JUVENILES DEPART

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 102, 27 October 1945, Page 12

JUVENILES DEPART

(BY "BINOCULAR.")

AUSTRALIA-BOUND

PURCHASED AT THE SALES «

A brace of two-year-olds who, since being purchased on behalf of Australian owners at the National Sales in January, have been broken in and handled, left for their new homes by the Waipori this week. One. a brown colt by Kincardine from the Iliad mare Red Cat, was bought on behalf of Mr. G. Watson, of Nowra. New South Wales, for 400gs, and he has already. had the name Little Chap claimed for him. The other is an unnamed gelding by Lo Zingaro from the Actor mare Miss Vixen, the dam being an Australian-bred daughter of the Son-in-Law mare Fox Berry (imp.). This juvenile was bought by Mr. K. Austin, of Kaiapoi, on behalf of Mr. W. Ford, Melbourne; for 400gs, and he is now being sent forward to jhis owner. Yet another juvenile due to go overseas is the Tiderace —Dryades colt who was purchased at" the sales by the Victorian trainer Stan Reid a-, 150gs, but he will not race in the interest of Mr. L. Gourlay, Melbourne. He will be shipped by the Waitaki from Bluff, v A. Higgins's Team. The delayed departure of the horses owned by the former Australian trainer A. Higgins, now resident ,in India, was due to shipping restrictions during the war. However, Macedoine, Royal Raider, Frontal Attack, Battle I ord, and Battle Rebel left for .Australia during the week, the intention being to turn them out on a farm in New South Wales. A Further Batch. There are approximately 30 horses in training in New Zealand for Indian owners, and 11 of the older horses will be sent forward next month. The jockeys J. McFarlane and W. J. Stevens will accompany the horses, it being their intention to follow their, profession in India. McFarlane, who has' been attached to H. A. Telford's stable at Trentham, has previously ridden abroad, having been for some time in South -Africa prior to the war. Stevens has proved himself a versatile 1 rider for C. J. Thomson's stable at Awapuni. being equally at home on steeplechase and hurdle candidates as well as in flat events. Long Service. Mr. U. Shannon, who completed 28 years of service , in the capacity of timekeeper and clerk of scales to the Wellington Racing Club in July last, has resigned. On the second day of the past meeting he was met by the club's officers, when Mr. E. Riddiford (president), and Mr. H. R. Chalmers (vice-president) voiced their regret at the severance of the long association. The opoortunity was also taken by Mr. H. Nurse, on behalf of the trailers, and Mr. Noel Simpson, on behalf of the jockeys, to cpnvey to Mr. Shannon their regrets and to express their appreciation of the good feeiing that had always prevailed between the official and those he worked with. Keen Struggle. Lord Elgin, winner of the first division of the Trial Plate at Rangiora on Labour Day, scored by a head after a keen battle with Royal Vestments. He is reported to be a wellrproportioned three-year-old colt by Kincardine frdm Jay Bird, by Hunting Song, and was bred by Mr. A. T. Smith," who also bred Fihdon. Lord Elgin is an inmate of G. Ridgway's stable, and the trainer rode him at l£lb overweight. Made Amends. Unlucky to be beaten at her first start in public, Chain registered a good performance when she won her division of the Trial Plate at Rangiora. She was one of the last to leaye the barrier, but made up ground going down the back stretch to be handy to the leaders. Although she was assisted to victory by Scotch Tweed running wide, her performance was full of merit. She is a brown filly by Siegfried from the Pink Coat mare Pink Link, dam previously of Pallid: Change in Pilots. In the Wellington Handicap on the opening day at Trentham Sascha finished seventh, with Singing Hills next to pass the post. Changes in riders were made for both on the second day, and in the Fearce Handicap Singing Hills improved to be fifth, with Sascha seventh. ilt almost appeared as though the apprentice on Singing Hills moved a trifle early on Labour' Day, the Foxlight horse being up with the leaders at the * distance post, whereas he is usually to be found starting his run later. Another Tilt. Two years ago Battledress brought himself into favour for the New Zealand Cup as a result of his win in the Levin Handicap, which had been increased to 1£ miles. However, in the big race at Riccarton he was beaten into fifth with 8.11, Don Quex, who had run third in the Levin Handicap, filling the same position in a tight finish behind Classform and Representative at the southern meeting. On the second day, however, Battledress did offer solid opposition to Kindergarten in the Canterbury Cup, and he later won both the Egmont Cup at Hawera and Autumn Handicap at the Wellington Autumn Meeting. Unfortunately, he lost form thereafter, going through the whole of last season without winning. The Posterity gelding had an outing in the Waverley Cup on Labour Day, his first for the term, and it is difficult to see him taking part in the finish of this year's New Zealand Cup, even though he has been weighted at 8.3. Likely Southerner. A Southland candidate for the New Zealand Cup, Signal Officer, registered a 'good Cup trial in the President's Handicap at Gore when he won very comfortably with 8.11 on his back, or 81b less than he will have in the big race at Riccarton next month. It was after winning the Roslyn Trial, 6 furlongs, at Invercargill last. November that'he was brought up for the New Zealand Cup Meeting. On the opening day he ran fifth over a mile, but on the second Saturday registered a phenomenal performance by sacrificing lengths at the start, running round the field on the turn, and tjhen coming on to win quite definitely over the same journey. He has climbed some way in the interim, and must have a stayer's chance in the big two-mile race. Trifle Light. But for lightening up during the period his trainer was an inmate of hospital, Tremello would have carried the confidence of G. W. New, of Awapuni, in the Wellington Guineas. ' The Ringmaster gelding had finished very attractively when he won at Masterton, and his third to the dead-heaters. Master Robin and Gigli, in the Wellington Guineas makes him a likely prospect for the Derby Stakes at Riccarton. Fortunes Swayed. In the early stages of the Wellington Guineas Gigli was favoured by the run of the race, wh'jreas Master Robin showed his old tendency to drift on the turn. However, under pressure the Robin Goodfellow gelding responded gamely to put in a sustained run and reach the front. A. Jenkins, on Gigli, then sat down to ride the Defoe colt and overhauled, and at one time actually headed, faster Robin, but the latter came again for the pair to cross the line locked together, and only the judge could tell who had won. Opinions of those off the correct angle differed, and it did not coma as a surprise when a dead heat was posted. That effort rather suggested that "Master Robin will appreciate the mile and a half journey of the New Zealand Derby more than his rival. Three Fillies. The colts and geldings in the Karitane Handicap on the second day of the Wellington Meeting were soundly beaten by the fillies, the first three to finish being of the latter sex. Privilege, a chestnut filly by Defaulter from Privet, thus a sister to Deprive, had had her first stert in the WellesJey Stakes, and. her sixth then had suggested better things ahead. She is a type to carry her racord much further Following Privilege past the post were Indira, a Nizami filly, and Blue Tie. a Gynerium filly, and. the performance of the latter in coming from behind to dead-heat with Indira for second was an excellent one.