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Evening Star, Issue 25684, 7 January 1946, Page 3

TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES, £350. s*f. 2- Faithful Pal, 9.0 (Wilson) ... 1 5-s—'Grand Pal, 7.8 (B. J. Langford) 2 ■l-2—Faites vos Jeux, 8.8 (Didham) 3 Also started: 4-4 Naughty Lady 8.8, 3- Cipher 8.0. Length; half a head. Naughty Lady was fourth. Time, 1.6 4FINAL HANDICAP, £450. lm. 3-4—Great Coon, car. 8.11 (B. J. Langford) 1 1- —Joygiver, 8.9 (Dooley) ... ... 2 2- —Dearo, car. 7.4 (Crombie) ... 3 Also started: 4-3 Good Cast 7.13. 5-5 Red Prize car. 7.6, 6-6 Bonnie Chela 7.0. 'Three lengths; neck. Red Prize was fourth. Time, 1.40. From End to End. Night Robe was a firm favourite for the Southland Handicap, but he had his colours lowered by Royal Chance, who won from end to end. Sing Sing dropped back to the rear when the field jumped away, and Royal Chance and The Raker were the first to show out. Racing through the straight the first time. Royal Chance had taken up the running from The Raker, Night Robe, Pride of Mossburn, and Aurora Australis together, with Royal Lancer and Sing Sing at the rear. Into the back, Royal Chance was showing the way to Night Robe arid The Raker, with a break of three lengths to Aurora Australis and Pride ,of Mossburn, with Royal Lancer last. There was little change in the order across the top, where Sing Sing moved up on the outer into fourth place, while at the home turn Royal Lancer began to move up. Royal Chance was * two lengths clear of Night Robe into the straight, with The (Raker, (Royal Lancer, and Aurora Australis handy. Royal Lancer looked like making a race of it at the distance, but his challenge was short-lived. Royal Chance carried on in the run home to beat Night Robe by two lengths, with The Raker a length further back third, and the next to finish were Aurora Australis (fourth). Royal Lancer, and Boolamskee, with Sing Sing last. Sprint to Dearo. - Dearo finished with a great late run to win the Shorts Handicap. Green Note, one of the favourites, missed the jump out, and Powys and Crinkle were slow away. Ring Chief was smartest to jump out from Fleet Street, St. Nattar, and Dearo,. with Powys and Lisheen near the rear. There was no change in the order across the top, and at the home turn St. Nattar took charge and was first into the straight from Fleet Street, Ring Chief, Secret Course, Dearo, and Lisheen. St. Nattar was still in charge well inside the distance, when Lisheen and Dearo put in an appearance, and Fleet Street was also staying on. Dearo came on to _ beat Fleet Street by a length, with Lisheen a neck away third,; and St. Nattar (fourth), Crinkle, arid Ring Chief close up. Lisheen received a rough passage in the last halfmile, but Dearo was doing his best work at the finish. Green Note ran up to the leaders across the top after being left, but she soon dropped out again, and, along with Powys, was one of the last to finish. Favourites Fajl. The favourites failed badly in the Summer Cup, in which Fuzzy Wuzzy led throughout, and over’the last furlong he did not give the others a chance. Racing through the straight Sailor’s Pal and Fuzzy' Wuzzy were showing out from Sunny Course, Grill, and Eriskav, with Robert last. Sailor’s Pal and Fuzzy Wuzzy led into the ■back three lengths, clear of Sunny Course,‘under a - firm hold, Grill, Te Anau Lady, and Eriskav. Fuzzy Wuzzy had • drawn out three lengths clear at the five and he led round the home turn well clear of Sailor’s Pal, Sunny Course, Te Anau Lady, and Grill, who was chopped * back, while Eriskav made up some ground on the rails. Fuzzy Wuzzy was still well clear of Sailor’s Pal, Sunny Course, and Te Anau Lady into the straight. In the run home Fuzzy Wuzzy was always going strongly and was not challenged to Win by three lengths from Sunny Course, who heat Sailor’s Pal by a length and a-lialf. Eriskay was close up fourth ahead of Grill and Te Anau Lady, with Robert six lengths away. Great Coon Consistent. Great Coon capped off some consistent form and stamped himself as a high-class miler when he won the Final Handicap. He was one of the smartest to„ jump out and led into the back from Joygiver, Bonnie. Chela, and a break back to Red Prize, Good Cast, and Dearo, the last-mentioned pair being slow to move. Great Coon was showing the way to. Joygiver, Red Prize, and Bonnie Chela top, where Dearo had improved her position a little. Joygiver ranged alongside Great Coon at the home turn, but Great Coon did not surrender the lead and shaded Jovgiver into the straight with Bonnie Chela, Red Prize, Dearo. and Good Cast in close order. Great Coon finished on very resolutely to hold off Joygiver by three-quarters of a length', with Dearo a neck farther back third. Red Prize was close up fourth ahead of Good Cast.