THE DERBY

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 241, 31 December 1927, Page 8

THE DERBY

Contest For £3,000 Stake BIG THIRD DAY PROGRAMME THE third day’s racing- of the Auckland Racing’ Club's summer meeting eventuates on Monday, and the fourth and last day on Tuesday. An excellent card has been drawn up for Monday, the principal events being the great three-year-old classic, the Great Northern Derby, and the A.R.C. Handicap. A review of the programme appears below. 1 1 47 ELLERSLIE HANDICAP Of £400; 1 mile. Judge’ B 12 Ten is a large enough field for backers to start Singleton . 811 upon, and the evenness of the horses should make for Waltzer ... 8 8 a good contest. Saucy Lass failed when a big favourite Piet .... 86 on Wednesday, although not much notice should be War Officer 8 « taken of that. Judge’s Box has been working well; Bold Front ’ 7 7 Singleton may go better with the sting out of the Air King ’ 7 4 ground; Waltzer. an unlucky horse, will be suited here, Prince Lu .70 and must be given a fine show; Piet failed badly the The Lover . 7 0 other day; War Officer has lost form for the time being; both Acushla and Bold Front went poorly on Wednesday; Prince Lu may not quite see it out, a remark that also applies to The Lover. It is rather a trappy sort of race to have to commence with, but the public may make favourites of; WALTZER, SINGLETON, SAUCY LASS. 1 9 99 MIDSUMMER HANDICAP Of £550; 5 furlongs. Episode . . 3 12 As anticipated the majority of those at the top of ™ o<ii £ e ’ * 12 . the weights failed to survive the acceptance, and the *sl2* * 7 « Wanganui filly Episode is left at the head of the field. Sir Russell 7 6 She ran a fair race in the Foal Stakes, being just Footpad ..76 behind Prince Humphrey, and if well placed at the Justify . \ . T 6 turn she may. take a lot of beating. Prodice too, will Pari ..... T 3 do better here, while The Begum can go a fast five furHigh Falutin 7 1 longs, and she is not over burdened. Shot Silk would Winnlngton 7 1 be one 0 f ti ie fancied division if he would do his best Moehau ... 7 0 and the connections therefore have apparently found him Mon Star ! ! 7 0 to be pretty good to bring him North. Pari appears Seamstress .70 to have pace to burn, but the colt may not be sufficiently seasoned. Nevertheless, he hung on well on Wednesday, and should soon get in the money. High Falutin and Winnington will both be improved after their recent outings, the latter going a fair race the first day. Catonian was very unlucky the opening day at Takapuna, and lias done well in the interim. Moehau and Mon Star may be best of the remainder. Summing them up, the public will probably vote for: EPISODE, THE BEGUM, PRODICE. 1 99 NEW YEAR HURDLES Of £500; 2 miles. t ir j ß £f e J? ery 1! Once again it is apparent that the Cambridge double Wedding * * will be hard to head off. So far the stable has not March ... 11 7 llad to sencl its second string in support, the one and Archibald . 11 6 only representative in the two events to date, Lord Star Ned Kelly . 10 4 and King’s Guard, winning their races. On Monday Red Comet . 10 1 Lord Star and Wedding March are the pair, and the Kendal] 8 * 9 9 latter probably is the best of the trio, for did he not Karamu [ 9 *5 prove himself a good horse when he won the Great Lady Cintra 9 0 Northern Hurdles? Sir Roseberry ran surprisingly well Gold Rep ..90 for his first outing, and now he has gone up still higher. Then there are Archibald, Ned Kelly (a likely young jumper), Red Comet, Glenotus (second twice at the meeting), Kendal (a good one for a rainy day), Karamu, Lady Cintra (second in her last three outings over the sticks), and Gold Rep. A nice lot for a third day race. The favourites may be the bracket of: WEDDING MARCH—LORD STAR, NED KELLY. 9 19 NEWMARKET HANDICAP , Qf £BOO . 6 f ur l on g S . Aussie ... 9 6 This fine field is specially re- Papercha.se . 7 12 5*"% Le * ■ SlO Viewed elsewhere. It is going to Town Guard 7 5 Order ... 8 3 be stirring contest with the Receipt ...74 Royal question outstanding; Can Aussie silvermine 7 4 Damon. ..82 concede the weight? It looks Kingfield ! . 7 0 Awarere . ..81 as if lie may do so, for he won Prince Otto '. 7 0 on Wednesday with nine stone. In any case, backers will go for the top-weight by declaring themselves on the side of: AUSSIE, MONEY ORDER, NANCY LEE. 9 Q 7 AR C. HANDICAP Of £2,000; M miles. Count favour 9 11 The Club is indeed fortunate in Kden Hall . 7 1 Rapier ... 911 getting such a line field for this Transformer 7 1 Star Stranger 9 4 event, but then is not the stake Bennanee ..71 Mask .... 8 4 one of the best? lSleven out of Royal Mint . 7 0 Mandane . . 712 U ' Q fourteen stand undeniable Papatu ..70 Pegaway . . 712 chances, the trio not favoured Cohesion . . 7 0 Battlement . 7 2 being Transformer, Cohesion and Scat .... 70 Scat. A lengthy review of the acceptors appears elswhere, so suffice it to say here that the favourites may be: PAPATU, MANDANE, PEGAWAY. 9 49 GREAT NORTHERN DERBY Of £3,000; 1X miles. This, the richest classic event in Agrion ... 810 the Dominion, is altogether too im- Martarma ... SlO Ark Royal . . 810 portant to go into in this cramped Paganelli ... SlO Cimabue 810 space, and so it is covered else- Satrap ... SlO Don Jose ... 810 where. The half dozen that * o m Great appeal most are Agrion, Laughing Singleton . . 810 Charter ... 810 Prince, Great Charter, In the Shade, Thaw 810 in the Shade Bio Satrap, Martarma, and one ought Golden Laughing to include Thaw on the strength Wedding ..87 i Prince .... 810 of his fine finishing effort in the wila pigeon g 7 G.N. Guineas. The most favoured trio on Monday may comprise: AGRION, LAUGHING PRINCE, GREAT CHARTER. 427 COUNTY HANDICAP Of £400; 7 furlongs. Paper W Roy ! SII This is easily the biggest field of '', Boy 1 * Antrim Boy 712 w liana km; f - Abbey Day 711 the day, and so the quick beginners Orchua ... 7 2 Baby Bun 711 Respirator . 7 2 Some Lad.v . 7 8 will come into their own. Among The Po-r 1 n Ripon Abbey 7 7 ° Tidal '' ' 7 n Qumsilia . 7 7 them could be named Goshawk, White Light 7 0 ' Z 1 Arch Queen 7 0 m, p a Aicb . I T Paper Boy, Antrim Boy, Abbey Day, Bom harder . . 7 0 mmtirr-inr 7 r, ' Carinthia ~70 Torauil 7 6 Baby Bun, Quinsilia, Golden Ar- Catapult ..70 H ” .... L. Robinson 7 0 mour, king Arch, The Immigrant, Torauil, Whaka King, Orclius, Arch Queen. Catapult and Lady Robinson. From this array of talent the public will be perplexed as to what to make favourite, but three that will be heavily backed are: GOLDEN ARMOUR, GOSHAWK, BABY BUN. 512 GLASGOW HANDICAP i Qf £600; 7 furlongs. Royal Damon 8 11 Centrepiece Bto This is another puzzle for hackers to finish up on King Lu , . S 10 for they will find it hard to sort this problem out to Day* Guard s 1 lh “ r 1 satisfaction. If reserved for this Royal Damon L© y Choucas 8 1 "'i be . o£ res P® ct - for he has won well up to a Siaosi ... 8 0 mile. centrepiece will have to win if he is to uphold Ruanui . .71:; his reputation as a second day horse. King Lu has been Receipt ... 713 rather unfortunate in his races at the meeting, and someLlanduclno . 710 thing better can be expected of him. Paperchase and Sir Anihie' ' 7 9 Receipt are both in the sprint, and they have shown Dave ” ' 7 « that they are not outclassed by the Northerners. Day Ti Tree'. 7 4 Guard will like the journey, and so too will Le Choucas King Smock 7 3 and Siaosi: the latter appears to be coming back to Archeno . . 7 0 form. Ruanui did not run up to expectations on WedBerlntliia . 7 0 nesday, and that obviously was not his form. Llandudno Nucleus. 7 0 will be making his first appearance and should be fancied. Gala Day ran badly on Monday, although the company now is not quite so select. Sir Archie. Dave. Archeno and Berinthia will go well, and so too will Ti Tree This filly was unlucky on Wednesday, *2. r a *^ er conceding the field a start she got lip third, making it an impressive effort on her part. Ti Tree is on the up grade. The three that will be seized upon by backers may prove to be: KING LU. RUANUI, SIAOSI.