OPUNAKE RACES
GUP TO MONANUi EARA WINS THE SPRINT The Opuuake races were held yesterday in fine weather, before a large attendance. The totalizator handled £5,755 10s, compared with £4.509 10s last year. The track was holding. Details: — PATAKI HURDLES, lOOsov*. ]*m. 2 COLOSSAL, 9.4 (Anderson) ... 1 I—March Alone, 10.13 (M'Rae) ... 2 3 Beau Star, 9.0 (Grindlay) 3 Also started: 4 Gownlea 9.0. Won by a nose, with half a length between second and third. Time, 2min 55 l-ssec. RAILWAY HANDICAP, 75sovs. 7f. 3—EARA, 8.2 (Anderson) .1 1— Onewlietu, 8.13 (Duncan) '2 2 Ringside, 7.9 Broughton) 3 Also started: 4 Dombey 9.0, 5 General Quex 9.0. Won by a length each way. Time, linin 31sec. MAIDEN HANDICAP, 65sovs. 6f. 3 PASSING FANCY, 8.5 (Broughton) 1 4. —Red Sand, 8.5 (Tremain) 2 6—Kaola, 8.5 (L. Dulieu) 3 'Also started: 5 Daivet 8.5, 1 Joy Box 8.5. 2 Colossal 8.5, 7 Le Sable 8.5. Won by a head, with half a neck between second and third. Time, Imin 18 2-ssec. OPUNAKE CUP, 120sovs. l*m. 1— MONANUI, 8.0 (Duncan) 1 3—Tahurangi, 7.6 (Davoren) 2 2 Cereal, 8.4 (Anderson) ... ... 3 Also started: 4 Taitoru 7.0, 5 General Quex 7.0. Won by one length and a-half, with two lengths between second and third. Time, 2min 11 3-ssec. ELECTRIC HACK HANDICAP, 75sovs. sf. 6-GOLD MISSION, 7.8 (Tremain) 1 5 Gold Gleam, 7.12 (Anderson) ... 2 1— Harvest Moon, 9.0 (Broughton) 3 Also started: 2 Silver Wings 8.10, 3 Merry Way 8.6, 4 Lady Eka 7.8, 7 Joy Box 7.4. . . Won by half a length, with threequarters of a length between Second and third. Time, Imin 4 3-ssec. PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP, 90sovs. 9f. 2 ST. CLARA, 8.12 (L. Dulieu) ... 1 1— Glenvane, 9.0 (Broughton) ... 2 3 Ingenuity, 7.11 (Tremain) 3 Also started: 4 March Alone 7.9, 5 Gowanlea 7.0. Won by a head, with a nose between second and third. Time, 2min 3sec. FAREWELL HACK HANDICAP, ' 75sovs. 6f. 6 GOLD MISSION, 7.3 (Savage) 1 2 Chikara, 7.9 (Tremain) 2 3 Eara, 8.3 (Anderson) 3 Also started; 9 Dombey 9.0, 4 Onewhetu 8.13, 1 Harvest Moon 8.13, 5 Merry Way 8.7, 8 Gold Gleam 7.10, 7 Windscreen 7.9. Won by half-heads each way. Time, Imin 17 sec.
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Evening Star, Issue 21966, 28 February 1935, Page 4
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367OPUNAKE RACES Evening Star, Issue 21966, 28 February 1935, Page 4
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