DETAIN MAY REPEAT AT WASHDYKE
The South Canterbury J.C. meeting will be concluded at Washdyke to-day, when well balanced fields will parade in. all events. First day form should prove a reliable guide though several fresh horses should add interest to the racing. With more important winter meetings to follow the form will be followed with interest. The big event, the South Canterbury Handicap, should provide a good contest, though the promising Defaulter-Disdain gelding, Detain, should again reign supreme. Betting will be on the win and place system’. The following horses should prove hard to beat: —
11.0: Pukaki Hurdles: Kassai, Forage, Robert. 11.40; Southern Handicap: Night Blush. Brigg Fair, Front Page. 12.25: Wai-iti Trot: Red Hussar, Ikaroa, Wayfarer. 1.10: South Canterbury Handicap: Detain, Belle Leonne, Eriskay. 1.50: Craigmore Steeples: French Knight bkt., Great Legend. 2.35: Fairlie Handicap: Whitley, Lady Fane, Flying Orders. 3.20; Winchester Trot: Red Hussar, Expensive, Arion Thorpe. 4.5. Temuka Handicap (apprentice liders): Early Night, Copper Coin, V'Ctory Star.
11.0: Pukaki Hurdles, of £200; 1:1 miles: Forage 10.12, Co art Dress 10.5, Olga’s Choice 10.3, Kassai 10.1, Robert, Indian Sign 10.0, Hunting Charm 9.12, Lisheen, Big Top 9.9, Opaltown 9.7, The Cloister, Night Fighter, Ration 9.0.
11.40: Southburn Hack Handicap, of £200; six furlongs: Brigg Fair 9.5, Lorna Leigh 8.13, Mestiza, Connaught 8.6, Wild Note 5.6, Night Blush 5.2, Perillus Belle 7.11, Copper - Coin, Dress Rehearsal 7.9, Prana, Miss Mercury 7.8, Valmeer, Sword Dancer, Front Page, Paper Raid, Sheilton, Hot Foot, Bonne Nuit, Royal Sal 7.7. 12.25: Waiiti Trot, of £230; 3.37 class; 11 miles: Achievement, Arawa Lad, Blue Match, Cultivator, Frank’s Pride, Final Return, Ikaroa, Kenyon, Kildare, Our Babe, Plausible, Scottish Girl, Sure Catch, Wayfarer scr. Betty Ducrow 24, Red Hussar 36, Thelma Grattan 48.
1.10: South Canterbury Handicap, of £500; 11 furlongs: Eriskay 8.10, Double Cross 8.7, Botany 8.5, Detain, Belle Leonne 8.0, Matador 7.9, Graeme 7.7, Hunting Charm, Wild Ribbon 7.2, Big Top, Nightchild. Robert 7.0. 1.50: Craigmore Hack Steeplechase, of £2'so; 21 miles: Irish Wit 11.9, French Knight 10.6, Commemorate, Sandy Cape 10.2, Appeasement - 9.5, Great Legend, Trisune 9.0. 2.35: Fairlie Handicap, of £300; six furlongs: Wantwood 9.10, Gulf Stream, Whitley 9.4, Flying Orders. Verdant 8.13, John Gay 8.4, Joy Rosa 8.2, Sanskrit 8.0, Lady Fane, Young Bob 7.11, Matador 7.10, Chellow Dene ,7.6. Mysterious Melody 7.4. Burberry. Velvet Slipper, Legal Ro.?e, Denary, Odvaals, Here Hine, Ruling Moment 7.0.
. 3.30: Winchester Trot, of £250: 3.33 class; 11 miles: Arion Thorpe, Betty Ducrow, Calworth, Captain Sandy, Dance Hall, Glenwellyn, Kenyon, Palava, Proprietor, Red Hussar scr. Likely 12. Expensive 60. 4.5: Temuka Hack Handicap, of •£250; one mile and 36 yards: Pandemonium 9.9, Early Night, Penetrate 8.4, Sicgtone 8.1. Gallimaufry, Hansel 8.0, Lord Broiefort 7.13, Lady Melrose 7.8, Copper Coin. Responsive, Lalla Meer, Little Billy, Victory Star, Bright News, C'orrychoillie, Hot Foot. Old Faithful, Homestead 7.7.
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Grey River Argus, 24 May 1947, Page 7
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