RACING AT WINGATUI

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 February 1928, Page 7

RACING AT WINGATUI

PROSPECTS FOR DUNEDIN MEETING (By Telegraph—Special to "The Mail")

CHRISTCHURCH, 4th February. F. D. Jones will have five horses at the Dunedin Racing Club's meeting, and the team will go south on Tuesday. Limerick is the star member, and the Hazlett Memorial Plate looks easy for him. He will bo accompanied by Arikiwai, First Sight, Stormy and Zaragoza. With the exception of Zaragoza, they all appear to have excellent prospects. Sir George Clifford will be represented at Dunedin by Sudden Storm, Sky Quest, Quarterdeck, Front Rank, and the two-year-olds Full Feather and Impertinence. They are all in excellent order. H. Cntts will take them south on Monday.

E. Scoullar will leave for Wingatui on Monday with Countersign and Rotor. They have not raced up to expectations lately, but arc in good order, judged from their recent track work.

T. H. Gillett will take Money Order (ind Satrap to Wingatui on Monday. They are a likely pair to win races on (lie trip as they are both in their best form at present. W. G. Hobbs will be represented at the Dunedin meeting by Luminant. This filly has impressed a lot lately, and she may pay her way on the trip. Satrap has been responsible for good track work lately, and it looks as if the three-year-old is coming back to his best form. He showed in the spring that he could stay a mile and a half, and he may be hard to beat in tlie Dunedin Cup. Nincompoop is in excellent fettle at present, and he may win another race shortly. He will make his next appearance in the Dunedin Cup, but the final stages of the mile and a half race will find him out.

RICCARTON TRACK NOTES

(By, telegraph—Special to "The Mail")

CHRISTCHURCH, 4th February. At Riccarlon to-day Money Order showed great brilliancy in the early parts of a six furlongs gallop, doing the first half mile in 49sec, and the lull journey in 1.15 3-5. He is in his best form.

Arikiwai and Assurance set out for a gallop over nine furlongs. They ran the first six in 1.17 3-5; Arikiwai then drew away, and after having a very long lead a furlong from the post, lie won rasing up in 1.57 4-5. It was a good performance considering the way in which Arikiwai accomplished the task. Footfall and Starflight were associated over seven I'm longs which they covered in 1.32 25.

Eulalie ran six furlongs nicely in 1.18 4-5.

Stormy and First Sight took 1.49 4-5 lo run a mile, First Sight moving in a. good stvie.

Full Feather sprinted half a mile brilliantly in 49sec. He looks a better

horse as a result of his racing at, Trentham.

Silver Coot went out to do six furlongs alone. Ho jumped off four lengths behind Sky Quest and Quarterdeck and gathered' them up in line style. He finished his task in 1.16, beating Sky Quest with Quarterdeck several lengths away. Silver Coot went very well. Shalimar Cook 1.19 to rttn six furloagsj and looked 'as if' .*e' 'obuld hav* done' much 1 bettor. ' ' Agrion finished a long way in front of Lucinette over five furlongs, which he ran in 1.4 3-5.

Limerick was going belter than Zaragoza throughout a six furlongs spin run in 1.17. The pace was solid in_ the early stages, the first half mile being reeled off in SOs'ec.

Countersign and Satrap covered nine forking.-, in 1.58, after doing the first six in 1.18 1-5. Satrap had a slight advantage at, the finish, lint both were going on well. Satrap looks to be on the improve, and he is due for an early win. Amor and l.uminant ran six furlongs in 1.19. Luminant was in front till a hundred yards from the. post, but Amor then wore her down.

Nincompoop easily defeated Thorndale over seven furlongs in 1.32 1.5. Nincompoop went well but Thorndale's effort was not so attractive. He is, however, a better horse in a race.