NUKUIMAI AND HIS RECORD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3834, 21 August 1928, Page 4

NUKUIMAI AND HIS RECORD.

A BRILLIANT PERFORMER. Nukumai, who won honours in the New Zealand Grand National Hurdle Race at Riccarton last week, can be regarded as a most fitting horse to hold a place among the winners of that important event, and by carrying top-weight, his record is embellished ■ with a very noteworthy performance. The first event to bring Nukumai into note was the Winter Hurdle Race run at Trentham in July, 1024, which lie won under 0.13, and that the merit of that performance was realised may be gathered from the fact that in his succeeding engagement in" the Final Hurdle Race, ho was called upon to carry 11.1, but that did not stop him and he won his race in good style. In the interval he won many races, including the Egmont Steeplechase of 1926. At eight years he wound up with quite a blaze of triumph, for he won the Parliamentary Handicap, Whyte Memorial Handicap and Winter Hurdle Race on successive days at the Wellington meeting. Last season Nukumai failed to score a win, but that he is carrying his age well he gave sterling proof when he opened his 10-year-old career with a win in the Jumpers’ Flat Race on Tuesday, and followed up that performance on Thursday by beating his opponents in the decision of the Grand National Hurdle Race. Since Nukumai came on the scene at four year old, he has contested 97 races, so that he can be appropriately ranged up with the hard-worked brigade. Nukumai’s record stands as follows: —

Mr. S. G. Davidson has good reason to rejoice over the fact that he withstood the overtures that were once made to him to sell the bay gelding, for he has proved a fine stake-earner in the interval. The sum down to the credit to Nukumai is £8,850. Mr. Alt'. Wright, of Foxton, is the trainer of Nukumai.

1st 2nd Un3rd placed At 4yrs. 4 3 3 7 At 5yrs. 8 3 3 7 At 6yrs. 3 2 1 7 At 7yrs.< 6 2 1 3 A*t 8yrs. 5 5 5 10 At 9 vrs. 0 3 1 8 At lOyrs. 2 0 0 0 •— — — — 23 18 14 42*