SPEED’S NAPIER CUP

Taranaki Daily News, 4 March 1935, Page 12

SPEED’S NAPIER CUP

CYCLONIC IN THE SPRINT

FOOR FIELDS IN OPEN EVENTS. SUNNY SONG WINS REDCLYFFE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier. Last Night. The Napier Park Racing Club’s autumn meeting opened on Saturday in fine weather. There was a good attendance and the .totalisator investments were £3771 compared with £3490 on the first day last year. Results were:— OMARANUI HIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP Of £7O. One mile and a-quarter. 3- LADY WESSEX, 9.0 (A. Griffiths) 1 1- TAREHA, 9.11 (Ridgway) 2 4- MERCIAN LASS, 9.0 (C. Broughton) 3 Also started: 2-2 Kahunoke 10.7, 5-3 Celerimus 9.0. Neck; head. Time, 2m. Ils. ESK HACK HANDICAP. Of £65. Six furlongs. 6-S—ABBEY FEALE, 7.9 (Marsh) ... 1 4-6— MATA HARI, 9.0 (Sheehan) ... 2 2- QUEEN'S PRIDE, 7.9 (Atkins) .. 3 Also started: 1-2 Sunny Maid 8.9, 7-7 Hunting Star 8.9, 3-1 Asterisca 8.5, 5-3 Blygain 7.5. Half a length; two and a-half lengths. Time, lm. 14 2-ss. SAPLING STAKES HANDICAP. Of £65. Five furlongs. 2- PASSION FLOWER, 8.4. (Atkins) 1 1-L-BLUE GARTER, 7.11 (Leach) ... 2 3- QUAKE, 9.0 (Marsh) 3 Also started: 5-4 Lacquer 7.2 arid Char-, ade 7.2 (bracketed), Mesurina 7.0. Length; neck. Time, lm. 2 4-ss. NAPIER CUP. Of £125. One mile and a-quarter. 1— SPEED, 9.0 (Anderson) 1 3—SUNNY SKY, 7.11 (McNaughton) 2 2— RED RUFUS, 7.10 (Jones) 3 The only starters. Time, 2m. 6 2-ss. Red Rufus made the running to the straight, Sunny Sky and Speed following in that order. Sunny Sky ran a bit wide entering the straight, allowing Speed to slip through between Red Rufus and Sunny Sky. Speed had the measure of the opposition half way down the straight and won nicely by three-quarters of a length from Sunny Sky, who beat Red Rufus by half a length. MAIDEN SCURRY. Of £55. Five furlongs. All 8.7. 8-7—CONTRACT (Young) 1 1-I—ROYAL FEAST (Marsh) 2 6-4—FATHER’S CHOICE (Leach) ... 3 Also started: 3-5 Potent, 11-12 Kroflite, 12-9 Caen, 9-8 Grand Vale, 7-6 Recitation, 10-9 Solaria, 5-3 Peggy’s Joy, 2-2 Vainsborough, 4-4 Hunting Cup. Two lengths each way. Time, lm. 2 l-ss. AUTUMN HANDICAP. Of £95. Seven furlongs. 1- CYCLONIC, 8.6 (Berrigan) 1 2- (Atkins) 2 Tire only starters. Time, lm. 26 4-ss. Cyclonic led all the way and won by a neck. REDCLYFFE HACK HANDICAP. Of £7O. One mile. 1- SUNNY SONG. 9.0 (McNaughton) 1 3- SHIRRED RIBBON, 7.13 (Sheehan) 2 2- MEMNON, 8.2 (Marsh) 3 Also started: 4-4 Flamingo 8.5, 5-5 Marae Quex 7.7, 6-6 Bonnie Quex 7.7. Two lengths each way. Time, lm. 42 3-ss.