EASY VICTORY FOR STONY BROKE IN OPUNAKE CUP

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 March 1947, Page 5

EASY VICTORY FOR STONY BROKE IN OPUNAKE CUP

(P.A.) HAWERA, Mar. 15. The Opunake Racing .Club’s meeting was held on the Hawera race- • course in fine but overcast weather,' before a big. attendance. The track, was fast. The . totalisator handled £40,021 10s, compared with £28,602 10s last year, when the meeting was held at Opunake. Results:— .. Patiki High-Weight Handicap, of £225; nine furlongs.— 6-5 New Deer 10.6 (T. Powell) 1; 5-2 Chef d’Oeuvre 9.9 (M. McKinnon) 2; 1-1 Broiefort Star 10.6 (W. Carter) and 3-4 General Saleve 10.1 (F. Cleaver) 3. Also started: 2-3 Adrigoole; 8-8 Mansura; 4- Tide Area; .7-7 Ocean. Song. Three lengths; neck. Time: 1.55. Pihama Handicap, of £200;. five furlongs.—2-2 Beau Reve 7.10 (B. Markwick) 1; 1-1 Bramerton 8.7 (W. Aitken) 2; 5-5 The Pagan 8.0 (N. Vaughan) 3. Also started: 4-4 Sir Royal; 7-7 Golden Poi; 6-6 Gay Tide; 1 8-8 Moariri Bay; 9-9 Red Clover; 3-3 > Afton Water; 10-10 Scroll; 11-11 Monitor. Two lengths each way. Time ■ 1.0 3-5. f St. Patrick’s Handicap, of £3OO, six furlongs.—2-2 Fort Royal 7.9 (K. Chote) 1; 3-5 Theocritus 9.7 (M. ‘ Peters) 2; 1-2 Tideless 9.6 (P. Bren--1 nan) 3. Also started: 5-3 Craven; 4-4 . Glen Urquhart; 6-6 Drambuie; 8-8 Peter Theio; 7-7 Victory Dawn; 9-9 Gold Dale. Three lengths and a-half; one length and a-half. Time: 1.12 1-5. Borough Stakes, of £200; six fur- ! longs.—3-3 Royal Flash 8.5 (S. Wad- . dell) 1; 5-5 Nuptial 8.5 (P. Brennan) , 2; 11-12 Description 8.5 (K. Chote) ‘ 3. Also started: 2-2 Platamon; 6-6 5 Selected; 18-16 Flight Girl; 12-11 1 School Boy: 10-8 Moreton Bay; 13-13 ; Ruling Maida; 4-4 Flying Crow; 1-1 ’ Slieve Bloom; 16-18 Guardian; 9-7 1 Belle Mignonne; 7-9 Tote Odds; 1718 Daisy Petal; 18-17 War Fox; 8-10 > St. Court; 14-14 Ohawe Surprise and Black Slave bracketed. Two lengths; one length. Time 1.15. Opunake Cup, Of £600; one mile and a-quarter. , 1-1 Stony Broke 7.11 (B. Markwick) 1 5- Delinquent 7.0 (Lord) .. 2 ' 2-2 Black Plato 9.0 (Clutterbuck) . . . . . - . . 3 Also started: 3-3 Dark Morning; 7-7 Silver Pal; 6-6 Chef d’Oeuvre: 4.-4 Beau Raide. Four lengths; one length and ahalf. Time 2.5 3-5. Good Memorial Handicap, of £225: seven furlongs.—l-1 Aggravation 8.4 (P. Brennan) 1; 2-2 Hunting Park 9.0 (F. Cleaver) 2; 4-4 Greek Art 8.13; (W. McKenzie) 3. Also started: 3-3 Lord Leo; 6-6 Sandy Night; 7-7 Restriction; 5-5 Olivitt. Four lengths.: head. Time 1.27 1-5. President’s Hack Handicap, of £225; nine furlongs.—2-2 Sivam 7.1 (Dulieu). 1; 1-1 Night Charm 7.11 : (Hart) 2; 7-8 Just Barney 7.7 : (Vaughan) 3. Also started: 5-5 Man- ■ power, 4-4 Welcome Guest; 8-7 Bal- . intore; 6-6 Belle Mignonne; 3-3 Min- ; lin; 9-9 Chilworth. Two llengths and - a half; length and a half. Time: 1.54. Farewell Hack Handicap, of £225; six furlongs.—3-3 Royal Flash 7.7 1 (Autken) 1; 4-4 Lady Merit 7.10 (Clutterbuck) 2; 6-6 Gay Joy 7.8 (Chote) 3. Also started: .1-1 Playtos; . 8-8 Gay Slipper; 2-1 My Way; 9-9 . Bramerton; 7-7 Don Tara; 5-5 Tudor ; Chief. Tail: a length; three lengths, ! Time: 1.13 2-5. ] MASTER DASH UNLUCKY AT MOONEE VALLEY [ MELBOURNE, Marell 15. After his brilliant win. at the pre- I vious Moonee Valley meeting, Master ‘ Dash was regarded as the only seri- : ous opponent to Attley in the Alister Clark Stakes, run over one mile at}( Moonee Valley to-day. Outside of < these two long odds were obtainable 1 by backers. The result was a sur- i prise, as St. Fairy, a six-year-old J gelding owned by Mr O. R. Porter, and trained by T. Lewis at Fleming- 1 ton, defeated Master Dash. As usual, Mastei’ Dash did not begin smartly, < and was in the centre of the field for I most of the journey. His rider kept I to the rails, waiting for an opening, ( but the field was closely bunched and J it was not until St. Fairy had ob- ] tained a winning lead that Bourgoure ] pulled Master Dash to the outside, ' He finished very fast, but St. Fairy j had obtained too great a break. Att- r ley attempted to lead all the way, and at the half mile he had a lead < of three lengths. In the straight he E stopped badly and missed a place. j Before the race Attley appeared to e have trained off, and his display in- , dicated he has apparently had enough j racing for the present. c Miss Prim, a daughter of the New | Zealand-bred mare, Lady Primrose, j achieved success in the Moonee Ponds Handicap after disappointing * in her recent running. j Alister Clark Stakes, of £2100; one I mile. —St. Fairy 8.7 (A. Breasley) 1; < Master Dash 8.7 (G. Bourgoure) 2; r Don Pedro 8.0 (R. Heather.) 3. Twelve £ started. Length and a half; length and a quarter. Time, 1.37|. 1 Moonee Ponds Handicap, of £1000; one mile and seven furlongs.—Miss t Prim 8.2 (Bourgoure) 1; Solvent 7.4 j (Hutchinson) 2; Field Balloon 8.5 (Purtell) 3. Seven started. Head; < three lengths. Time, 2.18. j DEEP SEASONS I t AGAIN AT ROSEHILL t 7 SYDNEY, March 15. ° After winning , the first division of c the two-year-old handicap at Rose- £ hill yesterday, making his third sue- q cessive victory in Australia, the New Zealand-bred colt Deep Sea is considered probably the second best q two-year-old in Sydney. He will / oppose the champion, Temeraire, in the Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick at Easter. | Results: — 1 ’ 2 First Two-year-old Handicap, £500; six furlongs.—Deep Sea, 9.6 v (Moore) 1; Coronation Lad, 8.1 ? (Walker) 2; Unfold, 7.10 (Williams) 3. Eighteen started. Half- length; i head. Time: 1.14. 0 r Rosehill Cup, of £2000; one mile -r and a half.—Courier, 8.1 (Ward) 1; c Proctor, 7.8 (Briscoe) 2; Cape Ned- 7 dick, 7.2 (McCloud) 3. Ten started: i. Nose; length. Time: 2.33. £ —• K Rider Suspended E An inquiry into the running of the 1 Tinakori Hack Handicap, opened on S the first day, in which A. J. Stokes, 1( the rider of Revolte, was alleged to T have interfered with Flare Path in the last furlong of the race, resulting F in the latter losing his position, was n reopened on Saturday. The judicial L committee found Stokes guilty of S careless riding, and he was suspend- b ed up to and including April 9. s'