TRACK AND STABLE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19997, 24 July 1939, Page 9

TRACK AND STABLE

SURPRISE ACCEPTOR SILVER SIGHT IN CUP DOUBLE TO WIN £70,000 DEFAULTER BACKED By “Trenton” It is rather surprising to see Silver Sight's acceptance in toe Winter Cup. He is a game little chap and has already staged a number of comebacks, but there Is a limit to that sort of thing. His name was successfully coupled with Silver Ring on a number of occasions,' and it would be a pity if he were allowed to go tne same way a.f Silver Ring, who, after breaking down several times, had hs nomna-i tion refused in Australia a short time

Reading and Defaulter Reading and Defaulter have been backed in doubles on the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups to win £70.000. If is the first big betting move on the spring events. The.Caulfield Cun wih be run on October 21 and the Melbourne Cup on November 7. Tito doubles have been taken by commissioners representing the owners ol Reading, Messrs. G. Luscombe and F P. J. Manusu.

Mr. Luscombe told a Sydney writer that he and his partner had sought to get £IOO,OOO about the double. but only £70,000 was available at the long odds. A Sydney bookmaker laid £20,000 about the combination, and a Melbourne bookmaker the sameamount. The remainder was secured in amounts of £SOOO and £IO,OOO in several Slates. Reading has been moved up to joint favouritism for the Caulfield Cup with Ajax. Defaulter was one of the early Melbourne Cup front-liners, but is now outright favourite. Smoke Screen The Fordell trainer. D. Marks, is very hopeful that Smoke Screen wil l come into his own this spring. He w:R ibe a five-year-old in the coming season and that should bo his bos* year. Already Smoke Screen, as the first New Zeaiander to break 1.3 G, has proved himself a great horse up to a mile, mut minor accidents have restricted his racing. However, he has ccme up particularly well from h;r> holiday, and it is probable he will race at Wanganui in September.

Back From Spell Tiie stablemates Homily and Entail., who ran first and second, respectively, in the Connolly Handicap, have come in from a month's spell and both appear to be in excellent order. Homily raced consistently during the year and, although it is unusual for Mr. G. M Currie to race mares, she is to have another season on the turf A good cup race may not be beyond this daughter of Posterity.

Australian Trip Araiboa, whose first attempt at hurdling at Trentham attracted notice, broke his journey south at Christchurch, where he and his stablemate. Strip will remain for the Grand National mooting. Strip did not race at the Wellington meeting, but he is credited with having worked particularly well since the Dunedin winterraces, and there is a likelihood of his being taken to Australia later on. High Praise B. Carslake is a rider who gives G Richards full credit for his ability. Touching on this, “Fairway” wrote as follows in the London Sunday Times: "For a dozen years now we have been asking ourselves and one another, 'How does he do it? And not even Carslake himself, perhaps the greatest artist of all time, has found the answer. Carslake once said to me, ’lf I -did half the things he does the horse would step, and I should fall off.’ Yet Richards’ unorthodox methods galvanise the most unwilling animal into feverish activity.”

Thoroughbred Bargains The Flemington trainer W. Burke, whose wizardry transformed Green Cepe from a steeplechaser into a brilliant winner of the Grand National Hurdles, has set a record in respect to important jumping wins with cheap purchases. Coybcau. with whom ne won the Grand National Hurdles of 1927, cost him only 25 guineas. He paid £SO for Green Cape, who created a precedent by winning the hurdles a year after his success in the Grand National Steeplechase. No other horse has accomplished this feat.