RACING NEWS
By the Sporting Editor February 14 .. .. Wanganui J.C. February 14 .. .. Rotorua R.C. February 14. 21 .. Gore R.C. February 14, 16 .. Greymouth J.C. February 26, 28 .. Dunedin J.C. Jottings Kartikeya’s chance at Wingatui would be improved if the going happened to be soft. Eton Lad, who was previously in D. P. Wilson’s stable, is now being trained at Milton by his owner, Mr J. McMillan. Verdant, who did not succeed in winning a race when trained at Washdyke. has been transferred to T. E. Pankhurst’s. stable at Invercargill. Brackets at Gore The brackets on the Gore card 'are: — Waiau King and Waicoe in the Trial Handicap; and Eriskay and Benbecula in the Gore Racing Club Handicap. Centennial Cup L. J. Ellis has been offered more than one mount in the Dunedin Centennial Cup, but if Silver Link starts he will have to ride the Australian galloper. From Queen Balboa Regal Sister, an acceptor for the Trial Handicap at Gore, is a four-year-old mare by Man’s Pal from Queen Balboa, the winner of the Dunedin Cup in 1930. She is trained at Invercargill by J. A. Rowland. Past His Best At the Matamata meeting Rakanui had his first race for over a year. Now 11 years old, he is not likley to regain the form that brought him many important successes. Pahiatua Winner * Audacious, a winner at the Pahiatua meeting, is a six-year-old mare by Baffles from Land Tax, by Acre from Great Effort, by Provocation from Effort, a daughter of Advance. Cromwell Meeting Nominations for the Cromwell meeting are due on February 23. The feature event on the first day will be the Cromwell Centennial Cup, of £250 and a canteen of cutlery, as well as a trophy valued at £3O. Full of Promise Jan, D. P. Wilson’s representative in the Trial Handicap at Gore, was started in the Three-year-old Hack Handicap at tile Southland meeting on January 2 and finished third to Doulton and Full Play, her performance being full of promise as she got away badly. She was got by Salmagundi from Jedburgh, the dam of Eriskay.,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26693, 12 February 1948, Page 10
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