IMPROVED GALLOPER

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27391, 17 May 1950, Page 5

IMPROVED GALLOPER

Lecturer's Recent Form

Lecturer, whose engagements at the Dunedin meeting include the Duke of Gloucester Cup, has been raced five times since going into R. McLellan’s stable, and has won three times and been placed once. He started off by winning the Kennels Hack Handicap at Birchwood, when he carried no less than 161 b overweight. His next race was in the Southern Champion Hack Handicap at Riverton, and he was successful with 8.8. On the third day of the same meeting he carried 9.3 into third place behind Alsvider and Reprimand in the Waipango Handicap. He entered the winning list again in the Bluff Hack Handicap at the Southland meeting with 9.4, the place-getters being Salamander and Reprimand. It was a decisive win. On the second day of the Southland meeting he carried 9.12 in the Tuatapere Hack Handicap and finished outside a place. Still a Novice

The Man’s Pal four-year-old Gold Mine is still eligible for novice races and he will endeavour to gallop his way out of them at the Dunedin winter meeting. He was placed in two of his races at the Riverton meeting. In the Trial Handicap, with the top weight of '9.0, he was beaten by a nose by Penze, and in the Fairfax Handicap he was third to Great Bid and Shadamai, being two noses away from the winner. Likes Heavy Going

The Siegfried gelding Alsvider came right back to form with two runaway wins at the Riverton Easter meeting, his winning margin on the first occasion being eight lengths and on the second five lengths He revelled in the heavy going, and he may find conditions to suit him at Wingatui next month, one of his engagements being in the Gloucester Cup. Dunedin Nominations The nominations for ' the three-day meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club form a particularly pleasing list, and the indications are that large fields will go to the post for all the events. The fields for the jumping'races have filled exceptionally well, 'the Dunedin Steeplechase on the third day having drawn no fewer than 41 nominations. The keenness of owners and trainers to win the Duke of Gluocester Cup, a race confined to amateur riders, is shown by a nomination of 41 horses. In cases where fields exceed the safety limit, races will be run in divisions. Handicaps for the first day will be declared on Monday.