RELATED TO SASANOF
Kalmuck,, who. is due to.resum^ehis.aqtive -iareei^lat SMasterton ;6ii- Saturdiiyi is a fiy^yeariold^brown gelding,-;for-whom; the 'late:■-.Mv'i'G. -Elgar,- attr4cted'.-by';.his: breeding,'ll ga\\e ~tlie high price of 950 guineas "at .the vSydney sales two' and a half /year's ago.. 'The gelding, rah. .second in one -of his four,.races as a itwo-yeal'-old, failed" -ml .four 'starts - the '■. next season, but came^ jntp^^more ■' likely orm; last■'season, wheii'Hhe race 3 'in; Vthe cblourVbf 'the' OpaMi trainer, Bi Biirgess, who,,hadj. pur.chased ■himVpriyateiy , after the-; tfeath ,of Mr:"'EJgar.';";;i;;''VM.- ; ' ■■;,-.7.-.i,'«-.■■„• ..■■, It;is ; probable that Kalmuck.;will;turh out a.'m.uch;better racing propositi6ri; this yearPthanvhe--has been.to.'-.datei,,,fqr' he wasl: Settling doW to the, game'iin' eairnest' whfen he made his;final- appearances last autumn. „'ln all, he-ran twenty-five, times last season);foc,three wins, three seconds,and; seven,.-thifds. One of his successes, was iat.a: mile, but he has-notyet beaten anything 'of particular account.'v •. ■ - The lines: in his pedigree that appealed, to Mi;. • Elgar are clearly.^apparent, when they^aie set out. /He ifl/by the .imported Cicero horse Caravel, and his' dam isSasan6f'i< full-sister, Martuk,; by Martian from Ukraine, by Stepuiak from Madder, by Gossoon. Martuk herself was a winner in the-Dominion before ' being sold to go to Mr. H. A! Taylor's Macquarie Stud in New South Wales. Her progeny prior to Kalmuck were Plain Queen, The White Diamond, and Lady Garloch- (all by,, M6untain King), each of-whom, won several races. A younger full-brother to Kalmuck was sold for .725.. guineas at the Sydney sales) a;~year;iftef.his sale.: '■■■■■ :''i ■'.'■ , Kalbiuck,ha6.l^'o;engagdmeritg. on Satui:-' day—the iL'ansdowne. Handicap, sqvei} fiir-: loms&,''aiid:the}ljaiyn Handicap, one mile. Wifcli';the;favbura.b'le ;weights.-he"i has;(-7:S in both -.races') "lie. "may quite well be the ''ups.e|ttiiu/,^ti^t/^in-. :j '^ha^yuvje.vent;.i^. c-ho'Sen -for.'jhirtij HL4 iU.Mmf)g';;wsliJ:',|jb^l worth-nb'tingi'. in; view of;the/•jiQssabjlities: of staying,.iVprth;that.un(ioubtediy_,,ejaßfc in him./-: :"<'■ '■ \9.>\'*.'- -T: '■', \':.. "■"*'*•'-,,* •-
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19321013.2.37.5
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1932, Page 8
Word Count
278RELATED TO SASANOF Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1932, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in