SYDNEY TURF NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 3, 5 January 1932, Page 4

SYDNEY TURF NOTES

A USEFUL GIFT'HORSE

(From "Vedette.1') SYDNEY, 30th December. 1 R. Wootton, well known as the fathei rof«the auccessful jockeys and trainers, Frank and Stanley, has a useful horse in Birthday Present, who has won at his last three starts. He was sent from England by Stanley as a present to his father. Birthday Present won his third race at Randwick on Saturday, a mile trial handicap under 8.5 in lmin 38sec. He was ridden by T. Webster.

Webster also scored m 'the main two-year-old race of the meeting on N E F "). the December Stakes. Treasury and XT SfVi ba monopolised the betting, but i ■ Ji- F». • ni«ch-improved Tipplei colt, beat Tingalba decisively while Treasury tailed, after missing the jump-out, to cain a place.

R- O'Dpnnell's bad luck continues. He btarted Rolls Royce in -the Trial Handicap, but the gelding was gallopea on when meeting plenty of interference and finished a close fourth. Rolls Royce has now recovered

Panther airived here today to be pre pared for jumping raceb He has gone into G- Price's stable for the time being. <• Gemlight was lame after running a moderate race in the Summer Cup. He is to be given a short spell. xAJPi Webster, and hw party suppoited My Talisman solidly >n the nine furlong A J.C. Handicap on Satuiday, but the plain Claro gelding failed to mn on over i the last part of the race. Panola, ridden by M. McCarten, narrowly escaped serious injury in the concluding event at^Randwiek on Saturday She was almost brought doVn at the turn and wh.en McCaiten pulled^her up and dismounted, it Iras thought her leg was broken. It was. only pumbed, hoVever, and she walked,in soundly enough, and is working freely .again now. ', Gold Day returns to New Zealand by this Week's steamer. He hasbe«q t a complete disappointment in SydjieyTo date M.. M«Carten, B with 18 wins, is Bartle, 24%, and W. Cook,- 22%. T. Webster is fourth with -16&; one point ahead of J. Pike. . , >