Egmont Meeting Opens

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 February 1932, Page 2

Egmont Meeting Opens

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The Egmont Racing Club’s Jubilee meeting opened in threatening weather, rain setting in with the sixth race. The track till then was fast and in was only moderate, the gates being wa sonly moderate, the gates being about a third down. The totalisator handled £6144 as compared with £10,276 10/- for the opening day last year. Results

EGMONT JUBILEE CUP, of 200 sovs.; 1J miles. 1 AEIKIBA, car. 7.4 (K. Voitro) .. 1 3 SHREWD, car. 7.3 (W. J. McDowell) 2 ,4 MONALOF (K. Grylls) ...... 3 Also started: 5 Calamine 7.2, 2 Chopin car, 7.13, 6 Little Doubt 7.8, 7 Banbridge 7.0. Shrewd and Monalof were the. early leaders from Arikira and Banbridge, the four being well placed throughout. Shrewd led at the home turn from Monalof, Arikira and Banbridge, and Arikira made a brilliant finish and won by three lengths. There was half a lehgth between second and third. Calamine was fourth. The time, 2.7, sets & new record for the race, being four fifths of a second better than Kick Off’s previous best in 1923. .

INLYING HANDICAP, of 110 sovs.; ‘ a six furlongs. 2 LAUGHING PRINCE,. 9.8 (L. G. < Morris) , 1 1 LADY QUEX, 8.12 (Gray) .... 2 4 ORAPAI, 8.2 (Voltre) ...... 3 Also started: 3 Greem Linnet car. 7.9, 5 Gold Dawn car, 7.4.

! Orapai and Gold Dawn hit the front after a furlong, holding the advantage to .the straight entrance, where Laughing Prince made a run to bpat Lady Quex by a length. C>rapai was only a head back, and Gold Dawn was fourth.

Time, 1.14. . . . NOLAN HACK HANDICAP; of 100 sovs.; 8i furlongs; j

2 GREEN PATCH, 8.0 : (Reed) . 1 1 CONSTANT SUN,, 7.12 (Ventre) 2 3 JOYSPEAR, 8.5 (Gray)Ui w '" Also started: 6 Biflek 'ear. 7.0, 5 -Boh lilve 7.1, 4 Attentive' ’ lj ‘ The race was run in ’ arising rain. .Green Patch jumped out; jqjubkest, but, soon dropped back to fourth berth. Joy.spear turned for: home ahead of Constant Sun and Borr Eve; ' but Eeed ■brought Green Patch through -to win by •i two lengths. The third horse was two 'lengths further back." - 1 > Attentive was ‘fourth. Time, 1.48. ' 'WHAREROA HANDICAP, of ■ 110sovs.; 81 furlongs. ,2 RORY MOR, 8.5 (Gray) . J .. ... 2 A' JUST AN IDEA, 8.13 (Mahson) 3 Also started: 3 Singer 8.0,, 4 Tentcall 8.0

Tentcall, Singer and Awaken led in ,! the early stages but Just an Idea piloted Tentcall into the straight where Bbry Mor came from the back to fight the finish with Awake- Awaken winning by three-quarters of a length. Three-quarters of a length separated second and third. Singer was fourth. Tinie, 1.50.

HACK HANDICAP, of 80 ‘ sovs.; seven furlongs.

3 CAPTAIN DAN, 7.0 (Voitre) .. 1 1 QRBY'S CHOICE, 9.0 (Gray) .. 2 5 GOEDZONE, 7.5 (J. Pine) .... 3 . Also started: 6 Moerangi car. 7.13, 4 JGflflleas car. 7.0, 2 Miss Shef 7.4. Captain Dan and Miss Shef alter-) aated in the lead tojhe home turn where the former was in charge. Captain Dani, Orby's Choice and Goldzone were' in line half way down the

straight, the first-named winning by a neck, with a head between second and third. Moerangi was fourth. Time, 1.30.

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