SPORTING Young Neen May Race Well At Greymouth

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 October 1948, Page 7

SPORTING Young Neen May Race Well At Greymouth

An attractive display at the matinee meeting at Victoria Park bn Saturday, following some impressive work in training essays during recent weeks, drew attention to the prospects of Young Neen among the unhoppled trotters at the Greymouth Trotting Club s Labour week-end meeting. The Lucky Jack mare trotted truly throughout the Cobden Handicap at the trials and finished strongly to win narrowly but decisively from another promising trotter, Barbara Woods. Young Neen is trained by one of her part-owners, Mr W. Smart, sen., and he has her in first-class order for her engagements at the Grejmouth meeting.

Young Neen started racing as a four-year-old in the 1946-47 season as an unhoppled trotter, but after four unsuccessful outings she was changed over and started four times as a pacer without success. Last season, still as a pacer, she was consistent if a little unlucky, recording four seconds and one third in 18 starts, ,

Now back at the trotting gait, Young Neen has shown considerable promise and she has only to repeat her track form to get some of the money at the coming meeting. Young Neen has an attractive pedigree, being by Lucky Jack —Golden Air, by Wrack —Haydock, by Rey de Oro — Victoria, by St Swithin —Brown Empress, by Prince Imperial. The second horse in the Cobden Trot on Saturday was Barbara Woods, a maiden sistfer to a fine trotter in Royal Dale. Barbara Woods, which is trained by H. Kennedy, had not been going too kindly in her work prior to the trials, but she gave a fine display on Saturday. The time was not fast, but Barbara Woods

trotted soundly throughout, making all her own pace, and she did not surrender the lead to Young Neen, nearing the post, without, a fight, though she was not punished. Kennedy has worked considerable improvement in Barbara Woods and she should win races.

Globe Queen, a Springfield Globe youngster owned and trained by G. "W. Nelson, finished third to Young Neen and Barbara Woods, but was never in a likely position after breaking early in the race. She is making progress in her education and may develop into a winner. An interesting if signally unsuccessful candidate in the race was a Gamble gelding, Wager, which is held on lease by Messrs T. Dunn and G. Kirk. Wager refused to leave the barrier, and even when on the journey showed little speed. His new owners have had him only a week, however, and he is likely to develop considerably. Wager is out of a winner at the trotting gait, Rey. He is a five-year-old gelding, who has not previously been seriously tried, and he may take some time.