CAULFIELD RACING

Taranaki Daily News, 25 February 1935, Page 5

CAULFIELD RACING

SYI-’ \GOGUE DEAD-HEATS. BRILLIANT WIN BY CAPRIS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7 p.m. Melbourne, Feb. 24. The V.A.T.C. Caulfield meeting was continued yesterday in fine weather, with the track in good order. The New Zealand jockey Voitre rode two very fine races. In the St. Clair Handicap he took the unfancied Eastern Knight to the front in the run home and just managed to hold off Ganymead in an exciting finish. His handling of Count Ito in the second division of the Hawksbum Handicap was equally meritorious. Synagogue, having his first race in Australia, battled out the finish in fine style and is hailed as a first-class colt. Capris, although by no means first away in the Stanley Plate, soon went to the front and won very comfortably. Latrobe finished brilliantly to take the Woodcliff • Handicap' from Whittingham, who had a big lead entering the straight. The results are:— ST. CLAIR TRIAL. EASTERN KNIGHT, 7.11 (Voitre) .. 1 GANYMEAD, 7.13 (Bdrtle) 2 SAROKOS, 8.7 (Skidmore) 3 Seventeen started, including Colossical, who finished fourth. Half a head; length. Time, Im. 4515. ALMA STAKES. First Division. BIMILLA, 9.3 (Badger) 1 CARNARVON, 8.1 (McCarten) 2 BUSTARD, 7.5 (Egan) 3 Eleven started. Three-quarters of a length; three lengths. Time, Im. 1245. Second Division. THE TRUMP, 7.0 (Skidmore) 1 SITHON, 8.4 (Badger) 2 CASARKA, 7.8 (Dewhurst) 3 ' Thirteen started, including Lady Primrose. Three-quarters of a length; a length and a-half. Time, Im. 13s. WOODCLIFF HANDICAP. LATROBE, 7.12 (Cox) 1 WHITTINGHAM, 8.5 (Pratt)/.. 2 CONTACT, 7.6 (Knox) 3 All started. Entering the straight Whittingham was well clear of Latrobe, with Contact, Theo and Nuit D’Or next. Latrobe got up to win by half a head. Contact was two lengths away, and then came Nuit D’Or, Prismatic, Dark Chief, Topical, Pewter and Theo. Time, 2m. 18|s. FUTURITY STAKES. SYNAGOGUE, N.Z., 8:5 (Pratt) .... x HEROS, 9.8 (Dempsey) <... x WINOOKA, 10.2 (Pike) 3 xDead-heat for first. . Breakup and Arachne were scratched. Synagogue, Heros, Silver King and Sunclad were first away, but ‘Silver. King was soon infront and led past the halfmile by a length from Heros. Then came Sunclad, Synagogue, Radiant Star and Winooka. Silver King was a length ahead of Heros entering the straight, with Synagogue next, but with a furlong to go Heros led from Synagogue, Silver King and Winooka. Synagogue drew level and he and Heros crossed the line together, with Winooka a length and ahalf away. Then came Press Gang, Spartan and Radiant Star. 'Winaoka did not appear to stay as well as formerly. Time, Im. 255. STANLEY PLATE. CAPRIS. 9.8 (Marsden) 1 LILIRENE, 7.7 (Simmonds) 2 MARION MELTON, 8.12 (Skidmore) . 3 Ten started. A length and a-quarter; three-quarters of a length. Time, Im. 275. HAWKSBURN HANDICAP. First Division. CLOSING TIME, 9.11 (Bartie) 1 VEILANTIF, 7.9 (Mortimer) ......... 2 PHENOMENON, 8.4 (Smart) 3 Eleven started, including Sir John, who came from well back to finish a Jose fourth. Head; half a neck. Time, Im. HJs. Second Division. COUNT ITO, 8.7 (Voitre) 1 KAYLAH, 7.2 (Murphy) 2 TAPAGEUR, 7.0 (Bailey) ;.... 3 Twelve started, including Wheriko. Three-quarters of a length; two lengths. Time, Im. 12s. The Sunday Sun’s representative at Caulfield says that Voitre impressed critics by the patient manner in which lie handled his mounts. He is assured of plenty of riding when he settles at Melbourne. Commenting on the win of Capris in the Stanley Plate, the writer says the manner in which she spreadeagled the field forced a well-known judge to remark, “She is the best sprinting filly bar Arachne.’* • *' X'