TARANAKI CUP.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20482, 6 February 1930, Page 9

TARANAKI CUP.

TO-DAY'S CONTEST.

BY PHAETON

jNejct on the list of important handicap races to be decided in the Dominion is _ihc Tnranaki Cup. which will be run at New Plymouth to-day. With a good field of 15 engaged. the race promises to be decidedly interesting and whatever wins will have to register n good performance. The prcsenco of Pegaway, Corinax. In the Shade 111 id Li-cy Rose in the field will invest, the contest with more than passing interest for local sportsmen und it will occasion i.o surprise if one of the northern reprcseiufl.tives is successful. I'cgnwoy has a. good horse's weight with 0.8, but he is an tincommonly good ha.nclicur> pel funnel, vVith ability to carry weight well, and his chance cannot be denied, despite the fact that lie is making liberal concessions to some very useful horses Corinax must also possess an excellent chance and he lliakon tin ovon greater appeal than the top-weight, foe 1.0 is a very fit horse now and is sure to ri'ii a solid mile and a-half with 0.4. In compariuK the chances of tlieso horses it may bo interesting to note that Pcgawuy vill meet Corinax on Gib. better terms than when they finished fifth and second respectively in thu A.R.C. Handicap on ;«'(iw Year's Day, so that on thai form wherevor. one is tho other should not be far away. On recent form one cannot be enamoured of tho prospects of In the Shade and Lucy Rose, although at his best In the Shade would -take considerable beating with ft handy weight like, 7,11). Outside of the northerners there are many other candidates with recent form, and two who appear likolv to prove - troublesome arc Verljgern, who * was unlucky at Trentham and is just, striking form, and Yoma. Bright Glow is another who cannot bo dismissed, but, in a race full of possibilities the prcfcrenco may be for Corinax, Vcrtigern and Pcgaway.