CHORD SELECTED AS GERALDINE CUP FANCY

Wanganui Chronicle, 23 September 1950, Page 7

CHORD SELECTED AS GERALDINE CUP FANCY

Though the clash with the Dunedin meeting has weakened some of the fields for the Geraldine Racing Club’s meeting today, especially the hurdle race and the open sprint, there is some interesting material engaged. The fields for the first trot and the sevenfurlong hack race are particularly large. The totalisator double will be on the Geraldine Cup and the Raukapuka Hack Handicap, and horses in form include : Rangitata Hurdles.—Coxswain, AU Pockets. Ohapi Stakes. —Hyflier, Dreenagh, Tallahassee. Geraldine Cup. —Chord, Goldstrike, Peridot. Domain Trot.- Sandova, Bright Horizon, Venetian. Raukapuka Hack Handicap.—County Tyrone, Blue Star, Airspeed. Squatters’ Handicap.—Whitley, Flying Orders, Trinidad. Belfield Hack Handicap.—Winslow Boy, Chasemint, Royal Saga. Orari Trot.—Jacare, Bonny Brogue, Nostradamus. The acceptors are:— 11.15: Rangitata Hurdles, of £200; 13 furlongs.—All Pockets 9.4. 800 Companion, Enforce, Reggie, St. Nat, Feola, Coxswain 9.0.

12.0: Ohapi Stakes, of £150; 7 furlongs.—Aptitude, Ballons, Coralum, Decapitate, Dan Kelly, Dreenagh, Fricka, Home Circle, Harmattan, Hyflier, Lord Lansdowne, Lady Milling, Miss Chaser, Royal Rosette, Robin's Choice, Sovereign Chief, Tallahassee, Upshot, Western Lady 8.7. 12.45: Geraldine Cup, of £350; 11 miles.—Peridot 9.0, Flying Sovereign 8.12, Chord 8.8, Dark Chief 8.7. Bright News 8.6, Money Lender, Elofa, Pageant 8.5, Broie, Gold Strike 8.2, Profane 8.0, Indiana 7.13, Entrancing 7.8. 1.30: Domain Trot, of £200; 2.59 class; 11 miles.—Billet Doux, Bright Horizon, Chalice, Credit Chief, Debonair, Dillon View, Highland Light, Irish Orator, Jock’s Mistake, Jane Ace, Lord Springfield, Prince Charming, Radiant Nancy, Rocky Reef, Sandova, Venetian, Western Queen scr; Sphere 24. Balloted out: Begonia Blue, Petro Chief, Havoc, High Delight, Kauri Boy, Loyal Girl, Olga Dale, Patrician, Regal Parade, Sergeant Major, Shillelah, Sun Lane, Tribal Song, Triple Play.

2.15: Raukapuka Hack Handicap, of £200; 7 furlongs.—Beau Soir 9.0, Fills d’Honneur 8.13, Silver Chase 8.6, Dissenter 8.6, Highway 8.5, Grand Fox 8.3, County Tyrone 8.2, Happy Hunter 8.1, High Spirits 7.13, Blue Star, Silver Clipper, Deccan, Fortement, Royal Hoax 7.10, Air Speed, Royal Swing, The Lum 7.9, Airshaft, Mt. Nimrod 7.7. Balloted out with right of re-entry: Might Go. 3.0: Squatters’ Handicap, of £275; six furlongs.—Whitley 9.7, The Hob 8.7, Faithful Pal 8.6, Flying Orders 7.13, Dark Chief 7.7, Trinidad 7.5, Luminous Knight 7.3, Leeston 7.0. 3.45: Belfield Hack Handicap, of £200; nine furlongs.—Winslow Boy, Angora, Lady Guillotine 8.2. Chasemint 8.1, Penny Pie 7.12, Beau Esprit 7.10, Royal Saga 7.9, Home Circle. Might Go 7.7, 4.30: Orari Trot, of £210: 2.56 class; 14 miles.—Lady Glen, Lisnaskea, Lucky Dan, Nostradamus, Our Flicka, Major Gaillard. Radiant Night, Rolling Home, Sheriff Hall. Sphere, Spring Fancy, Swingalong, Village King scr; Kingsley 24; Jacare 36.