Three-Year-Old Beaumaris May Be Monday's Favourite For £19,000 Auckland Cup

Wanganui Chronicle, 24 December 1949, Page 5

Three-Year-Old Beaumaris May Be Monday's Favourite For £19,000 Auckland Cup

AUCKLAND, Last Night (Special).—The stage at Ellerslie is set for the opening of the Auckland Racing Club’s four-day summer carnival on Monday, but what the weather conditions will be like remains to be seen. However, it appears certain that the three-year-old colt Beaumaris will be one of the favourites for the rich Auckland Cup.

Of course, though the five-fig-ure stake makes the Auckland Cup the outstanding event, there arc other events on the programme which will also make a strong appeal. These include the second “leg” of the double, the Railway Handicap, the Great Northern Foal Stakes, and the glorified “hack” raee, the Queen’s Plate. History is against a three-year-old in the Auckland Cup. At any rate, one of that age has not won in the last half-century. Yet Beaumaris has ruled as one of the favourites ever since the nominations appeared, and another fancied candidate is the New Zealand Oaks winner Sweet Spray. She would have to make history, for a three-year-old filly has not won in ’the 75 years' history of the Cup. Opposition to these two outstanding three-year-olds is strong, for Conspiracy, Lord Manna, Mountain Glory, Quick March, Swanee, Blue Seal, Wonder Boy and Vice-Chancellor are handicappers of the best class, and included among those who have come up from hack ranks is Calibrate. Should there be a change in the weather, with a wet track, anything might happen, and a good many soundly-formed opinions may be toppled. However, present indications are that Beaumaris, Vice-Chancellor and Lord Manna will be a likely trio on Monday. Most of the “tops” in sprinting calibre are engaged in the Railwaey Handicap, with Da Vinci occupying the post of honour. He is of such a high class that he cannot be left out of calculations, but the form of re,cent winners in Faultina, Travel King, Rizzio, Super Vaals, Swayup Morocco and Chatril entitles theriVto support. There are others with good credentials in the field capable of springing a surprise. The best of the youngsters figure in the Great Northern Foal Stakes and the result should be a definite indication as to the leading juvenile. Out-1 standing aspirants for the title include Aden, Classowa, Loder, Mainbrace, Sea Wolf, Correspond, The Unicorn, Pastel and Personage. That the supporting events have been well supported is evident from the fact that three divisions will be necessary in the Robinson Handicap, the hack seven, and the five.-furlong ■Nursery Handicap, with two divisions in the Queen's Plate. . Eight horses were balloted out of the Auckland Cup, but scratchings, including inose of Rosslare, Voltaic and Hunting Rua, have enabled some of them to be reinstated. Horses in likely form for Monday include:— Robinson Handicap. First division: Resolute, Roiata. Second division: Manon, Seven Up. Third division: Count Blan, Superior Scholar. Grafton Hurdles. —Brown Duke, Observatory, Waratangi. Nursery Handicap. ■ — First division: Dolly Gray, Motunach. Second division: Earldom, Regoli. Third division: Archbishop, Gay Revel. Auckland Cup. Beaumaris, ViceChancellor, Lord Manna. Great Northern Foal Stakes.—Mainbrace, Loder, Correspond. Railway Handicap.—Rizzio, Faultina, Travel King. Queen’s Plate.—First division: Resolute, Amber Glow. Second division: Mere-Ana, Patuone. I Christmas Handicap.—Gdllen, King Finchall, Vane Master. Auckland Brackets Robinson Hack:—Reparation and Lady Revel: Gay Sari and Kohunul; Laehatrey and Count Bian; Resolute and Manon; Luminous and Roiata; Tossup and Sanita; Lady Contact and Seven Up; Faithful Lady and Proba- ! tor; Remand and Superior Scholar; Bui Bahadur and Jim’s Pride; Star Fox and Town Hero; Melody and Lady Be True; Moorside and Mountain Venture; Noble Victor and Arcadia; Argent and Boy Blue; Cimtulla and December; Ending, Diversio and Finisterre; Gayriol, Glen Moray and Kilmarnock; Lady Oral, Lady Ruthex and Landscape; Law Court, Merry Marriage and Royal Nib; Pursue, Robin Rex and Sabina; Satisfree, Skylark and Soeur de Beau; Stylish Fox, Super Son and Theiolett; Tunisia, Kittyshah and Marian Ann. Nursery Handicap:—Motunach and Earldom: Loder and Koliace; Classowa and Archbishop; Garno and Ruthofa; Sierra and Gay Revel; Ptolemy and Talisman; Longford and Foxhill; Burma Raid and Sherwyn Bay; Brentwood and Regolia; Sherwood Note and Pretty Beau; Grande Fille and Cimbon; Fyrstinde and William the Great; Bofors and Brer Possum: Royal Tradition and Lord Treasure; Gold Venture and Beau Soleil; Merry Flight and Miss Wynyard; Glenbrook and Rhythmical; Lekas and Frandore; Knockmoy and Counter Claim; Emma Hamilton, Lord Treasure and Lady Nib; Lady Colum, Sea Tavia and Quill; Treadline, Gold Scorn and Indian Charm; Dark Interlude, Rosheen and Miss Hiawatha. Auckland Cup:—Bedivere and Maricrana; Sweet Spray and Balmacara: Bridge Watcher and Broadway; Cali-

brate and Equator; Foxfable and In Front: Marcher and Sly Robin. G. N. Foal Stakes: —Loder and Personage. Railway Handicap:—Tutere and Lord Foxbridge. Queen's Plate:—Sheba and Surprise Packet; Amber Glow and Biassed; Good Century and Lone Star; Nionyx and Sleepy Duke; Tenerani and Lady Be True; Level Best and Mere-Ana.