RICCARTON TOPICS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 886, 1 February 1930, Page 15

RICCARTON TOPICS

hoylake to contest THE DUNEDIN CUP NIGHTMARCH PREPARING Special to THE SUIT CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. Hoylake was not taken to Trentham because of the track condition*,, but the imported horse is dointt well In his work at Rlccarton and is to so to Wingratui next month to contest the Dunedin Cup. He will be ridden by E. Hanson. Antique’s best showing at Trentham was In the Anniversary Handicap, in which lie was unlucky. Had he not been hampered at the false* rail the probabilities were that he would have beaten both Goshawk and Full Feather. Antique’s owner, Mr J Asher, said last week that the Tonbridge horse will nok be given a let up and may not race again for a short time For the Winter Antique looks the part of a good galloper and it would not be surprising if lie wins a decent stake in the winter He handles bad ground well and welter weights should not trouble him Latin Quarter raced with rare consistency at Wellington and provided that he trains on well in the meantime he may bo a serious contender for the Dunedin Cup. Dunraven ran a really good race in the Nursery Handicap on the second day of the Wellington Racing Club'® meeting, and if lie continues to go on improving he limy have to be reckoned with in the Dunedin Champagne Stakes, a race his brother, Limerick, won in 192 th Dunraven claims an engagement in tho A.J.C Sires’ Produce and Champagne Stakes at Randwiek, but unless ho shows pro-