RACING NOTES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 43, 25 January 1944, Page 8

RACING NOTES

A Dunedin Purchase 1 The Salmagundi—Royal Emblen ] five year old Sascha, winner of the 2 Wyndham Cup and other races this * season, has been purchased at £ | substantial figure by Mr G. J. Bary ton,, of Dunedin. I An Early Winner ~ Diamond King, lately purchase! l> by Mr B. C. Taylor:, secretary o ~ the Matamata Racing Club, scoret his lirst success in the new owner- ~ ship at Stratford in the Trial Stakes the'win being quite a remunerative '• one.

A Hurdles Record

Night Calm, by Night Raid—Sweet Memory now a nine year old,, registered record time, 2.40 1-5 secsy when lie avou the Owliiro Hurdles', one mile and a half at the Dunedin meeting. He most be of the; dis-. tinctly hardy brigade of thoroughbreds, for he certainly shows no signs of deteriorating. Related! to Phar Lap j The Foxbridgc—■Caliente representative,, Hot Pursuit, who won both his races at the Auckland Summer Meeting, is through the. maternal side, closely related to Phar Lap. This fact, may indicate that he should go on to further victories. Caliente is a Mitchelson Cup wingo Hot Pursuit has some-thing to live up to. The Joker Disappointed Dunedin's Melbourne Cup candidate The Joker, who appeared to be getting into shape after liis return from Australia, disappointed his party at Wingatui and his Wellington engagements were quickly cancelled. Beau Leon. Resumes The Beau Pere representative j Beau Leon, who ran a number of j moderate races last season, is due to make his lirst appearance this term in the. Devon port Handicap at Ellerslie, One of the Best Considered to be one of jfclie best hacks in the Wellington province is Broiefield, the Palmerston owned half brother to Mr Goosman's Coronaire. He won the l Maiden Plate at Marlon in such a convincing manner that a good future is predicted for !iim. Broken Down The New Zealand Cup winner CI ass form, suffered a break down in the running of the Wellington Cup,, and will be out for the rest of the scasion. Winter Contests The veteran steeplechaser, Dozie Boy, by Lucullus—Prosy is again in work at Hastings in view of winter racing. Balloting Out It now appears that the question of balloting out to the safety number limit will have to be very care* fully considered by racing institutions, for there is no direct provision for reducing the. lields in the Rules of Racing which, however,, allow for the running of division races.

A Loyal Owner When Kohara scored in the Waihola Handicap at the D lined in meeting it Avas his Jirst win for fourteen months. His OAvner,, howeA'cr, never lost faith in the Irish Lancer gelding. more, especially as he appeared to be improving Avith age. The stakes Avon amounted to £320 and with an investment of £1H each way the 'owner had the undoubted pleasure of collecting over £1500 from the. legalised machine. Re-commissioned The Dozer, a Grand National Huidles Avinner,, has again joined Hector Gray's team at Takanini. Hitting already been indulged in both road and beach avovlc it is anticipated* that he Avill not be long before being ready to race. The G.N. Derby Winner Mr W. S. Goosman's Expanse,' purchased at the 1912 National Sale I'or approximately- 1000 guineas, has won in .stakes £2020, so is now on the right side of the ledger. Galloping Freely The speedy Belle Fox ay ho has hitherto not run up to her best form on right-handed courses, is likely to contest the Devonport Handicap on Saturday. She is galloping in line style in her training work at Tc. Rapa. An Easy Time Twcedsmuir, a recent winner at EUerslie and Tc Rapa, but who did not go on to further victories., is having an easy time to enable him to stage a come back in the autumn. Big Investments The. amount invested by the noble army of i investors on the Wellington Cup in the legalised machine Avas £28,000, of which £8133 Avas registered on Kindergarten's number. RACING FIXTURES Jan. 29: Auckland Racing Club Feb. 5: Matamata Racing Ciub Feb. 12: Rotorua Racing Club Feb. 19: Waikato Racing Club Feb. 2G: Te Arolia Jockey Club March 4: Franklin Racing Club March 18: Ohinemuri Jockey Club March 25: Bay of Plenty R.C.