SATURDAY'S PROSPECTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20986, 24 September 1931, Page 7

SATURDAY'S PROSPECTS.

SOME LIKELY CANDIDATES.

CATOMA'S fine condition.

BIDDYS BOY IN GOOD FORM,

by archer. at tave fre-J-ear'3 meetin-nZTI ****""* the fields arc krgo and th n e ° eXCePti ° n - 88 all appear very open K tically every m-m- • orses f rom pracwill be competing and Th WH Island munernt,, , j " Prospects of the to assess " late 3 raa y b <> very difficult many of accurately, more especially as season T ™ 1101 yet raced this of recent Wh ° baVS '' ad the benefit ti l T inS may be better Berve( l on the score of condition than those without. most * dlß . positioa to P&7 late winter anrl oni 6 > vll ° raced at lh ® Onlv fmir y B f )nn S meetings, a* i iwn ? , w ! re exacted from Granado a '™? 11 " 01 ' 1 last seaso * and he dieWhen hp fiJf' , pi '? miSe in hj" final outing Acia in ih. \ ! second t° his stablemate GranbHn L °j lc , e ?! akes nt Masterton. trained lit e W T D ?, r * V - Riddiford and tivelv hrerl lj- 4 an d he is an attracSelding by Limond from the SS m n 6 ? racl ° 3a . a daughter of Gay exDectprl fr> J 1 , ree 4 ln S. Granado may be expected to develop into a very useful peran t a3 f ta3 made some Progress v . ' ® past flJv y months he may prove Maiden^!?™ 8 "* filSt divisioß o£ the a T l? vice J, j 'icidus has been galloping really well at le Awamutu and his five lurlongs with his full-brother Biddy's Boy on luesday was a very promising effort. Whether he will be ready to win first start when produced in the first division of the Maiden Plate remains to be seen, but his track form suggests that he is likely to run very prominently. The race will provide Lucid ua with a good test, because he will be opposed by some very smart maidens, who are much better seasoned than he is j and the outcome of his initial effort with the colours up will be awaited with a good deal of interest. An Improving Novice. Luck did not altogether favour Haulbowline when he was made favourite for the Maiden Race at Wanganui last week, but he was tunning on strongly in fourth position at the end, and his effort suggested that he will run out, the seven furlongs in the first division of the Maiden Plate much better than many of his opponents. Haulbowline's early efforts last season were very encouraging and ho should not long retain his novice status, because he should have derived a lot of benefit from his race . last Thursday.

Unoco's early efforts as a hurdler last season were very encouraging and his victory at Te Rfipa was achieved in very convincing fashion. He subsequently ran a solid _ race on the first day at Trentham, but in his next few starts did not do as well as expected, although he ran third to Jiu Jazz and Evening Hero at Awapuni. Unoco has had time to freshen up since then and if he is produced in the right condition he may give a sound display in the Kingaland Hurdles, in which he is handily placed with ff.S. Consistency was a feature of the form of Gay Lap last season when ho was only once unplaced in ten starts, and he proved himself a first-class hack by winning the second division of the Jervois Handicap a,t Ellerslie with two stone above the minimum. Gay Lap was given a short let-up after racing at Te Rapa in June and this proved.very beneficial, because he has lately been sprinting with all his former dash on the tracks. There are a few candidates for the Champion Hack Plate whose prospects may ha preferred to Gay Lap's, but he is one of the best-performed horses in the field and is one who should help to make the contest very interesting. There will be few fitter horses in the field for the Champion Hack Plate than Catoma, who has come through a sound preparation very pleasingly. With the exception of his gallop on Tuesday, when he did not go quite ns well as usual, his track work has been consistently good, and it will be surprising if he fail 3 to run a solid race on Saturday. Some of the candidates for the race may possess more speed in the early stages of a race than Catoma. but his physical fitness should stand him in good stead, and he will be putting in some telling work when some of the others are stopping at the finish. Chance for Aspian.

Some of- Aspian's performances, notably his third in the Great Northern Foal Stakes and his second to Amnion Ha in tli£ \vellington Stakes, were very bood, but be was not quite himself in the autumn, and to reproduce his earlier form. A speu at the back-end of the season proved very beneficial to Aspian and ha has been gallopins so brilliantly lately that hopes are entertained that he will prove a good winner this season. Aspian is to have h is first race as a three-year-old 111 the Champion Hack Plato and ha will only require to repeat his track form, to take considerable k e, Yhe S Ellerslie trajner (}. Holland will have two representatives. Full Measure and Karangnpni. in the Champion Hack Plate and his charges have both been working well enough to suggest that they will run good races. As a result of. his winter racing, Full Meagre ia the of the two and his solid condition will be an assistance: in what promises to be a very hard race. Possibly he may be the better of the two at this stage but harangapai ,s a. solid customer with the colours up and he may be little if anything inferior to his stablemate. If they fail, on Saturday Full Measure and Karangapai should both have good prospects in hack handicap events later in the spring campaign ~j The smart six-furlongs gallop rc„i-tered by Restaurant on Tuesday directed some attention to her prospects in the 6 ®™ or f Hi vision of the Maiden Plate. Tbe eHort, was certainly good enough to make her worthy of consideration in the no ice O. . n,^V 8 he a"" and inability to find her feet quickly proved a big handicar to her. There has been no nnnortunity to ascertain whether she will E any "better than formerly and her chance on Saturday will be governed to a. ] arse extent by the way she be.ins. Golden Wings Consistent.

As a two-year-old last season Golden Win's performed consistently well aud he Soli Whi. juvenile »r«r .ItoctwJl hv scorinz an easy victory in J-"® (hamuS Stakes at Riccarton. That /' \ ion is endowed v/ith a- tin© burst r'Sd S fs no doubt and the indicaons are that he will prove a fine sprinter h<, season. His fast five furlongs on the track yesterday demonstrated he L in good condition to tackle his Avondale encasements and he is likely to fe one of the well -supported horses in the c lyiriStnkes- oil Saturday. . frt Tea Chat was a good saltoper as » tno-year-old season, and when he had race as a three-year old in the iJun »rHn Handicap at Ellerslie in August he gave evidence that he had I " at "°, nQ f °^ k " brrfftt „cin s condition b. Fbia*"a '.to •»xr- si »• « u " u ' K>' S'hS'^i "■'rile d Pew. ran 1,. rij f seoonda at Wannanui last races for tw> »eoonoß a { not bg this season. A Useful Performer.

« vrrv creditable performances wont tr Ui'o credit of Chief Link last season. i ,„ iuu his best races at six iinrl he fctntirai y <ru; s aeaflon he niuv and -ev.u father b„t there will X. "i? Fr® «• m that he may had a run for irnnc following i» th ® Henderson Handi;/plS e is'!°b *. «■&»— bi Sh,"' l i«A «"'t«"» '»'i°»» Jv 1118 P f a" sound race to finish third, only M n~in thV last half-furlong after betns wlfi have"'" n b ,Tet S facyhlt « in winning form. As . 18 ** ke vear-old, there is yet time for him o mate q i o f of improvement and should he nle'iie in hia work in the next, couple of Says lin will not be neglected in .ins enSment« at the meeting. Tarcba m meed Hv Mr J. Brown, but was bred by M.r. R. Ha'unon, being by Quia Abbey, from Semoli3ia>.- • - • ~r.