Trotting Notes

Grey River Argus, 1 December 1938, Page 3

Trotting Notes

Promising Four-Year-Oid: Messrs A. G. Downes and W. Hosking’s Jewel Pointer pacer, Sandusky, recently gave an indication that he would shortly return to the winning list. He is engaged in the Waikato Handicap at Claudelands on Saturday next. Glenholme: Until. Glenholme is able to control his speed his prospects of winning a race look, far from bright. Attain:

In both her races at Forbury Park Attain tangled at some stage of the running, and but' for she would have made it much harder for King Pdtts on Saturday.

Rocks Ahead: Rocks'Ahead is finding her present mark something of a hurdle, both as a sprinter , and a stayer,. and she may not be perservered with further. Nell Grattan: '

Nell Grattan Was the unluckiest mare to race at' iForbury last weelj. She was narrowly beaten by Fine Art the first day, while on Saturday she was unlucky to strike Fremont at his best. Fremont was required to better the track record to beat her, while Nell Grattan's 3min 1 4-ssec equalled the track record. .-Nell Grattan is one of the best of Grattan Loyal’s stock racing. Marlene’:

There was a lot of merit in Marlene’s third to Fremont and Nell Grattan on Saturday, and she may be expected to win at short notice. Marlene was at the rear of the field with two furlongs to go, but she put in a great run at the home turn, and it was an outstanding effort which landed her in third place. She is 'engaged at New Brighton on Saturday. Icevus:

Among the improvers at Forbury, Icevus impressed as one likely to make a name for himself as a sprinter. There is not much of the Globe Derby horse, but he is a nippy pacer, and although he won well -over a mile in 2min 9 3-ssec the second day, there was probably more merit in his defeat by Roan Duke on the Thursday. On this occasion he lost at least two seconds at the start, and then raced round the outside of a field to register 2min 8 4-ssec. Fremont:

After his failure the first day at Forburv. when he was one of the leaders into the straight, Fremont’s success in the Tainui, Handicap was a surprisinglv good performance. His time of 3min 14 l-ssec bettered the track record,of Fine Art the previous day by 3-ssec. On Saturday Fremont was driven a very different race from the first day, when he was taken Ito the front in ,the early stages. When he won he was not brought' but from his field .until well down .‘the straight, land from then on it was not a race. Fremont is a brilliant customer when [he is given a‘chance to'finish from the back.