OUTSTANDING FORM

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1938, Page 11

OUTSTANDING FORM

NAMARA AND BRAZILIAN

(Special from "Hurry On.") ; NEW PLYMOUTH, December 28. The Taranaki Jockey Club's Meeting 1 at New Plymouth provided an interest- ; ing test between the hacks from the Auckland Province and those from Taranaki. The Auckland contingent ' was a strong one, but the local hacks 1 more than held their own. Auckland only carried off three of the ten events open to hacks, while of the other seven New Plymouth stables collected six and Hawera one. The outstanding performers were Namara and Brazilian. Namara was an unlucky two-year-old when he was placed five times out of eight starts without securing a win. He wintered well, and after defeats at New Plymouth and Wanganui in early September he won his first race when he ran away from a smart field of maidens at Marton. After two defeats at Trentham he won at Levin but subsequently failed at Feilding. All these races were over sprint distances, and his races at the Taranaki Meeeting were his first over a middle distance. On the first day he was taken to the front with less than half the journey covered, and fairly strolled away from the opposition in the straight. On the second day he was raised 121b and met a stronger field, but once again he carried out his task just like a good colt. His smartness from the barrier allowed him to take up a handy position early, and once heads were turned for home, he soon asserted himself to have the | race won nearly a furlong from home. \ It was an attractive performance stamping Namara was a most promising stayer. One more win will put him out of hacks. WEALTH OF BEST BLOOD. Namara is a three-year-old colt by Lackham from Tikaday, by Day Comet from the Demosthenes— Sylvan Maid mare Tikama, dam of Dungarvan. This is a successful family, which includes performers of the calibre of Silver Scorn, Silver Ring; Chide, Disdain, and Bee. He was purchased at the National Sales in 1937 by Mrs. W. D. Graham, who raced Te Monanui and Fersen, but he was subsequently sold to his present owners, the Messrs. Forbes brothers, Stratford. Brazilian, the other double winner, proved the best of the Auckland hacks. He was all out to beat Kokako on the first day even though his^ finish was impressive. With L. H. Clifford aboard on the second he made an exhibition of his opponents in the Summer Hack j Handicap. As it was quite a fair field j that he defeated it would seem that he is a hack above the ordinary, and he should not be long in winning his way into open company. The solid man- j ncr in which he finished suggested that, he will run out a middle distance. ] Brazilian, who is a three-year-old, j was bred by Mr. Percy Miller at the Kia Ora Stud, New South Wales. He is by Brazen, sire of Bronze Eagle and Kuvera, from Lovelight, a mare by Son-in-Law and bred in England. \ Though .many of the stock of Brazen are more noted for speed than staying power Bronze Eagle won a Derby, and the Son-in-Law- blood that Brazilian gets from His dam should prove helpULexden, who w,on the Tikorangi Hack Stakes.on the first day, comes from a successful family on her dams side. She is a four-year-old by the Limond horse Resinous from Kaimiro, a mare by Tea Tray from Rebekah. Kaimiro was purchased cheaply at the yearling sales by Mrs. W. D. Graham but she did not stand up to training and never raced. She was acquired by Mr. John Gleeson, Bell Block, and Lexden is her first foal. ' . FINISHED SOLIDLY. Rebekah, granddam of Lexden, was by Bezonian from Snowstell, dam of Cold Steel and of Fleeting, dam of Inflation and a half-sister to Rachael, dam of Rabbi. • Though Lexden's winning margain was small this was only, his third start and he finished with"plentyof determination. In his previous start he had filled third place in the Melrose Handicap at Ellerslie last month. He *s trained at New Plymouth by R. Johnson for the Taranaki Jockey Club committeeman; Mr. W. Fossey,. Ramleh was Hawera's only winner at the meeting, but he annexed the Stewards' Hack Handicap in a manner that augurs well for his future. Though his win was not quite as easy as that of Brazilian on the second day,' he never gave his opponents any chance over the concluding stages. He - displayed a great turn of speed, and will only require to train on to hold his own in the best hack company. He is a four-year-old by Rabbi from the Kilboy—Roseland mare, Rosenur, dam of that good jumper Make Up. The Australian sire Brazen, sire of Brazilian, was represented by another winner at the meeting in the hurdler Airam. This mare made her debut over fences in the Rahotu Hurdles on the first day and after taking some time to settle down finished- solidly into second place behind Bing Boy. She had more confidence on the second day and made no race of it over the concluding stages. She looks likely to prove a promising recruit to the jumping game.