RACING NOTES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 74, 6 July 1942, Page 8

RACING NOTES

WINTER SEASON TAKES ANNUAL TOLL OF JUMPERS Running true to> form, something exceptional and not the. rule in regard to racing, the winter season has already, and regretaably, taken its annual life toll of our jumpers, the latest to go being Mr Cyril Powell's very useful horse Enjoyment, which fell and broke its neck in the Manawatu Steeplechase. Others killed earlier in the season were Bridegroom, Segra and Mosgiel, while The Cardinal and Streamline broke down. Enjoyment was an eleven year son of Delightment and Exalted, and despite his age he had been very sparingly raced. He was put aside for live years after his debut as a two year old, and did not make a name for himself until the 1939-40 season, when lie won three hurdle races in a row. He Avas only raced once last season, and the present term was easilv his best on the turf. • After running into a minor place in a highweight race at Rotorua in February, Enjoyment came home very fast in the Frankton Hurdles at Tc Rapa to defeat the brilliant Besiege, and lie then went on to run second to Segra in a hurdle event at Tc Aroha, after which he ran twice for two placed performances in highweights at Trentliam before whirl ing the Karere Hurdles at the INlanawatu meeting at Marton towards the end of March. A couple of months later—on May 1G to be exact —-the old Delightment gelding made no race of the Egmcnt Steeplechase, after having run an placed in a hurdle race earlier in the afternoon. Some idea of the value of this cross-countiw effort may lie gleaned from the fact that Dozic Boj r , Avinner of the recent Great Northern Steeples, and Chat, winner of the Winter Steeplechase, finished second and third. Owner's Dual Loss Bridegroom's fatal accident on the Avrapuni track Avhilst preparing for winter racing was a se\ r ere one .for Mr .K. McK. Duncan, for Avhom the son of Mimetic and Bridal Veil had won a number of races, Avith promise of more to come. At the end of the 1938-39 season Bridegroom Avon four cross-country races in succession, the linal one being, the Hunt Cup at Riccarton with 12.0 in the saddle. Last term he Avas responsible for a very nice run to Avin the Te Rapa 'Steeplechase, and affeA r AA r eeks later Avas unlucky to strike a super-horse like Streamline in the Great Northern Steeples and so be relegated to second place. Segra, by Siegfried—Polly Peacham, Avas only aged six, and this season had Avon three hurdle races and shown marked promise OA r er the big timber. Like Bridegroom, Segra Avas owned by Mr McK. Duncan, and both horses were trained by L. Knapp. Mosgiel, who Avas owned by the southern sportsman, Mr E. N. Didham, Avas by Balboa from Saboa, and he had recorded three seconds and one third in four starts a few months ago. JOCKEYS CALLED UP Sj'dney's leading jockeys, D. Munro, W. Cook and E. McMcnamin, have been called up for military service. Cook, Avith CO winners, and Munrc, with 55, are the leaders for the jockeys' premiership this season. Cook has Avon the premiership three times. PLANS ALTERED The plans to convert Arctic Dawn into a hurdler have been suspended for the time being. In schooling tasks at Riccarton last Aveek he failed to measure up to expectations, and lie has been sent home to Longbeach to spell, HIGH CASTE IN NINTH PLACE High Caste terminated his racing career in ninth place on the list of Australian stake earnings. The latest figures give the Avinnings of the big Bulandshar horse at £35,652. The first ten horses on the list are: Phar Lap £66,738; Amounis £48,297*2; Gloaming £43,100; Ajax £40,275; Limerick £38,729y 2 ; Heroic £38,002; Eurytinnic £36,891; Windbag £35.939% High Caste £35,652; Peter Pan £34,938. RACING FIXTURES JnJy 11 —Wellington Racing -Club July 25 —South Canterbury H.C-