RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26771, 14 May 1948, Page 8

RACING NEWS

By the Sporting Editor May 15. 22 .. .. Waikato R.C. May 15 Otaki-Maori R.C. May 15, 22 .. .. Sth. Canterbury J.C Mav 22 .. .. Foxton R.C. May 29 Levin R.C.

Going to Otaki Dark Arrow, Arctic Circle, and Magnaform will not be at Washdyke to-mor-row. as they have been taken north for the Otaki meeting. Run of Outs

Verdant, an Elloughton Handicap candidate has done most of his racing in the South Island over sprint distances and he has not been successful since the 194546 season. Woodville Winners

Trafalgar Day and Field Marshal, two winners at the Woodville meeting, are trained by A. Christmas, who recently set up on his own account at Awapuni. Pareora Steeples

Several of the horses engaged in the Pareora Steeples at Washdyke lack experience, and as the fences are not what might be termed difficult Lisheen should be one of the hardest to beat. Logical Favourite The Salmagundi three-year-old Great Victory has built up a record of two wins, a second, and a third in five starts this season and he looks the logical favourite for the Claremont Handicap at Washdyke. The King’s Cup

The race for the King’s Cup will be run at Morphetville (Adelaide) .to-mor-row. The distance is a mile and a-halt, and Beau le Havre was weighted at 8.13. Lengthy Spell

Amoriad, who is to have his first race Over country to-morrow, has not been raced since the Grand' National meeting, when he was unplaced in the Sydenham Hurdles. Defaulter Gelding

Although Detract has won only one race this season >he has on several occasions given the impression that he will develop into a high-class galloper. A three-year-old by Defaulter from Trapeze, he looks a possibility for a place at least in the Kingsdown Handicap at Washdyke tomorrow. A Fit Horse

Detain looks a fit horse and in his preliminary education as a hurdler he has shown that with a bit more experience he will be more than useful at the .^ r^P + ing game. He has more pace on the flat than a majority of hurdlers. Great Northerns The Great Northern Steeplechase field includes three winners of the brand Na-tional-Master Meruit, Dumbo and Sur peen, and two previous winneis of the Great Northern —Brookby Song anti Our Nation. Brookby Song heads the handicap this year with 12.0 and Master Meruit is 1 next with 11-5. Then follow Page s Raid 11.4, Surpeen 11.0, Prize 1^ ng M lO _J i 1 : Town Survey, Good Armour 10.6, Merri ful 10.2, Hunting Dink 10.1, Dumbo 9.12, Our Nation, Ernada, Peria Prince 9.11, Whooray, Master Play 9.9, Roman Ned, Bravura 9.7. No fewer than 20 horses have been allotted the minimum of 9.0. Bright Fox is tapweight in the Great Northern Hurdles with ILI2. Prize ■Ring is next with 11.6, followed by Boolamskee 11.1, Brookby Song il.O, Hunting Mac 10.13, Town Survey, Air Port 10.11, Page’s Raid 10.10, Conneus. Memful 10.5, Hinnodrome 10.4, Brantome 10.3, Good Armour, Ernada 10.2, Foxstar, Red Glare 10 1 Battle Chief, Peria Prince, Vassilmos 10. o! The Wingatui candidates Detain and Incitatus have been allotted 9.8 and 9.5 respectively.