RUNAWAY WIN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 17 April 1939, Page 9

RUNAWAY WIN

DEFAULTER AT RANDWICK AJAX SCORES IN CROPPER PLATE I NEW ZEALANDER MALAGIGI i ALSO TRIMUPHS SYDNEY, 16th April. j The final day’s racing at Randwick on ! Saturday was marked by good fields j and excellent sport. The course was in j good order, despite overnight showers, j The New Zealand horses Defaulter and Malagigi again won well. The former’s brilliant performance in leading the field for two miles and winning the A.J.C. Plate of two miles and a quarter from worthy opponents like Spear Chief, Mosaic and Allunga, was acclaimed all over the course. Malagigi snatched a smart victory in the Final Handicap after he had begun ! badly, and after being pocketed at the I home turn. Ajax had no difficulty in accounting for his five opponents in the C. W. Cropper Plate, including Gold Rod. , Ajax’s winnings now total £31,100. The attendance was 33,000, compared with 31,000 last year. His trainer. Frank Roberts, told the “Sunday Sun” that Defaulter fulfilled every expectation when he had a runaway victory in the A.J.C. Plate. He emphasised that Defaulter had ample room to stretch out, whereas in his two previous Randwick starts he had been “given a rough spin” by other horses, and indeed had been so severely knocked about that Roberts instructed his rider on Saturday to take Defaulter to the front and stay there. Ellis did that, and at one stage had a five lengths’ i break on the field, despite which the time was not so fast. Defaulter will return to New Zea- j land next Friday, and will come back to j Australia for the spring meetings. j Results are: Rous Handicap, seven furlongs.— Aureus, 9.0 (Bartle), 1; Red Thespian, 8.7 (McMenamin), 2; June, 9.3 (Munro), 3. Twenty started. Won by two lengths; one length. Heroic Faith was fourth. Time, 1.23*. Woollahra Handicap, one mile.— Knight Folly, 7.12 (Harvey). 1; Gilltown, 8.7 (Bartl)e, 2; Vestal, 7.7 (Sullivan), 3. Fourteen started, including The Squire. Won by a head; two lengths. Panax was fourth. Time, 1.38*. C. W. CROPPER PLATE, six furlongs.— Ajax, 9.3 (Badger) \ Gold Rod, 8.9 (McCarten) 2 Amiable, 7.12 (A. Reed) 3 All started. Ajax took command from Creditor at five furlongs and the outcome of the race was never afterward in doubt. Gold Rod went after Ajax at the home turn, but Badger, riding Ajax right out. won decisively by two I lengths, with half a length between Gold Rod and Amiable. King’s Head was fourth. Time, 1.12.',. Dangar Handicap, one mile and a half.—Feminist, 7.4 (Lappin), 1; Will Rogers, 6.8 (Podmore), 2; Ripley, 6.12 i Watterson), 3. Nine started. Won by two lengths and a half; a length and a quarter. Cathartes was fourth. Time 2.43*. Fernhill Handicap, one mile. Tel Asur, 7.7 (Hughes), 1; Dagmar, 7.4 (Hanley), 2; Dashing Cavalier, 8.5 (Munro), 3. Seventeen started, including The Stork. In a thrilling finish along the straight, Tel Asur won by a neck, with two lengths between second and third. Lavengro was fourth. Time 1.39. A.J.C. PLATE, two miles and a quarter.— Defaulter. 8.2 (Ellis) | Spear Chief. (1.0 (McCarten) Mosaic, 8.2 (Bartle) '' ► Allunga. 9.4 (Munro) 4 1 Dead heat for second. Scratched: Marauder, Stuffy, Cathartes and L'Aiglon. Defaulter took the lead at the four furlongs the first time round and opened up a gap of three lengths from Mosaic and Allunga, which he held for more than a mile. Mosaic and Spear Chief came at Defaulter nearing the home turn, but the flew Zealander linished full of running and won amid great cheering by two lengths. Allunga was fourth, five lengths away. Time 3.58.1. Pinal Handicap, one mile and a quarter.—Malagigi, 8.3 (Badger), 1; Cooronga, 8.10 (Bartle), 2; Silent Tip, 7.0 (Knox), 3. Eight started, including Limulet. In a resolute finish Malagigi won by a bead, with a length between second and third. Limulet was fourth. Time, 2.6.}. MENTONE MEETING MELBOURNE, 16th April. At Mentone on Saturday, Namakia won the Boisdale Welter Handicap. Bunkshaw second in the Stratford Handicap, and Night Legen third in the Avon Handicap. , , . 1 , : 1 ; ; F ; ) ,