TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 36, 11 August 1936, Page 13

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

If Jolly Beggar were to win his second successive Grand National1 Hurdles on Thursday he would be the third horse to earn this distinction. Liberator (1893 and 1894) and Gladful (1021 and 1922) have already done this fe;it.

!tn 46 contests for the Grand National Hurdles to date, eleven stone or over has been carried to success thirteen times. The record weight feat was that of Record Reign1;" who ' lumped IZI2 round.to win in 1900. Liberator (12.6) and Paisano (12.1) also carried over twelve stone. One has to go back ten years to Nukumai (11.11) to find a horse winning with more weight than Jolly Beggar's 11.4 this year.

A three-year-old filly by Lord Warden from the Solferino mare Set Sail is being prepared by A. McKenzie for the Gore sportsman Dr. J. E. Rogers. : : ,

Velvet was withdrawn from his first-day .engagement at the Grand NationaMVfeeting, but F. Trilford hopes to be able to produce him on the later days. ■■■■■'■■.■■.-■■.'.;',"' ■

A net profit of £220 was made by the Feilding Jockey Club last season, after distributing- £4280 in stakes and paying over £5330 in taxation.

At the annual meeting of the North Canterbury Racing Club last week it was recommended that stakes be increased this season so that no race should b.e worth less than £100.

One of ; the yearlings at Morphettville (South Australia) displaying early pace is the filly Chandra, by Nightmarch from Rapina. The filly belongs to the same family as Rapine, her dam being a half-sister by Paladin to that good stayer;

At the beginning ;of July the three leading winners among the horses in England this year were Pay Up, £10,504 15s, Mahmoud, £9934 ss, and Quashed, £9104. \ ■

The record time for the Grand National Hurdles since its distance was increased to its present mark in 1916 is the. 4min 41 l-ssec registered by Gladful' in winning his second successive National in 1922. In both his wins: Gladful Carried 11.2. The next best time is Huntique's 4min 46sec two years ago. Last year, on a good track; Jolly Beggar took 4min 56sec. The riders .of the winners of the Grand National Hurdles in recent years have all added new names to the record. Two horsemen in the past have enjoyed three successes in the races, these being W. Clarke (Kulnine. Social Pest, and Record Reign") and W. Young (Shrapnel, Paisano, and Continuance). A. ("Tartar") Julian ( Tresham and Morning) and A. E. Ellis (Penury. Rose and Wharncliffe) each rode two winners, of the race. A. Jenkins (on Clarion Call) and H. Turner (on Streamline) have the chance of recording a second win on Thursday. ~

Referring to the apparent success of the win-and-nlace system of betting. Dr. E. S. McPhail moved at the annual meeting of the North Canterbury Racing Club last week that the committee be recommended to provide a win-and-place totalisator instead of a one-two machine for the next meeting. The motion was seconded, but a marked difference of .opinion was disclosed by the discussion that followed, and the motion was defeated on the castinft vole of the chairman. It is very doubtful if win-and-placo betting could be satisfactory at meetings where the fields are usually small and the pools of restricted dimensions.