WEEK-END MEETINGS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26773, 17 May 1948, Page 2

WEEK-END MEETINGS

Mestiza Successful at Timaru STEEPLECHASE TO LISHEEN Special to the Daily Times CHRISTCHURCH, May 16. Honours were well divided at Washdyke yesterday, Mestiza and Ned Kelly winning for Riccarton, Lisheen and Haughty Dick for Invercargill, Sphere for Washdyke, and The Grate for Wingatui. Mestiza made short work of the opposition over the final stages of the Elioughton Handicap and this Wild Chase mare is certain to improve now that the tracks are easier. As in her first success in open class, she was again ridden by the Washdyke apprentice, D. F. Coombe, who did not get bustled when Verdant, hotly pursued first by Broie and then by Knight Crusader, worked out to a lead of 10 lengths at the end of three furlongs. Mestiza was then fully 16 lengths back with a majority of the other runners and she worked up to concertpitch, gradually improving all the way along the back straight. Broie was the first of the leading division to drop out and Verdant and Knight Crusader were noticeably slowing up, enabling Great Coon and Romantic to close on therh after passing the four furlongs. Mestiza was improving appreciably all the time and when the straight was reached she was within striking distance. Falconbridge, who had been with her, was some distance behind and Grill had not made any impression from near the rear of the field. Great Coon made a short-lived challenge and Mestiza dived into a clear lead within a few strides and it was all over. Falconbridge came through on the inside to beat the others just as easily as Mestiza beat him, with Grill coming late on the scene to snatch third place from Knight Crusader. The order after the placed horses was Grand Pal, Boolamskee (who ran a solid race), Desert Victory, Great Coon, and Broie. Lord Dundonald was never dangerous.

The totalisator handled £35,906, compared with £24,632 last year. The results are as follows: TEKAPO HURDLES,

the run to the first hurdle, Royal Saleve and Askim collided, Royal Saleve losing his rider, R. G. Bradshaw. Claremont Hack Handicap Ned Kelly was steadied after being first out in the Claremont Hack Handicap, allowing Bonny Royal, Baracha, and Jean Harlow to set the pace for him. Once the straight was reached Ned Kelly headed off the pacemakers but was himself headed by All's Fair. Ned Kelly had too much in reserve and beat All’s Fair decisively, with Bonny Royal struggling on for htird ahead of Baracha, The Turk, and Revivre. Kingsdown Handicap The Grate had to prove herself a smart mare to win the Kingsdown Handicap as with Siegwood, Wild Aske, and Sword Dancer she dwelt at the start. B. Southee worked The Grate forward smartly and after joining the leaders on the same bend she took over and held on strongly. Both Detract, who had 'difficulty in working clear, and Loch Lennox, who had had to drift to avoid a weakening rival near the four furlongs, finished fast for the minor placings. Moonlit, who had her chance, was a useful fourth, followed by Bright News and the. win favourite, St. Simper, who had shared the pacemaking, first with Sally Gazelle, then Sword Dancer, and then Wild Aske.

Of £250. One mile and three-quarters. 2/2— Sphere. 10.7 (D. Dawson) .. .. .. 1 1/I—Pedantic, 10.12 (A. J. Murray) .. 2 4/3— Big Top, 10.0 (B. J. Langford) .. 3 Also started: 3/4 Detain. 5/7 Robert,B/5 Benbecula, 7/6 Wild Cry, 6/10 Young Bob, 9/8 Kosciusko, 10/9 Sedgemere, 13/12 Petty Cash, 12/13 Royal Saleve, 11/11 Robot, 14/14 Askim. Neck; half a length. Time, 3min 16 4-ssec.

CLAREMONT HACK HANDICAP, Of £2OO. Six furlongs.

1/2—Ned Kelly, 8.1 (N. Crombie) .. .. 1 2/I—All’s Fair, 7.8, coupled with Jean Harlow). (W. D. Skelton) .. .. 2 3/3—Bonny Royal, 8.11 (L. Hare) .. .. 3 Also started: 5/5 Baracha, 7/8 Right Through, 9/7 Coxswain, 10/12 Royal Flash, 11/14 Revivre, 14/13 Dark Warrior, 19/19 Phantom Night. 8/8 Tikakoura. 16/16 Lecturer, 6/6 Olio, 4/4 The Turk. 16/17 Lakhnau, 14/11 Avignon, 20/20 Crandon, 12/15 Lord Chase, 13/12 Victory Night, 18/18 Flying Fort. Half a length; length and a-half. Time, lmin 15sec. OPIHI TROT HANDICAP,

Of £260. Class 3.37. One mile and a-half. 1/2—Glenrowan, scr (H. Butcher), coupled with Will Scarlet .. 1 19/14—Last Wrack, scr (S. A. Orr) .. 2 6/5 —Merrymaker, scr (O. E. Hooper) 3 Also started: 8/8 Cavalier (coupled Pretty Dillon), 4/6 Big Bay (coupled Romantic Lady), 17/17 Gazette, 5/4 Gay Scott (coupled Sure Jinks), 11/15 Agnes de Oro, 7/7 Ben’s Son, 12/11 Bright Horizon, 21/20 First Shot, 21/21 Gather, 2/1 Gloxania. 9/12 Golden Slipper. 16/10 Loval Velvet, 15/13 Lusty King, 3/3 Rhonda Grattan, 14/19 Sandy Chimes 13/9 Star Rosa, 10/15 Stratosphere, 23/23 Tradition, 18/11 True Son, 20/22 Bonny Joan. Length; a head. Times, 3mm 23 2-ssec, 3min 23 3-ssec, 3min 23 4-ssec.

ELLOUGHTON HANDICAP, Of £550. One mile and three furlongs. 3/3—Mestiza, 7.3 (D. F. Coombe) .. .. 1 2/2— Falconbridge, 7.10 (N. Crombie) .. 2 1/I—Grill, 9.1 (W. D. Skelton) .. .. 3 Also started: 6/6 Lord Dundonald, 4/4 Great Coon, 11/11 Verdant, 5/5 Graeme, 12/13 Boolamskee, 8/7 Broie, 10/9 Romantic, 13/12 Desert Victory, 9/10 Grand Pal, 7/8 Diameter, 14/14 Knight Crusader. Three lengths; two lengths. Time, 2mm 21 l-ssec.

PAREORA STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP. Of £3OO. About two miles and a-half. 1/1 —Lisheen, 10.11 (W. J. .Hillis). .. .. 1 2/2 —San Quentin, 9.4 (B. J. Langford) 2 7/7 —Debater, 9.5 (W. Mitchell) .. ..3 Also started: 6/5 Amorlad, 3/3 Edward, 4/4 Tamerlane. 9/8 Cavalryman. 5/6 Colonel Smart 8/9 Minstrel Boa, 10/10 Gambling Site. Four lengths, three lengths. Time, smin 16sec. SEADOWN HANDICAP. Of £350. Six furlongs.

9/8 —Haughty Dick, 7.31 (W. F. Ellis) 1 8/9—Deep Harmony, 7.3 (M. Jones) .. 2 6/6— Connaught. 7.3 (E. A. Winsloe) .. 3

Also started: 1/1 Theocritus, 4/4 Flying Orders, 10/11 Luminous Knight, 5/5 Lorna Leigh. 2/3 Geisha Girl, 11/13 Te-Muka, 3/2 Duvaals, 7/7 Relampago, 12/10 Kinlass, 13/12 Mysterious Melody, 14/14 Nightblusn, 15/15 Night Fighter, 16/16 Legal Right, 17/17 Solver. Half a length, a neck. Time, lmin 13sec.

BEACONSFIELD TROT HANDICAP. Of £3OO. Class 3.33. One mile and a-half. 13/11 —Ada Scott, scr (T. H. Gunning) coupled All Ashore .. .. . . 1 2/4 — scr (D. P. Grice), coupled Iron Bar 3 19/20—Ipso Facto, 12yds bhd (G. Cameron) coupled Canny Scott .. 3

Also started: 11/13 Hineora coupled Sir Gamble, 19/16 Karen Hall. 7/5 Courtly coupled Incredible, 5/6 Aspasia coupled Special Merit. 1/1 Constellation, 3/3 Lusty Bingen coupled Squire Dillon, 14/15 Farn-, borough. 21/18 Fulgent. 9/9 Peggydale. 6/2 Sirocco. 6/7 Sir Peterson, 9/8 French Gold. 16/17 Rasponi, 18/19 Too Thorn, 15/14 Ikaroa 12/10 Seven Bar, 17/21 Awadale, 10/12 Worthy Ace. 22/22 Demetrius. A head, three lengths. Times: 3min 21sec. 3mm 21 l-ssec. 3min 21sec. KINGSDOWN HACK HANDICAP. Of £3OO. One mile and 35 yards. 7/7—The Grate, 8.0 (B. Southee) .. .. 1 4/s—Detract. 8.3 (J. Dougherty) .. ..2 6/6—Loch Lennox, 7.4 (E. Rosewarne) 3 Also started: 5/3 Bright News, 2/1 Moonlit, 3/2 Sword Dancer. 8/8 Sally Gazelle, 12/11 Kosciusko, 11/12 Robot, 1/4, St. Simper, 10/10 Paper Raid. 9/9 Siegwood. 13/13 Wild Aske. Half a length, one length. Time, lmin 43 2-ssec.