ROTORUA EVENTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23718, 26 July 1940, Page 5

ROTORUA EVENTS

I'H HUNT CUP STEEPLES CONTEST LIKELY H CONSISTENT FORM OF MAKOI ?V.'; BY ABAYDOS ; v- The Rotorua-Bav of Plenty Hunt " ' .Club meeting, which will take place at .r&V/'r Arawa Park to-morrow, was to have been hold at" Tauranga on Monday, October 9,' as an associate meeting with -"the" Bay of Plenty Club's programme, hut it was postponed indefinitely owing -to heavy rain". • Useful fields are engaged, and, with few exceptions;"the horses in tho respective races ■ " havo some form to recommend them. As tho card provides for eight events, the first raco will start at 11 a.in. Betting will be on tho win and place system. -« In the Hunt Club Cup Steeples thcro aro tight acceptors. The top-woight, Makoi, has .raced consistently this season, registering threo wins and three • places in seven starts. T; He won the To Hapara Hack Steeples at Glsborne in May, and at tho Auckland winter . -carnival ho was successful in tho Hunt Club 'Hurdles and Hunt Club Cup Steeples. His 'last start was at Matamata last Saturday, "when he finished second to Allegretto. , Floodlight is a useful performer who ran prominently at Ellerslio in June, when he finished second to .To Ronga in tho Green /Lane Steeples and won tho Tamaki Steeples. In the W. G. Park Steeples at Te' Awamutu Floodlight /was second to Dauber, and when going well at Matamata made a faulty jump, losing a deal of ground and being pulled up. . Sub-Editor was in form early in tho season, when in three starts he recorded a first, second _ and'fourth. His victory was in the Waikato Hunt Cup Steeples at Cambridge, where he returned a substantial dividend. •His next start was in the Clarkin Hack Steeples at tho "Wnikato spring meeting, in ■..'which he rjin second to Gar Vaals. Xukutere was unplaced, in the same race, which was his only start this season. Pal and Cockalarum have had a little racing, but will need to show improvement. this term. Favouritism is likely to bo disputed by Makoi, Floodlight and Sub-Editor.' AWAPUNI DOINGS V ' SOLID SIX FURLONGS CLASSFORM, ROYAL HUNTING [from our own correspondent] „ / PAL'MERSTOX NORTH, Thursday Awapuni stables will be well represented at Marlon on .Saturday and tho final trials were interesting. The course proper was open, with the fiass near the outsido fence. The going was good. The best gallop of the morning was six furlongs by Classform (B. 11. Morris) and Hunting Royal (.G. R. Tattcrsall), who fin-ished-together ir. 1.21, after running tho last three in 40s. Colibri (W. J. Broughton) was ' :with. them to the straight and was then , eased. Classform and Hunting Royal aro in • the Riddiford Handicap, seven furlongs, at Marton, and should go well. ' , Clarion Call (D.'Redstone) worked over a -mile, maintaining an even pace. L. G. Mor--lis intends to £end him south about August 6. .Clarion Call is in great order. Catalogue ■ (A.-McDonald) sprinted five furlongs in 1.10, 'going smoothly. ' A number of horses engaged in tho Glen- > more> Maiden at Marton wero sprinted, and the best effort was probably that of Lady Ex (Broughton), who was going comfortably alongside Merry Meer (Morris) at the end of.four furli-ngs in 55 2-ss. 'Lady Ex broke ■- "40s for'the last three furlongs. ■ Raeburn (R. Ireland) beat Francis Drake '(F, Buchanan) over six furlongs, running the 'last' three ,in 40 3-ss. Squeers (Buchanan) -and Boniden (Pratt) ran four furlongs in Coterica (N. Voitre) and Gold Bridge covered three furlongs in 41s, All Quiet .-(Tattersall) and Jumna (Bowden) taking 41 2-os. Sweet. Anne (D. B. McGregor) was kept •to even time over four furlongs. Royal Climax .covered five furlongs in 1.12 1-5. Anita Foe '(T'sniperlon) was under restraint while run- •; ninnr. five furlongs in 1.12 2-5. • Sleeveless (Temperton) ran six furlongs ip "1.22. maintaining an even pace. She is very! ;fit;>Lacan (Morris) finished in front of Nino rMartijii (Broughton) after a working ga lop and a-quarter, running the last \p/*Rae), whtf appeared to be ". sJtmlueky in the Hunt Cup. Steeplechase last K Saturday, had Lactose (P, Jarvis) as a compariion in a round of the country, j lgreterre •did .- not jump the hencoop too well, but .otherwise jrave a good exhibition of fast jumping, with the pace on over tho last three 'fences r The three fillies Golden Moon (Tideracc—*Fintrv), Bavadcer (Phaleron Bay—Baylock) and ' Greek Step (The Greek—Weatherstep) sprinted two furloners in 255. i hey were, going well together after a very smooth effort. HAWERA ACTIVITIES yiRACIOUS BEATS WAR LAP [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] HAWERA, Thursday ■ Fast work at Hawera this morning was 'conducted on the outside of the course proper, sthe going being holding. ' Yiracioijs shaded War Lap over five furlongs; run in 1.10. Vlracious should make .his presence. felt* at Marton, on which course he has previously been successful. Sea Link ran three furlongs under a good hold in 425. She has freshened nicely with \ v , Royal Star. 11. began from the top of the straight at, half-paco. and covered his last half-mile at 'a working gallop. _ Student' Prince, Surveyor-General and Martini were on terms at the end of three furlongs, run in 40 3-ss. With much the worst of the weights, Surveyor-General shaped pleasBav sprinted two furlongs in 2(3 2-ss, ■while Golden Ring traversed a similar distance down the back ini 25 4-ss. Mulligan and Teasoff sot .to the end of half a mile in 54 Mil ligan, a hunter by Mullaboden in H. Scally s stable, has more than average pace for a nun}"- . . Notium is being tried as a hurdler, but evidently he will need a good deal of experience to make good. TURF JOTTINGS [TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP Totalisator betting at Flemington on Grand National Hurdles day was. a record for that day, the investments, totalling £01,401, ing an increase of £15,50 l over that of last year. The Australian-bred mare Amelita. by RonBard from Black Vera, by Black.Jester, has been retired from racing and will take up stud duties this year. She won a dozen raceb, the last at Otautau in April. During the week ending June 1, G. Richards rode seven winners in England, and, with 31 winning mounts, he was then eight ahead of M.' Beary. Their total mounts at that period were 184 and 171 respectively. Tn refusing to take part in the Je Horo Handicap at Awapuni last Saturday Hunting Mint decidec} her owner-trainer, J. Paul, to retire her to tiie stud. Her barrier manners for some time' past had been deteriorating. Bfesides the six horses ho has quartered at Washdyke, Vf. E. Hazlett has kept, in work at Invercnrgill four others, Sparkle, Astral Flame. Eire's Ruin and a two-year-old gelding-by Salmagundi from Bright Mark. Eire's Ruin is a half-sister, by Irish Lancer, t to Baltruin. Blackford, winner of the V.R.C. Grand National Steeplechase at Flomington this ■ month, was for strio at 100 guineas a few months ago, with a proviso that he should not bo entered for open Hteoplechnscs. Mow"ever, the prospective purchaser did not consider Blackford worth the figure named, antl he did so well subsequently that he was entered for the big steeples and won a further £1750. TURF REMINDER , To-day.—rCanterbury Jockey Club, acceptances and entries. J RACING FIXTURES July 27—-Rotorna-Bay of Plenty Hunt Club. July 27—Rangitikei Hunt Club. Juy 27—South Canterbury Hunt Club. «Uly 20—Rotorua Racing Club (Patriotic , Meeting). August" »—Christchurch Hunt Club. Angast 13, iff, 17—Canterbury Jockey Club Angvst 21—Pakuriingn Hunt. _ r.' :: August 2!)—Kgmoiit-Wangaiiui Hunt Club .'. Aygust 31—Tarannki Hunt Club ; August at—Otagn Hunt Club. "Cptcmbcr 5. ~—Wansanui Jockey CI no. ocptemher 1 J—Asliburloti County Kacinn c Club. , geptember It, in—Avundale Jocke.v Club. i • Mptembcr 10, 21—Geraldine Racing Club, i 2 t—Marton Jockey Club. ' irSS{!25" Racing Club. | - twpvember 2S/ So—Ohinemuri Jockey Clao.