RICCARTON TURF NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 19763, 13 January 1928, Page 8

RICCARTON TURF NOTES

[Special to tub ‘ Stah.’] CHRISTCHURCH, January 12. Sir Roy looks in the best of health after his holiday racing in the south. He will take a lot of beating in the Tinwald Handicap at the Ashburton Meeting on Saturday, and next week he will be sent to Trentham, where he appears to be remarkably well treated in the Anniversary Handicap. A number of Riccarton horses with engagements' at Trentham will be racing at Ashburton, on Saturday. In the case of a few of them the north trip may depend on Saturday’s form.

The Wellington Racing, Club’s handicapper appears to have a poor opinion of southern form, judged on his treatment of some of the horses who won during the holidays in Otago and in the south, and it will be interesting to note how Celerity 11., Good as Gold, and a few others perform at Trentham. At Riccarton to-day Margaret Birney, Sir Roy, and Moratorium finished in that order after galloping a mile in ,lmin 45sec, the last seven furlongs in Imin 31 3-ssec. • Finora, To Awhina, and Kilcavan took 51sec for half a mile. Court Jester and Amorist comfortably "galloped six furlongs in Irani 18 2-ssec, Ophir and Rascal registering for the same journey Imin ISsec. Arikiwai and Zaragoza traversed five furlongs in liniu 3 3-ssec, and their stable mates, Stormy and First Sight, were not extended to run six furlongs in Imin 21 _2-ssec. Magna Charter finished in front or Nincompoop at the end of six furlongs, covered in Imin 16 2-ssec. Amor and Luminant registered Imm 18 4-ssec for a similar journey. Countersign was dispatched from the mile and a-quarter peg, and was joined by Rotor at six furlongs. The panfinished together, the concluding six furlongs taking Imin 19 2-ssec. Silver Paper comfortably skipped over three furlongs in Imin 2 4-sscc. Money Order’s' task was four furlongs, occupying 48sec. Thorndale beat Jarretierc at the end of six furlongs in Imin 19sec. Footfall, picked up by Starfhght at six furlongs, ran a mile in Imin 46 l-ssec, the last six furlongs taking Imin 26see Childsplay left five furlongs behind in Imin 1 4-ssec. . Full Feather covered half a mile in 49 4-sseo. Limerick was given strong threequarter pace work.