THE ROSEHILL GUINEAS

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 72, 22 September 1930, Page 6

THE ROSEHILL GUINEAS

BALLOON KING RECOVERS LOST CASTE

' Owing to the interference that took place in the Rosehill Guineas on Saturday, it may not be wise to look on the result as a true index of form for tho Derby. Nevertheless the race has served to bring the chance of Balloon King back into prominence, and it is likely that the colt will now regain many of the friends he lost after his disappointing showings in the Three and Four-year-old Handicap at Eosehill a month ago, and in the Hobartville Stakes at Warwick Farm more recently. ■ ■ ■ ■

Balloon King did not have much to spare at the end from Trogilla, who has not previously entered much into. Derby discussions, but he won —and that is all he had to do ,to show that he cannot yet be left safely out of calculations for the more important prize.

The season opened auspiciously for Balloon King, with success in the Three-year-old Handicap at Menangle Park, and as he won the race in good style he was seized on quickly as being,a Derby horse. However, subsequent races sent him right" out of caste, and Saturday's Was the first time since that he has shown anything ilke his real form. As a two-year-old ho did not perform to'much profit, but he showed considerable promise in some of his races. In his firs; race in the spring he ran second to.Delwood and Pomp, and- in the autumn ran a good race to finish third to The Doctor's Orderb and Veilinoiid in the A.J.C. Sires' Produce Stakes. He was also third in the Champagne Stakes. ,; ■ . BRED TO STAY. Balloon King is said; to be. fairly solid, and in his races he .has'given the impression that he may turn out a stayer above the average. On his breeding there does appear to be more hope from hini as a stayer than there is for many of the others of the same age. His sire, imported March' Along, is one of the great Isonomy tribe, which has won such distinction on the Turf in England in recent years. March Along (1) was foaled in 1917, and should now bo in his prime. He is by Swynford (grandsire of Trigo and Blenheim), from Marchetta, by Marco (3), from Hetty Sorrel, by Peter (9), so that, on his dam's side, he gets the blood of another highly successful line, that which produced Hurry On, 6ire of three Derby winners, and himself unbeaten on the racecourse. Hurry On was a fine stayer, and so was Swynford, so that March Along should sire stayers. Princess Berry, dam of Balloon King, was bred in 1916 by the late Mr. John Brown, so there is only a year's difference between her age and that of March Along. She was by Mr. Brown's old favourite, Prince Foote, one of the finest three-year-olds to race in Australia, and a genuine stayer. Her dam was .Crosse Berry, by Martagon Crosse, from Mint Berry (imp.),.by Minting, sire of : Maid of the Mint, dam of Spearmint. Minting was by the triplecrown winner^ Lord Lyon, by Stockwell from Paradigm. Martagon Crosse was by Martajron (Bend Or—Tiger Lily) from imported La Crosse, by Ladas. Prince Foote was by Six* Foote from Petruschka (imp.) by Isinglass, from Pet of the Chase by Peter. From a staying point of. view, Balloon King's lines are exceptionally strong all round, and it now seems that,he will be the main opposition for Veilinond and The Doctor's Orders nejet month. He carries the colours of the executors of the late John Brown.. TREGILLA'S PROMISE. Tregilla, whom Balloon King beat by a head on Saturday, gave indications of possessing staying ability at Eosehill last month by winning the Three-year-old Handicap (seven furlongs) from Bayacre and King March! He carried only 7.6, however, and there is a wide margin between n race such as that and a Guineas or a Derby. The merit of Tregilla's win on that occasion lay in the fact that after being second last half a mile from home, ho scored in very easy fashion from Bayacre, who subsequently rail second to Veilmond in the Hobartville Stakes. Bayacre was certainly giving Tregilla lSlb, but the latter ran away from him in the final furlong. Tregilla is a chestnut colt by Treclare from Maltgilla,and is owned by Mr. C. O. Battye. '.:.;■ ■ " ■ Sunlover, who was third on Saturday, was successful' at his first start as a two-year-old last season, in tho Two-year-old Stakes (four furlongs) at Menangle Park in October. He was later in a place, but has not previously shown Derby possibilities. He is by Australian Sun from Lovetime, and is owned by Mr. J. Kelso. Veilmond appears to. have been deliberately "dealt with," so that no account can be taken of his finishing outsido o£ a place. , •