Patere’s Surprise

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 829, 25 November 1929, Page 11

Patere’s Surprise

SECOND DAY AT TE KUITI Archeen Beats Master Roley THE >r.V.- - / J!cpvrt' ,- TE Ki m 'I ouuy. RACING was continued at Te Kami today; the second and It concluding day of the To Kuiti Kacing Club's meet inn being held there before a good attendance. Track conditions were excellent. Making her first appearance. Te Waitai won the opening event in impressive style from the favourite. Parfait Amour, with Biddy Comet in third place. Archeen scored a comfortable win from Master Holey in the Pio Pio Hurdles, and The Lamb was not disgraced under liis big weight.

The second and concluding day of tho To Kuiti annual meeting was held todav, pleasant weather conditions and good fields ensuring a large attendance. The track provided good going. Results are:—TRIAL HANDICAP Of £100; 6 furlongs 4— TE WAITAI (A. W. Frangley), br m, by Lueullus—Greyland, 4yrs, 8.0 (car. 8.2 i), IT. Gray 1 I—PARFAIT AMOUR, 5.12, L. Man9—BIDDY COMET,' S.o,' car. 7.9*, .V. ~ Also: 2 Nassau Lady, 8.9; 7 Tuku, 5.7; 3 Coll, S.G; 19 Irish Comet, S.O; 12 Asmodeus, IS Valreina, lu Whitiora, 13 Ding Dong, 17 Townsman. 14 Valley King, S Princess Snow, 15 Searcher, 16 Queenstown, 20 Star Lupin, 5 Belle Star, 11 Perennis, 6 Snow Plane, S.O. Won by half a length, with a head between second and third. Time, 1.17 1-5. Winner trained by A. Cook, Te AwaBetting in the Trial Handicap took a wide range and the fancied quartet, Parfait Amour (£157), Nassau Lady (£146),C01l (£143) and Te Waitai (£126) were all at a good price. Nassau Lady, Searcher, and Valreina were prominent when the field was dispatched, but at the end of a furlong Te Waitai made play from Valreina. Coll, Biddy Comet and Belle Star, and a similar order was maintained round the turn, Te Waitai being clear at this stage. The leader hung on well in a desperate finish to beat Parfait Amour by half a length, with the. outsider, Biddy Comet, a head further back. Nassau Lady was fourth, and in a h«ap followed Tuku, Coll, Perennis and Belle Star. The winner, who races in Pegaway's colours, was having her first race and displayed plenty of promise.

PIO PIO HURDLES Ot £120: 1 mils 5 furlong's 3— ARCHEEN (X. Quirk), br s, bj Marble Arch—Kaween, aged, 9.1 F. Foster I—MASTER ROLEY, 10.0, R. 14

'Thompson 2 2—THE LAMB, 11.6, R. Olive .... 3 Also: 4 Ned Kelly, 9.13; 5 Spalpiko, 9.7; G Mashoor, 9.5; S Gold Rep, 9.4; 10 Lucess, 7 Otranto, 9 Taha, 9,0.

Won by two lengths, with one and ahalf lengths between second and third Time, 2.59 3-5.

Winner trained by G. A. Reid, Te Aroha. Master Holey had most friends in the Pio Pio Hurdles, winding up with £3Ol, as against The Lamb £221, but victory went to Archeen, third fancy with £l9l. Racing to the first fence Spalpiko, Archeen and Taha were in a line, but at the stand Archeen drew out and led out of the straight from Ned Kelly, Spalpiko, Taha, Master Roley, The Lamb. Otranto and Mashoor. Passing the five-furlongs Archeen had six lengths’break over the field, but nearing the straight she was joined by Master Roley, with The Lamb and Mashoor following. Once straightened up, however, Archeen went out by herself and beat Master Roley comfortably by two lengths. The Lamb beingin third place a length and a-half back. Then followed Mashoor, Otranto, Lucess, Taha and Ned Kelly in that order. HANGATIKI HACK HANDICAP Of £100; 6 furlongs 6 PATERE (C. W. Winder), br g, by Quin Abbey—Tetrazine, 4yrs, 7.7. J. Cammick 1 7 BIG BERTHA, 7.5, J. Conquest .. 2 S—VALSTREET, S.O, IT. Gilmer .... 3 Also: 4 Abbess, 8.5: 10 Oscar, 8.3; S Cruachan, S.O: 1 Te Taone, 7.11: 2 Joy Girl, 7.10: 11 Royal Dover, 7.10; 9 Snow Prince. 7.5; 3 ITaviland, 7.4: 13 Monetize. 7.2: 12 Gay Caballero, 7.0. Won by one-length, with half a length separating second and third. Time, 1.16 Winner trained by J. Winder. The Hangataiki Handicap resulted in a boil-over, two outsiders in Patere

£ll7 and Big Bertha £ll4 paving the dividend’s Patere's figures being nearly double. Te Taone was a solid favourite, with £312, the next best backed being Joy Girl ”252 and Haviland £IS4. Abbess was badly left at the start. Valstreet being the early leader from Royal Lover, Patere, Te Taone, Joy Girl, Cruachan and Oscar, but with half the. journey covered Te Taone assumed .command and led across the top from Patere. Joy Girl, Valstreet, Cruachan and Big Bertha. Round the bend Te Taone was attended bv Patere. Joy Girl, Big Bertha, Cruaclian and Valstreet, the last four being in a line, with Big Bertha on the outside. it was a good finish, Patere drawing out to win fairly comfortably bv a length from Big Bertha, who was half a length ahead of Valstreet. Snow Prince was jus tout of a place and in close order came Cruachan, Joy Girl, Royal Lover Gay Caballero and Oscar.