Double Cross In Favour For Oamaru Cup

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 March 1947, Page 7

Double Cross In Favour For Oamaru Cup

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CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The Oamaru Jockey Club’s autumn meeting will open tomorrow, and will be concluded on Monday. The fields are well up to the usual standard, and include several horses from Canterbury, Otago, and Southland. The following riding engagements have been made:—C. Wilson, Fonso, Double Cross, Palomino; A. M. Ellis, Wild Note, Open Cast, Wavelock, Ever Ready; H. Ford, Flying Hawk, Topple, Grill, Miss Mercury; C. Stokes, All Quality; I. McClure, Pacific Star, Scotty McCabe; G. Hampton, Pandosto, Palm Bearer. Nightchild, Eudora; H. Hibberd, Denary. Brigg Fair, Precipitate; R. Hawes, Indian Sign; K. Thomson, Falconbridge; P. Jones, Liquidate; A. Williams, Wildfire, Revolte. The track is likely' to be hard, and under win-and-place betting, the following horses will probably be in strong demand: — Trial Stakes.—Vanity King, Kinlass, Artful Maid. Weston Trot.—Glen Devon, Doris Grattan, Courtly. Autumn High weight. — Denary, Falconbridge, Night Fighter. Oamaru Cup. — Double Cross, Authentic, Ever Ready. Windsor Hack Handicap.—Pandemonium, Precipitate, Whakawatea. Newcastle Trot.—Glen Devon, Air Spray, Glenwellyn. Stewards’ Handicap. — Palomino, John Gay-Palm Bearer bracket, Moneybird. Parkside Hack Handicap.—Fort Silver, Brigg Fair, Lorna Leigh. The fields are as follows:— 11.45

Trial Stakes, of £200; six furlongs. Artful Maid, Cobbler’s Song, Connaught, Corrychoillie, Fonso, Dunstan Royal, Kinlass, Our Maureen, Perillus Belle, Paper Raid, Pancosto, Phantom Night, Jink Socks, Robot, Sandals, Sword Dancer, Topple, Vanity King, Superlative, Victory Star, Frustration 8.8; Amorous, Banshee, Ducaals, Erinborough, Sally Gazelle, Wavelock 7.11. 12.30

Weston Trot Handicap, of £230;

3.37 class; one mile and a half.— Agate, Baadin, Colin Waters, Courtly, Doris Grattan, French Gold, Final Return, Glen Devon, Glenwellyn, Grattan Gold, Knocknagree, Melton. New Venture, Pearlene, Proprietor scr; Special Effort 60. 1.15 Autumn Highweight Handicap, of £225; one mile.—Sphere 10.13; Indian Sign 10.10; Falconbridge 10.7; Antibes, Night Fighter 10.5; Denary 10.2; Wildfire 9.7; Prince Dolomite 9.6; Dunky, Count Roger 9.0, 2.0 Oamaru Cup Handicap, of £550; one mile and a quarter.—Double Cross 8.10; Palomino 8.5; Authentic 8.4; Flying Hawk 8.0; Siegform 7.12; Sumra 7.7; Ever Ready, Nightchild 7.0. 2.45 Windsor Hack Handicap, of £225; one mile and a quarter—Whakawatea 9.0; Pandemonium 8.11; Precipitate 8.10; All Quality 8.8; Beau Ideal 8.4; Winning Cheer 7.9; Lady Colbane, Lady Melrose 7.8; King’s Victory, Open Cast, Eve Acre 7.7. 3.30. Redcastle Trot Handicap ,of £230; 2.59 class; one mile and a quarter.— Active Service, Agate, Air Spray, Colin Waters, Courtly, French Gold, Frisky Bill, Glen Devon, Glenwellyn, Gloxiana, Knocknagree, Noble Jack, Paradale, Proprietor, Rasponi, Sandy’s Comet, -Special Merit, Supplement, Thelma Grattan scr. 4.15 Stewards’ Handicap, of £275; seven furlongs.—Grill 9.0; Whitley 8.10; John Gay 8.7; Palomino 8.5; Money Bird 8.0; Lord Dundonald, Air Lord 7.5; Palm Bearer ,7.3; Divorced 7.0. 5.0 Parkside Hack Handicap, of £225; six furlongs.—Revolte 9.3; Frances 9.2; Air Lord 9.1; Desert Victory 8.13; Brigg Fair 8.6; Eudora, Wild Ribbon 8.3; Fort Silver 8.1; Wild Note 8.0; Tenor Royal 7.13; Lorna Leigh, Gallimaufry 7.9; Miss Mervury 7.8; Regatta, Liquidate, Blue Lace, Scotty McCabe, Pacific Star 7.7.