Principal Race At Nelson Meeting Won By Royal Robe

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 April 1948, Page 7

Principal Race At Nelson Meeting Won By Royal Robe

(P.A.) NELSON, April 5. The second day of the Nelson Jockey Club’s annual meeting was held at Richmond Park today in fine weather. The track was hard. There was a large attendance and the totalisator handled £31,025 compared with £29,405 last year. The total for the meeting was £64,165, compared with £66,312 last year. Remaining results: — Redwood Memorial Handicap,. Of £400; nine furlongs. 1-1 Royal Robe 8.2 (Hampton) 1 3-3 Sailor Boy 7.8 (Bowness) 2 7-7 High Order 7.11 (Clutterbuck) 3 Also started: 2-2 Singing Hills; 6-5 Lowry Bay; 5-4 Beau Raide; 8-8 Royal Cambria; 4-6 Susan Lee; 9-9 Jovial Hour. Two lengths; neck. Singing Hills was fourth. Time, 1.53 1-5. Richmond Trot, of £239 10s; 2.59 class; one mile and a quarter.—2-2 Shalimar scr. (C. R. Berkett) 1; 4-4 Avon Hall 36 (Butt) 2; 8-7 Wynleaf 24 (Powell) 3. Also started: 1-3 Will Scarlett; 3-1 Blue Banner; 6-6 Devadus: 9-9 Kitty Globe; 7-8 Little Trev=or; 11-11 Stop Press; 10-10 Carlow; 5-5 Red Flight; 12-12 Happi. One length; half a length. Will Scarlett was fourth. Times: 2.53 3-5 2.51 2-5; 2.52 3-5.

Stoke Handicap, of £300; six furlongs.— 1-1 Veine D’Or 8.7 (Messervy) 1; 4-4 Delinquent 7.3 (Bowness) 2; 1-1 Deep Sea 7.13 bracketed with Veine d’Or (McDonald) 3. Also started: 3-3 Theiolight; 5-5 Legal Rose; 2-2 Merry Robin. Three-quar-ters of a length; head. Theiolight was fourth. Time, 1.13 2-5. Motueka Hack Cup, of £300; one mile and a quarter.—3-4 Culloden Moor 9.1 (Mackie) 1; 2 Super Lake 8.10 (Spratt) 2; 2-1 Romantic 9.6 (Register) 3. Also started: 5-3 Sunshine Bay; 4-5 Palaboa; 7-7 Chaka; 6-6 Mr Buzz; 8-8 Bonko. Three lengths; two lengths. Sunshine Bay Was fourth. Time, 2.7.