RAGING NEWS AND VIEWS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 1, 28 August 1945, Page 6

RAGING NEWS AND VIEWS

WINNING STRAINS The victor in the Trial Hurdles at Riccarton, Bali will- be remembered, by many of the onlookers consequent upon the resultant dividend being over half a century. He belongs to a winning family being by the. Chief Ruler horse .Rulanut from Colour Line, a half sister by Nigger Ministrel to the well performed Civility. A STAYER Included in trainer Fred Smith's Takanini team is the two year old colt Dunbarton whose, early efforts with the colours, up will ne interest-! ing to sportsmen generally. He is a bay by imported Balloch from Mimulus by Catmint from Freesia by Marble Arch from a half sister to Cheval dc Voice. As a yearling he was sold to Mr W. S. Goosman for lOOOgns. On pedigree lines he may not be a very brilliant sprinter but with the Musket and Tracey strains close up be should be a great stayer, CONSISTENTLY VICTORIOUS The St. Boswell—Mona Lisa colt ? Da Vinci winner of the August Handicap at the National fixture, is upholding his name for consistency. In his last five starts of the just concluded season he won four races and was only beaten a head in the fifth effort. His first run in the new term was in the Winter Cup in which he ran third to Royal Flight and Gulf Stream.

RAN TO FORM Arabian Night justified his position of first favourite by winning the Grand National Hurdles- from Mynet and Good Armour, On the previous Saturday he ran second to Flying Spy in the. Spreydon Hurdles after running along leisurely in the opening stages of the race. He is a seven year old gelding by Lord Quex — Arab Song. In July last he registered two wins and a second at the Dunedin fixture. A RELATIVE OF FARLAND Trainer A. McGregor, of Te Papa ? has just added to his growing team a two year old filly hy Orelio— Meadow (Rose. The latter is a full sister to Mr T. P. Hunt's speedy sprinter Farland, who always ran his best races at' Waikato meetings.

DOES NOT ,APPLY The Australian ban on inter-State travel does not apply to New Zealand visitors, providing they take their own horse fodder with them. A SPEEDY SPRINTER The Leighon—Lady Pym gelding, Killeymoon. f has been purchased by Messrs F. S. Young and W- Taylor of Auckland, and will be trained by S. McGreal 'at Pukekohe. THE MELBOURNE CUP Mr A. E. Preston of Levin, has decided to send Typhoon over to Australia to contest the Melbourne Cup in which he has been allotted 8.4.'-This Del'je—Doe rive year old gelding won f'n/j races and register--ed two seconds in |he season just closed and has wintered well.

A QUICK IUSE TO FAME This time last year Master Meruit was a six year old candidate. Since then he. has won a minor event and the Wellington and (I rand National Steeplechases and about £1000 in prize money. He has certainly reached his sta<.>;e of usefulness, THE PIONEEI! HANDICAP In the Auckland Province there are quite a lot of two year olds in light work including a few on the Te Rapa roads. The first juvenile event of the season will be the Pion r ecr Handicap of four furlongs at the Avondale fixture. Te Rapa two

year olds may race prominently in this flutter because candidates galloped on roads both hard and soft, have been known to sprint very fast on a well prepared course kept in order. SENT HOME The Invercargill junipers Noko t Sir Percy and Inscrutable have been taken home to be allotted a lengthy spell.