saddle and sulky
"The Toff")
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Great Form is a puzzle. :#- * * Nipper created a surprise when he stayed over two miles and won well at New P-righton. He did it m saddle, too. * * # Lady Cio began all right at New Brighton, but she failed to see out the two miles. * * * Shine Soon Avent a good race for v mile and three-quarters at New Brighton, but after that h& got the stitch 'i * * • Tiny Moon is a hard case. « ♦ * Young Carbine is improving with age and is staying on like a toff. And what's more, he is genuine. ■ ' ' ' * * . # ■Happy Rosa got away fairly well m the Autumn Handicap at New Brighton and a.fter being nursed for a mile and a halt she A\ r as asked to move- up. Then she went to a break and finished down the course. . *> # * Duke Bingen stops at the end of a mile and three-quarters like a pricked balloon. ' • * * . Peter McMillan is a non -stayer. - • - * - Quten Ida. led to within fifty yards of the judge m a tAvo-mile contest at New Brighton. * * * Royal Step is all to pieces. * * " * Frisco Beau has a torrent of speed, and it is only a question of him learning to control it to win good races. ** . * Hydaspes gets the stitch after going seven furlongs. * * * Golden Locanda is getting a bad case at the peg. * # * Riot is not staying on as. well as he ought to do. * # ♦ Ratana was punched out to win the mile harness at Ncav Brighton. * * * Golden Sun finished fourth m a mile harness contest, at New Brighton. He is getting close to the money.
Wai taki Girl made the opposition m the Wainoni Handicap at ' New Brighton look foolish. She left the mark smartly and walked m. * * ■ ♦■ Black Admiral ran his usual honest race at the seaside and was unlucky, in^ meeting Waitaki Girl with her evening dresj on. * * * Alto Chimes is m work again. He is being trained by A. Candy, but it will take more than candy to bring the veter.in back to his best form. * * * . Gleaming threatens to bob up m a mile contest shortly. * . * • ■ Loganwood always races good «over a mile and a quarter. * # ■■ ♦ Ouimet's work before the New Brighton meeting 'would encourage one to go broke on him, but on the day ho raced much below his private form. * • _' • Four Bells was sent but favorite for the Electric Handicap- at New Brighton. He left the mark quickly arid obtaine-1 a ?ood lead, biit before going a furlong he" stumbled and fell. His rider, O. J5. Hooper escaped with a shaking. * . * .*'■...- Darknite is a good, honest sprinter that should soon pick up a stake. *■ * * Ihixendale is racing as if he has done his punch. ■** . * : After jigging at the start Schoolmate made up a lot of ground m the mile saddle on the first day at New Brighton. Had he gone away correctly ho would have been hard to beat. * * • Whetu has a lot of speed, but she gets the stitch after going .seven furlongs m saddle. ** • ♦ Binscarth won the Innovation Handicap at New Brighton rather comfortably. He took charge a furlong after the start, and was never headed. He is pretty useful. * # • Vera's Doll stuck to her work all the way m *the first race at New Brighton on ' Saturday, and managed to beat all but Binscarth. Over ten furlongs she will be hard to beat.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1061, 25 March 1926, Page 12
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563saddle and sulky NZ Truth, Issue 1061, 25 March 1926, Page 12
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