Top Flight Rated as Mares Suburban: Vagrancy to Face Mar-Kell in Stake; Tomorrows Belmont Event May Also Test Barrancosa, Too Timely and War Hazard, Daily Racing Form, 1943-06-02

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Fliaht Rated as Mares Suburban7 Vagrancy to Face MarKell in Stake StakeTomorrows Tomorrows Beimont Event May Also Test Barrancosa Too Timely and War Hazard HazardELMONT ELMONT L I N Y June 1 The Westchester Racing Associations roster of stakes after an hiatus tomorrow resumes its history making way Thursday with the running of the Top Flight Handicap a 5000 added event for fillies and mares over the mile and a sixteenth route routeIndications Indications today were that the starting field for this mares Suburban will be fully commensurate with the high quality established in former renewals Among the probables are Belairs Vagrancy 1942 queen of the turf who is burdened with top weight of 128 pounds her recent nemesis MarKell under 122 and Barrancosa who deadheated her for Aqueducts coveted Beldame last autumn and who carries 121 121Brookmeades Brookmeades Bonnet Ann disqualified from first in the Alabama last August is expected to appear under 113 pounds as also is Glen Riddles War Hazard heroine of the preceding seasons Alabama and who is estimated at 112 112Prominent Prominent among the threeyearold fillies also regarded as Top Flight possi ¬ bilities is King Ranchs Coaching Club winner Too Timely This half sister of Market Wise has 108 pounds In addition there are J E Wideners Fair Weather Glen Riddles Opera Singer and George Wideners duo of Pomrose and Stefanita each burdened with 106 106Started Started in Suburban SuburbanVagrancy Vagrancy was a starter in Mondays Sub ¬ urban Handicap but encountered interfer ¬ ence when moving to contention at the end of the back stretch in that rather hectic mile and a quarter war relief feature Wil ¬ liam Woodwards mare thus had what amounted to a mere workout for the Top Flight FlightBarrancosa Barrancosa who incidentally performs for the amazingly successful Binglin estab ¬ lishment of Bing Crosby and Lin Howard put in a breezing mile in 146 on Bel monts main course while it was yet in fast condition this morning presumably in preparation for the Top Flight FlightThe The Top Flight obviously named for the worlds leading moneywinner of the sex had its inaugural running in 1940 when it was captured by Mrs Dion Kerrs True Call In 1941 the initial renewal fell to Greentrees fleet filly Tangled and last spring Crispin Oglebays Level Best de ¬ feated a particularly aristocratic field of femmes terribles in 142 the stake time record recordTomorrows Tomorrows midweek offerings are more remarkable for the promise of exciting competition and good betting events than the appearance of any big names namesThe The afternoons most pretentious essay in breed improving is the Cheops Handi ¬ cap a run of six furlongs around the easy turn of the main course for class C en ¬ tertainers that has attracted a field of 13 Among these are Crispin Oglebays True Blue runnerup to Devils Thumb in last summers important Hopeful and a winner at this meeting William Zieglers Breezing Home Victor Emanuels Baroque Mrs Al ¬ fred Parkers Biloxi Bay and Glen Riddles Opera Singer who may accept for this test and leave the Top Flight to her older sta blemate War Hazard


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