FOUR MEETINGS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22198, 7 December 1946, Page 8

FOUR MEETINGS

TO-DAY’S RACING DEAD HEAT IN CUP G. SOUVENIR—SONERI The concluding day of the Canterbury Jockey Club's 1946 New Zealand Cup meeting was the main attraction for racegoers in the Dominion today. The concluding day of the Avondale Jockey Club’s summer meeting at Auckland also had its full share of followers. The second day of the Woodville District Jockey Club's summer meeting, with a number of Hawke’s Bay horses running, was of interest to racing followers of this district. A one-day fixture conducted by the Tapanui Racing Club at Gore was also being held to-day. RICCARTON WINNERS. The weather was overcast with a strong wind blowing into the stands at Riccarton this morning. Nevertheless, there was a large attendance. The track was hard and in splendid order. Port Cooper Hurdle Handicap, ot £600; 2 miles. 2-3 Battle Chief. 9.10 (K. J. Thomson), 1; 3-2 Ruling: Moment, 9.4 (O. Fcrrail), 2; 1-1 Abdicate, 11.2 (R. E. Hawes), 3. Pendanic was fourth. All started. Four lengths; 20 lengths. Time, '3.39§« Canterbury Cup, of £1500; weight-for-age; 11 miles. 2 Golden Souvenir, 9.4 (L. J. Ellis, and .1 Soneri, 5.9 (W. J. Broughton), dead heat .. 1 3 Royal Tan, 7.12 3 Scratched: Signal Officer, Howe. Dead heat; 10 lengths. Time, 2.32. Irwell Handicap, of £600; 5 fur.—Battle Abbey, 7.8, 3; Sea Flower, 8.3, 2; Garry# 9.1, 3. AVONDALE MEETING Titiran’gi Handicap, of £600; 7 furlongs.— First Division: Nancy Hanks, 8.9, 1 ; Native Son, 8.1, 2; Atomic, 7.10, 3. Second Division: Gaelic League, 7.10, 1; The Gusher, 7.10, 2; Yusuf, 7.12, 3.