OTAKI MEETING

Evening Star, Issue 25301, 9 October 1944, Page 3

OTAKI MEETING

TIFOX A WINNER For the Otaki* meeting the weather was dull, the course was in good order, and the attendance large. Pahiko Handicap, £2OO. 6f.—l-2 Leybourne, 8.4 (Broughton), 1; 12-11 Typhoon, 8.6 (Shaw), 2; 3-1 Bay Robe, 8.7 (Sellars), 3. Scr: Mysterious Melody. Half a head; four lengths. Time, 1.14. Maiden Plate, £l5O. 6f—l-2 Lord Theio, 8.5 (Green), 1; 7-8 Day Lighting, 8.5 (Midwood), 2; 2-1 Blanket, 8.5 (S. Waddell), 3. Scr: Paata, Saludos, Pompadour. Two lengths; head. Time, 1.14. Katihuku Handicap, £2OO. 7f.—l-1 Tifox, 7.11 (Midford), 1; 3-3 The Grand, 8.3 (Connor), 2; Palanui, 7.12 (Garth), .3. Scr: Bay Rob?, Patu Ra, Strategical. Half a length; two lengths. Time, 1.46. Hema Te Ao Handicap. £250. It.— Park Light, 7.0 (Edwards), 1; Patu Po, 7,12 (Clutterbuck), 2; Foreign Coin, 7.0 (Ivil), 3. Scr* Macedoine, Master Dash, Foxcatcher, Parlato. Two lengths; length. Time,. 1.25. Champion Hack Handicap, £2OO. lm If. —2-2 Patu Ra, 7.8 (Clutterbuck), 1; 44 Silvio, 8.1 (Broughton), 2; 10-11 Gynerio, 7.13 (Stokes), 3. Scr: Observatory, Our Jock. Three lengths; length. Time, 1.53 1-5. The totalisator handled £45,853 10s. CAITHNESS'S CONNECTIONS DISQUALIFIED. Mr P. Louis, the owner, H. A. Telford, the trainer, and J. McFarlane, the jockey, were disqualified for six months by the Judicial Committee, following the running of the Ling Memorial Handicap, in which Caithness, owned by Mr Louis, trained by Telford, and ridden by McFarlane, finished third to Alchemy and Foxcatcher. The stipendiary steward, Mr B. N. Sandilands, instituted the judicial'inquiry, and>charged the connections of Caithness under rule 282, with not racing the mare on her merits. After a protracted hearing the stewards announced their decision, which prevented Master Dash, owned in the same interests, from being started in the seventh race, the Hema te Ao Handicap. The disqualified parties have the right of appeal to the Wellington District Committee. The horses affected by the disqualification as long as it remains in force are Caithness, Master Dash, Flying Hawk, Sandy Cape, Note Raid, Battle Chief, Blue Bonny, and Master Robin, all owned by Mr Louis.