RACING NEWS & VIEWS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 73, 15 January 1947, Page 3

RACING NEWS & VIEWS

£I2OO for Placings Although not successful in winning a race at the Auckland carnival, the Defoe colt Howe, won £I2OO in stakes for two seconds and a third. This goes to show that these are the days of big prize money. To Visit the Dominion

Tod Hewitt, who 47 years ago was New Zealand’s top of the list jockey, but for many years has been training in India, is now on a holiday visit to Australia and during this month expects to arrive here. When riding for the G. G. Stead stable he won both in New Zealand and Australia, and was definitely one of the best horsemen in the history of this country. A Dominion Record The Auckland Racing Club established a New Zealand record at its Summer Meeting when the sum of £905,254 went through the betting machine, an average of £226,313 per day. By Half-Brothers A feature of the results of the New Zealand Derby and Great Northern Derby this season, won by Royal Tan and Beau la Havre respectively, is that the winner of each event is by the half-brothers Royal Chief and Beau Repairs, whose dam is the imported Modiste 11. Stakes Won by Sieepy Fox The" seven year old Sleepy Fox, has won in stakes to date £13,566. Since he commenced racing as a two year old he has contested 56 races, for 16 wins, six seconds and five thirds. It Pays to Travel This season, up to a few d|iys ago, Billy Peach had experienced a rather lean season. It occurred to the owner that he could be taken over to the Stratford fixture. The trip was duly arranged, Billy enjoyed it and appreciated the change of scene, and won the Malene Memorial of £SOO by nearly three lengths from Din’s Own and Black Plato. Once again it pays to travel.