NEW BRIGHTON FIELDS

Southland Times, Issue 23374, 4 December 1937, Page 11

NEW BRIGHTON FIELDS

HORSES IN FORM The New Brighton Trotting Club has drawn strong fields for its meeting today, and some value will be able to be placed on form as revealed at Forbury Park last week. The win. and place system of betting will operate. The following horses will be supported :— TRIAL HANDICAP: Gay Crusader, Renegade, Fluke. IMPROVERS’ HANDICAP: Ace High, Ivy Peterson, Refund. MACE MEMORIAL HANDICAP: Blair Athol, Renown’s Best, Plutus. WAINONI HANDICAP: Eighteen Carat, Casanova.

BOWHILL HANDICAP: Aide de Camp, Southern Smile, Agile. SALTAIRE HANDICAP: Lament, Prince Harvester, Gyrate.

NEW BRIGHTON HANDICAP: Colonel Grattan, Donald Dhu, Belle Grattan.

ELECTRIC HANDICAP: Waipahi, Racketeer.

Acceptances are as follows:—

RACING FORM INTERESTING FIXTURES AHEAD (By SIR MODRED) The calm before the storm of holiday racing at Christmas will be broken by the Otaki Maori Racing Club’s oneday fixture this afternoon. Ocean Singer has been sprinted of late on the Southland Racing Club’s tracks to put an edge on his pace for extended racing. The Songbird gelding is progressing the right way for J. Gray. A recent addition to T. E. Bankhurst’s East Road string is a very handsome half-sister to Fog Peak. She is by Night Raid from Aspiring, by Some Boy II (imp.) from Silver Peak. Colds are prevalent in Invercargill galloping stables at present and trainers are at their wits’ end to produce many pupils fit and well for holiday meetmThe Epsom Turf Club’s meeting will form the turf attraction for Melbourne racegoers today, the Epsom Cup (handicap), £350, and a trophy valued’at £25 (Ijm.) being the principal event. Successful as a hurdle racer in Sydney, the six-year-old gelding Hands Up is by Night Raid (imp.) from Redshank (bred in Australia), by Thrice (son of The Welkin from a mare tracing back to Carbine) from Red Streak (winner of the V.R.C. Oaks), by Wallace (son of Carbine) from Elsie (imp.) by St. Simon. The last named mare (Elsie) was probably the only mare by St. Simon ever introduced into Australia. She was very successful at the stud in Australia. In Sydney this afternoon the racing public will gather at the Warwick Farm meeting, at which the leading event will be the Kirkham Stakes, £750, for two-year-olds, with penalties (five furlongs). The stout-hearted and light-framed mare Amelita may not linger much longer on the racecourse as she has been mated with Nigger Minstrel. Very well at present, however, she may yet earn stake money before the close of her galloping career. She is a well-bred Australian thoroughbred by Ronsard (imp., and by Son-in-Law) from Black Vera, by Black Jester from Perseverance 11, by Persimmon (son of St. Simon and a very successful sire). The result of the mating of a mare bred close up to the stout Son-in-Law with Nigger Minstrel (stayer and sire of stamina) will be interesting.

12.30 p.m. TRIAL HANDICAP. £175. Unhoppled trotters. Class 3.43. One mile and ahalf. Bon Chance it Gaynor 12 Fluke It Gay Crusader 24 Highrate It Harvest Dillon 24 Moerangi It Ohinemutu 24 Premier It Olson 24 Princess Billy Sundy 48 Beverley It Decoy Bird 48 yds bhd Renegade 48 Carl 12 Indolent 72 1.10 p.m. IMPROVERS' HANDICAP, £200. Class 3.34. One mile and a-half. Ace High . Eddie Tolan It Waitaki Power it yds It bhd Intrigue it Hidden Charm 12 Lightning Lady It Horse Power 12 Lottie Guy It Ivy Peterson 12 Major Guy It Moana Tama 12 Olive King It Ace Pot 24 Oversight It Dundee 24 Percentage It Refund 24 Pola Negri It Slippery Sam 24 Replica It 1.55 pan. MACE MEMORIAL HANDICAP, £400. Class 4.31. Two miles. Blair Athol It Isabel Derby 12 Double Great It Cloudy Range 72 Renown's Best It Evicus 72 Young Frank It De Soto 84 yds bhd Indianapolis 132 Plutus 12 2.35 p.m. WAINONI HANDICAP, £275. Class 4.37. Two miles. Ciro it yds bhd Golden Direct It Golden Cross 24 Treasure Bond It Toorak 24 Waikato Prince Eighteen Carat 36 (T.) It Casanova 48 3.15 p.m. BOWHILL HANDICAP, £250. Class 2.46. One mile ! and' a-quarter. Aide de Camp It Young Frank It Big Author It yds bhd Elvo It Agile 12 Frisco Lady It Gunfire 12 Parisienne It Raydus 12 Southern Smile It Tempest 60 Stirling Lady It 3.55 p.m. SALTAIRE HANDICAP, £250. For unhoppled trotters. Class 3.34. One mile ano a-half. Debutante It yds bhd Great Wood It Lady Sonoma 12 Gyrate It Lament 21 Indolent It Mataunga 24 'Pageant d’Or It Helen's Bay 36 Prmce Harvester It Fifa 48 Reward It Franz Derby 60 Sister Mary It Golden Eagle 72 4.35 p.m. NEW BRIGHTON HANDICAP, £250. Class '3.30. One mile and a-half. Alpine Prince It Starwyn It Donald Dhu It yds bhd Dundee It Full Hand 12 Eastern Prince It Colonel Grattan 12 Ivy Peterson It Silver Guy 24 ReG Pigeon It Wee Wrack 24 Reylena It Belle Grattan 36 Reno It Ginger Jack 36 5.15 p.m. ELECTRIC HANDICAP, £200. Saddle. Class 2.16. One mile. Celebrity it Repeal It Esplendor It Wa'ipahi It Harold Wrack It yds bhd Lone Derby It Aircraft 12 Racketeer It Ciro 12 Red Ranger It Treasure Bond 12