SUCCESSFUL DOMINION HORSES

Evening Star, Issue 23700, 7 October 1940, Page 8

SUCCESSFUL DOMINION HORSES

HIGH CASTE AND BEAU VITE WIN A.J.G. DERBY TO PANDECT " UNTOWARD HAPPENING BEAULIVRE PULLED UP SYDNEY, October 6. New Zealand horses were right in the picture at the opening day of the Randwick Spring Meeting, held in ideal spring weather. An unprecedented incident happened in the Epsom Handicap, when Beaulivre, who was one of the most fancied for years, was suddenly pulled up when in a winning position a furlong from home. The explanation by the jockey, Munro, was that he thought Beaulivre had broken down irretrievably. He dismounted at the post. Beaulivre, however, walked satisfactorily to the enclosure and looked quite well. He was later examined by a veterinary, who reported that “ Beaulivre, when cooled off, disclosed no injury or abnormality.” The huge circle of Beaulivre’s admirers was chagrined by the untoward happening. With Beaulivre out of the way High Casta ran on to a well-deserved Epsom victory. The A.J.C. Derby saw Nightbeam unruly at the post, finally twisting a plate on llio near foreleg. He had to be taken back to the saddling paddock to have the plate adjusted, causing a delay of 18 minutes in the start of the Derby, in which ho ran a great race, but faded out in the straight. The time for the Derby was extremely slow. Beau Vile had an easy victory in the Colin Stephen Stakes, in which ho led over the last mile. High Caste stripped thoroughly fit for the Epsom and left the course quite sound. The course was in splendid order, if a trifle soft. The attendance was about 65,000. FIRST HURDLE RACE. £3OO. About two miles. MASTERPIECE (High Art—Kenuaguette), aged. 10.9 (Young) J Valhalla, 11.3 (Hynes) 2 Titrol, 9.4 (Windle) 3 Nine started. Won by two lengths end n-half, with 10 lengths between second and third. Time, 3min 37jsec. Blackie Miller fell and Mag Mort lost his rider. TRIAL STAKES, £4OO. One mile and a-quartcr. FRECKLES. (El Casiquc—Suntiut), 4yrs, 8.5 (Cook) J Evergreen. 7.12 (Pax-sons) 2 Veiled Throat, 7.9 (Morsillo) 3 Eight started. Won by a head, with two lengths between second and third. Time, 2min 3*sec.

A.J.O. DERBY, £5,000. One mile and a-lialf. PANDECT. Mr J. Wren’s b c by Pantheon—Credit, 8.10 (Cook) J Lucrative, 8.10 (M’Carten) 2 Sun Valley, 8.10 (Brcasley) 3 All started. Nightbeam. Fearless Fox, Lucrative, and Tidalwave led the field at a leisurely pace until live furlongs, where Pandect rushed to tho front, and in an exciting finish up liio straight Pandect won in determined fashion by half a length from the fancied Victorian, Lucrative, with another Victorian, Sun Valley, three-quarters of a length away third. Tidalwave was fourth, and Nightbeam, who ran prominently throughout, was fifth. Then came Scientist. Time, 2min 37seo. EPSOM HANDICAP, £3,000. One mile. HIGH CASTE. Mr H. E. Tancred’s b c by Bulandshar —The Begum, 4yrs, 9.5 (Bartle) ••• J Mildura, 9.4- (M’Menamin) 2 St. Constant. 8.10 (Coutts) 3 All started. Beaulivre looked all over a winner approaching - tho home turn, where he was challenged by High Caste, who was closely attended by Mildura. They overtook Beaulivre, and in the race to the post High Caste just won by a neck amid great excitement in the excellent time of limn 35Jsoc. St. Constant, who was running last throughout, staged a brilliant finish to run third, a length and a-half behind Mildura. Katanga was fourth and Red Thespian fifth, then Mohican. Beaulivre was pulled up a furlong from home. COLIN STEPHEN STAKES (w.f.a.), £1,300. One mile and a-half. BEAU VITB, Mr R. Stewart’s hr h, by Beau Pero Dominant, 4yrs, 9.0 (M’Menainin) J Dashing Cavalier, 9.0 (Coutts) 2 Mosaic, 9.5 (M’Carten) j Old Rowley, 9.3 ■ Scratched: St. Constant and Billposter. Beau Vite took tho lead at the nine furlongs post and opened a gap of three lengths, and won as ho liked by two lengths antf n-half, with a length between second and third. Time, 2min 29sec. KENSINGTON HANDICAP, £SOO. Seven furlongs. • —First Division.— HYDRA, (Bullhead —Eager Air), 3yrs, 8.0 (Ward) 1 Novice, 8.6 (Cook) 2 Bestop, 8.0 (Parsons) 3 Thirteen started. Won by a length, with a length and a-half between second and third. Time, Imin 24]soc. Cloustou was fourth. —Second Division.— PIERCE (Pantheon—Box On), 4yrs, 8.0 (Knox) 1 Sigh, 8.9 (Munro) 2 Opportunist, 8.3 (Coutts) 3 Twelve started. Won by a head, with a length ami a-half between second and third. Peekraoml was fourth. Time, Imin 25]sec. BEAU VUE'S RECORD TIME ELLIS TO RIDE BEAULIVRE SYDNEY, October 7. (Received October 7, at 10 a.m.) Beau Vito’s time in the Coiin Stephen Stakes on Saturday clipped half a second oil tho Randwiek record for the distance. Beallivre will run in the Metropolitan to-day and will be ridden by the New Zealand jockey, A. E. Ellis. The stipendiary stewards are of the opinion that Beaulivre struck himself during the Epsom Handicap and that that accounted for his temporary lameness. The trainer, Price, on Saturday night said that apparently there was nothing wrong with Beaulivre, who ate well yesterday. Beau Vite in the Metropolitan will be ridden by M’Menamin. AJAX AGAIN MELBOURNE, October 6. At the Victoria Racing Club’s Meeting at Fleraiugton the principal results were:— EDWARD MANIFOLD STAKES, £I,OOO. One mile. TRANQUIL STAR, 8.7 (Tocknell) 1 Session, 8.7 (Preston) 2 Pauline, 8.7 (Badger) ... ... 3 Twelve started. Won by three-quarters of a length, with a length between second and third. Time, i Imin 38gsec. MELBOURNE STAKES, £750, One mile. AJAX, 9.8 (Badger) 1 Positron, 7.3 (Elliot) 2 Elgolea, 9.3 (Creighton) 3 Six started. Won by a length, with a neck between second and third. Time, Imin 38|see.