"CLOVERLEA" STUD

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1932, Page 19

"CLOVERLEA" STUD

SOME LIKELY MATERIAL

GOOD COLOSSUS COLT

One of the':oldest breeding establishments in the Manawatu district is the "Cloverlea" stud, formerly conducted by the late Mr. D. Buick,, for many years the member of Parliament for Palmerston North, and now being carried on by his son, Mr. D. Buick. In recent years the stud has not given so much time. to the rearing of thoroughbred racehorses, but there yet remains-the nucleus o£ a matron's paddock,' over which the stallion, Rangitiro, now rising twenty years, still holds sway. Viewed a few days ago, Rangitiro looks to have still many years in front of him. This brown-son of the St. rLeger horse Papakura and the Vanguard mare Elusion is in fine health, and he is a.big favourite with' all who know him, as he is very quiet and perfectly friendly. He is not boxed, but passes his time in. the paddocks. He is chiefly used for utility work, but, he', has been very- successful with the few thoroughbred mares he has had, and rfiost of. his thoroughbred stock have been ■winners when raced. ■ As a.racehorse he was a great .success himself, but his turf: career was cut\ short through lameness. When two years old lie beat Desert Gold at her second start, and lie won the Feilding Stakeß at the same age. In his fourth.year he was most successful, winning .five: good, -races,; and being beaten only: by a head in- the Wellingtons Cup,at his first start, over a distance. Early -the next season his. lame-, ness became chronic, and he had. to be retired.-. , ■ ■ ■■-.' RANGITIRO'S STOCK. Among :his unraeed thoroughbred- stock" at present running about at "Cloverlea" are a good-looking two-year-old brown "gelding: from, the Advance' mare Cheval and a yearling bay filly from the Antagonist' mare Haeremoana, thus a full, sister ■to a useful performer-in'theJ defunct Newbury Kingj The -filly iij a particularly wellgrown- youngster,- with white hind feet,, and in appearance somewhat like her grand dam, . the' successful' Tangimoana, who, after her racing- days were. over, did-good service at the stud, leaving, besides Haeremoana, Santamoana (dam of San Pedro and Wanderlust, "each 'to Rangitiro), Automoana, Captain Sarto, 'and Rangimoana. " Another two-year-old by Rangitiro is; a' black filly; from the Quarantine mare .Miss Quarantine. As Rangitiro and Miss Quarantine both, descend, from -the■■ Natatpr. mare Eclat, and Miss Quarantine's dam, Mis* Detonation is; by Rangitiro's sire, Papakura, this yoUngster is . very. much; inbred. She cis well enough' proportioned' to gallop well, but even if she should fail on the turf, die should' have much value' as a stnd^mare. : •■ ■ : Rangitiro's blood comes in- again in i a bay filly foal by Sky Blue from a full sister to, Newbury King. ~This,mating repreeents a complete outcrpss from the dominant strains in the stud. . 5 t , 'OTHER YOUNGSTERS; ■ Other unbroken'youngsters on the property are a yearling chestnut colt by Colossus from Miss Quarantine, a yearhng almost: full chestnut filly by Colossus from Cheval, and a yearhng black -filly by Jiunbng Bong,from Aurora Borealis's dam Rangiata. ' ■ . '■• ■■•. •'■■-■ ■■;;■■ -. -; ■• •■■' The first-named of this trio is a particularrr fine-looking, individual, and would be lard to fault. Efe is modelled on similar lines, to King Colossus; with four white stockings and a white reach: almost broad enough to be described as a blaze; Noticeable points about hfia are his Btrong forearms, big kneebones, and short, butlvery »?«o?aT.bact: Hjs .forelega.areVset" very tjride_ "part^thw^. Ijein^nerfiap's, 'tbl 4 only possible fault that cquldTw foitiid! in him Miss Quarantine, his dam, isnow in foal tookyßlue.' -. .:■-■/ ■-; .—■!;, .'-,<■■■■-/ The half-sister,; to Aurora .Borealis is very - small>^and will probably require a lot of time. Rangiata diedafte^foalinffhery and she had to le brought up on the buctttfe *KSJF?&$ a%:*? *»• °>ade very little bone, and she looks, a mere pony when compared mtfc the other yearlfaigs +L 5 +Pr*p^: H^ owiier, however, intends: to feed-hemp during the winter ; Mr. Buick has not raced many horses S^S?*^!?*;-^ y?"« 4l h ye had i oHld^^^^S gr^the once well-known