RACING NOTES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 202, 21 August 1940, Page 8

RACING NOTES

A Very Fit Horse. Young Paddon, the mud lark of the Waikato, may be said to be thriving on his racing. He is galloping in fine style at Te Rapa, and is a first fancy for the Jellicoe Handicap to be run at the Pakuranga Hunt Club meeting this week. Paddy, the Rip. It is understood that Paddy the Rip lias been' re-purchased by Mr Ben Myers, of Auckland, from Mr Clive Matthews, of Hamilton, and will now be put to hurdle racing. Had this decision been arrived at a few months ago, Paddy may have by this time been enrolled as a hurdle winner of note. One for Ellerslie. In the Wellington district there are several Croupier representatives in work, some of which got on the winning' list last year. One of the/ family group is now to be located at Ellerslie. This is a Croupier— Ticket two year old. The dam: is by Paper Money, so the juvenile is like ly to be pretty speedy. The Winter Cup. A field of '22 contested the Whiter Cup, the favourite division in"6l tiding Catalogue, Winning Rival, Lady Tinkje, Sleeveless and Black Thread. The finish resolved itself into a big battle between Lady Tinkle, who was making her first appearance in open ; company, and Haughty Winner, honours going to the mare by a neck. Nigger Boy was a close third and Winning Rival four-th. Mile Post at Avondale. The Avondale Jockey Club hi?,s included in recent improvements a new mile starting place, which 'will give a straight run from the barrier despatch of three and a half furlongs to the first turn. This will be conducive to fast times being registered in mile events. Whether the new arrangement will be brought into use for the meeting to be held in September will largely depend on the weather conditions ruling in the meantime. Racing Days Over. Padishah, the only horse to win the Grand National double in one year, and that was 12 months ago, Will race no more. During the running of the Grand National Steeples he collapsed! after crossing the first fence of the stand double, and was pulled up. Mr J. Hennal\. h'is owner, stated that he had been informed that the horse fractured a pelvis bone. Any idea that Padishah would be destroyed was scoffed at by' Mr Hennah, who said he would look after the old fellow.. (Continued at foot of next column)

Re-commissioned. Miss Valerie;, who was finishing; on well in her races during the autumn and winter, is now a member of F. McManemin's team at Ellerslie. * She is reported to have freshened up nicely after a brief' spell. . A Promising Juvenile* The Auckland spbrtsman, Mr M.< * J. Moodabe/ whose principal turf" successes have been through the^ medium of the Te Aroha bred ter, Brierly, is now concentrating: on the possibilities of the .iwo year old by ..Vaals—Limeen, now undergoing a preparation at the hands of". H. Corrigan, Trentham. If thjis Va'als representative ever rises tothe heights fc»f Master Brierly, eith- <•. & er in Australia or New Zealand^. there will be much cause for rejoic- , ing by the fortunate owner's best' friends. . Grand National Steeples. The Riccarton course last week Avas heavier tlwin is usual even iit the month of August, and the longlooked forward to Grand National' Steeplechase was not by any means the thrilling contest so confidently expected. The early running was carried on by Flashlight and Trisox,. but the pacc being slow. ClarionCall was allowed to go to the front; Jumping especially well he kept the field busy. Flashlight, when run--ning third, crashed at the sod wall* five furlongs from home, and sustained a broken back. The favourite. Padishah, collided with a fence', badty hurt a stifle and had to be pulled up. Erination jumped much g? below , his best form, and was one . of the plodding brigade. There wasnothing good enough to make Clarion Call "carry his weight" as was ■ done by All Irish at Te Rapa in May, but in the last ssven furlongsslaver, in second place, made a gallant, but unsuccessful try to catch the leader, who however finished' - strongly to prove victorious by several lengths, thus repeating his win of 1938. v jjj|tt