RACING NOTES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 22, 9 November 1943, Page 8

RACING NOTES

Nearly at Top of Form The Ealamaguudi marc.. Sally 1,111111, a good perl'ormer in the South Island. as a three year old. and now trained by E. J. Martagh at Tc AwamutU. is showing signs of ing nearly at the top ol her In the 1911/12 season she had the distinction of winning .six events out of nine starts, and as she had a verv easy time last year should soon add to her winning list. Off to Australia Those, two year olds that have been broken in by H. Dulieu at ]Sca\ 3'lymouth since they were purchased' last January at the National Sale lor Australian sportsmen, -were" shipped to Sydney recently. They were the Defaulted—Merry Miss colt and Golden Eagle lillv owned by Mr 11. F. Tancrad (who raced, High Caste) and the Battle Song co.lt owned by Mr W • •' • MeKell. M.P. Melbourne Cup Favourites At ])resent the nominal favourite for the Melbourne Cup is Skipton a previous winner of the race who showed a return to form last month by winning a division in the Caullill (I Cup. The Joker, who had been one. of the popular fancies, is suf-> fcring from "a mystery ailment" which is interfering . with his prepa ration. Purchased for Greymouth The six year old Hamisli by Gascony—Koutou has been purchased by Mr C. T. Kettle, of Creymouth. He is being raced into form, and should be. successful in the West ('.oast racing.

The Second Highest Prize The Wellington Racing Club lias decided to increase the prize money for the Wellington Cup to £5001)1. ■which sum is the second highest, 'in the Dominion, being £100 lcs,s than the New Zealand. Trotting Cup amount. Change of Quarters The Rroiefonu--Spearform lilly.Sweet l»[seuit. is now a member of the Takanini stable presided, over by trainer F. Smith. A.s a two year old she "was very speedy, and is expeeled to win a share of this season's prize money. A Fine Sprinter The Solicitor-General —Royal Flavour /illy. Clarice, -winner of six races last season, is reported to be fast working into form. She is recognised as Tanmakl's best sprinter], and as a four year old is expected to rank high in the Dominion's best company. May be Expected Soon Mr Variant .by Mr Standfast—Unreasonable, runner-up to Tara King] in the Wellington Guineas has shown such 'improvement lately that it is considered he will not be long off the winning list. Advance Matamuta The Matamata Racing Club lias decided, to increase, the prize money for its next meeting by £210 making the total £1710. The Cup will be worth £100 with a silver cup £o(). The Okoroire Handicap will be altered to the .Matamata Hack Cup, and the distance increased to one mile and a quarter. Exit Sir Gundi A New Zealand Cup entrant. Sir Gundi. had an attack last week of internal bleeding and died, Included in his victories last season were the Greymouth. Peninsula and Geraldine Cup-}, sc. his death means a severe lo>s to the owner. At Weight for Age Kindergarten has been nominated for the Clifford Plate, one mile and a quarter, to be run at the Auckland Summer Meeting. lit is a weight for age event and backers may not jind it dUYieult to select a possible Winner,