KING’S WARRIOR’S CHANCE

Southland Times, Issue 23393, 28 December 1937, Page 10

KING’S WARRIOR’S CHANCE

Auckland Trotting Cup PROSPECTS FOR TODAY The Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting will open today and continue over Thursday and Friday. A meeting or the Australian champion, Lawn Derby, with Indianapolis and Lucky Jack promises to be one of the features of the day’s racing. , The Auckland Cup of £l5OO will be the star item of today’s meeting. The fact that it is a 4.25 two mile is of great interest as this is the tightest limit of any race ever run over the distance. F. J. Smith’s pair King’s Warrior and Bonny Azure will go out as firm favourites. King’s Warrior is one of the best stayers in commission and would have played a big part in the finish of the New Zealand Cup but for meeting with trouble with five furlongs to go. He has not had a race since Cup day but should lack nothing on the score of condition. Bonny Azure is a good second string. She collected both lap prizes in the New Zealand Cup and then finished close up. She appeared to prejudice a good winning Cup chance by being bent on winning the lap prizes. The New Zealand Cup winner Lucky Jack is a dyed-in-the-wool and- if today’s race is a truly run one he will again be seen to advantage. Indianapolis will strip much more forward than he did last month while his work at Epsom during the week has impressed the critics. De Soto will be an absentee. Willow Wave’s form during a period does not suggest that he will be one of the favourites although he has only to behave correctly to be heard from. The appearance of Lawn Derby will be a great attraction but it may be too much to expect him to show up as he has had little racing over two miles. Support will come for the following:—

DECEMBER HANDICAP.—Fremont, Axminster, Myrtle Oro. SELBY HANDICAP.—Getaway, Real Red, Gold Kip. GRANDSTAND HANDlCAP.—Mus-keteer-Crocus bracket, Nawton Parrish, Starwyn. AUCKLAND TROTTING CUP.— King’s Warrior-Bonny Azure bracket, Lucky Jack, Tempest- Indianapolis bracket.

CHRISTMAS HANDICAP,— Young Pointer, Eyre, Petite Jewel.

ROWE MEMORIAL HANDICAP.— Te Kahu, Tan John, Bittersweet. AKARANA HANDICAP.—ChiIi Bean, Bexley Girl-Mountain Flight bracket, Ropata. ST. HELLIER’S HANDICAP.—King’s Guide, Nervie’s Last, Kenworthy. The win and place system of betting will operate. The acceptances are as follows: — DECEMBER HANDICAP, £2OO. Class 3.43. One mile and a-half. Axminster it Lady Potts It Blue Crest It Myrtle Oro It Bronze King It Nenhana It Captain Scott it Roma Girl it Cavan Chief it Sequoia it Forest Jewel it Silver Bullet It Fremont It Top Hand It Gipsy Light It Trauan Uenuku It Great Gem it Wall Street It Guide Peter It Winhisway t Jewel Crest It Worthy Quest It John’s Last it yds bhd Kete Kura it Worthy Song 12 Kewpie’s Queen It Adversity 48 SELBI HANDICAP, £2OO. Class 3.49. One mile and a-half. Dick Redmond it yds bhd Etta Girl It Grand Triumph 48 Getaway It Querida 48 Gold Kip It King Franz 60 Lady Musk It Native Princess 60 Pirate’s Last it Braemar 72 Real Red It Pink Lady 72 Tanworthy it Bingen Sun 96 Within it Autumn Lu 108 Worthy Lu it Reception 120 Biworthy It GRANDSTAND HANDICAP, £250. Class 3.30.' One mile and a-half. Bismuth It Levity 12 Crocus It Nawton Parrish 24 Gay Sister It Guid Hairst 36 Our Peggy It Kewpie’s Crest 36 Starwyn It Munga Tangi 36 yds bhd Musketeer 36 Argolis 12 Proletarian 36 Frank Best 12 Winaway 48 AUCKLAND CUP, £1450. Class 4.25. Two miles. yds bhd Speedy Boy It De Soto 12 Bonny Azure It Lucky Jack 12 King’s Warrior It Lawn Derby 36 Tempest It Indianapolis 60 Willow Wave it Roi I’Or 60 CHRISTMAS HANDICAP, £2OO. Class 3.39. One mile and a-half. Bold Venture it Young Pointer It Eyre It yds bhd Fremont It Greatfast 12 Gloster It Our Summer 12 Marcus It True Trust 12 Petite Jewel It Fisher 24 Roman Chief It Bronze Queen 36 Royal Doulton It ROWE MEMORIAL HANDICAP, £3OO. Class 4.46. Two miles. Audo Patch It Parrish Belle 36 Tan John It Imposter 48 yds bhd Native Tree 48 Wah 12 Te Kahu 48 Young Rodney 24 Bittersweet 96 AKARANA HANDICAP, £225. Class 3.35. One mile and a-half. Bedford It Ropata 12 Charteris Bay it Royal Jewel 12 Kaitawa It Mountain Flight 24 Lucky Love It Ranfurly Lass 24 yds bhd Spessiva 24 Bexley Girl 12 Baron Grand 36 Chili Bean 12 Sir Frank 36 King Country 12 Handicapper 48 Lady Amanda 12 ST. HELIER’S HANDICAP. £3OO. Class 3.24. One mile and a-half. Kenworthy It Gold Dredge 24 z Kewpie's Bond It Rongomai 24 Kewpie’s King It Fernbrook Lass 36 yds bhd Lady Fame 48 King’s Guide 12 Nervie’s Last 48 Noble Prince 12 Auto Machine 48 Star Pronto 12 Speedy Boy 72 HOPETOUN HANDICAP WON BY DUNLOE BOXING DAY MEETING AT CAULFIELD (Received December 27, 11.15 p.m.) MELBOURNE, December 27. At the Caulfield races the results included :— HOPETOUN HANDICAP, £lOOO. One mile and three furlongs. Dunloe, 8.1 (Martin) 1 Gay Circle, 8.5 (Wilson) 2 Barapie. 7.3 (Simonds) 3 Eleven started. Won by one length and a-half each way. Time, 2.184. MALVERN HANDICAP, £5OO. One mile. Iva, 6.9 (Ralph) 1 Kanuri, 8.1 (O’Brien) 2 Donaster, 9.9 (A. Reed) 3 Seventeen started, including Palatinate, Epigram and Namakia. Won by a head, third one and a-quarter lengths away. Stevenage was fourth. Time, 1.39|. Hands Up and Midacre were unplaced in the Oberon Steeplechase, which was won by Boomberry. Mr W. Kemball’s Lord Quex filly Amiable won the Christmas Handicap (£650, six furlongs) comfortably by two lengths from Miss Burn and Finch.