INVERCARGILL TROTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26713, 6 March 1948, Page 5

INVERCARGILL TROTS

QUARTERDECK A PROSPECT Special to the Daily Times INVERCARGILL, Mar. 5. Rain fell in Invercargill to-day but it soon cleared and the prospects are for fine weather and a firm track for the Invercargill Trotting Club’s summer meeting to-morrow. Three races are to be run in divisions. The feature race on the card is the Southland Three-year-old Stakes, which has drawn an outstanding field of juvenile pacers. In an open race, Quarterdeck, Tutta Bella and Blue Mist will be the favourites. Janet Hall was sent out as an acceptor for the Southland Handicap, but she was not paid up for Dapple Grey was withdrawn and Stray Shot who is also engaged at Timaru, will probably be missing. The form horses are -

11.0: Trial Handicap.—First division: True Dillon, Biddy’s Pet. Second division: Paratrooper, Islaburn Lass. 11.50: Murihiku Handicap.—First division: Barrier Reef, Pukatee. Second division Invondale, Glamour Girl. 12.40: Jellicoe Handicap.—First division: Aspasia, Prince Hall. Second division: Decreed. Keymaster. 1.30: Southland Handicap.—Sandpiper, Duncraig, Clueless, 2.10: Southland Three-year-old Stakes.— Quarterdeck, Tutta Bella, Blue Mist. 2.50: Visitors’ Handicap.—Hall Ace. Victorv Dale, Sunny Hall. 3.30; Waikiwi Handicap—lnvondale. Barrier Reef, Frances Grattan. 4.10: Au Revoir Handicap.—Esto Fidelis. Trustee, Surely. Brackets are:—Trial Handicap: Biddy’s Pet and Paratrooper, Fabric Silk and Thomdell, Happy Choice and Impossible, Leyte Hall and Sierra Sue, Regal Pride and True Dillon. Murihiku Handicap: Bingendale and Fireworks. May Ring and Sure Cast. Jellicoe Handicap: Aspasia and Decreed, Fortitude and Monastery Hill. Sterling Hall and Blackdale. Visitors’ Handicap: Joan McKinney and Rimmo. Waikiwi Handicap: Bingendale and Fireworks. Olympus and Ingle Star