TROTTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22084, 14 October 1933, Page 19

TROTTING

By Sentinel. Nominations for the Wellington Trotting Club’s spring meeting will close at 8 p.m. on Monday. Acceptances for the Oamaru Trotting Club’s spring meeting will close at 9 p.m. on Tuesday. A payment of Ssoys for the New Zealand Trotting Cup is due at noon next Wednesday. Phyllis Axworthy, now trained at Feilding by W, Hughes, is a mare with good possibilities. She is bred on good lines, by Travis Axworthy from Monica Galindo, and ae a three-year-old showed a lot of promise. When racing in the colours of Mr J. A. Mitchel, of Palmerston North, she won over spring courses, but,was lacking in stamina. She has had a very long spell, and being now six years old, her powers should be more fully developed, and she may be able to run out a sound mile and a-half. The useful Homeward is not engaged at the Waikato meeting, but the Happy Voyage • mare will be on hand at the Auckland, meeting next Saturday. Homeward is a very smart mare, and it would not be surprising to find her doing well over all distances this season. S. August has her right at the top of her form, 'and the Otahuhu trainer should get some early money with her. The New Zealand Derby Stakes candidate Blondie met with an accident recently that will prevent him from fulfilling his classic engagement at the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting in November. Blondie i s a very promising pacer by Jack Potts, and is a member of C. S. Donald’s team.

Red Hope is held in high esteem, by all judges of a good pacer in Auckland, and although confronted with the task of beating a high-class three-year-old in Chancellor over a mile and a-half at Hamilton to-day, there is no doubt about which of the pair will be favourite. There is a saying that a. good five-year-old will beat a good three-year-old, and so the meeting of two very promising horses of these ages will be one of the features of the afternoon’s racing. Stanley T ig doing most of his, work at Addington with the pacers Major Lind and John Jinks. He is in splendid condition and is trotting generously. He has a great turn of speed and is at home over one mile and a-half and two miles. It is a long time since he won a race, but it is only a question of acting up to his present form for him to earn a stake. No fewer than seven candidates for the New Zealand Trotting Cup are engaged at the Oamaru Trotting Club’s meeting on Labour Day. They are Roi TOr, Kingcraft, Harold Logan, Satin King, Author Jinks, Wrackler, and Red Shadow. Such an array of talent should attract a big crowd to the Oamaru meeting. Considerable interest will be taken in the candidature of Satin King for the principal contests at Oamaru. His capabilities are well known and everybody is keen to see him survive his Cup preparation. If he races at Oamaru it can be accepted as evidence that his trainer is satisfied with his condition.

The presence of Meteor and Tactless in the field for the Mark Memorial at Hamilton to-day will add interest to the race. Both are smart pacers when at their best, and it is unlikely the trip would be undertaken unless they were ready to produce their best. Tactless has been racing well and will probably be favourite. The visitors will be opposed by five Aucklanders, of wdiom Great Parrish looks the best. At his last start he won over a mile and a-quarter, and as a winner of the Auckland Cup last season he has demonstrated his ability to both go fast and stay. Dan Direct has never been good at tw r o miles, and Prince Perdo’s latest form has not been encouraging. Kewpie’s Guy will hove to show improvement before she could be considered a wanner, while Peter Pirate seems too far back in the handicap to win.