SAIEDA SUCCESSFUL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27093, 30 May 1949, Page 2

SAIEDA SUCCESSFUL

South Canterbury Meeting Concluded v ______ CLOISTER WINS STEEPLES Ridden by C. M. Cassidy, Saieda had his first success in open company at the South Canterbury meeting on Saturday, when he won the principal event on the card easily from Bay Fort, who just beat Thornbridge. Fortune’s Smile and Lord Dundonald were last to leave and flying Control was first out from Saieda, Bay Fort, Kirkella, and Ned Kelly. As they galloped past the four, New Kelly was second to Flying Control, and then came Bay Fort, Saieda, Pandemonium and Kirkella. Eriskay was well back, with Fortune’s Smile and Responsive last. Thornbridge and Lord Dundonald were moving up on the bend, but the leaders into the straight were Flying Control and Ned Kelly from Bay Fort and Saieda. Kirkella and Pandemonium ran wide. Bay Fort was in front a furlong from home but Saieda headed him off and won by two lengths, Bay Fort holding off late challenges from Thornbridge, who was checked on the home turn, and Lord Dundonald. Ned Kelly, Flying Control, and Eriskay were next.

The weather was overcast and the track was in good order. The tote handled £32,198 10s, compared with £34,073. The total for the meeting was £68,907, compared with £69,979 10s last year.

The details are as follows: PUKAKI HURDLES, Of £225. One mile and a-half.

Scarf, Troytown, Cloister and Glad Fox. Ring Scarf and Knight Crusader did not survive the brush fence at the three, and Penny Coin and Kassai went out at the stand double. Cloister took the lead at the stand double, and led down the back straight from Glad Fox, Maize and Troytown. The brush near the seven furlongs and a-half eliminated Dark Game. With less than five furlongs to run Glad Fox joined Cloister, and they raced together over the last fence, but Cloister shook Glad Fox off, and Baffling came home well to beat Troytown for third. Tamerlane and Gambling Site were the only others to finish. Maize broke a bone in,his leg and was destroyed fairlie Handicap Bonny Royal, Newspaper, and Lady Christine prejudiced their chances by beginning slowly and Whitley went Out fast to be the early leader from Bambalina, Lorna Leigh. Vitamin, and Fonso. There was little alteration as the field galloped to the home turn, where General Argosy was moving up. Into the straight it was still Whitley from Bambalina. Newpaper, Vitamin, Fonso, Lorna Leigh, Triumphal, and .General Argosy. Bambalina headed Whitley off and appeared to win with something in hand from Whitley, who was followed home by Vitamin, Newspaper, Lorna Leigh, and Triumphal. WINCHESTER TROT Fanciful finished fast to beat Pretty Dillon and Final Return in a very close finish in the Winchester Trot. When the field settled down Hendon. Clever Jack, Fulgent, Pretty Dillon and lona Hall were the most prominent. Stratosphere put in a run down the back to join Hendon and Final Return in the lead, with Fulgent, Joygiver, Pretty Dillon and Centenary Boy also in the call. Pretty Dillon was first into the straight from Final Return, and Centenary Boy, with Fanciful coming through very fast. Pretty Dillon and Final Return were fighting it out when Fanciful swooped on them and just got there. The order after the placed lot was Centenary Boy, Fulgent and Sir Leonard. TEMUKA HACK HANDICAP The fir® event was run in a fading light. Sky High was the first to break the line and was never headed. He was followed out of the barrier by Advent, Great Chum. Military Chief. Show Boy. and Watchword. Swift Action moved up fast running down the back and led .round the home turn with Sky High from Advent, Lights On, Military Chief, Zarcon, and Watchword Military Chief challenged Sky High in the straight, but was beaten by half a length and Lights On was a head away. Advent and Terminate were next. D. Amey, the rider of Maize in the Craigmore Steeples, and A. J. Williams, the rider of Dark Game, were taken to hospital suffering from slight concussion, and R.W. Shaw broke a 'collarbone when Ringscarf fell. In the Pukaki Hurdles D. Hinton dislocated his collarbone when his mount, Mount Nimrod, fell.

S/4—Money Bird, 9.8 (A. J. Murray) 1 2/3—Sal’s Pal, 9.5 (B. J. Langford) .. 2 7/6—Air Lord, 9.0 (M. G. Murray) .. 3 '■“w-Also started: 5/5 Detain, 4/2 Grill. 12/13 Sir Garnish, 1/1 Arctic Circle, 9/9 Catterick Bridge, 8/8 Martial Note, 10/10 Siegform, 6/7 Hansel, 13/11 Jovial Hour, 13/14 Dark Warrior, 16/16 Avignon, 11/12 Bonne Nuit, 15/15 Mount Nimrod. Length and a-half; three lengths. Siegform was fourth. Time, 2min 22sec. SOUTHBURN HACK HANDICAP, Of £2OO. Six furlongs. 1/I—Mr Micawber, 9.0 ~ . ' (D. L. Tressider) 1 11/15—Dark Chief, 7.6 (N. H. Ellis)- .. 2 / 2/2—Philip Laing, 8.6 (R. E. Page) .. 3 Also started: 3/3 Orthodox, 8/11 Repudiate, 4/4 All’s Fair, 5/6 Exchange, 6/5 Oronoko, 9/12 Queen’s General, 7/7 Flying Fort, 10/9 Love Letter, 15/13 Gipsy Major. 13/14 Pacific Edition 14/16 Double Deck, 17/18 Colonel Argosy 10/8 Personality. 18/19 Lorenzo. 16/17 Lord Chase, 12/10 Cold Feet. Exchange was fourth. Half a head; half a length. Time, Imm 15sec. ’ WAI-ITI TROT, Of £235. Class 3.37. One mile and a-half. 5/6—Young Atlas, scr (F. Oliver) .. 1 1/I—Blue Sighal, scr (J. D. Smillie) 2 8/10—Direct Power, scr (R. Cleave) .. 3 Also started: 15/16 True Dora, 7/5 Patsy Grattan (bracketed with Union Jack), 6/7 Ferry Pilot, 19/19 Agnes d’Oro, 18/11 Major Gaillard (bracketed with Red Sea), 12/12 Agricola, 4/4 Banquet Hall 10/13 Bedelia, 17/18 Dalesboy, 9/8 Dark Water 2/2 Dowry, 21/20 Grand Tourist, 20/21 Keretaki, 13/14 Kuklai Khan, 15/15 Loriot, 14/17 Paul Defiant, 11/9 Sitting Pretty, 3/3 Mischievous. Half a length; length. Dowry was fourth. Times: 3min 21 2-ssec, 3min 21 3-ssec, 3min 22sec. SOUTH CANTERBURY HANDICAP. Of £4OO. One mile and '35 yards. 6/6—Saieda, 7.9 (C. M. Cassidy) .. .. 1 6/7—Bay Fort, 9.0 (B. E. Coombe) .. 2 4/3 —Thornbridge, 7.11 (L. J. Ellis) .. 3 Also started: 5/5 Eriskay, 11/11 Lord Dundonald, 3/4 Kirkella, 9/9 Pandemonium, 2/2 Flying Control, 1/1 Ned Kelly, 10/10 Fortune’s Smile, 8/8 Responsive. Two lengths; half a head. .Lord Dundonald was fourth. Time, lmin 41 4-ssec. CRAIGMORE HACK STEEPLECHASE, Of £250. . Two miles and a-half. 2/I—Cloister, 10.7 (M. G. Murray) .. 1 6/7—Glad Fox, 11.4 (K. J. Thomson) .. 2 4/6—Baffling, 9.2 (A. J. Murray) .. 3 Also started: 9/9 Bridgehead, 3/3 Kassai, 5/5 Knight Crusader, 1/2. Troytown 8/8 Ring Scarf, 7/4 Dark Game, 10/10 Tamerlane, 11/11 Maize, 12/12 Penny Coin, 13/13 Gambling Site. Four lengths; six. Troytown was fourth. Time, smm 10 3-ssec. FAIRLIE HANDICAP, Of £3OO Six furlongs. 1/3—Bambalina, 8.2 (C. M. Cassidy) .. 1 6/s—Whitley, 8.6 (R. Gould) .. •• - • 2/I—Vitamin, 7.4 (M. H. Hillis) .. 3 Also started: 10/9 Kartikeya, 4/4 Lorna Leigh, 5/6 Lady Christine, 9/10 Bonny Royal, 3/2 Fonso, 7/7 Triumphal, 11/11 Turora, 8/8 Newspaper, 13/13 General Argosy, 12/12 Bright News. Half a length: two lengths. Newspaper was fourth. Time, lmin 13 3-ssec. WINCHESTER TROT, Of £225. Class 3.33. One mile and i a-half. 2/s—Fanciful, 12yds bhd (C. V. May) 1 3/2— Pretty Dillon, scr (W. A. Thomas) 2 7/7—Final Return, scr (T. W. Allcock) 3 A*lso started: 1/1 Our Flicka (bracketed with Joygiver), 16/15 Kildare, W/lSCiever Jack (bracketed with Monty Frisco), 8/9 General Scott (bracketed with Retribution), 5/4 Special Match, 6/6 Fulgent (bracketed with Centenary Boy), 4/3 Sir Leonard (bracketed with First Despatch), 12//13 lona Hall, 10/11 Bromley Lad, 18/17 Hendon. 15/14 Stratosphere, 9/8 Squire Dillon, 11/10 Fernbrook Jack, 14/18 Milford Lad, 17/16 Last Wrack. Neck; three •> lengths. Centenary Boy was fourth. Times: 3min 20 l-ssec. 3mm 18 4-ssec, 3min 20sec.

temuka hack. , Of £250. One mile. ' g/13—sky High, 7.1 (C. F. King) .. 1 10/11 Military Chief, 2 4/4—Lights On, 7.13 (D. F. Coombe) 3 Also started: 6/8 Homond, 13/12 Wandering Minstrel, 3/3 Zarcon, 2/2 Terminate, 8/7 Show Boy, 7/6 Moonlit, 11/9 Swift Action, 17/17 Great Chum, 4/1 Watchword. 16/14 Boon Companion, 5/5 Advent, 12/10 Waveloch, 14/16 Vainly, 20/20 Encounter, 13/18 Gay Fort 18/16 Citv Light, 15/14 Albert John. Half a length; head. Advent was fourth. Time, lmin' 43sec