SPORTING.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 September 1928, Page 2

SPORTING.

NQTISS ON AVONDALE. (By ••Silken Kcixx.'') Showing Form. Thursby, who ran a very creditable third in the concluding' event at >AVbndalc on Monday is showing promise of returning to his good form shown during the latter part of last season. He will be remembered by his consistent running at the Te Kuiti fixture < a vly in July, when he ran fourth la a mile event behind Queen Arch, King Emerald and Mervctte and started in (he open six later in the day to win comfortably. His supporters rvere ,w'Jl rewarded in that event. The race over again. The placed horses, in the Flying Handicap, on the opening day at Avondale... finished in the same qrder in ft similar event on Monday. Hoariri scored comfortably by 3 lengths in the former event, hut Biivermine made a closer race of it the second 'day, just being beaten by a neck. :Kingsfield, the third horse in each instance is likely to improvd Consistent running. The running at the Avondale meeting on the second day Was very similar to the form shown on Beturday dii§ as the result the‘favourites fared-wclk Six of thb eight returned dividends, while ' thd*T>ther two Bisi.i and Lady Quex finished third and fourth respectively.' Both Hoariri and Arikitoa were winners ou both days while Storm Fiend''won easily the .first' day and dead-heated for first place" on the second, day. . . . Bisox and N.Z, Cup. The wiu of Bisox on Saturday has considerably .- inci eased the already large number of admirers she has for her later engagements. By successfully finishing but a mile and a half, the Bisogne mare, it must be admitted, will have" to die seriously regarded in connection with the New Zealand Cup and if she improves to the same extent in the next two months as she has done, in the past two,’then the date of the big event will find her a very hard one to beat. Valkon Failed. Valkon's neglect to the extent of ninth selection in the Avondale Cup was .apparently justified, but on his i mining at Wanganui and the other factors taken into consideration, he appeared to be Well placed in Saturday’s event, but failed to do better than fourth; Perhaps a later date may see him better suited over a shorter course. Should win soon To Koroke will , be, decifiedly ; unlucky if ho is not first to the ’jUdge in lyb next outing. He has shown'remark' ably consistently having run three seconds and a third in his last four starts and though he has disappointed his supporters they have been paid 'veil and will watch, his next start with much interest. Running against luck. Kawini who broke his long list of seconds at the last Wellington meeting has opened the season with the taboo still in evidence. He finished just behind Llewellyn in the opening event on Monday and as usual was unlucky in not winning. 1 Riding Well. Jockey T. Metcalfe has enjoyed a very prosperous season so far as it has extended and is apparently still in good form. At Wanganui, In addition to other wins, he rode the winning double.. Catkin and Helotis and then went on to head the list at Avondale, where he secured four first, in the two days. Ellis was runner-up with three winners. A Non-Starter. Episode was a notable defection from the field which lined up in Avondale Guineas. The daughter of Limond it was anticipated would make amends for her Wanganui defeat, but on account of the heavy state of the track she was not asked to fulfil the engagement. This was a wise move as she would have probably been beaten by going. The Classic Winner. By scoring a five lengths wiu in the classic race on Monday, .Prodice proved herself- a class above those three-year-olds when it came to a race in the/ipud. She was a moderate two-year-old last season and a regular mud-lark and had the going been in any way firm she would not have won so easily. High Faintin', who finished third in that event, filled a similar position in a race at Auckland .Christmas .meet-, ing and both Prodice rind Mil hr a wore .among the. ‘*also-stiirtcdsP 7 , Mithra Outclassed. The racing Mithra- had in ..Australia, it ..was anticipated would make her well •forward for the outing .in the’Guineas and ns the result was second in order Of favouritism. She was' prominent in the early part-of the. journey, .but was hopelessly beaten, the -failure, no doubt, being due to her inability to. manage the sticky going. Would Have Paid Well. ... It was unfortunate for her supporters that Abbey Queen was bcat.en by the dead-heaters in the Mount Albert, Handicap on Monday. ‘She was well placed right through and in an exciting finish was beaten by a neck by Storm Fiend and Maori Boy, who shared the first money. Abbey Queen was sixteenth selection in a field of nineteen, and would have, paid a worth-while dividend had she been y. little better.