SPORTING Hormuz and Red Pickle in Form Final Day at Riccarton

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 December 1946, Page 5

SPORTING Hormuz and Red Pickle in Form

Final Day at Riccarton

Kirkella favoured for Ashley Hack [SPECIAL TO STAR.] CHRISTCHURCH, December ‘6. The Canterbury Jockey Club’s New Zealand Cup meeting will be concluded to-morrow. Large fields will parade in most events and several fresh horses are engaged. , Although six are carded for the Canterbury Cup, Signal Officer and Howe are unlikely starters. . Soneri is certain to be a good favourite but Golden Souvenir can be expected to test her fully over a'mile and a half journey. There is every indication of the present spell of line weather continuing and the track will be hard. Under the win-and-place system the following horses should race prominently:— Port Cooper Hurdles: Abdicate, Battle Chief. Ruling Moment. Canterbury Cup: Golden Souvenir, Soneri. Irweil Handicap: Garry, Velveline, Sea Flower. Stonyhurst. Handicap: Rahine, Lovemorn, Opulent, Hagley Hack Handicap: Desert Girl, Peculate. Queen's General. Fendalton Handicap: Hormuz, Joygiver, Piccolo. Ashley Hack Handicap: Kirkella, Falconbridge, Lady Welbeck. Members’ Handicap: Red Pickle, Privilege, Master Dash. The fields are as follows:— 10.47. Port Cooper Hurdle Handicap, of .£600; two miles.—Abdicate 11.2; ■ Robert. Battle Chief 9.9; Ruling Moment 9.4; Pedantic 9.3: Tamerlane 9.0. 11.27. Canterbury Cup, of £ 1500; weight-l'or-age; one mile and a half.—Foxhaven, Golden Souvenir, Signal Officer 9.4; Soneri 8.9; Howe. Royal Tan 7.12. 12.12. Irweil Handicap, of £600; five furlongs.—Garry 9.1; Zorro 8.8; Sea ■ Flower, Velveline 8.3; Carry On 7.13; Erinmore 7.11; Oronoko, Bay Fort, General Argosy, Gay Fellow, Renowned 7.10; Battle Abbey, Darius, Kartikeya 7.8; Golden Hope, Blithe Spirit 7.0; Ohapi, Faultrosa, Amorous 7.5; Lament, Pestee, Morning Watch, Malta Maka 7.3. 12.57. Stonyhurst Handicap, of £800; nine furlongs.—Howe 9.7; Opulent 8.10; Rosswood 8.7; Keening 8.5; Lovemorn 8.1: Sea Fury, Rahine 8.0; Palm Bearer 7.12: Antibes 7.10; Graeme 7.7; Hart Royal 7.5; Indian Dawn 7.2; Mister Pym 7.1; Cloud Song, Connaught, Fort Silver, Dark Arrow, Tin Hat, Sandy's Pride, Volomai 7.0. 1.42. Hagley Handicap, of £500; seven furlongs.—Lincoln Fair 8.11; Autoshine 8.10; Desert Girl 8.9; Peculate 8.8; Leeston 8.5; Tomahawk 8.4; Palomino 8.3; Grand Melee 8.0; Queen s General 7.13; Indian Dawn, Hansel 7.12; Kirkella 7.10; Scotch Tweed, Gay Joy 7.9; Le Sonnet, Lawless 7.8; All Quality, Stabilisation, Diameter, Siegwood. Koronah, Pacific Star, Slipshod 7.7. ' 2.27. Fendalton Handicap, of £1750; one mile and a quarter.—Signal Officer 9.11; Joygiver 8.9; Master Robin 8.7; Bridge Acre 8.5; Hormuz 8.2; Lord Elgin, Piccolo, Double Cross 7.12; Tremello 7.9; Lowry Bay 7.7; Lord Darnlev 7.4; Riverview 7.2; Silver Rod 7.1; Eriskay, Big Money, Delinquent, Racket. Botany 7.0. 3.12. Ashley Handicap, of £7OO, one mile and a quarter. —Falconbildge 9.3- Wane 8.10: Iron Duke 8.6; Great Chum, Nightchild 8.4; Kite High 8.2 Lady Welbeck 8.1; Detain 8.0; Clyde Bridge 7.10;' Armont, Kirkella 7.9, Pandemonium, Coxswain, Robingay, Beau Ideal 7.7. 3.57. Members’ Handicap, of £lso ?’ seven furlongs. —Master Dash 10.1, Tuis 8.10, Lexia 8.5; Dymondy 8.3, Al Sirat, Deprive 8.2; Benbecula, Derene 7.12; Privilege, Atreus 7.8, Lady Chips, Red Pickle R 7; .John o London 7.5; Julius Caesar 7.3 Kash miri, Montezuma, Denary, Te-Muka, Avonbridge 7.0. Consistent Gelding. Cue, an aged gelding by Lusty Volo from Sally Bingen, is now being trained at Addington by D. Withers. Cue showed good form as a sl^- y last season when he recorded a win and two third placings in his first four starts for W. Pope, who trained him at Blenheim. He was later acquired by Mr. A. J. Coy, who placed him in D. Bennett’s team. The Lusty Volo gelding finished the. season with two wins and two second placings in his six starts for Bennett.