NEW YEAR RACE MEETINGS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26350, 3 January 1947, Page 7

NEW YEAR RACE MEETINGS

OAMARU CLUB’S MEETING

AI-Sirat Principal Winner DERENE SUCCESSFUL IN SPRINT Final Event To Beautiful The Oamaru Jockey Club’s meeting was held yesterday in fine but overcast weather, and attracted a large attendance. The going was again in splendid order. Al-Sirat ran his best race for some time to win the President’s Handicap. His rider kept him right up to his work in the straight, and he won by a wide margin and full of running. Derene, who got away badly on New Year’s Day, bounced out smartly in the Flying Handicap and led throughout. The surprise was the good price Whitley paid for a place after his win on Wednesday. , During the day the totalisator handled £33,289, compared with £30,712 last year.

following are the details:— TRIAL STAKES, Of £175. Six furlongs. 1/4—Lady Ccolbane, Mrs 11. C. Manaton’s br m, by Foxbridge—Thermidor, 4yrs, 8.8 (C. T. Wilson) 1 2/2—Kinlass, Mr D. Grant's b f, 8.8 (B. H. Brodie) 2 13/15—Paper Raid, Mr H. G. Shaw’s br g, 8.8 (D. J. Campbell) .. ..3 Also started: 7/7 Double Shuffle, 3/3 Enforce, 12/12 Fire Flame, 9/9 Handle, 11/11 Hot Foot, 1/1 Pacific Star, 8/8 Pink Maid, 10/10 Pink Socks, 4/5 Robot, 6/6 Smock, 13/13 Sunniray, 15/14 Sally Gazelle . Two lengths, a head. Time, lmin 15sec. WAIKAURA TROT, Of £2lO. One mile and a-half. 1/I—Swalcdale, Mr T. Gates's b g, by 'Jack Potts—Claire Chimes, aged, 36yds bhd (D. Townley) .. .. 1 8/6—Special Effort, Mr W. B. McCone's i b g, 48 (J. Wallis) 2 4/4—Colin Waters, Mr K. McCormick’s b g, scr (Owner) .. 3 Also started: 10/11 Active Service, 6/7 Baadin, 5/5 Blonde Sailor, 2/3 Captain Sandy, 12/12 Cavalier, 8/7 El Sandra, 3/1 Expensive, 7/9 Ikawai, 11/10 Scottish Girl. Half a length, three lengths. Times: 3min 23 l-ssec, 3min 23 2-ssec, 3min 28see. Captain Sandy was fourth. PUKEURI HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP. Of £2OO. One mile. 8/B—Beau Ideal, Mr J. R. McKenzie’s b g, by Beau Repaire—Vennachar, 4yrs, 9.0 (A. J. Murray) .. .. 1 6/6—Pedantic, Mr J. P. Lowe’s b g, 10.9 (K. Thomson) 2 1/I—Petty Cash, Mr A. Kane’s b g. 9.0 (W. Kitto) 3 Also started: 2/2 Racket, 4/4 Desert Trek, 5/5 Setlgemere, 3/3 Drumsill, 9/9 Bomber Command, 10/10 Glance, 7/7 Tweedside. A neck; a head. Sedgemere was fourth. Time lmin 40 l-ssec. PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP, Of £SOO. One mile and a-quarter. 1/1 —Al-Sirat, Mr J. L. Cheesman’s br g, by Foxbridge—Ann Acre, 4yrs, 8.1 (C. T. Wilson) 1 3/4 Double Cross, Dr M. G. Louisson’s ch h, B.oi (C. McDonald) .. ..2 6/6 —Singing Hills, Mr K. Page’s br h, 7.4 J (R, McClintock) . .. 3 Also started: 2/3 Eastern Coin, 5/5 Falconbridge, 4/2 Gold Lance, 9/8 Kiloney, 8/7 Lovemorn. Four lengths each way. Lovemorn was fourth. Time, 2mln 5 l-ssec. The first half-mile was run In 51sec, and the last six furlongs in lmin 14 l-ssec. WAITAKI HACK HANDICAP, Of £2OO. Seven furlongs. 3/2 —Ever Ready, Miss J. Edgar-Jones's br m, by Battle Song—Monoxide, syrs,L 7.2 (A. M. Ellis) ... .. .. I 2/3 —Wild Ribbon, Mr A. L. Power’s b m, 8.1 (J. McFarlane) 2 1/I—Night Fighter, Mr A. V. Richards’s bg,B 5J (D. O’Neill) .. .. .. 3 Also started: 4/4 Tikakoura, 5/6 Gay Joy, 6/5 Wee Mac. 7/7. Rampage. Half a length; a. length. Wee Mac was fourth. Time, lmin 26 3-ssec. 6AMARU TROT HANDICAP, Of £2OO. One mile and a-quarter. 4/4—Hydro Belle, Messrs J. R and R. J. Cleave’s blk m, by Sandydale— Kurow Belle, syrs, 36yds bhd (R. Cleave) 1 3/3—Glenwellyn, Mr C. H. Breeze’s b g, scr (G. Thurlow) 2 1/I—Colin Waters, Mr K. McCormick’s b g, scr (Owner) ' 3 Also started: 14/14 Active Service, 6/5 Balcurvie, 7/8 Blonde Sailor, 11/11 Catalina and Lochdornie, 1/1 Highland Dale and Locknit (bracketed with the third horse), 13/13 Echo Supreme, 5/6 Expensive, 4/4 Jan Alarie and Lady Lewis (bracketed with the winner), 2/2 Kahurangi, 9/9 Marcia, 10/10 Rasponi, 16/16 Sandy's Comet, 15/15 Scottish Girl, 8/7 Special Effort, 12/12 Victory Dale. Two lengths each way. Special Effort was fourth. Times: 2min 47 l-ssec, 2min 50 4-ssec, 2min 51 2-ssec. FLYING HANDICAP, Of £250. Six furlongs. 1/I—Derene, Messrs E. J. Jennings and J. D. Tait’s br m. by Defaulter— Citoyenne, 4yrs, 9.4 (A J. Stokes) 1 2/2—WhiUey, Mr E. C. Haddock’s ch g, 9.2 (C. McDonald) 2 3/3—Palm Bearer, Mr D. McFarlane’s ch m, 7.6 (M. McLintock) . ..3 Also started: 7/7 Velvet Slipper, 4/4 Avonbridge, '6/6 Denary, 5/5 Mysterious Melody. A length, four lengths. Denary was fourth Time, lmin 12 l-ssec. FAREWELL HANDICAP. Of £2OO. Six furlongs. 2/2—Beautiful, Mr F. White's br m, by Solicitor General—Lady Darlington. 4yrs, 7.114 (J. McFarlane) 1 i/3 —Air Lord, Mr E. Vernor’s ch g, 8.6 (A M. Ellis) .2 5/7—Cloud Song, Mr H. Edgington’s blk m, 7 4 (R. Brunell) . ... 3 Also started: 1/1 Brigg Fair, 8/8 Silverstream, 9/9 Lyndon Lea, 10/10 Scotch Tweed. 3/4 Don’t Regret, 5/6 Front Page, 7/5 Blue Hussar. 12/12 Blue Mate, 11/11 Hot Foot. Two lengths, a length. Don’t Regret was fourth. Time, lmin 13sec.

Double Cross, Eastern Coin and Lovemorn. With five furlongs to run, Fort Silver took over . the running from Kiloney, Eastern Coin, Gold Lance, Double Cross, Al-Sirat and Lovemorn. A furlong further on Fort Silver was still showing the way from Kiloney, with Eastern Coin, Al-Sirat and Double Cross practically together ahead of Lovemorn. AlSirat put in a fast run which took him into the lead at the straight entrance from Kiloney, Double Cross, Eastern Coin, Gold Lance and Lovemorn. Fort Silver dropped out. In the straight Al-Sirat went right away to win by four lengths from Double Cross, who was the same distance ahead of Singing Hills, who came from well back. Lovemorn was fourth

ahead of Eastern Coin, Gold Lance and Falconbridge. Kiloney disappeared in the run home. Waitaki Handicap .When the field settled down Tikakoura was clear of Night Fighter, followed by Rampage, Wild Ribbon, Ever Ready, Gay Joy and Wee Mac. At the half mile Tikakoura still showed the way to Night Fighter, with Wild Ribbon and Ever Ready moving up. Tikakoura showed the way into the straight from Wild Ribbon, Every Ready and Night Fighter, who appeared to be boxed on the rails. Tikakoura disappeared in the straight, and in a good race home Ever Ready finished well to beat Wild Ribbon by half a length, with Night Fighter a length away. Wee Mac was fourth, followed by Tikakoura. Gay Joy, and Rampage.. Oamaru Trot Handicap Kahurangi and Highland Dale went away on a broken gait and lost a lot of ground. The early leaders were Colin Waters, Glenwellyn, Balcurvie, Jan Marie, Marcia and Locknit There was no alteration running down the back, except that Hydro Belle moved through the field to take fourth place before they reached the bottom bend. Colin Waters, was first into the straight from Glenwellyn, Hydro Belle, Locknit, Special Effort and Balcurvie. Hydro Belle took the lead a furlong from home to win by two lengths from Glenwellyn, with Colin Waters the same distance away. Special Effort was 'fourth, followed by Balcurvie, Marcia and Locknit. *“ Flying Handicap Avonbridge broke away and galloped a mile before he could be pulled up. The field was sent away without him. Derene began best, and led out from Whitley, Velvet Slipper, and Denary. With four furlongs to run the order was Derene, Whitley, Denary, Palm Bearer, and Velvet Slipper, with Mysterious Melody dropping away. Turning for home Whitley • started to move up to the leader, but never looked like heading her, and Derene went away to win by a clear length, with Palm Bearer beating Denary for third, with Velvet Slipper fifth. Farewell Handicap Blue Maid and Hot Foot got the worst of the start, and Cloud Song led out from Beautiful, Brigg Fair, and Silverstream. At the four-furlor.g peg Brigg Fair took up the running from Beautilul, Silverstream, Cloud Song, Air Lord, Lyndon Lea, and Don’t Regret. Brigg Fair was iirlt into the straight from Beautiful, Silverstream, Cloud Song, and Air Lord. Brigg Fair began to stop, and with a furlong to run Beautiful hit the front and went on to win from Air Lord, with Cloud Song third, and then came Don’t Regret, Brigg Fair, Blue Hussar, and Silverstream.