HURDIERS CRASHED AT WHANGAREI

Wanganui Chronicle, 8 November 1946, Page 2

HURDIERS CRASHED AT WHANGAREI

WELL-BACKED HAZABOY AND SHADOW KING TELL (Special) Auckland, Nov. 7. As a result of Hazaboy’s easy victory in the hurdles the first, day at Whangarei, when he went to t,he front, from the start to open up a gap that was never bridged, the contest over the battens o-n the second dav was a battle of tactics. Hazaboy and Shadow King were the heaviest backed. the pair carrying £3076 of the £5272 invested on all nine runners, with Shadow King a £5 better favourite on the win machine. Not prepared to let Hazaboy get away again, the riders of Shadow King and Blue Duck rushed at breakneck speed to the first hurdle, with Hazaboy about half a length behind them at the take-off. Hazaboy was 1 not readv for the jump, and his hind legs went through the obstacle, sending him down on to his haunches on landing. He recovered, hut. he had shot tne ride]-. W. Skiffington, high into the air. The jockey held on until Hazaboy stumbled again, and then Skiffineton fell to earth. The fallen jockev was then the football for two or three horses following. They bowled him along for some distance. and when they had finished with him Skiflington finally came tot rest fullv 60 yards beyond the hurdle. The ambulance mon were on the snot immediately, and although the jockey seemed tn have had a miraculous oscane he was sent to hospital for observation. But the story of the Poroti Hurdles does not end there. Coming to the first hurdle the second time round. Shadow King emulated Hazabov, for ho failed to rise at the obstacle, and his hina legs went through the battens. From this point he began to slop, and finally finished a bad last. Blue Duck, always prominent, tired at the last hurdle, and when he bungled it he shot his rider into the air and the boy landed on his feet unhurt. The winner. Havduk, paid nearly half a century to win. and the second and third horses. King’s Ace and Embassy, were at long place prices. Hevduk’s record tn date reads 40 starts for one win and one third