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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 156, 28 March 1939, Page 15

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Peerless And Pearl Of Asia NOTES AND COMMENTS Koatanui’s Great Record In Sires’ Produce Stakes (Br The Watcher. I The racing at Mcuawatu definitely showed that Peerless would have an excellent chance of winning the Great Northern Oaks, and her connexions have come round to that opinion, so that the proposed trip to Ricearton has now been abandoned in favour of Auckland. Peerlees will be accompanied north by Pear, of Asia. She is Solid. There is not a great deal of Pearl o. Asia, but what there it. is solid. She is a half-sister to Aspian, a good class colt, and a sister to Icing, whom Mr. Currie regarded as the best filly he ever owned. She, unfortunately, got hurt, and ended her racing career.

A Great Record. Submission, Mr. Currie's sixth winner of the Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes, belongs to his best-known family, being by Limond from Homage, so «he is a sister to Episode, Honour, Courtesy, Prestige (dam of Peerless), and Courtenift, and half-sister to Heritage and Homily. Mr. Currie's previous winners of the Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes were Motley, Thaw, Episode, Midinette ano Burnish. It is a striking fact that al! his winners, bar Thaw, are fillies. 'The other winners by the Koatunui sires were Absurdum, The Dunce, Tukia, Lady Cavendish, Goldeu Hair. Legatee and Smoke Screen. First For Three Years.

Before Saturday’s surprise win. Entail had not won a race since he beat Greek Shepherd in the St. Leger Stakes, three yeans ago. Me resumed racing at Woodville after a*lengthy spell, and has recently been running on al the end ol his races in a manner that suggested a win might not be far off. but it catn p sooner than expected. Entail wants a lot of room to gallop in, and might never reveal his best on turning courses. The race on Saturday was- made to order for him, a« the pace was fast, and he never had to go inwide a horse.

Galteeniore Returns Home. Galteeinore did not go on to Hastings from Manawatu, but Siegmund will run in the Hawke’s Bay Cup, and Lustral will go up for the hurdle events.

The Two-year-old Position. Beaulivre aud Beau Vite will meet again at Christchurch at Easter. Saturday's racing leaves the colts’ supremacy still obscure, but if Beaulivre is ridden in behind again he might prove superior. Submission is clearly the season’s best filly. Team Divided. Baran, aud possibly Rakahanga, will go to Auckland at Eas-ter. while Screnata and Regale will be at Ricearton. Vadanoe Sold. Vadauoe has been sold to Messrs. Smith Bron., aud will in the future carry the Wotan colours. Vadanoe is a four-year-old by Vaals from the Kilbrouey mare, Idanoe. At Ricearton. -Sunee and Lustral have been entered for the brush hurdle races at the C.J.C. Easter meeting. Globe Trotter has been entered for the two-year-old handicaps, and other Trentham horses engaged at Ricearton arc Barabbas, Floral Robe, Arctic King, Siegmund and Sigurd. From Hawke’s Bay Kalika is a surprise entry. Bred in Dominion. New Zealand-bred horses raced prominently at Rosehill on Saturday. The Posterity—lnlaid colt Mosaic ran third in the Three-year-old Handicap, after a very bad run, and impressed the critics; Gold Rod was third in the Railway Handicap, seven furlongs, and- Lirnulet, the three-year-old colt by Limond from Anklet. won the Parramatta Mile. Ran Well.

Big Dook ran two good races at M'anawatu. and should be in his best condition for the Easter meetings. Made Friends. Queen of .Song finished on solidly at the right end of her only race at Manawatu and made friends for the Great Autumn Handicap. In Her Dani’s Colours. La Bru is now running in the colours of Mr. N. Blackmore, who raced her dam, Mandane. La Bru improved with a race at Manawatu, and should be prominent in her engagements at Easter. Should Improve. Lutanist did not come up to expectations on tile second day at Manawatu. but he drew wide and was never able to get a good position. His stableinate, Silver-Stick, ran a creditable race in the Sires’ Produce Stakes. These two youngsters will probably be racing at Auckland at Easter. English Brood Mare Sold. Mr. Donald Grant, of Timaru, has secured the English mare Stourbridge Fair, for his Elloughton Grange stud. Stourbridge Fair is a beautifully bred mare, being by the Two Thousand Guineas winner. Ellangowan, from the Chaucer mare Silver How, and her next dam is by Carbine’s son, Spearmint, who is so prominent in the pedigrees of the dams of great horses racing recently in Nearco (the best three-year-old in Europe last year). Bois Kousell (English Derby) and Flares (Ascot Gold Cup). Spearmint appears on the .lam's side of the pedigree of all of these great horses, and of course the great filly, Rockfel, descends from him through her sire, Felstead. Lu addition to such famous brood mare sires in her pedigree as Chaucer (son of St. Simon) and Spearmint. .Stourbridge Fair is from the same maternal line as Australia’s champion horse, Ajax. She is in foal to the French sire Lang Bian. who is now at the Karamu stud of Mr. Frank Ormond. * South African Winner.

Another of the horses purchased in New Zealand for the .South African sportsman. Sir Joseph Robertson, recently scored in that country. This was the three-year-old Tohunga, which only recently began racing. Tohunga was bought at the sales here for 450 guineas. He is by Posterity from Impetuous, and is. therefore, a brother to Imposture and EJannge, and a half-brother to .Master Hotsmir. This year's colt from Inipetumis, who was sired by Ringmaster, went to West Australia.

Hawke’s Bay Acceptances. Acceptances for the first day of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club's autumn meeting, to he held on Thursday and Saturday next, will close tonight tit 8 o'clock xvitLi the secretary. Mr. A. E. Wishart. There is a railway excursion to Hawke’s Bay this weekend, mid the club will admit holders of these railway tickets free to the outside enclosure on Saturday. Answers to Correspondents. "Wager,” Dannnvirke: Jockey Con Reed was killed in a fall off Lilae Domino in the Trial Plate al Tiiunuiruuui on December <i, 1924. He (lied the following evening. “T. 5. Hastings: £l/19/6: £l/14/-. •'Keen Observer,” Lower Hutt: £9

2/-; £2/10/6. "Blue,” Paten : £3/6/-. "Doubtful,'' Hustings: (1) In July Arctic King won the Whyte Handicap at Wellington, and in October won the Musterton Handicap. (2) £l/9/-. "Sport,” I’aliiatua: (1) £4/8/6: £1 15/6. (2) £l/10/6. (3) £l/11/6. (-1) £l2/2/6; £3/12/-. (5) _ £2/0/6’; £l/12/6. "C.E.N.,” Lower Hutt: (1) 15/-. (2) £l/17/6. (3) £2/9/-. (4) £2/3/6. "Muggins," Trentham : (1) £l/11/6. (2) £l/10/-. “Black,” Wanganui: £2/13/6.