Otago Jottings

NZ Truth, Issue 1001, 31 January 1925, Page 10

Otago Jottings

(By "SaUsbury.")

Concluding day at Forbury to-day,

The wins of Listening Post and Rob at Wellington put backers of southernowned horses well on the. right side of -the ledger, but when . Mantua got si ogged, on Saturday spme got a body blow. . '"■■

Royal Admiral } s not being unduly bustled, but will come right as a hurdler. ■ ■* .;

Last week Andante got tangled up m some barb wire and met with severs injuries, but! she is how getting over them all right. •. ,

Bran Pie wiil be taken to Tapanui and will probably line up with the Trial field. She is recovering from a cold. ;

There are few better supporters of up-country racing than Steve Spain and with Silver Lining he should add a few more wins to "those he got at Cromwell and ' Vincent.

Bonny Lake has only to keep right to make some o£ the. hack fields hurry shortly, v .

; : A likely-looking Itilbroney-^Mayhap youngster is: being handled oh the Southland tracks by J, Rowland. He baa been named Haphazard.

The field would need to be a very weak one for Sunlit to win a race these days.

Jack "White has Incursio' galloping well and. rejidy to step put at any time.

■As usual, Kanuknpt has 'been doing great track work at Forbury. If he wouldftonly dp the same under silk a mile "saddle wpuld be easy fp^ nimi

Menember does it well one day and seems all to. pieces the next, m a tryput la.st week it took hina 2.25 to get to the end of a mile.- .

iV pacer ,thj|.t fs expected to -touch a tight mark, is Dbnside, He put up gome gpod performances during the holiday meetings and will be- at Fprbury this week; > -■■•-.; :

Real liady has been trotting ijicely for Pick Robinson,- She. is still on a gqpd mark m the Ippse classes.