RACING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 49, Issue 14959, 10 July 1923, Page 5

RACING.

FIXTURES. July 11, 14 —Wellington racing Club. July 23 —South. Canterbury Hunt Club. July 26 —Waimate District Hunt Club. July 26, 28—Gisborne E.C. July 30 —Christchurch Hunt Club. TURF TOPICS. Better conditions at Trentham tomorrow should improve the.chances of Paphian.

O’Shea stepped Lady Ben out smartly in the Welcome Cup at 1 Trentham, and she ran a good race all the way.

It is reported' that it will be some time before Snake, who ricked himself at Trentham on Saturday, will be fit to start again.

Penury Bose finished so well in the Trentham Hurdles that he is sure to be in demand for the Winter Hurdles on Saturday.

The biggest weight carried to victory in the Wellington Steeplechase was the 12.41 Coalition scored under two years ago.

Eerie is proving a little more consistent over fences than on the flat. She ran a good race all the w T ay at Tren r tham on Saturday, but had no chance with First Line.’

At Trentham on Saturday Star Banger was in front all the way and’was not troubled to win .the Trial Plate, but had Mountain Crag made his Tun a little earlier he might have been a nuisance to the Trentham gelding. 1 ,

Sir Wai did not finish as well as he was,; expected to at Trentham on Saturday. He w r as hard ridden up the straight and stuck to'his task well,'but could not muster up the necessary pace.

Santonio reproduced his track form at Trentham on Saturday, when he ran prominently in the Stewards’ Handicap. He began well, and was always in the picture, but at the finish was beaten into fourth place.

Nukumai is a very promising young jumper, and if not over-raced this year he should be a very consistent winner next winter. He seemed to have the Trentham Hurdles won on Saturday, and it was only in the last few strides that the good-staying Penury Bose wrested the lead from him.