Royal Robe In Winning Form At Westport

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1948, Page 7

Royal Robe In Winning Form At Westport

(P.A.) ' WESTPORT, March 14. The weather was fine and the track in good order for the opening day of the Westport Jockey Club s meeting The totalisator handled £14,634 10s compared with £15,432 last year. Results: — Roche Handicap, of £150; six fur-longs.—3-3 Home Again 7.2 (Skelton) 1; 1-1 Royal Tor 8.3 (Phillips) 2- 5-4 Legal Rose 7.7 (Hampton) 3. Also started: 4-5 High Order; 6-6 Pedantic; 2-2 Glamis Pal. One and a half lengths; length. Time, 1.15 1-5. Westport Hack Handicap Of £200; one mile and a quarter. 2- Royal Robe 9.3 (G. Hampton) 1 3- Te Wanaka 8.9 (C. Stokes) 2 1-1 Romantic 8.8 (Skelton) .. 3 Also started: 4-4 Valmeer; 5-5 Cornish Note; 7-7 Chatmoney; 6-6 Paper'Pattern; 8-8 Taipo-iti. Head; two lengths. Time, 2.11 1-5. Scanlon Hack Handicap, of £145; six furlongs.—2-2 Dress Rehearsal 9.0, 1; 1-1 Post Graduate 8.4, 2; 3-3 Mister Buzz 7.12, 3. Also started: 6-6 Agenda; 8-8 Flying Faye; 7-7 Lakhnau; 5-5 Maka Maka; 4-4 Sitology; 9-9 Croupier’s Pride. Length; one and a half lengths. Time 1.15 1-5. Waimangaroa Trot Handicap, of. £150; 3.56 class; one mile and five furlongs.—l-1 Courageous scr (W. R. L. Pascoe) 1; 5-6 Young Neen scr (P. Clough) 2; 2-3 Loriot scr (W. Taylor) 3. Also started: 10-10 Adelma; 7-7 Gallant Sylvia; 3-2 Sarsfield; 4-4 Artful; 8-9 Bondage; 5-8 Sir Walter; 6-5 Wynleaf; 12-12 Stop Press; 11-11 Dramatist. Six lengths; half length. Times 3.50, 3.52 3-5, 3.55 3-5. Colvin Handicap, of £160; seven furlongs.—l-1 Deep Harmony 8.11 (C. Stokes) 1; 4-3 Chellow Dene 8.7 (Phillips) 2; 2-2 Tweedside 7.13 (A. M. Ellis) 3. Aslo started: 3-4 Herehine; 5-5 Sir Tague. Three lengths; two lengths. Time 1.26. Enright Hack Handicap, of £160; one mile. —2-2 Palaboa 8.2 (H. Phillips) 1; 1-1 Romantic 8.10 (Skelton) 2; 3-3 Te Wanaka 8.10 (A. M. Ellis) 3. Also started: 4-4 Tikakourg; 5-5 Simon Tor. Half head; length. Time 1.43 2-5.