STRATFORD RACES
KEEN PLAY TAKES CUP (P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Jan. 2. The Stratford Racing Club's meeting opened yesterday in fine weather and with the track, fast. The totalisntor handled .£54,414, compared with last, year’s £46,859. Ohura Hurdles, of £225; li miles. 1-1 Master Meruit, 9.2 (Temporton), 1; 8-2 Our Nation, 9.9 (Cleaver);' 2; 2-3 Hard Frost, 9-2 (Dowrick), 3. Scratched: Winning Tray, Gayjax, Spliced, Vafer- Flame, Dunlin, Tar7,ah. Two lengths; 3i lengths. Time, 2.46 J. First Trial Stakes, of £175; 6 furlongs.— 0-6 Tower Lady, 8.5 (Kendall), 1; 11-11 Miss Kotere, 8.5 (Edwards), 2: 9-8 Young Trenth, 8.5 (McGovern), 3. Shona’s Fal was bracketed with the winner, Scratched: Black Salve, Bonny Baf, Breezalong. Head; lengths. Time, 1.16 J. Juvenile Handicap, of £200; 5 furlongs.— 3- Polotown, 7.6 (Buchanan), 1; 2-1 Good Company, 7.6 (Edwards), 2; 1-2 Drambuie, 8.0 (Chitterbuck), 3. Scratched: Behave, Queen’s Knight, Silver Pal. . Neck ; threequarters of a length. Time, 1.4. Stratford Cup, of £600; li miles.—4-4 Keen Piny, 8.0 (Dye), 1; 8-8 Bvpivoine, 7.13 (Dowrick), 2; 7-6 .Peter's Choice, 8.2 (Clutterbuck), 3. Scratched: Black Pluto, Greenfeast, Cracroft. Length and a half; 2 lengths. Time, 2.95. Second Trial Stakes, of £175; about 7 furlongs.—First;Division: 1-1 Commissnr, 8.7 (Dye), I; 5-5 Raphael, 8.7 (Markwick), 2: 4- Forest Art, '8,7 '(Edwards), 3. Scratched: Royal Scholar. Four lengths; 21 lengths. Time, 1.345;-• Second Division: 2-2 Foxbuti, 8.7 (Martinovich), 1; 6-6 Adrigoole, 8.7 (Flower), 2; 7-8 Lumond, 8.7 IQulterbuck), 3. Nock j - nose. Time. 1.835. Scratched: ' Jlliiminacry. Bracket: Priority and Raphael. Tarilti Hack Handicap, of £225; 0 fur-longs.—l-3 Pawn Flight, 7.7 (Edwards), 1; 4- Dink’s Own', 7.7 (Dye), 12: 6-6 Jovial Hour, 7.9 (Hupter), 3'. Three-quarters of a length ; 21 lengths. ' Scratched; VJa'r Effort, Bournemouth, Singing Hills, Dark Morning, Bueno, Leigh Hark, Mr, Cute, Broiefort Star; Vafer. Flame,, Chovnlita. Bracket: Dawn Flight and Pink's Own. Time, 1.57. Douglas Handicap, of £275 ; 6 furlongs.— 5- Alga’s Pal, 7.7, cup. ■ 7.0 (Edwards), 1; 1-1 Gaymeer, 8.8 -(Cleaver), 2; 7-7 Te Awe Awe, 7.1 (Hunter), 3. Scratched: Whnckie Bonny Pay, Plato Lad, Alderman, Waipero. Three lengths; 4 lengths. Tiipe. 1.135. Railway Hack Handicap, of £200; 6 fur-longs,—s-6 Firm Lush,. 7.7. car. 7,4 (Hunter). 1; 1-1 F<?rt Royal, 7.11 (Clutterbuck), 2; 7-7 Wnipiro, 8.4, car. 7.11 (If. Kamo), 3. Bracket: Fort Royal and Midflame. Scratched: Alderman, Novocaine, Mangarakau, Dark Morning, Fpxiiqn, Blondi. Gipsy. Shona’s Pal, Bonny Baf, Raphael Lumond, Golden One, Young Trent. Neck nose. Time, 1,16*.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21601, 2 January 1945, Page 8
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