A NEW STAR

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 14, 12 October 1943, Page 7

A NEW STAR

Lord Chancellor Not In Harcourt Stakes

(BY

St. Simon.)

The most pleasing feature of the spring racing as far as it lias progressed is that Lord Chancellor, who was rated the best tbree-year-old of lust season, lias trained OU to develop the best handicap staying form and there should be little doubt about bls ability to reproduce, the torut in weight-for-age company. Me was about a dozen lengths from the leaders nltn seven furlongs to run in Saturday s Mi.clielson Cup, but moved up on the turn anu finished solidly. Though the winnim; margin was small, he won decisively, iiau no gave the runner-up 221 b. His Ellerslie form reads so well that there will be "'despread regret that he is not engaged in the Harcourt Stakes. the 11 furlongs weight-for-age event on the .Lrentnam spring programme. He is engaged in tim handicap events only, and on the first day is topweight with. 11.11 in the Wellington Handicap, and equal topweigbt with ••S’ 'U the Shorts Handicap. As a horse who has proved his ability to sprint and May iu strong handicap class under big tyeigbts, he is the most likely testing piece In sight on which to gauge the greatness of Kindergarten, but that tit-bit is to oe reserved for another day.

Bototawai Family. Lord Chancellor comes from the most successful family which the late Mr.,W E. Bidwill developed at Bototawai in the southern Wairarapa. It sprung from Hermit’s half-sister. Steppe, and Lord chancellor came via Administration (by Day Comet). Imagination (by Birkenhead). Culmination (by San Francisco), and Stepfeldt (by Nordeafeldt). There Is gere a fine blending of the blood of St. Simon, Musket, and Orme. Administration was a half-sister to Suggestion, whoso 10 wins ineluded the W.R.C. Handicap. C.J.L. Jockey Club Handicap, and Wairarapa Cup. Imagination won seven races and was half-sister to Devotion, who won the Oaks and Metropolitan Handicap, and another half-sister was Termination, who was dam of Stanchion (Wellington Cup) and Happv Ending (New Zealand and Wellington Cups). Culmination wen six races. Her full-brother. Elevation, won the Derby. Canterbury Cup, Palmerston North and Feilding Stakes, and her half-brother. Reputation. won 11 races, including the Great Northern Derby and A.J.C. Plate, Lord Chancellor was bred at Te Awarautu by Mr/ A. H. Storey, who named him Four Square as a yearling, but after his sale at Trentham to Mr. A. J. Court, the name was changed. Balfron Unlucky. Most accounts of the running of the Great Northern Guineas credit the favourite. Balfron, with being very unlucky. He was the victim of tw-o costly cheeks, one at the half mile and another in the straight when he was threading his way’ t.irongn the field in pursuit of the. winner. Best from the Dam. . Atatu, winner of the Guineas, is black colt by Mr Standfast, sire of Lord Chancellor. from TVahlne Relhi, and is raced by his breeder. Mr. S. B. Crawfoid in partnership with Mr. F. Rose. He_is the best of the three foals to date from his dam, who was foaled in 1930 and wns by Martian’s son Raeeful from by Soult, from a mare bred on a cross of St. Simon and Musket.

Nawab, the two-year-old ull I '^ ot 1 h< ™- p t i > High Caste, who won tlip Auckland Welcome Stakes on Saturday at hie ««t appearance in public, is engaged m the Wellesley Stakes at Trentham next week An Auckland account of the running of feature day’s race say-s Nawab, though not neatly ready, galloped well in third place to• the straight and then went ahead to win comfortably going away, his class compensating for bis lack of seasoned condition. Nawab is the last foal but. one of the highly successful mare, The Begum, uno died last year. In the 1942 season she foaled a filly to Robin Goodfellow and was standing true to Btilandshar at the time of. her death.

The Posterity gelding Our Pat, who is owned in New Plymouth and trained) at Awapuni, showed Up prominently for nearly seven furlongs of the Great Noi them Guineas, but then retired.

Good Recovery. . „ Orakau, who was the third winner of a big event at Ellerslie on Saturday, sired bv Mr. Standfast, had to put up a good performance in the iShorts Handicap, for he lost liis place on the top< turn going back to seventh and then came, on again to win nicely by half a length. Orakau is from one of Mr. Lowry's OkaWn families, his dam Bravado, being by Psychology from Wiir Scare, a half-sister by Martian to Bobrikoff. a good performance on the pan of Arabic to run third in the Manukau Hurdles and then win the Onehunga steeplechase four races later on Saturday, -but be had the luck on Ins side in the latter event. When Huirangi Sun and Gar Vaals fell on top of the hill the last time round, Surwin was left a long way in front, and he had at least 20 lengths to spare from Arabic as they came down the hill with two fences to jump. Unfortunately Surwin broke down and was easily overtaken by Arabic, who was. doing much better than any other horse m the field. The turn of luck for 11. S. Greene \vas not out of place, os lie has experienced misfortune with his steeplechasers this year, Aninl and Hyderabad both breaking down. Foal by Kincardine. , , Mr F V. Lvsons, proprietor ot Brent wood, has been advised from the Inglewood Stud that his brood marc Marshlands, dam of Palustre and Anopheles has foaled a filly to Kincardine. Marshlands is on a visit to Battle ’Song. Betting a.t Ellerslie. Six-figure betting totals are now commonplace at Ellerslie race meetings, and it the investments increase in the same ratio during the summer an they have done since the beginning of the year, they win soon reach £W«» a day, provided tho machine ean accommodate the business offering. In the Inst 12 months, the Id days of racing at Ellerslie alone have shown a total-of 51,939.797/10/- in investments-. including the Dominion record of £185,000 reached last New Yours Day. The sum of £101.439 dealt with at t.lm races on Saturday is only the fourth highest in the period mentioned.

From Desert Gold’s Family. After winning two races on the bat, Epping scored a win over hurdles at the Otaki meeting oil Saturday. It w.as his first attempt over hurdles, and though he won narrowly be looks likely to make good in liis new role. He is u natural Juniper and if kept closer up to his Held on Saturday he would have won by a comfortable margin. This was dipping s win in line, and he looks capable of iurther good performances.

Likes it Finn. .. Anglo-Irish made a game effort to win the hurdles at O|aki, but he did not appreciate the soft going, and a bad jump at the last fence ruined any chance he had. He is not a big horse and weight may trouble him. His First Win.

•Sirneri showed speed in his races as a two-year-old, but the best he could do was two fourths at the New Zealand Cup meeting last spring. Like most of the Gyperium breed he is a free galloper, and at Otaki on Saturday he showc<l a good turn of speed in the first maiden and won convincingly though by a small margin Sirnori is trained by W. Hawthorne, who formerly trained al. Mastertom and later hi Melbourne for Mr. W. K. Kemball.

.Not Seasoned. When Broughton took the mon nr. on Typhoon in a weak maiden field for the first Puhi .Maiden at Otaki. he was made

favourite, but it was false odds'about the big Defoe gelding, for he had only run once previously, and he looks as though he will need plenty of time. After galloping three furlongs iu good -stylo he had to be moved off the fence, but the soft going bad him floundering, and he was done with soon after entering the straight. Typhoon races in the interests of Pilot Officer Norman Preston, and while he looks a good horse in the making, he will need further racing before he is ready to show his best. Riding Told.

Broiveine could easily hare been beaten in less competent hands than Broughton's In the main event at Otakl on Saturday. It was the jockey, rather than the horse, who had to force a passage into the clear in the last furlong, and the win was well deserved. Broiveine is just an average performer, but her latest form has been consistent.

Doming Buck to Form. If Te Kawati had been, kept a little closer to the leaders in the Ling Memorial he would have been much harder to beat. JI # looked a better horse for his race at 'Hastings, and as he was beaten only half a length and half a head, be showed that he is recovering his Auckland form. If he had been moved up closer at the crucial stage of the race he would have prevented Broughton from getting .the opening which won the race for Broiveine. In Great Heart.

Nothing finished better in the Ling Memorial than Piastre. This gelding looks in better condition now than he has ever done in the past, but whether he will run up to his good looks remains to be proved for in previous . seasons' he has a’ways run his best races when looking in the poorest condition. He. should be seen to advantage as the distance of the spring handicaps lengthens.

Good Race for a Hack. r - Though Sovereign Lad is still eligible for hack races, he was produced against the open class, performers at Otaki. and he ran a fine race, finishing fourth after covering a good deal of extra ground. Sovereign Lad has run his best races under winter conditions, but he is a lit horse at present and should have prospects in any provincial handicap selected for him while the tracks remain easy. Has Recovered.

Colonel Rouge was in good form when he hurt himself at the Grand National meeting In August. He reappeared on Saturday when he contested the main flat, handicap at Otaki. He ran a good race, finishing not far from the placed horses. He has a highweight engagement at Masterton, this week and resumes hurdle racing nt the Wellington spring meeting next week. Likes a Distance. Sir Wiua was produced for the six furlongs hack race at Otaki. but he had to be kept up to his work .all the way and having to go hard over the early stages did not suit him. This hack looks well, and the running of Skyhawk in the Great Northern Guineas makes him look a more than useful performer.