WINTER RACING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 109, 10 May 1934, Page 8

WINTER RACING

WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB

REVIEW OF TO-DAY’S FIELDS

(By “KESTREL.”) With fields of large dimensions engaged in six of the seven events set down for decision to-day, the W anganui Jockey Club’s winter meeting should have a splendid opening day, for in quality the fields compare with the best that have been seen in action here for many years. The weather is the only iaetor which can materially affect the fixture. The track promises to be in excellent order, in spite of the heavy rain of recent days, for its sandy formation enables it to cope with the heaviest downpour. The Century Hurdles to be decided to-day, in addition to the Grandstand Steeplechase, and there promises to be plenty of interesting racing. A few suggestions with regard to recent form may not come amiss. TRIAL HACK HANDICAP Of £80; 7J-furlongs. Full Throttle . 8 ‘ l-'ull Throttle showed his best form at Pahiatua reLeo Coloesus S 7 centlv, and Leo Colossus won at Bulls and finished second later in the day. Argument showed at the Argument .. Egmont meeting that he will be improved considerTudor .. . S 3 ably. Tudor may lack racing condition. Of Hign , Exchange and Kaola it may be said that these TaraAlciues .... • nak . can( ]ij ates may furnish a surprise. Alcides is Tie Trop .... 8 0 well enough bred to develop into a champion. D» g 0 Trop is smart but the distance may find her out. InKao a ■■ ■■ definite does not appeal. Snowball promised well when Indefinite . SO carrying the Kernball colours, but Lady Cheval has Snowball 8 <> 1,0 convincing form. Backers may prefer the chances of Ledy Cheval . « o Oolossus> Full Throttle, Argument. io 4() WINTER OATS - Of £110; Six furlongs. Onlv a couple of the eleven carded may be dismissed Z as unlikely. As a winner here in February and also Royal Hunting 9 < successful in other good sprints, Royal Hunting must view Halloo . 8 13 appeal. View Halloo has some good performances on the Wanganui track to his credit, and he will do well Souchong .. 810 witil p resent track conditions. The turning track 8 7 will be appreciated by a smart sprinter in Souchong. Pomp appears as well now as ever and has plenty of Good Hunting 8 3 pace. Good Hunting’s open sprint form is consistent. Porotiti .. .. 7 11 Porotiti will be well suited by the going. At his best Royal Bengal would have many friends, and he won Royal Bengal 711 a (. jpawera last week. Princess Doreen indicated Princess Doreen 7 S at Pahiatua that she is fast getting back to her brilliant form. Playground may be in need of a race or Playground ..74 two, but The Tiger has a good chance if he continues The Tiger ..72 to improve on his Egmont form. However, a trio that may do well are Good Hunting, View Halloo. Pomp. 1.20 GRANDSTAND STEEPLECHASE Of £175; about two miles. Riotous .11 S Riotous, with wins at the Ellerslie and Lgmout meetings, must make most appeal. Manuiri should e M * nu,n . ” < improved as a result of his efforts nt Hawera, and his Royal Reign . 913 ability as a hurdler is unquestioned. In Royal Reign . , Dulieu’s New Plymouth stable has a useful sort if she ’unbridge ... 5 we re sound. Tunbridge won at Marton but was very Don Erma ..92 t i re d at the finish. Don Erma has given satisfaction tn the hunting field and shapes like developing into Bon Aryan .90 tfaan n^fu j , chaser Bon Aryan could not beat ■Royston . ..» 0 the tired Tunbridge at Marton, where Royston fell when leading. It appears as if the favourites will be Riotous, Don Erma, Tiuibndge. ~ BALGOWNIE HACK HANDICAP Of £100; 8} furlongs. One of the “toughest” races is this distance hark, with its field of sixteen. Most of them have good , winning form to commend them to backers. .Werohia wSt h Tor :' 811 won the hack trophy at Ashhurst and also scored over Gay Court .. sll ten furlongs at Avondale. West Tor has several wins Taitoru .. .. BHi t 0 his cre dit, including a recent success at Pahiatua. Ktiuard «'» Gay Court, will find the task more difficult than at Trw See ■ 8 5 Hawera. where he showed signs of improving. faiJayson .... 711 torn is most consistent hut has had a run of bad luck ’Skdmtstrws ' 7”« ■ >» being narrowly beaten. Rust’s wins this season, inMatorni .. .. 7 9 eluding two at Wanganui, stamp her as being a classy Red Rufus ..76 sort. Nightguard has taken on a new lease of life. 7 4 Tres Sec Showed really good form at Hawera, winning Boudoir”.. ..72 on the opening day. Red Rufus appears to be the betFreeze • • .. 7 0 t er o f f| ie bracketed pair. Tea Garden will be suited by Wanganui conditions, and Headmistress also should appreciate the turning course. Of the others Matorni and Te Rangitumau should do best. Three that will appeal are Rust. Werohia, Red Rufus. O ;i I CENTURY HURDLES. Of £250; H miles Make Up •11 | g a ] OU g time since there has been provided such Hounslow .. 11 n an even line of hurdlers and the race should be a good one. Make Up and Hounslow, with Great Northern Blacksmith . !•» National honours respectively to their Easterly .. .. io 7 credit, may be in need of racing, though both should go well. Stanchion will be bracketed with Make Up. Consent .. .. 1 Blacksmith and Easterly are' from Airs. A. W. McDonFalutin’ 10 4 aid’s stable at Awapuni. Easterly won this race two rears ago and is not to be disregarded. Another pair Kno mere o f stablemates in High Faintin’ and Consent fought. High Grader . 10 o out the finish last year, and the chances are that the g first-named will again prevail over Consent, who may, Invi us however, show improvement on his Hawera form. ConMillion .. .. 9 io slant Sun is another from that stable but must reC llamart 9 9 quire experience. Knollmere has won over hurdles and on the flat at Wanganui and should prove hard to True Shaft ...9 9 beat . High Grader is a very promising novice. InAn,,,, n victus is most consistent and is the form candidate. Million s win at Egmont was achieved m good style Constant Sun 9 6 s h e w ju no £ be troubled by the extra distance. Royal Limond 9 0 Of ! he other six Callamart and Brown Abbey, on their performances, must make most appeal. A preference Count Lendroff 9 6 is expressed for Stanchion .. 9 0 High Faintin', Million, Invictus. EMPIRE HANDICAP. ♦J»OO Of £150; one mile and a distance. Takakua 9<» Takakua has no recent form to commend him but Spiral .. .. Bin spiral will appeal because he has proved himself a Copper King slo useful three year-old. Copper King was a winner at IdaMerling 8 4 Pahiatua. Speed is useful, but Ida sterling’s recent Ruri .. .. s o win over ten furlongs at Marton reads well. Ruri Senegal .. 7 11 wa s perhaps lucky to beat Prince Colossus at Hawera Gay Court 7 5 uc & ave friends. Senegal and Lack appeal, Gibraltar .... 7 r. especially the latter, who is shaping like a useful Chopin .. .. 7 o middle-distance performer. Of the rest Stitch and Kaihoro 7. 7 7 <• Kaihoro may do best, for Gibraltar and Chopin appear /.rvada .... 7 0 to have seen their best day. Summing up the likely favourites, one must prefer Spiral. Ida Marling, Ruri. 4.20 BOROUGH HACK HANDICAP Of £100; six furlongs. Pladio ...90 Another difficult proposition is provided in the conArena 8 li eluding event, where the hack sprinters number seven8 teen. Pladie’s Marton form was promising, and he M^ry & Way .86 r ? a - v turn the tables on A>ena, who is not always reColenso ... s i liable. Gay Seton raced promisingly during the autumn, Illuminate ..so while Moatoa appears to be a steadily-improving sorr. CwbeenTT! 7 11 Merry Way will not be neglected and Colenso may reMoneygran .. 7 li produce his Australian winning form. Illuminate will Windward .. 7li make more appeal on Hawera form than do Artful 2S"Ronald': 7 ? Dodger and Cawbeen, though the last-named may imBon P.apide / 7 7 prove. Moneygran shaped so well at Hawera that he Arauline .... 7 7 will be supported by many shrewd judges here. Grumpy Goid”Mireion'' 7 o muB ‘ be given a fair chance , » n d Lady Bonald, Bon Rapide and Aranline should also go well, though the favourite division will probably he Arena, Moatoa. Moneygran.

WITH THE JOCKEYS RIDING ENGAGEMENTS. HORSEMEN AND MOUNTS. With no other race meeting on today, all the leading Dominion jockeys will be in attendance and it will be interesting to follow their fortunes, with five flat races and two over jumps to engage their attention. The following jockeys will, in the main, be associated with the horses . named:— R. REED: Good Hunting, Gay Seton, Snowball, Nightguard, K. VOITRE: Lack, Red Rufus, Full Throttle, Windward. „ W. J. BROUGHTON: Stitch, Artful Dodger. B. H. MORRIS: View Halloo, Ida Aferling, Arena. L. J. ELLIS: Pomp, Spiral, Rust. A. E. ELLIS: Pladie, 'Werohia. L. H. JONES: Moatoa, Chopin, Boudoir. C. THOMSON: Riotous. Callamart. A. MCDONALD: Blacksmith. W. J. BOWDEN: Manuiri, Easterly. H. DULIEU: Royal Reign, Count Lendrofl*. P. BURGESS: Tunbridge. A. JENKINS: Don Erma. N. C. TRILLO: Bon Aryan. M. NICHOL: Royston. W. PASCOE: Hounslow. F. McHUGH: Consent. A. JENKINS: High Faintin'. J. WALSH: Million. B. SULLIVAN: Brown Abbey. G. SALT: Royal Limond. P. ATKINS: Royal Hunting, Copper ' King. ■T. LEACH: Royal Bengal, Tres Sec- 1 1!. N. WIGGINS: Princess Doreen. H* GOLDFINCH: Gay Court. G. JONES: Jayson. R-. J. MACKIE- Tea Garden. Money- ‘ gran. W. E. PINE: Headmistress. G. WYND: Te Rangitumau. H. GOLDFINCH: Senegal, Merry Way. LIST OF SCRATCHINGS ENGAGEMENTS DECLINED Of the la z e list of 96 acceptors for . the seven events on to-day’s card several have declined their engagements, but their defection will not materially weaken the fields. Following is the list of horses scratched up to 9 p.m. yesterday;— Saltpot, 12.35 p.m., Tuesday,, for Empire Handicap. Royal Passion, 9 a.m., yesterday, all engagements. Right Bower, 9 a.m., yesterday, all engagements. Culhis, 5.15 p.m., yesterday, for Win- , ter Oats. McHeath, 5.20 p.m., yesterday, Trial Hack Handicap. High Exchange, 7.37 p.m., yesterday, Trial Hack Handicap. ADMISSION CHARGES POSITION AT WANGANUI AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT The views of correspondents in the ‘‘Chronicle” concerning the Wanganui Jockey Club’s admission charges and . other matters have drawn the following reply from the chairman of the general committee, Mr. C. G. Russell: Three letters signed by ” Oldtirncr, ” “ Young timer ” and ‘‘ Hillire” have appeared in your sporting column drawing attention to gate charges and other matters conceimug the Wanganui Jockey Club. As these lefters are all written in a spirit appreciated by the Wanganui Jockey Club, 1 write a few lines in reply. On behalf of the committee of the ! Wanganui Jockey Club 1 can assure ■ the general public that we have always been concerned about how to make things more attractive for them, but as finance enters so largely into all improvements, nothing can be done until prospects louk brighter. For some time the first consideration of the committee has been to find ways and means to provide improvements for the outside public and 1 hope the incoming committee will keep this matter in view. As regards gate charges, there certainly seems to be something in the suggestions of your correspondents, but one must remember that if gate charges are reduced by 50 per cent., the attendance must ncessarily go up to 100 per cent, to ' split even, and when the Wanganui * Jockey Club has on previous occasions reduced their gate charges, there has in fact been hardly any increase in the attendance. j The general public should note that all racing clubs are wholly dependent ’ on gate receipts, sales of race books and other privileges for their upkeep, 1 and not on totalisator turnover as commonly supposed- The percentage derived by racing clubs out of the totalisator turnover is, under the Ruies of Racing, allocated to stake-. Finally I would like to state that, 1 so far as my committee knows, there is no totalisator club that charges less i han 2s admission to the outside en- ! closure at any race meeting. Accordingly the criticism levelled at our club in regard to gate charges seems hardly fair. RACING FIXTURES May 10, 12 —Wanganui Racing Club. May 11, 12—Southland Racing Club. May 19—Rangitikei Racing Club. May 19—Ashburton County Racing Club. May 19, 21—Te Kuiti, Racing Club. May 26—South Canterbury Jockey ' Club. June 2, 4 —Otaki Maori Racing Chib .lune 2, 4, s—Dunedin Jockey Club June 2,4, 6—Auckland Racing Club June 9 —Foxton Racing Club. Juno 14, 16—Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club June 16—South Canterbury J.C.