but a well-backed trio will probably be:

With Representative (G.N. Guineas), Indian Sign (Wanganui Guineas), Foxhaven (Dunedin Guineas), and Beau Vaals, an open sprint winner in the north, forming the foundation of the talent in the Wellington Guineas, the classic is rich in class. In addition there are such likely three-year-olds as Boulder Dam, Dominate, John Gay, King Herod, Nizam, Rink, Voltaire, Grilse, etc. It. is a grand field, and the race should be productive of a high standard of racing. Preferences may be shown for:

Favourites usually do well in the big mile event, and Hearth held pride of place in the betting when she scored last year, but in the preceding October Nigger Boy was beaten into third when favourite. There does not appear to be an outstanding fancy in tomorrow's field, and, with the position quite open, the favourite may come from an unexpected quarter. The finishing effort of Gayest Son at the Otaki Meeting has brought him into favour, and Enrich also attracted attention to himself last Saturday by the manner in which he won the Masterton Handicap. However, it would only -require Amigo and Sir Crusoe to reach their top form to play a prominent part in the finish. Atreus, who has been racing over longer journeys in the South Island, is right at home in mile races. Of the others Red Dash and Bronzo read best. Patrons will have a wide field to exploit, but a trio sought after will be:

After suffering deletion last spring so that the steeplechasers could be catered for, the Rimutaka Hack Handicap resumes its position on the programme, and has attracted practically a maximum field. Recent form is well represented at the top of the handicap by Deolali, Alethea, Yin d'Honneur, Daljarrock, Lady Spiral, Banco, Farcical, Ngahape, and Water Hound, the majority of whom are well known on this circuit. Consequently, favouritism may be shared by:

The way has now been cleared for the Wellington Handicap, a race in which favourites have quite a good record, although Gladynev was an exception last October. Later, Gladynev went south for the New Zealand Cup Meeting along with the other placegetters, Lambourn and Night Pilot, but in a great finish Happy Ending, who had run unplaced at Trentham, beat Gladynev by a head, with Wardress improving to fill third place. This year's Wellington Handicap field is rich in New Zealand Cup talent, for at least 14 of them have been entered for the two-mile contest at Riccarton. With Battledress, Rakanui, Yogi, Landveyor, and Centrepoise in the top half the North Island holds a strong hand, but the winner has frequently come from the 8.0 and under division. Preference may be shown for:

The capabilities of the big majority of the two-year-olds in the Wellesley Stakes are more or less unknown, but winners included are Screen, who won the Wanganui Debutant Stakes, and Sea Spi, who after being the runnerup at Wanganui went on to win the Hastings Stakes. On the latter occasion Smart Boy was runner-up, and the latter looks a likely youngster to make good. An excellent performance was registered by Brief in the Pioneer Handicap at Avondale last month, and Carnforth was rather impressive at Hastings. Patrons will not have their usual defined line of winners to assist them, but support should be forthcoming for:

3LEN HURDLE HANDICAP. £330; 1% mil lies Native Song ..11 2 Rockery 9 Kanui Te Pal . 11 0 Culslnler 9 Malacca 10 6 Blue Steel 9 Recollection ..10 1 Inquisitor .... 9 Talenta 10 0 Slslow 9 Student Prince 9 13 Venture 9 Colossal Chief 9 7 5 3 0 0 0 0

KANUI TE PAI, TALENTA, ROCKERY. ' 12.42 THE WELLINGTON GUINEAS, GOO guineas; for three-year-olds; 1 mile. Beau Vaals ... 8 10 Lincoln 8 10 Botany 8 10 Nizam 8 10 Boulder Dam . 8 10 Orakau 8 10 Broadcaster .. 8 10 Pioneer 8 10 Catterick Bridge 8 10 Representative . 8 10 Dominate 8 10 Rink ..- 8 10 Foxhaven 8 10 Theplateral ... 8 10 Genghiz Khan . 8 10 Voltaire 8 10 Indian Sign .. 8 10 War Effort .. 8 10 John Gay ... 8 10 Broiveine .... 8 5 Kahuranakl .. 8 10 Grilse 8 5 King Herod .. 8 10 Lady Pippin ..8 5

REPRESENTATIVE, NIZAM, BOULDER DAM. .24 WAINU1 HANDICAP, £450; 1 mile. Noble Fox ... 812 Red Dash .... 7 Amlgo 8 9 Talenta 7 Gayest Son ..8 4 Ivar 7 Sir Crusoe ... 8 4 Blue Border .. 7 Caroline Bay . 8 2 Boden Park .. 7 Enrich 8 2 Bronzo 7 Classform ... 8 1 Vaalsraoss ... 7 Atreus 7 10 9 5 3 0 0 0 0

GAYEST SON, ENRICH, CAROLINE BAY. 1.7 RIMUTAKA HANDICAP, £350; 7 furlongs. Deolali 9 9 Coaster 7 7 Alethea 9 0 Captain Vin d'Honneur . 8 13 Courageous 7 7 Daljarrock .. 8 11 Damask 7 7 Ex Pupil 8 11 Glao Fox .... 7 7 Lady Spiral ..8 8 Lord Darnley . 7 7 Sports Flash . 8 2 Manutere .... 7 7 Banco 7 13 Matapan .... 7 1 farcical 7 13 Pallid 7 ? Kgahape 7 13 Queen's Charm 7 7 Water Hound . 7 13 Quick Decision 7 7 Theatre .... 7 11 Ring Scarf ..77 Lady Nuffleld . 7 9 Sir Bradbury . 7 7 Ata Puwhero . 7 7 Tweedsmulr .. 7 7 Arctic Nieht . 7 7 Verify 7 7

DALJARROCK. ' * ».S0 WELLINGTON HANDICAP, £1000; 1 mile and 3 furlongs. Battledress .. 9 4 Ascot Bloom .. 7 0 Rakanui 9 2 l»on Quex .... 7 0 Yogi 8 12 Gay Genet ... 7 0 Gladynev .... 8 11 Hasteu 7 0 Landveyor ... 8 8 Imperlum .... 7 0 Centreuolse .. 8 2 Katesbrldge ..7 0 Don't Forget .. 8 0 Kinsman 7 0 Foxsen 7 12 Mountain Fox 7 0 Clinch 7 10 The Joker .... 7 0 Piastre 7 8 The Monarch . 7 0 Sanction .... 7 2

BATTLEDRESS, GLADYNEV, YOGI. 1.34 THE YVELLESLEY STAKES, e600; for two-year-olds ; 5 furlongs. Beau Dink ... 8 7 Barrosa 8 2 Brief 8 7 Caithness 8 2 Carnforth 8 7 Dark Folly ..82 Great Legend . 8 7 Fairy Grey Salute ..87 Godmother 8 2 Islam 8 7 First In .8 2 Keite-He 8 7 Hurry Home . 8 2 Red Fury ... 8 7 Marram 8 2 Sedgemere .... 8 7 Royal Glory . 8 2 Sir Nerl 8 7 Screen 8 2 Smart Boy .. 8 7 Sea Spl 8 2 Star Peer .... 8 1 Soncy 8 2 Tara King ... 8 7