HAWERA DOINGS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23995, 19 June 1941, Page 7

HAWERA DOINGS

HORSES EOR MANAWATI

ROYAL STAR 11. GOES WELL

CONDITION OF WINSOME IX (o ' C '> H AWE H.\, Wednesday Se\ era I horses with engagements it Awapuni on Sat.urdax were galloped on the outside of the course proper at Hawera this morning, when the ground was very heavy. Winsome Ln . Heilly) broke auav a coupie ot t lengths in fr.mt of Royal 'star 11. (Graham), but the latter soon lirid-ed the gap, and was doing better at the lim.-,h to record 1.7 ;s-,"> lor five furlongs. Royal Star 11.. who revclbd in the going, should retain to winning form in the near future. At Awapuni, Royal Star U will be ridden by w J. Bronghtim. Winsome Lu looking fresher than ever, has conic to hand nicely, but may need a race or two. as sin has not competed since the New Year.

Night I lay i Holland) and liamle.v (I'eili.v) •raverscil half a mile along the back in ,V<s, Night Hay let t.er supporters down badly on a recent visit io A\wi;m:e. bat is capable of better efforts Hamle.v has not raced since last season, and his condition sa-arsls lie will require a fair ]mount of racing n> bria:r him to concert pitch. Student Hritire (Sextrn; gin !•• ! of six furlongs on the sand in I .'} Hi is another who has not. raced for some tune In the spring, he developed muscular soreness, and was spelled, but has made a complete recovery, and ocars a particularly healthy appearance. Student Prince has undergone a fair amount of schooling, and usually races well when fresh.

Miss Phaleron has rejoined the active brigade under the care of L. E (leorge. The spell proved beneficial, and she is growing into a splendid type of rising three-year-old, for whom a '.right future is predicted. In her last five starts, Miss Phaleron registered two wins and three seconds among good-class two-year-olds.

TURF JOTTINGS

TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP When Battlegain scored decisively In the Otorohanga Handicap at Te Rapa last month, it made his third successive victory, and prior to these Battlegain had scored two firsts, six seconds and a third in 11 starts. Although he failed at Ellerslie, subsequently, Battlegain may extend his record at the Manawatu Racing Club's Winter Meeting.

Although at a very long price when she won at Pukekohe on May Nan Vaals was responsible for a sound performance, and she repeated the effort by scoring nicely in the Stewards' Hack Handicap at Tauranga last Saturday. An improving filly, by Vaals from Royal Potoa, Nan Vaals is not without prospects at Te Awamutu on Saturday.

After running second to Kaimanawa in the Putaruru Stakes at Matamata, the three-year-old Stylishman scored an attractive win in the Awaiti Handicap at Paeroa. He has not been successful since, although he has run fair races, A smart beginner, Stvlisliinan mav be prominent in the second division of the Arapuni Hack Handicap on Saturday.

Foxiana, top-weight in the Rangitira Hurdles at Awapuni, has registered five Firsts and four seconds in 12 starts this season. Four of his successes were gained in jumping races, as follows:—Hack Hurdles (Mnrton), Pukehou Hurdles (Bulls), Waitnra Hurdles (Xew Plymouth) and Centurv Hurdles at the Wangnnui Jockey Club's Winter Meeting, held at Awapuni

The Elawke's Bay Steeplechase is a race that has lost most of its old-time glamour. During the last ten years if has been won bv horses such as Bon Aryan. Hard Gold, Heliotvpe, Petrarch, Cotsfield. Skcrrvvorc and W.vkemist. fn other times the list of winners included Clarence. Chemist, Norton, Moifaa, Xadador and Oakleigh. stars of their generation over the big country-

Trig Station, nho won the Army Hack Handicap at the Waikato spring meeting and the Flying Handicap at Xew Plymouth on Boxing Day. failed in the King George Handicap at Ellerslie, but as he was bracketed on the totalisator with the winner, Radiant Vaals. his supporters received a very good return. Trip Station finished well for fourth in the York Handicap and is nicely placed in the Rongotea Handicap at Awapuni

It was only in April last that Astral Flame won a novice flat race at Otnutau. The Colonel Cygnus gelding has made a -rapid climb to prominence as a jumper. After riming fourth in the Southland Hurdles in the following month he scored over country at South Canterbury, and at the Dunediri winter meeting he took the Tahuna Hack and Hunters' Steeplechase on the opening day and the Dunediri Steeples the open event, on Saturday

BlacK Majesty made the grade int.. open company when he won the sprint at Hastings on Saturday in decisive fashion. It has taken him a long time, but he has now won four of his last five races and looks as though he will go on with it. As he scored over seven furlongs at Te Rapa and a mile at Ellerslie, it will not be surprising to find Black Majesty one of the early fancies for the Whyte Handicap on the first day of the Wellington winter meeting at Trentharn next month

Although Gay Fox was making Mis debut as a hurdler, he was accorded confident support in the strong field that contested the Whakatu Hurdles at Hastings on Saturday and eventually slnrted favourite on both machines. Ridden by P Burgess, Gay Fox justified the confidence reposed in him by taking charge five furlongs from home and holding off a strong challenge from Malacca at the finish Gay Fox is endowed with plenty of sizo and is at home on soft tracks. He may play a prominent part in flic hurdle events 'at Tr'entham and Riccarton