Waipa Fixture

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1009, 27 June 1930, Page 14

Waipa Fixture

TOMORROW’S SPLENDID CARD

Review of the Programme

THE last race meeting in the province of the current season is that to be staged at Te Awamutu tomorrow by the Waipa Racing Club, after which raeegoers will have time to concentrate upon the Wellington and Grand National fixtures before the spring campaign opens in earnest, being launched at Ellerslie on August 23, when the Pakuranga Hunt Club will set the ball rolling for the new racing year. Very good fields will he.seen out at Te Awamutu tomorrow, and with fine weather the popular W aipa Club should be able to report a most successful gathering. A review of tomorrow’s prospects follows.

There is one thing at least that stay-at-home backers as well as patrons on the spot can be sure of: that is the state of the going, which will be excellent. dead if anything, for the sandy turf stands up splendidly to a lot of rain. A parade of rising two-year-olds will be held immediately after the second race. For the convenience of Auckland sportsmen a special train leaves the City station at 6.15 a.m. tomorrow, and arrives at Te Awamutu at 10.30 a.m. It leaves again on the return journey at 4.40 p.m., being due back in Auckland at 8.51 p.m. Excursion fares will be available by this train. Southern centres will be well catered for by the Railway Department, details of which have already been announced. Tomorrow’s nice bill of fare commences with the > Ngaroto Hurdles Winners of open hurdle races and maiden jumpers are included in this contest. Kauri Park tops the list, and bis recent form speaks a lot for his chances. However, he may be re-

served for the big steeplechase, which reads well within his compass. Daylight will set a merry pace round the bends, for he scored handsomely at Paeroa: his Ellerslie form can be overlooked, for he was out of his class. Mountain Guide was spoken of very freely as a possibility for the Great Northern Hurdles, and on that alone he should win this race. In his last five outings over the sticks he has finished second. Carlaris is a most promising novice, but he is right up with winners and near-winners in Kauri Park, Daylight and Mountain Guide. On the figures Carlaris has all the worst of it. Wako King went so well in the Great Northern that he may take some beating, and the distance is a lot in his favour. Sea Cob is an interesting novice, and Lupin Abbey and Red Day may be the best of the remainder. The best four may be Daylight, Mountain Guide, Carlaris and Wako King, and this pair may be the actual favourites: MOUNTAIN GUIDE CARLARIS. Hunters’ Steeplechase On his second to Aurora Borealis in the Winter Steeplechase alone Mashoor is entitled to be made a regular hot pot in the Hunters’ Steeplechase. That was a rattling good performance, and with a repetition one could not name the odds on him pulling off this one. Lucess is an improver with a full share of weight, and Spalpiko finished on strongly when he finished second over country at Ellerslie, in the race won by Lucess. St. Warrigal will see to the pacemaking, and on this flat country he will probably be found hanging on much better. York Abbey’s jumping will assist him to see the journey out, but he has not raced for a long time. Spalupin went well at Paeroa, and Temperature showed a lot of pace over the Ellerslie hill, sufficiently to give him more than a rough show. Thanks may be the elect of the others. The pick may be Mashoor, Lucess, Spalpiko, St. Warrigal and Temperature, with the machine favourites: MASHOOR. ST. WARRIGAL Arapuni Handicap This race will follow the parade of juveniles. Some claim later engagements, but some that will be in the picture if started are Dave, Takutama, Glenstar, Ohinemuri, Te Hoia, Helium, Unoeo, Trishna and Micrometer. There will be plenty of money forthcoming in support of the chances of: TE HOIA HELIUM. Woodstock Stakes Handicap This is the big event of the day, and several horses that contested the Cornwall Handicap on June 3 will be once again found in opposition. Maori Boy has continued to gallop in fine style.

and the conditions will find him very much at home. He scored very easily the last day at Ellerslie. Eager Rose is again working freely and may show improvement on her Ellerslie form. True Blood won the Cornwall in pleasing style, scoring entirely on his merits, but this event was such a rough and tumble that many of the contestants had little chance. Nevertheless winning form is generally the best. Orazone has not shown a great deal of form since the midsummer meetings, and yet she is coming all the way from Hawera for the race. Standfast is expected to show considerable improvement, and in his present condition he may be the pick of the big field. Of the bracketed pair, Barometer and Micrometer, the former is preferred; the tracks all round are now to his liking. High Pitch ran one good and one moderate race at Ellerslie, and Flying Prince will be reserved for the sprint. Luminary has a lot of pace, and despite the fact that he has done his recent racing over hurdles will be in demand in some quarters. Valstreet may find the journey a bit far, and of the remainder on the minimum Hannibal (who has been galloping exceedingly promisingly) and Thurnus (a genuine stayer) are the pick. Maori Boy, Eager Rose, True Blood, Standfast, and Hannibal look the best of the field, and of the quintet the prime fancies may be: STANDFAST TRUE BLOOD. Te Awamutu Steeplechase The seven horses engaged in this contest represent the smallest field of the day, but all the same with the country not too stiff it should be a fine display of jumping. Kauri Park, Airtight and Master Lu are on the same mark, 10.7, and the first-named is not therefore badly treated. Kauri Park may be an absentee. Airtight has finished third in his last five starts over country (his record is the same in that respect as Mountain Guide’s), and he schooled in improved style before leaving Hawera. Master Lu is one of the season’s finds, and he will be in demand. His jumping leaves a little to be desired, however. Wako King is fancied more in his earlier engagement. Young Thurnham ought to have improved, since he completed the course in the Winter Steeplechase, his first race for some time. Lucilius and Town Lad will be the outsiders, for they have little to recommend them.. The three at the top certainly seem to have the credentials, and a preference is expressed most emphatically for: MASTER LU AIRTIGHT Hairini Handicap This hack sprint is open to candidates who have not won a race exceeding «£ 80 to the winner, so, of course, the class is weak. Glenison and Cruachan have earned their positions at the top, with the latter preferred, although Glenison has a lot in her favour in this big field for she is such a brilliant beginner. They are a very ordinary lot outside of this pair, the best of whom may be Land Measure, Derry Belle, Ruby .Dawn, Arcadian, The Sun, Val Simon, Queenstown, Iviwinui. Principal Boy, Silver Division and Wild Country. Four that may puzzle backers are Cruchan, Glenison, Wild Country and Silver Division. The three best backed may be: CRUACHAN WILD COUNTRY GLENISON

President’s Handicap

This is a fine sprint field indeed, the majority of whom were seen in action a.t the Great Northern meeting. Pad-

don has been off the scene for some time. Those with something to recommend them are Eager Rose, Lady’s Boy, Dave, Takutama, Flying Prince, Marble King, Sea Cob, The Jack Jumper, Air King, Abbess and Sir Kay. To reduce this lot to four would leave in Lady's Boy, Takutama Flying Prince and Marble King, with backers making their final selection between: FLYING PRINCE MARBLE KING. Kauri Park and Dave are reported to be doubtful starters tomorrow.