FOXTON EVENTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23773, 28 September 1940, Page 9

FOXTON EVENTS

FIELDS FOR TO-DAY THE CARNARVON HANDICAP noble fox solidly fancied The principal event nt tlio Foxton Rnchig Club's Spring Meeting to-day will be the Carnarvon Handicap, which has attracted a strong field of middledistance performers. All the other races have fillod well and keen racing should be witnessed. The betting will be under the win and place system. Provision has been made to run the Trial Stakes in divisions if necessary. Telegraphing' last evening the -H'khai.d's correspondent advised that the track -would he in first-class order and the going: fast. 1 lie-following horses were likely to bo supported : Trial Stakes.—First division: Loyal Queen. Blue Border. Second division: Parchment, Courting:: ; Paiaki . Hurdles.: —Son and • Heir, Foxiana, Galteemore. Motuiti Handicap.—Kontucky, Caution, King's .Mark, Carnarvon Handicap.—Noble Fox, Lady Montana, Night. Eruption. Wharangi Handicap.—Kotua, Sorenata, Last Acre Robinson Handicap.—Nigger Boy, Mittie, Night Eruption. t Awahou Handicap.—Cetewayo, Sceptre, Citv Song. Moutoa Handicap.—Kentucky, Zest, Wings of Song-Royal Consort bracket. Acceptances: : — 12.0—TRIAL STAKES, £9O; 6 fur.— First Division: Arachne, Blue Border, Dawn Parade, Loyal Queen, Midola r . Oraiti, Social Credit, Sanction, Swing, Vacation, Phyto, Vivid Night, 8.5. ■- Second Division: Courting, Locriani The Monarch, Master Lackham, Blab, Onahau, Parchment, Royal Vision, Sweet Anno, Sir Rabbi, Victoria, 8.5. 12.10—PAIAKI HURDLES, of £125; 1 mile and 5 fur.—Dorado, 11.0; High Peer, 10.12; Good Sun. 10.1; War Lap, 10.0; Golden Memory, Foxiana, 0.11; Galteemore, 9.9; Son and Heir. 9.5; Brazil, 9.3; Sanguine King:, Great Fair, 9.2; Prinihia, Karere-nui, 9.0. I.2O—MOTUITI HACK HANDICAP, of CI20; 6 fur.—Kentucky, 9.0; Siglow, 5.9; Counter, 8.4; Beau Coureur, 7.13; Caution, 7.10; Valiant Lady, Triple Crown, 7.8; Taiho, King's Mark, Army Girl, Silver Shekel, 7.7. 2.O—CARNARVON HANDICAP, of £225; V/, miles.-—Sicgnuind, 9.0; Lady Montana, S. 10; Winsome Lu, 8.5; Little Robin. 8.4; Gaelic Song. 8.3; Aurora's Star, Old Snrroy; 8.2; Colonel Bogey, 8.1; Noble Fox, 7.13; Master Cyklon, 7.11; Night Eruption,' 7.0; Hunting Cat, 7.7; Pearl of Asia, Sporting Gift, Colossal Chief, 7.0. 2.IS—WHARANGI HACK HANDICAP, of £120; 7 fur.—Serenata, 9.0; Titter, 9.0; Kotua, S.-l; Last Acre, 8.0; City Song, Sanction, Squeers, Selkirk Sporting Luck, Cheerful Lady, Sunny Dale, 7.7. 3.3O—HOBINSON HANDICAP, of £150; 0 fur.—Taurangi, Footloose, 0.0; Mittie, 8.11; The Buzzer, Night Eruption, 8.1; Screen Star. S.O; Trench Law, 7.11 ; Nigger Boy,. 7.7; White Rajah, 7.G; Rustein, Heroic Maid, 7.0. 4.IS—AWAHOU HACK HANDICAP,' of £120; 0 fur.—Titter, 9.0; Cetewa.vo, 5.7; Stella Lux, Gay Fox, 8.2; Sceptre, Bed Chief, 8.0; Vaalsstar, 7.12; Ciiy Song, Red Shoes, Gold Gain, Brown Fox, Haile Selassie, 4.SS—MOUTOA HACK HANDICAP, of £110; oVi fur.—Kentucky," 9.0; 'Zest, 0.5; Wings of Song, 9.-1; Beau Coureur, .7.13; Royal Consort, Phaleron Song, Silver Shekel, 7.5; Whakarara, Debretts, Fly-hy-Night, Loyal Queen, Lady Govern, Goldburn, Forest Flower, Pas de ChevaU Swing, Onahou, 7.7. Bracket: Wings of Song and Royal Consort. RIDERS FOR PAEROA LIST OF ENGAGEMENTS Riding engagements for the Ohinemuri Jockey Club's Spring Meeting to-day include the following:— T. Green.—Verulara. D. J. Burgess.—Small Boy. ■R., W. McTavish.—Valamito, Sunola. Hackenschmidt. -G. Smith. —Proud Fox, A. G. Parsons.:—Lady Pay. F.-EI Baker.—British Sovereign. A." Curran. —Searcher, Midland. F. Cleaver.—Willen, Cillas, The Dozer. S. Tremain. —Dorset. H. Long.—Miss Eureka, Day Wind, Valimeen, Maxown, Karatoki. N. 11/ McKenzie. —Radiant Vaals, Pocket Venus, Wildore. V. Gollop. Sure Pay, Raceline, Forest Bridge. C. L. Goulsbro' —Dark Rose, Kingcraft. G. Gilchrist. —Phil Vaals, Miss Te Koura. A. C. Messervy.—Gold Spot. N. Vanghan.—Eastern Heir. B. Markwick. —Mia Regina. E. Manson.—Acre's Beauty. H. N. Wiggins.—Coronation, Maxam, Prince Rangi. W. Thomson.—Flying Jay. F. Beguely.—Dinky Di. J. Mclnally.—Hine-iti, Hunting Bee. O. Mclnally.—Young Paddon, Lornacre, Wellaway. W. O. Ensor.—Ngawiri, Miss Te Koura. L. C. Brown. —Te Monoplane, Town Section, ' Mintlaw,-Merry Vaals, Flying Eagle. J. H. Muir.—Cappy, Floodlight. MOUNTS AT O AMARU Biding engagements for the Kurow Jockey Club's annual meeting at Oamaru to-day arc as follows: — H. W. Hibberd. —Miltiades, Flame Qucon, Vaunt. C. T. Wilson.—Petersham, Tissue, Johnemby, Spear Thrust. R. J. Mackie. —Cymric, Dranoel, Haughty Winner, Verlagia. J. Wadley.—Entail. L. J. Ellis. —Craiglea, Toro Koura, Foxetto. J. W. Jennings.—Rora Hiko. M. Caddy.—Pink Gauntlet. P. Spratt.—Green Gables, Captain Bruce, Silver Streak, "Lord Midns. M. Billington.—Prince Ruenalf, Gold Nugget. S. Baker. —Portadown. JUMPERS SCHOOLED TRACK BENEFITS BY RAIN [from ottr own correspondent] PAEROA. Friday A sharp downpour early this morning had a beneficial efTert upon the Paeroa course and the going to-mcrrow should be excellent. There was some schooling this morning, but Day Wind, who wont five furlongs, was the only horse to gallop. . Small Boy (Burgess) and Floodlight (Chaplin) jumped the sod wall and five brush fences, including the double, in company. They acquitted themselves well. Searcher CCnrran) and British Sovereign (Burgess) gave a good display over the same five fences. Blue Steel (Chaplin) negotiated three brush fences well. DATES CONFIRMED WELLINGTON RACING CLUB [jTT TELEGRAPH —PIIKRS ASSOCIATION J WELLINGTON, Friday It, was officially announced after a conference to-day that the spring meeting of the Wellington Racing Hub will bo held on the scheduled dates. October 24. 26 and 28. The courso and appointments will not be used by the military authorities for some time prior to the meeting. FOXOLA CHANGES HANDS The three-year-old Foxola has been purchased bv the Hon. E. R. Davis and Mr. 0 Nicholson, and she is now under the care of T Verner at Takanini. Purchased at the yearling sales in 19.38 by the Takanini trainer W Clifton for 110 guineas, Foxola is a filly by Foxbridgc from Aureola, and she is very promising. Up to the present she has done verv little racing, but she performed very creditably in running third at her last start to Glen Connell and Venture in the Trial Stakes on the second day of the Avondale Jockey Club's Spring Meeting.