MINOR MEETINGS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22510, 13 December 1947, Page 6

MINOR MEETINGS

TODAY’S RACING :,S TROTS AT ADDINGTON Four minor meetings in which horses will be tried out for the bigger holiday meetings will occupy turf followers in the Dominion today. Only one of these meetings is in the South Island, where there is also a trotting meeting. The main fixture is at Otaki, Where the Otaki-Maori Racing Club conducts its summer meeting. The Waipa Racing Club holds its annual meeting at Te Awamutu and the Tapanui Racing Club at Gore. The Hororata Racing Club is also holding its meeting. ’> The only trotting meeting is at Addington where the New Brighton Trotting Club is holding its summer meeting. OTAKI PLACINGS TARARUA HIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP, of £345: n miIes.—ROTHNIC, 9.0, 1; GYRATION, 10.1, 2; ROYAL MOUTOA. 9.0, S. Scratched: Te Rangi. Patanui, Grand Ceutral. Belle Mignontie. TE AWAMUTU WINNERS WAIPA PLATE, of £200: 7 furlongs.— First Division: NINTH WEEK, 8.9, 1; OUR DINK, 8.4, 2. Second Division: VIGILANTIA, 8.9. 1; NAPREDAK, 7.11. 2. ADDINGTON TROTS CANTERBURY HANDICAP, of £350; 2 miles.—2o-20 WAROONGA. It.. 1; 2-2 INDEMNITY, it.. 2; 10-10 KIMONA GIRL, 24 yds. bhd., 3. Scratched: Grattan Gold. The winner paid nearly two centuries. IMPROVERS’ HANDICAP, of £350: 1 mile 5 furlongs.—s-5 SURE MONEY, 12yds. bhd.. 1- 2-2 SANDY DUVAL, 12yds. bhd, 2; 3-4 LOGAN MAC, 4Syds. bhd., 3. Suzerain; who was- coupled with Logan Mac. was fourth. Scratched: Monitress. Time. 3.39?. MORE OTAKI RIDERS Additional riding engagements at Otaki include: P. Spratt, Super Lake; K. R. Ford, Belle Anita; P. Brennan; Iron Duke: R. J Auckram: Solo Park; W. L. Aitken: Deep Sea, Yandra; W. Connor: Imperial; V- J. Sellars: Alderman, Beaulitha; M. Andrews: Kentucky Star; F. Cleaver: Sly Gold; S. Waddell: Grand Central, Sitala.