WELLINGTON CUP

Waikato Times, Volume 194, Issue 22245, 14 January 1944, Page 4

WELLINGTON CUP

FIRST DAY TOMORROW SPLENDID FIELDS ENGAGED Everything points to records for the Wellington Racing Club’s Cup meeting which opens at Trentham tomorrow, for nearly all the top-class horses in the Dominion will he competing. Principal interest, centres in the Wellington Cup of two miles, for a stake of £SOOO. the largest sum yet offered for a race in the Dominion. Jf Kindergarten starts (of which there seems to he a doubt owing to the hard nature of the tracks) he will be favourite, but he will have to create a weight-carrying record to win. and he is pilled against strong opposition. Racing will be continued on Saturday of next Horses likely to be well supported in their engagements include:— I-ligh Weight Handicap.—Voltaire, Varuna. Cracroft. Wellington Stakes.—Navvab, Subdued. Bridge Acre. Apprentices’ Plate.—Fortune’s Smile, Bridgehead. Royal Greek. Fitzherbert Handicap.—Pensacola. Plassicia. Carthage. Wellington" Cup.—Kindergarten. FoxolaMerry May bracket,, Lord Chancellor Ruapehu Handicap.—Sister Sal, Broiefield, Sunblaze. Telegraph Handicap.—Sweet Biscuit, Falora. Beau Vaals. Anniversary Handicap.—Corday, Good Scout, Moutoa Bond. Details of the fields:— 11.35 TRENTHAM HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP, of £550; 1 mile and 3 fur.— Vivid Night. 10.12; Glaciate. 10.7; Keen Play. 10.4; Voltaire. 10.3; Abdicate, 10.0; Te Awe Awe. 9.9; Advocate, 9.7; Cracroft., Renarde. 9.6; Gold Dip, Ringcraft, 9.2; Aga Kay. Benevc. Bunsby, Capine. Cetewavo, High Morale, Maharajah. Mansura. Polario, Sandy , Cape, Tau Uru, Varuna. 9.0. 12.20—WELLINGTON STAKES. of £ 1000, two and three-year-olds: weight-for-age. with penalties; 5 fur.—Mr Valiant, Tamaiti Pai. Walk Off, 8.6; Molly Martia, 8.3; Nawab. 7.12; Subdued, 7.9; Barrage, Blue Bonny, Colais. Master Ted. Theiolight, Pensacola. 6.12: Breezalong. Young Margaret. Plassida. Bridge Acre. 6.9. I.IS—APPRENTICES' PLATE, of £550; special weights; apprentice riders, 7 fur. —Crackerjack, Gunghiz Khan, Lord Darnley. Piko Piko. Sal’s Pal, „ Sunlore, Vera Lynn. 8.4; Fortune's Smile, Foxstar. High Ideal. Irish Note. Latin Bay. Note Raid. Our Pat, Pay Book. Royal Greek, Sedgemere, Te Ruru, 7.11; Arustra. Bonnieve. Etianthus. Etta Quex, Fox-rose, Marram, Pink Bonnet, Roianui, Tideless, Wee Bun. 7.8. 1 52—FITZHERBERT HANDICAP. of £600; two-year-olds; 5 fur.—Sorrel. 8.12; Master Ted, 8.11; Gay Chat, 8.10; Master Baron, Theiolyn. 8.7; Carthage. Sir Boswell. 8.2; Pensacola, 8.0; Gay Corrie, 7.13; Tifox, Battle Shield. Hormuz. Kelmont, Plassida, 7.9; Barrage. 7.8; Aqua, Broiedame, Golden Barb, Lily Ann, Theiolight, 7.6; Breezalong, Montosorrie, 7.4; Play Suit, Anne Bank, Gala Song, Mine Host, 7.2; Gynette, Lady Lustre, 7.0. 2.4 O—WELLINGTON CUP, of £4850 and gold cup valued at £150; 2 miles. — Kindergarten, 10.9; Lord Chancellor, 9.9; Lou Rosa, 8.13; Gladynev, 8.5; Battledress, 8.4; Alethea, Macedoine, 8.2; Tara King, 7.12; Rink, 7.11; Foxola, Classform, 7.9; Don Quex, Glenfalloch, Happy Ending, Palfrey, 7.8; Amigo. The Raker, 7.6; Merry May, 7.4; Royal Merit. 7.2; Broiveine, Full Hand. Greenfeast, Nighean. Piastre. 7.0. 3.3O—RUAPEHU HANDICAP, of £550; 1 mile.—Lady Spiral. 9.5; Sister Sal, 9.5; Sunblaze, 9.2: .Spirit, 8.13: Sea Quex. 8.8; Black Plato, Madame Rachel. 8.7; Golden Acre. 8.3; Worton. 8.0; Alienate. 7.9; Broiefield. Carnforth. Day Lighting. Farcical. Foxada. Good Fun. Honest Sal, Lord Broiefort. Panamint, Some Sing, 7..7 4.IB—TELEGRAPH HANDICAP, of £1500; 6 fur.—Kol Ragi. 9.6; Beau Vaals. 9.4; Clarice. 8.13; WhaCkie. 8.10: Sweet Biscuit. 89: Sleepy Fox, 8.7: Sir Bradbury. Theolateral. 8.2; Poutatau, 80; Palora. 7.11; John Gay, 7.8: Master Dash. Killevmoon. 7.6: . Skvhawk. 7.3; Foxcover, Gulf Stream. Sham Boy. 7.0. • S.7—ANNIVERSARY HANDICAP, of £1000; 1 mile.—Scottish Dale, Te Kawiti. 5.5; Corday, 9.4: Moutoa Bond. 8.12; Good Scout, 8.9; Jonathan Jo, 88; Flying Ace. Travaneore, 8.7; Park Light, 8.4; Alchemy. 8.3; Foreign Coin. Foxcatcher, Lotto, Lowry Bay, Phaleron. 8.0.

ADDITIONAL SCRATCHING^ Scratching* announced yesterday for the first day of the Wellington Racing Club's meeting on Saturday were:— Ruapehu Handicap.—Money Bird, 9 a.m.; Capronella, 9.38 a.m. Apprentices’ Plate.—Haughty Queen and Kinerop. 9.30 a.m. Wellington Slakes.—Phaleron Sign, 2 p.m. Telegraph Handicap.—Sliver Lily, 2.45 p.m. Trentham High-weight Handicap.— Georgia, 1.30 p.m. Brackets Tor the first day are:— Apprentices’ Plate. —Foxstar and Foxrose. Arustra and Bonnieve, Etianthus and Elio Quex. Pink Bonnet, and Roianui, Tideless and Wee Bun. Fitzherbert Handicap.—Battle Shield and Hormuz, Mine Host and Play Suit, Gynette. and Lady Lustre. Wellington Cup.--Lord Chancellor and JelT, Foxola and Merry May, Gladynev and Don Quex. Ruapehu Handicap.—Sunblaze and Farcical. RIDING ENGAGEMENTS Riders in the Wellington Cup include: —.-. Waddell, Rink; A. G. Waddell, Don ouux; H. N. Wiggins, Lord Chancellor; N. Holland. Royal Merit; A. Toki, JelT; M. Martinovich, Full Hand; W. J. Broughton, Glenfalloch: S. Green, Greenfeast; M. Andrews, Nighean; E. V. Dye, Classform; V. Sellars. Happy Ending; A. Messervy, palfrey; W. F. Ellis, Merry May; L. J. Ellis, Macedoine; H. N. Wiggins will ride Sweet Biscuit in the Telegraph Handicap and. W. Ensor will be on Beau Vaals. JEFF WITHDRAWN (By Telegraph.—press Association) WELLINGTON, Friday JefT was scratched at 9.»0 this morning from the Wellington Cup.