SPORTING

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 3, 3 July 1943, Page 6

SPORTING

WINTER RACIKG

WELLINGTON'S OPENING

The weather was excellent for the | opening clay of the Wellington Winter Meeting at Trentham today. , Unfortunately, the heavy frost this morning made the track very heavy. However, the attendance was large. The results of races up rto the time of going to : press are:— ,'.■■•' HARIRI HACK HANDICAP, £400; about 2J-miles. j I—l—Abbey Lv, 10.5- (A. Jenkins) 1 ft—6—Radiant Bay, 10.9 (I. Mclnally) 2 s—s—Valantua, ■• 10.2' (M. Holland) . 3 Also started: 3-3 Bisquit 10.12, 4-4 Golden Memory 10.2, 2-2 Idle Hour 9.12, 7-8 Acrobat 9.0, 8-7 Henry of Huntingdon 9.0, 9-9 Midlass 9.0, 10-10 Show Day 9.0. , Won by • six »■ lengths; > two lengths, i Time, 5.38 J. • ' . (Winner trained ■byA. < Jenkins, * Opaki.) Ten of the original 15 acceptors went to the post in the Ma'riri Hack and • Hunters' Hurdles, for. which Abbey Lv and Idle Hour were the fancies. The pair were well back in the initial circuit, when Show Day and Acrobat were having turns at making the pace,, but' Abbey Lv ran into the lead going down the back, and fencing brilliantly went1 on to a, comfortable . win from Radiant Bay, who wore down Valantua and'ldle Hour. The last-named met with a check' when Acrobat fell three furlongs- from home, and .was cramped for room in the run-in. WOBURN HANDICAP, \ £400; -7 ■ fur- \- . -.' ' ■> . longs. .' ". ■' I_2—La Fillette/ 8.3 (T. Green) :.. >1--s—4—Killeymoon, 9.4 (W. J. Broughton) . * 2 6—3—Dash, o". Dink, 8.6 (L. J. Ellis) 3 Also started: -S.-5 Enlarge 9.6, 12-13 Kinneff 9.6, 8-7 Foxcatcher 9.4, 16-15 Crispin' 9.2, 7-8 Rih'gcraft'B.ll, 2-1 Broiveine 8.7, 18-18 Sports Flash 8.7, 14-14 Josette 8.6. 9-10-Hunting Charm 8.2, 4-6-Phalaria 8.2, 11-9 Socks 8.2, 19-19 Advocate 8.0, 15-16 Beneve &0, 21-21 Citizen 8.0, 10-12 Crarriond'Bay '8.0, 23-23 Mauijgamiki, 8.0, 20-20 Miss Cynthia 8.0, 13-11 Ring Scarf 8.0 and Silver Coin 8.0 (bracket), 22-22 Sporting Style 8.0, 17-1.7, Tristan 8.0 and Valebit 8.0 (bracket). Won by two lengths; half a length. Time, 1.31 i : (Winner' trained by W. C. Clifton, Takanini.) , ; Jumping .away smartly from ,No., 1 position at the barrier in the Woburn Hack' Handicap, La Fillette stayed there till- the close, winning quite comfortably from Killeymoon, who moved forward on the turn to beat Dash o' Dink in; the last /furlong. Hunting Charm was'fourth/'with Broiveihe and Foxcatcher nex;t, the , last-named , pair being among the last to hiovev VITTORIA, HURDLES, £400; l'jf' miles. 6—B—Khurja/ -1012 (T. Wgaka) .... 1 B—6—First Edition, 9.0 ,(P. Burgess) 2 2—3—Colonel Bogey, 9.3, (J. Fagan) 3 Also started: 1-1 Poutu 10.3, 3-2-Colossal * Chief 9.10, 5-5 Islay Downs 9.10, 4-4 Trig Station 9.2, 9-9 Bold Blood 9.0, ,10-10 Cheetah 9.0, 11-11 Dalesman 9.0, 7-7- Faultless 9.0. , Won by four' lengths; two lengths. Time, 3.24. (Winner trained by J. H. Jefferd,. Hastings.) ; With Dalesman coming to grief after turning into the back, Khurja was left in front of Colossal Chief and First Edition in the Vittoria Hurdles, and he increased his advantage at every obstacle.: Turning' into . the straight, First Edition^ tried to close 'the gap but the leader was never in danger. Colonel Bogey came home fairly well for third a couple of lengths-, further / back, with Poutu .weakening into1 fourth. Islay Downs fell at the first fence. STEWARDS' HANDICAP, £600; ; " 6 furlongs. I—l—Whackie, 9.9 (B. H. Morris) .* 1 6—7—-Autolite, 9.9 (L. J. Ellis) .. 2 7— 6— Black Robe, 8.11 (S. Green) . 3 Also started: 3-3 Kronos 9.9, 13-13 Aero King 8.13, 5-4 Bettennan 8.12, 9-9 Fur Coat 8.11, 10-10 Pompit 8.11, 4-5 Grilse 8.10, 8-8 Deolali 8.7, 2-2 Peter Gregor 8.4, 12-12 Ring Chief 8.3, 11-11 Sham Boy 8.2. Won by a nose; half a length. Time, I.IBJ. .-'•■"■!. (Winner trained by: H. Dulieu, New . Plymouth.) The Stewards', Handicap produced a photo-finish, Whackie, the favourite, beating Autolite by a nose .with Black Robe half a length back. Aero King and Peter Gregor were both prominent to the turn, where Whackie loomed up on. the outer and1 Black Robe closer in. Inside the last furlong and a , half Autolite came through 'on . the outer and just failed to pull Whackie back, with Black Robe, who was close into the rails, half'a length back. There was a. gap to Ring Chief and Pompit, with Sham Boy : ahead of Fur Coat.