AUSTRALIAN RACING

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 32, 22 February 1937, Page 11

AUSTRALIAN RACING

Gold Rod Returns to The Limeliglit futurityTtakes wjn MELBOUBNE/ Feb. 21. - The Nstt Zeg,land-hred co.lt, Qcsld Bod, egained ihe. lijnclight wlieh> alter aP" ^caTing tp have little cjiance of runqing into § place, he hrilliantly pounced pa the leaders fp win tha Paturity Stahes at Caulfleld. pamelas seemed to havc the ra.oe won when leadihg'comfortahly down the straight with Young Idea * valiant effpft to catch him. Gold Boii 's prospects wSre xggarded as hopeless but he SRade a liartt dash rr^ieh carried him to a, half lpngth victory. His pprformanpe. copgtituted § recojd fpr a hprse of his age. Many thrpetyeaT-plds haYO von the Pufc^r^ty hwt nqae with §,4« J^JHxp.on. Ba, whQj like GoW Bod, was tiddea by; kfeQarten, wqr with 9,3, Heavy Tain piilitated against fast time for to^day 's race. Gold Bod is owned, trained and rid? den by the former N&W Zealanders E. J. Watt, Geoi'ge Pfice and Maurice MeCarten respectively. Lochlee, uadpr a. heavy impost of1 9.7, Was nqt disgraped ia finishing flfth in the Alpia Stakes. Norlhwind, the Oaulfield Cap wioner,' won the Woodcliff Handicap so impressivelv that he has enhanced his prqspeets |or the Australian Cap. Treasura Trovp advanced her record to sepop ,t sqconds out o| the last gight starts when she filled that position behind Afhan in the st. Clair Trial. Cynical Kid and Oape Lilock werei qiiplaced in the Stanley Steeples. Besuits included: ALMA STAKES. Of £75Q; 6 furlongs, NIORT GrUAJtD, Mr A. Morrow's b,c. by The Night, Patrol-^Sydeii 9yys Stl (Sl?idmore) 1 Caesar 8.6 (Munro) 2 Hua 8.0 (Bempsey) 8 Twenty-three started, including Bii'thday Boy, Won by a head. third "back twq and a-balf lengths. Time, 1.13-. c' '* 3 WOODCLIEF HANDICAP. Of £500; 11 furlongs. NORTHWjNDj Hon. A, Moses br« g. by Windbag — Miss Don 5yr« 8.1 (A. Beed) fll Peerage 6.10 (Oooper) ............ 2 Upokoa Ariki 8.2 (JhJaTtlq) 8 Thirtqeq etarted, including Grecnr horn and Vbceroy. Won by one and aquarter lengths, tlnrd back one and a-lialf lengths. Tune, 2.19?. FUTURITY STAKES. Of £8000; 7 fui'lp«gS. GOLD ROD, Mr E. J. Watt's ch.c. by Gbief IlGler— -Oreum 8yrs: 9.4 (Mobai'ten ) 1 Panaqliis 9.8 (jjUiot) 2 Young Idea 10.1 (Bartle) 3 Scr : Great Legend and Heroic'g Pride. Wqn by half a lqngtb, tb'rd back a neck, Cquptry Party was a close fourth and Cuddl® bighth. Tiim", 1.26| . HAWKSBPKN HANPIQAP Qf £&Q ; 6 furlongs. D1SALTO, Mv S. G. Shepherd's br. gj. by Marqh Along=— Kapido 4 yrs 8.,5 (Munro) t, Hostile 9.4 (Websfer) 2 Great Legend 8.8 (A. Reed) 8 fbirteen started. Won by % lengtb, third bac kone. and a-half lengt-hs, : Time, 1.13^. Tbe New Zealander, A. Driscoll, who rode Bonnje Rollux in tbe Steeple, being narrowiy beaten by Richmond Tiger, wqs euspended fi'oni riding ior three months for causing interfevepcc With Richmond T^er, Times, 4.36, 4.35 L5, 4..34 4-5.