TROTTING NOTES
By the Sporting Editor Mav 29 Canterbury Park T.C. June 5, 7 .. •• Ashburton T.C. Jottings Clueless now races in the interests of the Washdyke trainer. W. A. Thomas. Red Herring, a winner at Hutt Park on Saturday, was bought for £3O and nas won £ i 024 10s in stakes. . . . Quartermaster is now being trainea for his Dunedin owner, T. A. Greaney, by G. Cameron at New Brighton. Likely Favourites Maudeen and Dragoman will be among the favourites if they are started in the Winter Handicap at the Canterbury Par,< meeting on Saturday. Speedy Trotter Belmoral has now won six races and been placed three times in 13 starts this season The Worthy Belwin gelding is among the speediest trotters in commission, but at times has shown a tendency to “ stutter ” at the start. Hutt Park Winner Bonny Clare, the winner of the Farewell Handicap at Hutt Park, is a five-year-old mare by Grattan Loyal from Irish Peach by Guy Parrish from Orange Pippin. by Jingle from Atalanta. by Quincey. Bred to Win Melton, a winner at Washdyke on Saturday, is bred to win races, being by Jewel Pointer from Trusty Maid, by Truman Direct from Tairene, the dam of Lucky Jack. Good Performance Caudray's performance in finishing second in the principal event at Hutt Park was a particularly good one, as he was a long way from the leaders in the early stages He showed rare gameness over the final six furlongs. Easy Win Whipster had an easy win in the Waiiti Trot at Washdyke and the Quite Sure threeyear-old shows promise of stepping well back in the assessments. He was got from Bantam by Jack Potts from Summit, by Wrack from Lady Superior,. by General Mac from Lady Criterion, by King Harold. Casanova Two-year-old D Townley’s team at Hinds includes the two-year-old gelding Ann’s Pride, who is engaged in the Juvenile Handicap at the Canterbury Park Trotting Club's meeting next week. By Casnova,' Ann’s Pride is out of Anora, by Rey de Oro from Miss Dorothy, who left winners in Tenor, Tricliff and Echelon.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26780, 25 May 1948, Page 8
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