TRENTHAM FIELDS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 250, 21 October 1937, Page 4

TRENTHAM FIELDS

WELLINGTON MEETING THE OPEN DAY REVIEW OF PROSPECTS Of major importance in the spring racing campaign in the Dominion is the Wellington Racing Club’s fixture, to be held at Trentham to-day, Saturday and Monday, for it will give a direct “line” on the Canterbury Jockey Club’s Riccarton spring carnival. In keeping with Trentham traditions the fields are of large dimensions and the class engaged is exceptionally high. As usual, the win-and-place system of betting will be operated at the electric totalisator, at which win-and-place tickets may be obtained at any window. It is announced that pay-out facilities will also be improved, and this will be welcomed by patrons, especially on the busier second and third days with the holiday crowds. The track is reported to be in ideal spring order, and it should provide an excellent testing ground for the big events to be decided. Principal interest to-day will centre on the Wellington Handicap and the juveniles’ “classic,” the Wellesley Stakes, with the Trentham Stakes on Saturday and the Harcourt Stakes on Monday contests likely to be held in keen anticipation.

It is usual for Trentham meetings to open with a large dividend in the hurdle or highweight events, and the prospects are that the reputation will be maintained in the Glen Hurdles, the first event to-day. Good performers engaged, the majority winners in recent months, are Red Sun, John Charles, Journet, Donegal, Redolent, Blue Tiger and Boughal, with Patagonia and Spender also dangerous. It promises to be a great tussle, with favouritism likely to rest between Donegal, Blue Tiger and John Charles.

Some defections may be expected in the Taita Handicap, but there will still be a good field of juveniles, with Lord Cavendish (if started), Screen Lord and Dianna Tetrix a likely trio. Some classy performers are engaged in the open mile, the Wainui Handicap, and It looks as if the South Island division will have it on the northerners. Kinnoull impressed by staging a great come-back to win at Washdyke a week ago, and he may be preferred to the Winter Cup winner, Catalogue, and Matoru. A huge field is to contest the Rimutaka Hack Handicap, and under the conditions a handy post position is going to count for a great deal. Among those with excellent chances are Great Hope, Middle, Alunga, Cardsharper, Geira, Son and Heir, Top Row, Dawning Light, Diamond Cutter, Aureus, free Gold, Lady Montana, Conversion and Gay Hunting. As the winner is likely to come from near the top of the handicap the chances are that Middle, Great Hope and Dawning Light may be favoured. A problem is presented in the Wellington Handicap, the field for which will be just short of a score. Cuddie's Masterton defeat should not lose her any friends. Wild Chase is a topnotcher, and Enge has many good performances to his credit. Argentic was a surprise winner last year, and Arctic King always runs an honest race at Trentham. Hunting Cat is in form, and Queen of Song is a likely southerner. Small Boy is handily placed, and Cerne Abbas and Boomerang have recent wins in their favour. Others that will not be neglected are Might, Sunee, Araboa, Shy and Rebel Lad. In a race that may prove difficult for backers to sum up, they may declare for Arctic King, Argentic and Enge.

If other races prove perplexing what can be said of the Wellesley Stakes? Here the leading two-year-olds are engaged, with a little new blood to add to the problem. About a dozen of those for whom the final payment was made will be participants in the contest, and of these the majority have already proved their ability. Amigo won at Marton; Te Hero (half-brother to Gallio) was a winner at Avondale; Gay Son won at Masterton; Surmount won the Wanganui Debutant; Protector scored at Avondale and Ellerslie; Ortyx impressed in the South; and Binga, Peerless and Russian Ballet have each been placed second. Then there is the Beau Pere colt Lord Cavendish, considered the best of his sire’s progeny in the Dominion, though he has yet to race. One cannot go past Surmount, Protector and Gay Song. The open sprinters in the Shorts Handicap number a dozen, and they may have the ultimate winner just as difficult to select as any other race. Debham, Maori Song and Joviality apyear to be the form horses. The hack mile with which Trentham programmes conclude is generally a poser, with a big pool and usually a generous dividend. This year’s October Handicap may be no exception, but a preference may be expressed for the chances of The Bigot, Lickem and Lucullus Lad. Following is the list of acceptors:—

2.15 KIMUTAKA HANDICAP. (Of £300; six furlongs).

12.10— GLEN (Of £30( HURDLES. I; 1J miles). Red Sun ..11 7 Lady Ruler .. 9 8 John Charles 10 7 Patagonia .. 9 4 Journet .. ..10 7 Trackman .. 9 0 Donegal .. .10 2 I Spender .. .. 9 0 , Redolent .. 10 <1 i Chaste .. .. 9 0 Blue Tiger .. 9 13 : Polabian .. 9 0 Bough al .. .. 9 t 12.50— TA IT A HANDICAP. (Of £300; five furlongs)* Diareus .. .. 8 5 i Raratonga . 8 5 Lord Cavendish 8 , Diana Tetrix 8 3 Night Attack 8 5 i Dunmanway 8 2 Twenty Grand 8 5 i Nordic Song .80 Godfrey .. . 8 6 > Dissipation .. 8 0 Prime Quality 8 fi > Taurangi .... 8 0 Screen Lord .85 i Rakahanga . 7 11 1.35— WAINUI HANDICAP. (Of £35(1 I ; one mile). Catalogue .. 9 6 Night Dress . 7 8 Kinnoull .. 9 5 Helen Ford . 7 7 Queen of Song 9 2 Mister Quex 7 7 Pukeko .. .. 9 2 Myriam .. .. 7 7 Big Dook .. 8 12 Slippery ... 77 Matoru .... 8 2 Wild Career . 7 7

Great Hope 8 13 Guinea Fowl 7 6 Middle .. .. 8 10 Sulieman .. . 6 Alunga .. .. 8 7 Accomplice & Coiroboree 8 7 Lady Montana 4 Cardsharper . 8 7 Mulatto .. .. 4 (• pi ra 8 6 Min Lu .. .. 4 Rollicker .. . 8 6 Ohanga .. . 4 Son and Heir 8 5 Conversion 0 Top Row 8 5 Gay Hunting 0 Dawning Light 8 2 Mishna .. .. 0 Wagner .. .. 8 2 l,e Toquet 0 Maestro .. . 7 13 Stargono .. . 0 Diamond Cutter 7 11 Anubis .. 0 Aureus .. .. 7 8 Toorak .. •. 0 Free Gold 7 8 2.55— WELLINGTON HANDICAP. (Of £ 750 ; 11 furlongs). Cuddle .. .. 9 9 Cerne Abbas 10 Wild Chase . 9 2 Boomerang .. 9 Silver Streak 8 11 Fersen .. .. 9 Enge 8 II Might .. .. 6 Argentic .. . 8 9 Sunee Arctic King . 8 7 A raboa .. .. 0 Hunting Cat 8 6 Shy 0 Queen of Song 8 5 Soho • - . . • • 0 Lowenberg Small Boy 8 2 7 13 Rebel Lad • 0 WELLESLEY STAKES. (Of £600 ; five furlongs). Windsor Chief 8 7 Protector .. . 7 Amigo .. . . 8 7 Beauly .. .. 2 Te Hero .. . 8 7 Ortyx .. .. 2 Gay Son .. . x 7 Peerless . . . . 2 Lord Cavendish X 7 Russian Ballet 2 Surmount 8 7 Minga .. .. 2 4.19— SHORTS HANDICAP. (Of £450 ; six furlongs). Paper Slipper 9 3 Pakanui .. .. 11 Whirling . . . . 8 7 Joviality .. 9 Debham .. .. 8 3 Black Thread . ’ 5 Grey Honour 7 1 Lady Ina .. . 6 Maori Song . 7 11 Clessamor 4 Laughing Lass 7 11 Greenwich 0 5.0— OCTOBER HANDICAP. (Of £300 one mile). Lucullus Lad . 9 0 Galteemore .. 5 Lazybones .. . 8 10 Lustral . . .. 0 The Bigot 8 10 Accomplice 4 Quadroon 8 4 Lord Quick 4 Siegfried 8 4 Ngatirahiri 4 Royal Minstfel 8 2 Mahutai .. . . 0 Miracle .. .. 8 1 Autosweep 0 Bluffer 8 1 Raepata .. .. 0 Lickem 8 0 Settlement . . 0 Tidewaiter 7 10 Parry .. .. 0 Good Sun 7 Royal Romance 0