OPEN SPRINT CONTEST

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21040, 16 February 1940, Page 9

OPEN SPRINT CONTEST

( KATHBELLA FANCIED ! i CONSISTENCY OF ORELIO I j LEXDEN LIKELY LIGHTWEIGHT | The impressive success of Kath- ! bella on the concluding day of the ; Auckland summer meeting over a mile points to her making a bold bid : for sprint supremacy In the Prej sident’s Handicap. Maori Song may need the race but ! if the track is soft he may rise above | such a disability as he has been I working well and is bearing a well- ! trained appearance. Footloose is in I form. He won the Flying Handicap j (7 furlongs) at Hawera last week ; and earlier at Stratford scored a ! runaway success on New Year’s Day. ! Orwere has run some of his best i races at Te Rapa and, improved by racing at Matamata, should go well on this occasion. It is difficult to assess the chances of Royal Bachelor as he does practically all his work on the roads but he looks well and if caught in the mdod is liable to surprise. Lornacre will not be seen to advantage if the ! going is at all soft and Orelio, who j is in great heart at present, reads 1 the better proposition. A class colt, j he appeals as being one of the hardj est to beat. ! Sunola is at his best on top of the i ground, but Trilliarch, on the other hand, will have a following if hold- ! ing conditions prevail. Beseige has | been working attractively but Lex- : den may be preferred. He won in I sprint company at Ash hurst last I month and has previously performed ! well on the course. Foxmond, i Bronze Moth, Valimeen, Foxsen and ' Noitaro will all provide interest, but ; the betting list may be dominated by—

KATHBELLA FOOTLOOSE ORELIO