THE WINTON CUP

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26689, 7 February 1948, Page 5

THE WINTON CUP

NIGGER LAD IN FORM PROMISE OF FAST TRACK „ Special to the Dally Times INVERCARGILL, Feb. 6. With the promise of fine weather and a fast track, the Winton Jockey Club is expected to hold one of its best meetings for some years to-morrow. The fields are of excellent strength, with the Winton Cup the most open race on the card. Provision has been made to run the Trial Plate in divisions, but as the safety limit is exceeded by only one, this will probably be unnecessary. Divisions will be required in both the Otapiri Trot and the Hokonui Trot, and unless two scratchings are made in the Otapiri Trot it will be a three-division race. Brackets are: Otapiri Trot—Arawa Lad and Dapple Grey; Auto Dance and Paratrooper: Gay Pointer, Gallant Boy, Fabric Silk and Thorndell; Main Topic and Silent Way; Roseland Hall and Grattan Lee; Sarao’en and Wee Jane; Star Hall and Walnut Hall. Winton Steeplechase— Kassai and Haunting Refrain. Hokonui Trot—Blackdala and Stirling Hajl; Decreed and Rendezvous; Fortitude and Monastry Hill; Grattan Wave and Lucky Fellow; New Order and Grattan Lee; Prince Hall and Victory Dale; Patricia Hall and Tautuku. The form horses are:— 110: Trial Plate.—First division: Red Money, Extra Flight. Second division: Some Sal, Royal Lark. 11.55: Otapiri Harness Trot.—First division: Amarant, Roseland Hall, Karen Hall, Second division: Joan McKinney, Star Hall, Purtole Sheen. • . _ 12.50: Winton Cup.—Nigger Lad, Benbecula, Sir Garnish. 1.35: Awarua Handicap.—Bonny Royal, Defendant, Naughty Lady. 2.20: Winton Steeplechase.—KassaiHaunting Refrain bracket, Filibeg, Invul--3.5: Fiying Handicap.—Luminous Knight. Sanskrit, Geisha Girl. 3.50: Hokonui Trot.—First division: Tutta Bella, Decreed, Victory Dale. Second division: Hall Ace, Fortitude, Prince Hall. 4.45: Benmore Handicap.—Full Play, Sea Venture. Perusha. The fields are:— Trial Plate, of £225. Six furlongs.— Good Sport 8.13, Some Sal 8.10, Extra Flight 8.8, Royal Lark 8.5, Red Money. Great Desire 8.4, Dad’s Pal, Grania, Jimmy the One, Tafu, Tattoo, Waicoe, Wee Albert, Winlowe, Paprika, Profiteer, Regal Sister 8 3 Otapiri Trot, of £260. - Class,'3.37. One mile and a-half.—Amarant, Arawa Lad Auto Dance, Bingendale, Black Forest (T.), Bradley, Dapple Grey, Double Dillon, Earl Dillon, Fabric Silk. Gallant Boy. Gay Pointer, Great Hall, Joan McKinney. Karen Hall. Main Topic, Paratrooper, Parrish Hall, Popotai, Purple Sheen, Rose-

land Hall, Saracen, Shadowa, Silent Way. Silk Boy. Silver Hall, Star Hall, Thorodell True Dillon, Wee Jane scr, Walnut Hall, First Despatch 36yds bhd, Grattan Lee 60. , Winton Cup, of £SOO. One mile and aquarter.—Foxchase 8.9, Sea Power 8.7, Benbecula, Great Coon 8.6, Loyal Lady 7.11. Merry Lancer, Fine Night 7.9, Nigger Lad 7.7, Dileas 7.5, Siegform, Te Anau Lady 7.4, Black Light 7.3, Hart Royal, Sir Garnish 7.0. Awarua Handicap, of £275. Six furlongs.—Naughty Lady 9.3, Faites Vos Jeux 9.0, Bonny Royal 8.10, Cloud Song 8.0. Haughty Lyric, Kasimov, String Band. Defendant 7 12, Nor’-wester 7.11, Heroic Girl, Sun Peak, Plain Pal 7.9. Maria 7.8. Winton Steeplechase, of £330. About two miles and a-quarter.—Filibeg 11.9, Kassai 10.13, Invulnerable 9.7. Eleanor Star 9.2, Waveline 8.1, Irish Pal, Victory Flight, Haunting Refrain, Colonel Robbie 9.0. Flying Handicap, of £330. Six furlongs.—Pensacola 8.7, Dileas, Sanskrit 8.0, Sterling Lad 7.12. Bath Slipper 7.11, Luminous Knight 7.9. Geisha Girl 7.8, Wild Cry 7.5, Royal Coon, Crinkle, Our Maureen, Real Chase 7.0. Hokonui Trot, of £335. Class 3.33. One mile and a-half.—Blackdale (T.), Decreed, First Arion, Fortitude, Grattan Wave, Jean McKinney, Master James, Monastry Hill, New Order, Oreti Jack, Patricia Hall. Prince Hall, Rendezvous, Sir Gavin, Sterling Hall, Tautuku, Tutta Bella, Victory Dale scr. Glengarry 12yds bhd, Blue Heaven, Hall Ace, Hall Stand, Lucky Fellow 24, Aussie Boy 36. Benmore Handicap, of £3OO. Nine furlongs.—Air Chief, Sea Venture 9.0, Full Play 8.8, Perusha 8.5, Lady Melrose 8.2, Winning Cheer, Super Flight 7.8, Percy. Winsome Lass. Tattoo 7.7.