MINORS AT TARANAKI

NZ Truth, Issue 1306, 22 December 1930, Page 10

MINORS AT TARANAKI

They Are All Waiting TV Stick Roll On Orapai ARMCHAIR RIDE OF MEETING • So far as the club is concerned the acceptances for the minor events the first day at New Plymouth are quite good, but when the punter is considered it is another matter.

THEY talk of the bigger the field, the bigger the certainty, but for the fellow -who is trying to pick them for ten bob, or a pound, this is bad medicine. The fields m the minors at New Plymouth on Boxing: Day are big, but there are a number of dual engagements. However, this may not ease the situation as most will be saddled up twice. The seven -furlong Huatoki Plate is the first, and it seems quite a good one to try Crennatown out iff. He has a lot of pace, and being on his home track he will have an advantage. He is not opposed by a particularly good lot, and if he is to have a chance later m the day he will have to show up well m this. There are plenty of names m the Juvenile, but so far as ability is concerned it is almost a missing quantity. The top-weight, Royal Routine, has a lot of speed, and the corners should suit him. He looked like being pretty good, but that race he had m the Wanganui Guineas must have knocked him back. Still, he will only need to be half as good as he was reckoned to win. There is one engaged, by name Peter Jackson. Wonder if he is any relation to Gilbert Frankau's I

cigar merphant or the Hawera trainer? Royal Damon has only won one hurdle race — at Waverley — when opposed to a lot of rubbish. He meets about the same crowd again, arid his better class should stand to him. Evening Hero jumps well, but does not stay on. However, "Damon" will not need to make too many errors or else this fellow will lick him. The dry punters will wait till' it is time to bet m the Stewards' Handicap before they produce the roll. Orapai, with nine stone, looks, on paper, a lay down misere. His rider ' will only have to bounce him out and sit still. It looks the armchair ride of the meeting. . I If, by some miracle, he is to ' get beaten, the two visitors, Tradesman and Grand Spirit, should be the two to threaten danger. Orapai is also m the fixed weight Tikorangi Stakes, and m this event he looks even better still. He gets m" on terms that would, not be given him were the event a handicap. And outside, of Royal Routine they are a collection of cattle. [ Form shown will be of importance, for a week later practically the same crowd of horses will be competing for the cash at Stratford. Just remember 'that.