RACING AND TROTTING

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 July 1943, Page 3

RACING AND TROTTING

MEETINGS TO COME GALLOPING

July 24: S. Canterbury Hunt. . July 24 or 31: Manawatu-Rangitikei Hunt.

Jockeys Level: W. Broughton rode one winner at Trentham on Saturday, and is now equal with W. F. Ellis for the jockey premiership, both having 41 wins for the season. The only two remaining fixtures are at Awapuni next Saturday and at Washdyke in the following week, and no doubt both riders will attend these meetings.

The Joker “Invited”: A noticeable feature of the handicapping of New Zealand horses for the Melbourne Cup is the weight (8.9) allotted The Joker, who receives 21b from Amorlad. The performances of the two horses, especially over long distances, can hardly be compared. Strangely enough, in the Caulfield Cup, one mile and a-half, The Joker is called on to give Amorlad 21b. There is no doubt The Joker was one of the best treated horses throughout the last season, and his owner has certainly received a cordial invitation to get his horse to Melbourne.

Melbourne Cup: The big weight, 10.6, allotted Kindergarten in the Melbourne Cup has given rise to much discussion in Australia, but when everything is taken into consideration, the burden cannot be regarded as unduly prohibitive. The next to him on the list, Dashing Cavalier, has 9.4, and Kindergarten can be considered well over a stone superior to him, especially over two miles. The champion carried 10.2 to victory in the last Auckland Cup, two miles, and won in an effortless manner in track record time 3.22, and it is not likely that another 41b is going to make his Melbourne Cup task as hopeless as has been suggested by Australian critics.

ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.

“Wager,” Greymouth: Jess Willard knocked out Jack Johnson in the twenty-sixth and final round of their match for the heavyweight title at Havana in 1915.