TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 80, 1 October 1935, Page 6

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

The next race fixture within range of Wellington will be the Masterton Meeting on Friday and Saturday fortnight. • ■ The big A.J.C. Spring Carnival will open at Randwick on Saturday. The New Zealand apprentice J. Mclnally, who was suspended for a month at Moonee Valley ion Saturday, accompanied R. E. Hatch and his team to Australia early last month. Cherry King has been backed at his last two starts in Sydney, and the only chance his connections now have of getting even is to pull, off a surprise in the Epsom next Saturday. The New Zealanders" had another lean day in Australia on. Saturday, Link Divine, who is owned by Mr. W. Kirkland, of Foxton, being the only actual visiting winner. North Cape, who won the apprentices' Tullamarine Handicap at Moonee Valley on Saturday, is owned by Mr. W. R. Kemball, but he has been a permanent resident of Victoria so far as his racing has been concerned. He is a three-year-old son of Cape Horn and this was his first success. Oratory's failure to meet her engagement at Otaki on Saturday was due to her developing slight shoulder soreness a day or two previously. The trouble, however, is not likely to be serious and may not prevent her going north for the Great Northern Guineas. Gordon Richards made another re-cord-in England during August. 'An hour and a half before he rode Fairbairn, in the Great National Breeders' Plate at Redcar on August 19 he received word that his wife had given birth to twins—a boy and a girl. Richards's comment was: "I must take this as a good omen for my race, on Fairbairn." Backers agreed with him, and laid odds on Fairbairn, who won easily. An unfortunate sequel to the good news, however, was that the son died two days later. Jan Ridd who is likely to have his first race at the Auckland Meeting, is a three-year-old gelding by Acre from Lorna Doone, owned by Mr R. T. Reid, and trained by A. J. Julian -at Te Rapa. He is the second foal of his dam, who was a half-sister to Arch Laddie, Master Doon, and Prince of Orange. Arctic King's owner-trainer (W. J. Wood) is satisfied with the weight the horse received for the Mitchelson Cup, though he thought he might be in at better terms with one or two of the opposition, and he will probably make the trip north. S. Wilson is the likely rider. ,H.. Goldfinch, who was riding at Geraldine last week, returned north on Saturday . evening. He had overtures made'to him to settle at Ricearton, but he has decided that he will not yet desert Auckland, where he has a good connection. It is probable, however, that he will take every available opportunity of attending South Island meetings, and a little later in the season he may, even yet, decide to shift his quarters. Although she showed greenness at the start, Myriam revealed that she is speedy once she was on the way at Otaki on Saturday, and with the experience she should be a hard filly to beat next time she steps out in maiden company. She is one of the best-looking young horses that has been turned out from the Corry stable for some time, for, though not so striking as Isaacs, she is better set down to gallop fast. At his two latest outings Taumau has been an outstanding and costly failure, and it would now seem that he cannot be quite himself. In the past his strength has lain in his ability to run on, as one would expect from his breeding, but a short effort at present quickly finds bottom in him. His connections will undoubtedly be looking for what is the matter with him, for the stable lost Bold Jim only a short time back. When permission to postpone the meeting for a week was granted last Friday morning, officials of the Taumarunui Racing Club took immediate steps to advise owners and trainers as quickly as possible, and those who intended taking horses to Paeroa were in the main apprised of the fact before they had left home. One trainer who failed to receive advice in time however, was the Te Awamutu trainer A. Cook who reached Paeroa with hfe candidates and afterwards had to re■turn home with them.