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Steeplechase to Gold Wren Nightcalm Consistent By Telegraph —Press Association DUNEDIN. June 3. The Dunedin Jockey Club’s winter meeting opened in perfect weather. The track wr s in ideal winter condition. The totalisator handled £24.406,10/- compared with £24,330 last year. Results: TAHUNA STEEPLECHASE Of £150; about 2j miles 1/I—El Caballo, 9.12 (Boyle) 1 5/2 —La Boca, 9.5 (Shand) 2 5/5 —Master Balboa, 9.3 (Law') .. .. 3 Also started: 2/3 Sunny Comet 9.13, 3/4 Rifle Range 9.8, 6/6 Golden Glow 9.0. Won by twenty lengths, twenty lengths between second and third. Time—4min 59sec. TRIAL STAKES. Of £120; 6 furlongs 1/1 —King Gustavo, 8.11 (Spratt) .. 1 2/2—Boloyna, 8.11 (Didham) 2 4/5 —Islay Downs. 8.11 3 Also started: 8/11 Blue Dawn 8.13, 6/6 Lights Out 8.13. 9/8 Ascent 8.11. 3/3 Black Bard 8.11. 2/2 Foxy 811. coupled with Boloyna, 7/7 Freecourse 8.11, 5/4 Neptune 8.11, 12/12 Lower Deck 8.11, 11/9 Rosenor Lass 8.11. 10/10 Sir Amyas 8.11. Won by a length, two and a half lengths between second and thi-d. Time—lmin 15 l-ssec.
OTAGO HURDLES, Of £250; 13 miles 2/2—Dividend, 9.10 (Stove) .. ..
9/9—Vantoon, 9.0 (Richards) 2 3/3 —Pink Robe, 10.0 (Anderton) .. 3 Also started: 1/1 Travenna 11.9. 5’5 Fireguard 10.13. 7/8 Last Link 9.11, 8/6 Mount Vai 9.8, 4/4 Baitruin 9.0. 5/7 Ccean Singer 9.0 Won by three lengths a ..ead between second and third. Time—3min 15sec.—A track record.
BRIGHTON HANDICAP, Of £175; 1 mile
2/3 —Spearthrust, 8.0 (Caddy) .. .. 1 7/7—Straightdell. 9.7 (Dooley) ~ 2 1/I—The Wrecker, 8.12 (C. T. Wilson) 3
Also started: 5/5 Hunting Chorus 9 2. 6/6 Triple Cone 9.0. 4/4 Vanity Queen 8.7, 12/12 Pol Roger 8.6, 11/9 Merry Simon 8.5. 3/2 Doctor Duthie 8.4, 10'10 Sunny Jean 8.1. 8 8 Drink Up 8.1, 9'll Gay Vixen 8.1. Won by half a length, three lengths between second and thi Time—lmin 41 3-1 .?c.
OTAGO STEEPLECHASE, Of £500; about 24 miles
1/I—Gold Wren. 10.10 (Shand) .. .. 1 2/2 —Wexford Bridge, 9.5 (Stove) .. 2 7/7 —Rifle Range. 9.0 (H. J. Powell) 3 Also started: 3/3 Slayer 9.0, 6 6 Corban 9.0. 4/4 Chile 9.0. 5/5 McHeath 9.0. Won by three lengths, half a furlong between second and third. Time- - smin 21 2-ssec.
BIRTHDAY HANDICAP, Of £350; 10J furlongs 5/3—Second Innings, 8.2 (J. W. Jennings) 1 1/I—Passaform, 8.8 (R. E. Humphries) 2 2/2—Settlement, 8.0 (Caddy) 3 Also started: 6/7 Rabble 8.13, 4'6 Alma 8.6, 7/5 Petersham 7.9, 3/4 Night Hawk 7.7, 8/8 Balmenter 7.7. Won by a head, a length between second and third. Time—2min 16 2-ssec.
WINTER HANDICAP, Of £200; 6 furlongs
5/5 —Nightcalm, 9.7 (Ridgway) .. ..I 4/3 —Fleet Street, 8.3 (Dooley) .. ..2 3/4—Rebel Mate, 9.9 (Hibberd) .... 3 Also started: 9/7 Silver Streak 9.13, 8/8 Top Row 9.0, 11/12 Roy Bun 8.12, 10/13 Phalanx 8.10, 1/2 Lord Nuffield 8.9. 6/10 Spanish Lad 8.8, 7/6 Valantiu 8.6, 14/14 Norseman 8.4, 2/1 Lady Leith 8.3, 12/11 Waitoru 8.0. 17/17 Palady 8.0. 16/16 Peacock 8.0, 13'9 On Call 8.0, 15/15 Silver Slipper 8.0. Won by a 'neck, two lengths between second and third. Time—lmin 14 3-ssec.
ST. CLAIR HANDICAP, Of £175; 6 furlongs 4/s—Skyrena, 9.4 (Stokes) 1 6/4—Lady Sincere. 8.10 (Brodie) .... 2 2/2 —Combat, 9.3 (Hibberd) 3 Also started: 5/6 Astaire 9.5, 11/11 Vocal 9.2, 12/12 Epic 8.13, 7/7 Kippen 8.11, 13'13 Gusto 8.7, 14/14 Violenta 8.4, 3/3 Astral Flash 8.2. 10'10 Aravanc 8.1. 1/1 Silver Choir 8.0. 9'9 Lord Puck 8.0. Won by a head, same between second and third. Time —Imin 14 l-ssec. ACCEPTANCES FOR TO-DAY ROSLYN STEEPLECHASE Of £150; about 2 miles. Pandine 11 2 Corban 9 10 El Caballo 10 2 La Boca 9 8 Sunny Comet 913 Golden Glzw 9 0 Rifle Range 9 10 NOVICE HA IDICAP Of £120; 6 furlongs. Black Bard 9 0 Strathalbyn 8 5 Ne >tane 810 Royal Style 8 5 Prince Blue Dawn 8 5 Ruenalf 8 8 Lights Out 8 5 Freecourse 8 6 Georgie 8 5 Airdrie 8 5
JUNE HURDLES Of £200; 15 mileRecollection 11 1 Ocean
Fireguard 10 12 Singer 9 0 Pink Robe 10 2 Pride o’ Last Link 9 9 Central 9 0 Metal Bird 9 6 Bad News 9 0 Vantoon 9 4 Drink Up 9 0 B: "ruin 9 0 DUKE OF GLOUCESTER CUP Of £200; 10 4 fur’jngs. Milford 12 10 Fireguard 10 3 Travenna 12 2 Black Sir Hugh 11 13 Banner 10 8 The Elegy 10 7 Surgeon 11 8 Doctor Bow Street 11 1 Duthie 10 7 The Palady 10 7 Wrecker 11 0 Sunny Jean 10 7 Triple Cone 10 12 Bad New;; 10 7 Dividend 10 8 Lord Puck 10 7 WINGATUI STEEPLECHASE Of £300; 24 miles. Wexford Chile 9 0 Bridge 10 2 Corban 9 0 Pandine 9 10 McHeath 9 0 Slayer 9 0 Rifle Range 9 0 PROV1 'CIAL HANDICAP Of £300; 10 ■1 furlongs. Passaform 9 0 Settlement 8 I Second Spanish Lad 7 10 Inning s 8 12 Night Hawk 7 7 Rabble 8 11 Balmenter 7 Thermidor 8 ’.0 Ashaway 7 7 Alma 8 4 Skyrena 7 7 Araboa 8 3 MEMBERS’ HANDICAP Of £200; 7 furl mgs. Nightcalm 10 2 Valantua 8 5 Silver Streak 9 11 Lazybones 8 3 Moniperc 9 1 Lady Leigh 8 1 Araboa 9 1 Flagman 8 1 Top Row 8 12 Straightdell 8 0 Phalanx 8 8 Waitoru 8 0 Fleet Street 8 7 Silver Petersham 8 6 Slipper 8 0 SO* HERN HANDICAP Of £175; 7 furlongs. Auctor 9 9 Gusto 8 5 Comment 9 5 Vanity Astaire 9 2 Queen 8 5 Vocal 9 0 Pol Roger 8 4 Huntin™ Green Boa 8 3 Chorus 9 0 Violenta o ■ > Lady Sincere 8 13 Astral Flash 0 Triple Cone 8 12 Silver Choir 8 0 Kippen 8 11 Brilliant Pea 8 0 Epic 8 1.1 Gay Vixen 8 0
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21363, 5 June 1939, Page 5
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