KARACHI SCORES IN CRAVEN PLATE AT RAND WICK MEETING

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 October 1948, Page 3 (Supplement)

KARACHI SCORES IN CRAVEN PLATE AT RAND WICK MEETING

SYDNEY, October 6. Finishing brilliantly from a rear position at the home turn, the New Zealand-bred Neptune horse Karachi

won the Craven Plate at Randwick today from the favourite. Royal Andrew. | Ridden perfectly,- Royal Andrew opened up a gap of three lengths at the Leger and looked a certain winner until Karachi put in his claim. I Wattle led all the way to win the Flight Stakes, for three-year-old fillies. She was first away and never looked like being headed. Results:— | Flight Stakes, three-year-old fillies; one mile.—Wattle (by Brueghel '—Gold Tinge), 8.7/Cook), 1; Sheba, 8.7 (Moore), 2; lolanda-, 8.7 (Doon), 3. Ten started. Length and a quarter; neck. Time, 1.38. [ Craven Plate, weight-for-age; one mile and a quarter.—Karachi (by Neptune—Sudan), 8.11 (Cook), 1; Royal Andrew, 7.11 (Thompson), 2; Stamen, 9.0 (Maddock), 3. Six started. Two lengths and a half; three lengths. Time, 2.3.

NOMINATIONS FOR N.Z. TROTTING CUP

The following nominations have been received for the | NEW ZEALAND CUP HANDICAP, of £7500; 4.21 class; two, miles: —In the Mood, Knave of Diamonds, Plunder Bar, Single Direct, Loyal Peter, Double Peter, Nyallo Scott, Loyal Nurse, Highland Fling, Countless, Emulous, Dundee Sandy, Navigate, Aberhall, Sprayman. On their present assessments, the field would be handicapped as follows: —Aberhall, Nyallo Scott, Dundee Sandy, Loyal Peter, Plunder Bar, Sprayman scr; In the Mood, Navigate, Double Peter, Single Direct 12; Countless, Knave of Diamonds 24; Loyal Nurse 36: Emulous 48; Highland Fling 60. The race will be run on October 30. False Price A very easy winner at Te Aroha was Kyrat, and the price could be considered relatively as the best of I the day, for his recent form had indicated his starting prices would be short, yet his backers received quite 'a handsome dividend. Kyrat is a (greatly-improved galloper. Had 'Kyrat fallen down in this race, which ihe would have had to do to get beaten, Te Aroha spectators would have seen a three-figure dividend hoisted, for the second horse, True Dink, a rank outsider, paid over a [third of a century for a place, while |Highworth, who was loth to leave the ibirdcage, returned over a score for (third. These were not the largest (place dividends, for Malia, a four-|year-old mare by The Greek, who (ran second in her division of the (Trial to the improved Akbar, returned a place dividend of over three score. iGood Form

| The Quito Sure gelding Seacraft has had two races this season for a (win and a fourth placing, and in his (present form he should soon add to his record. At the New Brighton on September 25 he led all the way to win the Pacific Handicap, (of a mile and a half, from On Approval and Worthy Dick. He will be ‘among the favourites for the Dominion Handicap at Forbury Park tomorrow. Last season Seacraft built [up a record of four firsts, one second, two thirds, and seven fourths.

[Good Progress Buchanan is making steady improvement with the racing he is having, and there was a lot of merit in his performance at Otaki last week, for he was giving the leading section a break of several lengths with less than three furlongs to run, yet he got up for third. A classic should not be beyond him.

One to.jWatch Balaemore, a brown three-year-old colt by Balloch from Brief Melody, came in for support in the maiden (company at Otaki last Saturday. He did not get away particularly well ! and was not asked the impossible \vhen his position became hopeless.