SPORTING. NELSON RACES.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12501, 30 March 1909, Page 1

SPORTING.

NELSON RACES.

(By. "The Substitute.") The annual-race meeting of the Nelson Jockey Club will commence at Richmond -Park on Thursday next, and will conclude on Saturday. Tlie acceptances are again satisfacj tory, especially in the trotting events, j and there should be some capital racing. Six -horses have been left in the principal race of the first day, the Nelson Cup, one mile, and this promises to provide an interesting race. Some performances of the cup candidates are as follows : — Silken Rein is top weight with 9st I Sibs. _ This mare has started seyenj teen times this^seasoh, and has four j wins to her credit, her last victory ; being at Dannevirke on March llth, j when she won the Kaitoke Welter, 7 j fui longs, carrying 9st f and beating Seaton Dale (Bst 51bs) and 8 others lin 1.30. At the Woodville meeting • on February Bth she won the Maharahara Welter, one mile from Merrie I Zealand (9st 91bs) and ten others, in 1.44 2-ssec. Silken Rein also won , tho.principal erent at the Lower Valley Jockey Club's meeting on Decemi bei\.2Sth ,and at Marton on Septemy beY 2nd won. the Martin Handicap, ! carrying 6st.-jlllbs, in 1.47. r" Golden Gate^ who is carrying a stone less than Silken Rein, has started 12 .times this season arid won twice recently at Napier Park, when he won j the- Welter 'Handicap, seven furlongs, from Seaton Dale and Marara, who^ were the only starters. His only' other win was in the Telegraph Handi- i cap (5 furlongs), at the Rangitikei spring meeting, when, carrying 7st 81bs, he beat his solitary opponent, , Splendid Idea, Bst 71bs. i San Fernando, who has been allot- : ted Bst 31bs, has started ten times, : this season' without success. As a . three year old he scored three wins, ; his last winning performance being at the Manawatu meeting, when' he annexed the Sapling' Stakes, an event for two and three year olds, carrying ; 7st 131bs. ~ ' Lawn Rose's record this season is . nine starts, two wins. She won the i^ Grey Valley Handicap, nine furlongs, "■ o.i January: Ist in' 2.3. At the Marl- : borough Racing Club's spring meeting i.shi annexed the Telegraph Handicap, '■ seven furlongs, easily in 1.31 2-ssec. Her best performance this season was in the Wellington Cup, when she finished fifth, close bell md the placed horses. Lawn Rose has been allotted Sst. ; A _ Glen (7st 4lbs) has started twelve times this season, and has caught the judge!sAeye first on three occasions, winning at the ' Marlborough Spring meeting on November 19th and 20th, the Welter Hack, ,Omaka Hack, and the second welter. The Takaka owned Gold Bird (6st 12 i lbs) has only started twice this season, at the Takaka meeting held on February 2nd, when he won the first class hack handicap, carrying lOst lOlbs, and ran second to King Try in th-j welter handicap. Gold Bird's best performance last season was winning the Ladies' Bracelet at the Marlborough Autumn Meeting, with lOst lOlbs from Hiriupai, lOst 91bs, and Snip lOst lOlbs: A number of horses were out yesterday morning on the training^ track at Richmond Park, but the winding up gallops' will not take place until this morning. Braken trotted and cantered twice round, and Lucretius did a strong ' three quarter pace gallop. Balmy Breeze sprinted a couple of furlongs ia 27Jsec," Thera doing a similar distance in 26. Lawn Rose, galloped a mile r the last six furlongs taking 1.20. Gofden Gate, did half pace work. Pharmaceutical and Vinco : galloped five furlongs together. Vinco led for four furlongs, then Pharmaceutical came up and they finished together in 1.5. Curator also ran 5 fuilongs in 1.5. Gold Bird, with 9st up and Glen carrying a light weight, had a flutter, over a mile, the Takaka horse finishing first in 1.47. Other horses did slow work. The complete railway time table for the races is published in this issue. A large number of trains will run to and from Richmond at convenient intervals and the departure of trains for up country stations will allow people ample time to reach Richmond station after the last race.