Track Will be Soft At Ellerslie To-day

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27057, 16 April 1949, Page 5

Track Will be Soft At Ellerslie To-day

AUCKLAND, Apl. 15. Special to the Daily Times The weather has been unsettled and showery all the week and the course will be soft for the opening of the Auckland Racing Club’s autumn meeting at Ellerslie to-morrow. The fields are good and there should be some very interesting racing. Horses likely to find favour are:—

11.15: Eden Hack Handicap.—First division: Ngarobi, Ututere, Speartact. Second division: Vice-chancellor, Golden Hero, Maricrana.

12.5: Brighton Hurdles.—Sir Jovial, Kenneth, Golden Reign.

12.45: Great Northern Oaks.—Mignonette, Idle Jest, Lady’s Bridge. 1.35: Easter Handicap.—Rizzio. Coonbridge, Chubin. 2.20: Great Northern Champagne Stakes Gold Script, Tudor Prtnce, Stanfred. 3.0: Mangere Steeplechase.—Battle Royal, Flying Attack. Lucky Alex. 3.45: Onslow Stakes.—First division: Lady be True. Bui Bahadur, Black Melody. Second division: Nionyx, Mereana, Coronach’s Pride.

4.35: President’s Handicap.—First division: Earldale, Redingote, Foxbay. Second division: Conspiracy, Folkestone, Foxfable. The following are the fields fpr the four main events:—

Great Northern Oaks, of £1250. Three year-old fillies. Weight 8.10. One mile and a-half.—Brucena (6), Challenger (18), Fairy Fox (11). Flying Jane (4), Gay Coronach (16), Idle Jest (9), Lady Coronach (15), Lady Finis (1), Lady's Bridge (10), Linella (13), Marcher (2), Maricrana (5), Mignonette (3), Monica (12), Robins Gem (7), Soeur de Beau (17), Tibbar (14) Tranquil Lady (8). Easter Handicap, of £SOOO. One mile.— Sleepy Fox (16) 9.10, Demonic (7) 9.7, King’s Ransom (12) 9.3, Beau le Havre (5), Super Vaals (6) 8.12, Rizzio (14), Regality (18) 8.10. Swanee (9), Star Performer (2) 8.6, C'oonbridge (3), Hunting Rua (1) 8.5, Lord Revel (17) 8.2, Tiger Tan (19) 8.1, Chubin GO) 8.0, Julius Caesar (11) 7.12, Gollen (24) 7.10, Doegal (15) 7.7, Rosslare (4), Bedivere (25), Pelias (22) 7.6, Swift Robin (23) 7.1, Fifth Note (8), Shirley Fox (21), Angeline (20), Pine Park (13) 7.0. Great Northern Champagne Stakes, oi £1750. Two-year-old colts and geldings 8.10. fillies 8.7. Six furlongs.—December (10), Epsom Boy (7), Gold Pal (3), Gold Script (11), Good Century (8), Lord Foxbridge (9), Silver Birch (1), Stanfred (4 , Tudor Prince (5) 8.10. Gold Point (2), Miss Fiona (6) 8.7. • President’s Handicap, of £ISOO (or £1750 if run in two divisions). One mile and a-quarter —First division: Valley Boy (9) 9.10, Quick March (3) 8.9, Frontier Mac (5) 7.12, Earldale (6) 7.5, Redingote (14) 7.2, Sir Sydney (10), Prince Rana (7) 7.1, Caber Fae (12), Golden Secret (11), Jeep (2), Niloch (3), Foxbay (13), General March (1), Mountain Glory (15), Silver Gull (4) 7.0. Second division: Conspiracy (12) 9.5. Precedency (7) 7.13, Forth Bridge (9) 7.8, Silver Sam (3) 7.4, Rating (13). Robin Leigh (4) 7.1, Folkestone (6). Silver Dan (14), Foxfable (8), Calrnwhin <l>, Kind Regards (5), Regal Simon (2) Beau Rosa GO). Antonia (11) 7.0.