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TO-MORROW’S MEETINGS.

BRIGHT FEILDING PROSPECTS. PROMISE OF KEEN RACING. TIGER GAIN IN SOME DEMAND. (By “Moturoa.”) With the tracks in perfect order as the result of tho mid-week rain, and all arrangements up to the moment, the stago is set for one of the most successful spring mootings conducted ' by the Feilding Jockey Club in recent years, and the gathering which opens to-morrow and concludes on Monday, will prove a big attraction to racegoers over a very wide area. In common with other clubs throughout the Dominion thus far this season there is only the need for fine weather for tho totalisator receipts to soar, but the Feilding Club, with its electric totalisator, fine stands, and splendid appointments, can copo with tho expected increased attendances, and the gathering should be a memorable one. The fields are large but quality has not been sacrified for quantity, and a programme of. high-class racing is assured the club’s patrons. Excursion trainshave been arranged to provide a cheap trip for racegoers and the totalisator will be operated on the 75-25 per cent, system. The main races were reviewed at length yesterday and the recent form of the candidates in the minor events was discussed. Form points to the following receiving mild support in their engagements: Waituna Hurdles. —Beau Gallante, Limulus, Beau Stur. . . Aorangi Plate. —Great Hope, Mazzini, l’oorak. . Manchester Handicap.—Tiger Gain, Spiral, Gruteiul. Flying Handicap.—Bodyline, Farmer, Oratory. Juvenile Stakes. Greenwich, Wild Flower, Tipsy Miss. Kowhai Hack—Martara or Ilatuma, Hunting Queen, Maestro. Fitzroy Hack.—The Buzzer, Sanhedrin, Eara. Kiwitea Handicap.—Chief Ranger, Lord Moutoa, Full Throttle. MIGHT SCRATCHED. LIMOND GELDING GOES SORE The Limond—Graciosa gelding Might, who, in his last two starts, ran good fourths in the New Zealand Cup and Metropolitan Handicap at Riccarton this month and was a candidate for the Manchester Handicap to-morrow, in which he was weighted at 8.2, has gone sore in his work at Trentham and Trainer T. R. George will bo unable to take him to tho meeting. Last month Might ran second to Rona Bay in the Masterton Handicap and the second day he was beaten ahead by Sunee.

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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 308, 27 November 1936, Page 10

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TO-MORROW’S MEETINGS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 308, 27 November 1936, Page 10

TO-MORROW’S MEETINGS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 308, 27 November 1936, Page 10