NOTES ON THE RACING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22319, 17 January 1936, Page 7

NOTES ON THE RACING

WIN FOR PROFESSIONAL SOLOMON AS A HURDLER SUCCESS OF ENLIGHTENMENT BY ARCHER the each-way favourite Professional scored very decisively in the Trial Handicap. Clovacre whipped round at the start and was badly left, Mafeking, Ruapai and Professional being smartest to begin. Once the field had settled down Professional and Ruapai were the. leaders, to he joined hy Wahineroa before reaching the homo turn, where Hope Lass and Piacquedoon were also prominent, and Libra was showing up on the outside. As soon as heads were turned for home Professional asserted himself and went away to win by two lengths irom Libra, who defeated the fast-finishing Dust Up by a length and a-half. Wahineroa was a neck away fourth, followed by Hope Lass, Starma, Racewhip, Diacquedoon and Mafoking. Like most of the progeny of Raceful, the winner has a nice turn of speed and he has improved considerably since going into R. W. McTavish's stable. Libra and Dust Up, who covered a good deal of ground, were at fine prices for a place, Dust Up paying double figures. Mafeking raced below expectations, failing to reproduce the dash he displayed at Ellerslie. The chief stipendiary steward, Mr. C. Gomer, questioned his rider, W. Thomson, regarding his running, Thomson stating that tho horse was slipping badly in the going. The owner-trainer, W. J. Irwin, later ex- | plained that owing to Mafeking arriv- j ing on the course late there was no i time to plate him and he ran bare- I footed. Mafeking was actually about j a quarter of an hour lato in entering j the birdcage. The Brush Hurdles Having his first race over fences, Solomon scored narrowly in tho Maramarua Brush Hurdles. Solomon was always in, or near, the front and was assisted by his fine speed, which enabled him to como again after he had lost the lead by a poor jump at the last fence, where he was headed by Last Lap, who had been well back in the early stages. British Columbia made a very creditable showing to be a couple of lengths away third and Mossvale j was a close fourth after losing ground j at tho start. Next to finish were Dark Princess, Clan Ronald, Siiver Wattle ■ and La Foninie Noire. Solomon relished the easy going, but his jumping was not faultless, especially at the last j fence, where he nearly settled his j chance. Last Lap went a fine race, but appeared a trifle sore behind afterward. British Columbia requires only j to gain a little confidence in his fenc- j ing to be an early winner. King Tim : showed a lot of dash after getting badly \ left, but was pulled up after nearly j unseating his rider at the third fence, j Bentley making a fine recovery. After a number of disappointments, j Enlightenment scored his first success 1 when he won the Tapu Hack Handicap, ; for which he was a slightly better favourite than Ringshot. Solaria was i smartest away and made play. from j Enlightenment, The Vamp, Valrent, ■ Loombination and Ringshot. Rounding ; the home turn Enlightenment ran past j Solaria and went on to beat him by a I length. Tho Vamp was two lengths ! away and Ringshot was fourth, with Loombination and Valrent almost j in line. The easy track suited Enlight- ! enrnent. Solaria made a fine showing, j Ringshot did not have the best of luck j in the early running, but was going on | solidly at the end. Defea.t ol Gay Rose The light-weight Lagoon, outsider but one of the field on both machines, ! scored decisively from the each-way fav- j ourite Gay Rose in the Goldfields Cup. Tho field left to a good start and when they had settled down Miss Lu and Bonny Gay were racing together in the lead from Day Wind nnd Master Norval, Lagoon, Gay Rose and Sir Abb. Five furlongs from home Day Wind ran up sharply on the outside and at the top was in front alongside Bonny Gay, with Lagoon, Master Norval, Gay Rose and Sir Abb. Lagoon ran up to the leaders at tho home turn and soon drew away to win by three lengths from Gay Rose, who finished fast. Bonny Gav was a length and a-half away third and Master Norval was fourth, ahead of Day Wind, Miss Lu and Sir Abb. Lagoon was having her first race for some months and won well. Gay Rose was going great guns at the end. Day Wind failed to run on and Sir Abb was never dangerous on the soft track. The moderately-fancied Laudatory won the Puriri Handicap in good style, finishing strongly to win from the eachway favourite Winlona. Abbey Feale and Winlona were smartest to begin j and when the field had covered a fur- j long Winlona and Application were the J leaders from Laudatory, Tassau and j Abbey Feale. Entering the straight j Winlona just led from Abbey Feale | and Laudatory, with Gay Egypt next. | Laudatory ran on strongly to win by | a neck from "'Winlona. Dutch Girl came ! from a long way back to get third two j lengths away and King Brierl.v was fourth, ahead of Gay Egypt and Abbey Feale. Laudatory is back to form and may soon win again. Prince Acre Beaten Only four started in the 1" lying Handicap'and Wahine Reihi finished resolutely to narrowly defeat the favourite, Prince Acre. A good start was j made and King Ford was soon clear j of Puriri Park, Prince Acre and U ahino ; Reihi. Rounding the home turn l rince | Acre headed King Ford and looked like j winning, only to be outstayed near tho end bv Wahine Roihi. who got up j to defeat him by a K, "« ■ was two lengths away third and iunri Park was last. Wahine Reihi was patiently ridden and had the last run on Prince Acre, who went a fine ' •" ( - King Ford displayed early speed, but Puriri Park's condition soon gave out. There was a good finish between the favourites in the Borough Hani i-c-ap, and Huskie won narrowly from Seaman. Ella Bunsby jumped out clear and led early from Pound Sterling, with the others some lengths back. The field began to bunch up at the half-mile, where Pound Sterling joined Ella Bunsby, while Huskie and beaJlliin were improving their positions. Huskie and Seaman headed the makers at the home turn, and the former stayed on to win by a neck. Kacette, who came out extremely wide, finished fast to get th'rd. and Bai - graph was a moderate fourth, ahead of Pound Sterling. Huskie won n'cdy l' t Seaman did not have the best of lurk in running. Outsidsr Wins Another field of four lined up for the Ngatea Hack Handicap, and the outsider, Sir Tommy, led to score very decisively from M.mißncre, who was his closest attendant for most of the journey. Mungacre made an effort just after entering the straight, but could not maintain it. Queen Nona made a lair * ,o ™\ lfc Sing Lee faded away Sir Tommy has improved with lUCiit racing and is staying on bettei than formerly. Mungacre had chai , but tired badly near the end, just last ing long enough to beat Queen Jvona for second. 1