TODAY’S RACES
THE EGMONT MEETING. KAOLA WINS HURDLES. The Egmoiit Racing Club s meeting opened .to-day. suits: — OHAWE fIURLDES, of £l2O. One .mile and u half. KAOLA, 9.11 , 1 COUNT WILLONYX, 9.0 . 2 Also started: Tudor 11.5, Reaffirm (me. 71b relicp.) 10.9, Widduu 9.5, Careful 9.0, Sir Ronald 9.0. FLYING, HANDICAP, of-£IOO. Six furiongs. FRIESLAND, 7.10 ... ... , 1 LADY KARA, 8.7 2 Also started: Refresher 9.7, Courtega 8.0, LiruuiuH 7.13, Alisa fiuslutbyo 7.2. THE DUNEDIN MEETING. PREPARATIONS AT WIN OAT UI. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Eeb. 11. There was a light shower overnight and heavy dew at Wingatui this niorning, which made the going slower lor horses working early, ilio course proper, with the trestles out nearly s'Uit.j was available tor last work, .and all the galloping touk place on that track. Sunee, who looks very lit, was lirst to work, his task being two rounds at lialf-pace on the inside of the grass track. He ran tile last halt-mild in 61sec. ... Senior, jumped away from the mile post and ran the first two furlongs m ofsee. He was then picked up by his stubleniutc, Plato, and they ran the next two lurlongs in 25soe, Plato completing tJic journey in 1.48 4-5. Platos •Nine lor the six furlongs was 1.21 4-0, and he finished four lengths in front ol Senior, a lazy galloper. Surgeon and Concert i itch were each let olt with hall-pace tasks. Greek. Shepneru cantered round to the five-furlong barrier and v, as going easily.’ 'throughout the last . live furlongs in 1.10. He looks very toiwarcl. . c Pslmet sprinted over the last furlong and a-nalf. • He looks better toi his race last Saturday. , , Neither V ild Chase nor Rival Shot was asked, to go. at better than half liace. ' , ' Queen of Song and buperex .finished up a circuit by running naif a mile in 52 2-ssec. Night Gem recorded the same time for her lialf-mile. After breakfast, Jaunt gave a good exhibition over the brush double Salmo Salar finished on slightly Tetter than Hula Belle at the end of six furlongs in 1.21 2-5. Song Boy appeared :o how a lot after a round at three-quaiior pace'.Grand Finale was headed bv Fzzv in the last few strides at the end of seven furlongs run 1.34 4-5. Silk Paper and Valrath finished on even terms at the end of six lurlongs, the last five furlongs taking 1./ o-o. Daring Deed had 'much .the better of Pala Melba at the finish of six furlongs run ill 1.21 4-5, filter running the first three in .38 1-osec. IJie fpimer is very well and galloping attractively. . Are Arc and Druikup were given a run along the back and reeled oil 25 1-oscc for the two furlongs. Clirysology, with V. Cooper up, ran a mile in 1.54 3-5. Neither looks any tbe worse for yesterday s fall. Blue Metal accompanied by an unnamed mare by Tractor, set out for a good school over the big ienees. Aitei. lumping the -stand double the . .attei was pulled up and Blue Metal jumped six more fences well, particulaifi uitli tlio pace on. Cherry Queen ran seven furlongs m 1.37 after running the three from the seven to tlie.f.our-furlong barriers in 3 ‘ Te' easily accounted for Vantoon over-six furlongs run m 1.23 2Linguist w-as,-'finishing on better than final Bell "at the end of six furlongs run in I.2o—the best six of the morning. Shock beat Wym over the same distance in 1.21 2-5, after running the first three in 3S 3-ssec. Smuggler finished much better than the full sister to Meadow Lark in vShaw’s stable over half a mile in 55 3High Glee was not extended at any part of the journey in running five furlongs in 1.11 3-5. This horse looks well. - . ... The Pink Coat-Delicious mare in Shaw’s stable ran half a mile in 53 sec.
A number of horses were let off with cantering and half-pace work.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 63, 12 February 1936, Page 8
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