CUP ASPIRANTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23201, 22 November 1938, Page 9

CUP ASPIRANTS

CLAUDELANDS PACEES PROSPECTS OF BEXLEY GIRL POLICY'S CHANCE IN SPRINT BY ABAYDOS With few exceptions, pacers assessed between 4.32 and 4.38 were entered * for the Waikato Handicap, limit, 4.37, the chief race at Claudelands on December 3. Thirteen of the 15 nominated have raced this season, the exceptions being Tangatu and Hearsay. Tangatu is a member of G. T. Mitchell's Cambridge team, and will be making his initial appearance in the North. Trained formerly by M. B. Edwards, Tangatu performed with credit and some of' his efforts at two miles verged on high grade. Musketeer, Sir Frank and Glorietta are giving away one second. Musketeer won twice last season at the distance, his last success being in the President's Handicap at Claudelands in December, when from 4.43 ho ran 4.33 3-5, being followed closely by Trevor de Oro, Gay Sister and Great Chum, the last-named, who was giving the winner 12 yards, equalling the time. Musketeer lost form, but recently ran two fine races at Epsom. Sir Frank came into prominence when ho scored in the Cambridge Winter Handicap, run at Claudelands. Off 4.43 ho ran 4.37 on a dead track, and his victory was full of merit. Glorietta Consistent Two:seasons ago Glorietta raced consistently well and she has been in the money in her last few starts. Glorietta won the Manawatu Trotting Cup, and at Auckland last month was third in the Stewards' Handicap to Bexley Girl and Kewpie's King, going 3.19 2-5 off 3.26. She was third to Civic and Musketeer in the Insulation Handicap and will be bonefited by the racing. Hearsay, whose middle-distance displays have been above the average, has not shown up at two miles, but his scope has been restricted. Our War seldom ran a bad race last season, winning at all -distances. He looked sure of a place in the Manawatu Cup, when a lapse ruined his chance, but he made amends in the sprint. In the Taranaki Cup he just failed'to give Policy 36 yards, and in the Labour Day ; Handicap at Auckland he was third to Kewpie's King and Sandusky, going 4.31 2-5. >• ; :I \ Policy was not far behind Our War at the finish and ran 4.31 8-5, and sho should strip in better order on the next occasion. Her form has been good at every distance and she has a mile and a-half record of 3.17. Great Chum is handily placed and he has a list of placings at two mile*. A Strong Combination. * Sandusky has had two starts at two miles, going 4.24 at Addington ancl 4.29 3-5 for second at Epsom. At hisi last start he was on 4.37, and wan beaten > by Kewpie's King off 4.36. Sandusky is a hardy young gelding and stands up. to racing and travelling. His stablemate, Bexley Girl, is in fine form and, after winning tho Stewards' Handicap at Auckland oif 3.28 in 3.20 2-5, she visited Addington, where she ran a first and two seconds in-three starts-.Off 4.38 she was second to Fine Art in tho , Empire Handicap, going 4.20, and ran 2.42 from a 2.49 line for second to Lightning Lady in the. Ellesmere Handicap. Her turn came in the Australasian Handicap, with a 4.40 limit, when she won from 4.36 in 4.19. Bexley Girl has reached. 4.33, arid a wiri will 'put < her into tho Auckland Trotting Cup circle. Another on l the same mission isi Kewpie's King,, who showed a return, to form last month. He contested the Stewards' Handicap, going 3.18 for second, and won the Labour Day Handicap with a genuine effort in 4.28 2-5. Kewpie's King appears quit© Bound again and, although he prefers a yielding track, he will race well on topi of the ground., Chance lor Gay Sister. Gay Sister is ; still on a line from, which she .has a chance. She won the Thames Cup in the record time of 4.29 3-5, and the Autumn Handicap at Hamilton off 4.39 in 4.33 on a, dead track,, She is a genuine stayer under good conditions. * ; Our , Peggy has not shown up in her few efforts at two miles, but her. splenracing condition should assist her. Now that : he has broken a long Ust of unplaced performances, Noble Prince, who won tho Jellicoe Handicap in 3.18 off 3.24, is likely to ra,ce prominently on firm tracks, and one more success will get him to the' 4.31 grade. Ouir McKmney showed sigris of returning to form when he just missed a dividend in the Remuera Handicap. Then, he ran 2.45 the. fastest mile and a-quarter of the meeting. Some" to attract attention at thiii strfge are Bexley 'Girl, 1 ' Kewpie's King, Policy, Our War and Musketeer. > STEWARD'S HANDICAP FRESH HORSES ENGAGED The Stewards' Handicap, limit, 2.49 i, has drawn a list of 18, including many of the Waikato Handicap field,, but Compass, Navy Blue, Eighteen Carat, Star Pronto, Ringtrue and Crocus will give added interest. As well as Crocus, Smith has Sandusky and Bexley Girl entered, but either may bo absent after the two-mile race. Crocus was second to Navy Blue at Epsom. Ringtrue may N require another race before he shows his best, but a soft track would give Compass a good chance. Star Pronto is working in approved style, and ho should strip better than lie did last month, while there has been noted improvement m Eighteen Carat. Sir Frank, Glorietta and Musketeer are gn'ing away 12 yards to be in, but thoy aro a smart trio. Navy Blue followed her Epsom success with a win at the same distance at Hutt Park, and in her present excellent condition she may rise superior to her handicap. Hearsay makes a strong appeal and it is only a question of, being attuned for him to he the hardest to beat. Policy'is very smart and if her mark is not disturbed she will go a merry race. Our War is another with good credentials at the short journey. Early fancies may be Policy, Hearsay, Sandusky, Our War and Star Pronto. TROPHY PRESENTED Following the running oif the Hack Cup at the Waikato Racing Club's meeting at Te Hapa yesterday, the trophy accompanying the stake was presented to Mr. R. T. Reid, representing tho owners of the • winner, High Sea, by Mr. H. D. Caro, Mayor of Hamilton. High Sea is owned by a syndicate headed by Dr. W. C. Ring', and none of the members was present yesterday,