HOLIDAY RACING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16506, 25 November 1927, Page 12

HOLIDAY RACING

PREPARING THE, HORSES .'Special to tlie Herald.; OHRISTCHUKCH, this day. Rapier was out yesterday, but he did only steady pacing. His easy. time will last for another week, after which 11.. Nurse will commence to .send him faster in view of the holiday racing. He is so well at present that he'.can soon be brought to his best again. While his trainer" is waiting to see the weights before ho makes definite arrangements, it seems fairly certain that Rapier will be a competitor in the ./Auckland Cup. The Derby winner, Agrion, looks in capital health at present, and he is striding out very freely in useful tasks. He seems to be sounder now than before the recent meeting, and provided all goes woll now he should be a Setter horse by New Year's Day, when he will be' required for the Great North-' em Derby. Footfall and Paperchase have not been set any serious tasks since they resumed work following ou a short spell after their recent, racing. They are both in excellent order, however, and they will soon bo striding along again. Count'Cavour is still enjoying an easy time, on which he is thriving." His three-year-old mate, Satrap, is also doing light tasks. These two should be at their best by the time they have to leave for Auckland. Martarma has two engagements on the first day of the South Canterbury meeting, and it is not certain whether he wi.il run in the Maiden Plate Or President's Handicap. The latter event at a mile may suit hnn better than the scramble of a maiden race. F. D. Jont: will probably take Stormy, Arikiwai and the two-year-old Island Fastness to the South Canterbury meeting, but Stormy is. not at his host yet. These three may form Jones' team for the holidays, with the Slan'awatu and Marten meetings as a likely programme. J. Bovd has Nincompoop looking in good order for his engagements at the South Canterbury meeting. He will probablv race Nincompoop and Tarleton during the holidays at the Dunedin, Wyndham and invercargill meetings.