FRESH BLOOD

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 89, 9 January 1935, Page 13

FRESH BLOOD

Well-Bred Colt’s Debut NOTES AND COMMENTS Synagogue’s New Quarters (By “The Watcher.”) Riccarton reports state that in addition to going sore on the trip to the Auckland meeting, Copyist is showing signs of wind trouble. Under these circumstances his racing career may be nearing its end. Well-bred Colt. An interesting entrant among the two-year-olds at the forthcoming Wellington'. meeting is Heritage, whose engagements are in the handicap events on the first and third days. Heritage has not yet raced, but he has been in work for some time, and has not been hurried, especially in view of the hard tracks that have prevailed. Heritage is by Posterity from Homage, by Absurd from Eulogy so that he comes from the greatest of the Koatanui families and is related fairly closely to Commendation with whom Mr. W. 11. Gaisford, who.paid 525 guineas for Heritage at the sales, did so well. Bred as he is, and having been given the time as he has, it will be surprising" if Heritage does not turn out a good galloper.

Good Classic Field. One of the most pleasing features .of the Wellington entries is the large field remaining in the Wellington Stakes. No doubt more than one has had the forfeit overlooked, but there is quantity and quality for a first-class race.

Coming Home. » Salt Spray is entered on the two concluding days of the Wellington meeting so he is apparently due to leave Melbourne shortly.

Not Up to the Mark. Harvest Moon did not race up to expectations at the Stratford meeting, and he has not been entered for highweigbt events at Trentham ns anticipated. Link Divine, who was given an easy time over the .holidays when J. Brown was in Auckland, will not be hurried in a preparation, and is also an absentee.

Trentham Tracks. The watering of the Trentham tracks, combined with the recent rains, has resulted in the going being better at the present .time than it has ever been at tins period of the year. In the event of continued dry weather, the watering will be kept up for the benefit of the horses engaged at this month’s meeting,

Nightly Gallops. Nightly had his first sprint since returning from Australia at Riccarton on Saturday, and pleased his trainer by the way he carried out his work and by his condition when he pulled up. He has done well during the last few weeks, and shows no sign of the lameness which so often troubled him in Australia, fbe idea of racing him nt Trentham this month has been abandoned, and his reappearance will be made in the Hazlett Gold Cup at Wingatui next month. All going well with him, he will be shipped to Sydney shortly after that meeting.

Injured Jockey. The young Riccarton horseman, A. Russell, is'still an inmate of the Auckland hospital, suffering from a slightly fractured skull following a fall from Horn’s Reef at Ellerslie. The trouble is not considered serious, and Russell has not lost consciousness at any time since the mishap, but he has been ordered to renlain in bed for another week or two, and to take matters very quietly for a while, before returning home.

A Cot Case. The three-year-old Horns Reef was l.adly knocked about when he fell in the Robinson Handicap on the first day ot the Auckland meeting. In addition to being severely shaken, he broke a blood vessel in one of his hind legs, which swelled up. Veterinary assistance had to be called in, and the horse will be under treatment for some time.

Who is It? ~ Any comment on recent racing would be absolutely incomplete unless some more or less direct reference were made to the fact that an official holding a most important position continues to have, his work subjected to adverse criticism, reports the Dunedin writer “Sentinel. It is common talk in sporting circles, and demands investigation.

Synagogue for Melbourne. Following upon his third in the Great Northern Dcgby, run at Auckland (reports the “Sydney Morning Herald’ ), the colt Synagogue was secured by the Melbourne sportsman, Mr. J. A. Pnillips, who exercised an option to purchase at 1500 guineas. Synagogue will go into C. T. Godby’s stables. Mr. Phillips did well in Melbourne with other New Zea-land-bred gallopers, Gaine Carrington and Peter Jackson winning the Caulfield and Moonee Valley Cups respectively in the spring of 1933.

Kennaquhair Dead. The death occurred in New South Wales a few day t ago of the stallion Kennaquhair. Kennaquhair, who was foaled in 1914, was by Kenilworth from Calluna, and in his day he was a great stayer, and weight-carrier. His successes included the A.J.C. January Handicap and Anniversary Handicap at three years; the Metropolitan and C. B. Fisher Plate at four years, in which season he finisned second in the Melbourne Cup,, and filled minor pliees behind Poitrel in weight-for-age races. At five years Poitrel was still ins master nt weight for age, but he beat that horse in the Sydney Cup, and he also won Tattersall’s Cup. The next season be dead-heated with Poitrel in the Spring Stakes. At the stud be got a number of useful horses.

System. “System No. 1 ’ forwards (he following horses in form for the Thames meeting on January 10: First race—True Measure or Sir Abb; second race —Grand Talk or Solanis; third race—Ballymoney or Day Wind; fourth race—Trislina or Alloy; fifth race—Application or Mafeking; sixth race —Mungatoon or Limex; seventh race—Gold Pocket or Mountain Breeze; eighth race —Lady Spy or King Nestor.

Entered at Trentham. Lucidus did not wait for the final day at Stratford, but returned to Tc Awamutu. The big Illumination gelding is entered for events at the Wellington meeting, and will take on the best class of sprinter on the opening day. He may not be up to this, but later at the meeting, and over a longer journey, he should, on his recent form, get some money. To Race Hero. R. E. Hatch, who has had Rereatu mid Rerepai at Auckland for some weeks now, started on his way back from the West Coast last week that he was not certain about them racing at the Wellington meeting, though they would be entered. There was a chance, he thought, that they would be kept at Auckland for the Takapuna meeting at the end of the month. It is now reported from the north that Rereatu nnd Rerepai are returning to Awapuni and will race at Trentham.

Answers to Correspondents. “Wairarapa,” Featherston. Star Artist was scratched for the Bledisloe Stakes

at the Royal Welcome meeting' at 3.55 p.m. on December 11. "Kia Ora.” Wellington: (No. 3) £2/10/-.

“Punter,” Marton: (1) £4; £2/15/-. (2) £3/2/6; £2/7/6. (3) £2/10/-, (4) £4/7/-; £l/10/-. (5) £l/6/-. “Punter,” Palmerston North : Not yet to hand., “Sim,” Wellington: Gay Broney was scratched for the Auckland Cup at 11.4 R a.m.. Baroscope for (he same race at 11.7 a.m., and King Ford for the Railway Handicap at 11.49 a.m.. all on the day of the races, December 2G.

“Sport,” Otaki: (1) £6/8/6. (2) £9/12/6. (3) £2/10/6. (-1) £2/11/-.