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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 75, 15 April 1937, Page 8

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DON'T POKGET that nominations for the Dannevirke Kacing Club -b meeting, to be held on the Woodville course at the month-end, must be in with the Race Secretary, Mr W. A. Lyon, at Y»roodville, to-morrow (Friday) by 8 p.m. # # * A couple of days after winning the Sydney Cup, Mestoravon pieked up a nail. It was extracted on the Tuesday, and after racing on the following day Mestoravon became very 1am e. * # # The Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes, won by Smoke Screen on Saturday; has been run on 29 oocasions, and 13 stakes have gone to two-year-olds bred by Mr G. M. Cuine or sired by one or o their oi his gieat imported etallions Ab&uvu and Limond. # # # Cerne Abbas and Koyal Chief have gone out for a spelL The idea of making a Sydney trip with Koyal Chief in the spring has been abandoned, and he has been withdrawn from the A.J.C Derby. # # * During his career as a trainer F. D. Jones has a notable record in important races. In New Zealand he has had fifty-four successes for his cliente iu "classie" and weight-for-age events, to which may be added twenty-four similar races in Australia, while he has won fourteen gold cup trophies. * # # Mrs W. S. Curle, owner of Ked Maifred, is said to be very pleased with the progress the gelding is making iu his schooling over hurdles. Ked Manfred is getting into racing shape, and the way he is aequitting himself points to him as likely to make a good hurdler. • • • Nightbound, ridden by his trainer, D. O'Connor, shaped well in a round of the hurdles at Riccarton on Saturday. He is one of the most promising novices seen out at Riccarton for a long time, and his effort over the batteus at Washdyke this month will be awaited with much interest. — "Press. "' # # # Lickem, by Lackham from Kilting, by I'onbridge from Kilteel, dain of Plato, has been carefully tended eince being weaned but has suffered severe setbacks which prevented him showing form early. Shaping well on the tracks and with racing experience, he has proved himself useful and is likely lo go on to further success, for he iinpresses as likely over a distance. * # ■ # It was exasperating luck for Mr Aian Marshall and the trainer, L. Knapp, to have Forest Glow run up against the former stable ■craclc, Tudor, at Ellerslie at Easter. Knapp, however, can now avoid a similar clash, as lie brought back Tudor to Awapuni after the meeting. So far, the Little England gelding is perfectly sound. # • # The aptly-named Corroboree put up a notable performance by winning over a mile and a-quarter at Awapuni with 8.1 by two lengths and a-half in 2.6 2-5. The principal event was won by The Buzzer with 7.13 in 2.6, with nothing to epare. Corroboree was got by Lord Quex from Table Talk, by Finland — War Scare, by Martian. # # * The Auckland syndicate, lieaded by Dr. W. C. King, which bought , f oui colts at the Sydney yearling saies1 last year, gajned its first Success when Highborn won the Nursery Handicap at Avondale last Monday. Luck has been right against the horses -purchased by the syndicate, and they have dorie ■very little racing. # # • Kinsfolk, who won the April Handicap at the A.J.C.'s1 Warwick Farm oeeting |ast Saturday, is a three-year-old colt by Posterity from Episode, by Limond — ilomage, by Absurd — Eulogy. tle was bred by Mr G. M. Currie at • ' Kuatanui" and runs in the colours ef Mr E. J". Watt. * # # Eleven yearlings arrived at' Auckland from Sydney by the Awatea, the Te Rap'a trainer, A. J. Julian, bringing nome one for Mr R. T. Keid and another to Mr Norman Wagg. Four' of the youngsters Avere for Dr. W". E. King, one for Mr K. T. Keid, another, for Mr E. Montgomery, another for W. H. Maria, one fpr Mr H. Mbrris and the other for Mr Calder, of Avondale. # # # Three rising three-year-olds that have oeen in charge of F. Smith, at Takanini, left on Tuesday for Sydney by the Awatea, where they will go into J. T. Jamieson's stable. They are a brown gelding by Nigbtmareh from Jestee, a bay gelding by Siegfried from Yigilance, and a chestnut filly by Lord Warden from Clink. There were purchased by. Jamieson at the yearling oales at Trentham last year. Martara, who was recently sold to go to India. was to leave by the same steamer. * # *« After the faiJure of Kefresher at Feilding it was. thought that the old liorse woald probably be retired. His OAvner, Mr F. Culvert, jpurneyed to New Plymouth on Saturday to watch a trial. Kefresher gallopod so well over iivo furlongs that Mr Ualvert decided to keep liim going at least until after the Egnumt wintRr meeting. At that gathering Kefresher will probably be raced over a distance of ground. # * # Smoke Screen 's win in the Manawatu Sires' Produce Stokes brings hini.up.to third on the list of winning two-year-olds for the season. Koyal Chief tops the list with £2285, Francis Drake next with £2080, and Smoke Screen next with over £1100. Smoke Screen was got by Limond from Ctirtain, by Tltespian — CoavI, by King Eufus — Our Lady, by Simmer — Lady Agnes, by Necknrgat. CoavI procjuccd Rational, Yeil, The Monk, Mask. Habit, and The Masqnerader amongst her many foals. Onr l.adv's foals included Bronze and Bean Soult. /

The effort of Ben Braggie in carryiug 8.13 to victory in the J. M. Johnston Memorial event at Awapuni on Friday stamped him as a smart sprinter. Peter Beckford is well above the average but Ben Braggie gave him a stone ancLbeat liim decisively. Lady Ina, who was more than two lengthg behind him, came out on^the second day and won. As Ben Braggie is quite at hoine on holding tracks he should win a good sprint: luring the winter montha. * ^ * By his two wins at Awapuni last rtsek Koyal Mimic stamped himself as x likely candidats for the big winter jumping events1. He had his first start over hurdles at Feilding, when he aecounted for all but Hunting Queen. On the lirst day at Awapuni he avenged ihat defeat, Hunting Queen, being among the unplaced division. In that race Koyal Mimic only prevailed after a close struggle with Beau Gallante but on Saturday he scored in comfortable fashion. Koyal Mimic is by the Austra;ian bred Oomedy King horse Mimetie from Our Day, a mare by Our King' from Josie, and is owned by Mr D. J. Barry, Gisborne. # # * The Buzzer, owned by Mr H. Bayly, oi Wanganui, put up his best performance to date in winning the Tamatete Handicap on Saturday at Awapuni. The Aus-tralian-bred colt took che tape with hira, and lolst a lot of ground consequently in the early stages of the race, but his brilliancy enabled him to get into a handy position at the back, and he won nicely at the end. However, had Haut Monda not met with interference crossing the top he must have been very hard to beat. * * 9 Those who eommit a breach of she Gaming Act and lay sixpenny or shilling doubles on turf events have been deseribed in the Police Court as "peaGut" bettors. But Walter Somers, a sustenance inan, who eame before the Foliee Court at Auckland and pleaaed guilty to a charge of carryiug on the uasiness of a bookmaker on April 3, was even below the "peanut" class. Laying doubles at 10/- to the nimble threepenny bit, he may claim to belong to the "carraway seed class." # * « When the first quarter of the preseut season closed in Australia, Heroic was placed third in the winning sires' list. In the interval the progeny of the New South Wales-bred norse have plaeed him in front with a substantial lead, and it is made quite clear that Heroic will hold a commanding position for the fifth successive year. At the close of last season Heroic ;s. progeny had won £133,777, and there seems every prospect of the total being increased to more than £153,000 when the 1936-37 season closes in July. # * # When The Bigot was beaten by Bantry by only a head, in a close finish and a fast run seven furlongs in the Taranaki Plate at New Plymouth at the beginning of February ne looked sure to win a -race shortly ufterwards, writes ' ' Hurry On. ' ' However, it was not until Saturday at Awapuni that he scored. He Appears to have carried out his task in an attractive fashion and he may not be long in adding to his record. This one-eyed Australian-bred three-year-old is a fine free galloper who should be able to pay his way in open eompany later on. # # * _ This year's Sydney yearling saies resulted in 474 quittances for 100,287i guineas, averaging 211J guineas. The results were the best since 1930. The averages fof the past four years are: — Year. Sold. Gns. Avge. 1934 .... 356 54,702 153J 1935 .... 436 80,007i 1834 1936 .... 487 74,415 153 1937 474 100,2874 2114 Last year only three yearlings reached a four-figure amount. Top price this year was sepured for a Lew Zealandbred colt by Iliad (imp.), who brought 1800 guineas, compared with a maximum price of 1700 guineas for 1936. This year ' 11 yearlings sold at 1000 guineas or more eaeh. « * • Bluffer, who created a favourable impression when she won the two-year-old event on the opening day at Awapuni, was then only making her second appearance in a race. In ner only previous start she had- filled third place behind Geira and Kelative at Woodville in Deeember. On Saturday she was sent out favourite but lost ground at the start and the fast pace set by Greenwich gave her no opportunity to overhaul the ieaders. Bluff er is a brown filly by Nigger Minstrel from the Psychology — War Scare mare Bravado, a half-eister to those good horses Estland (New Zealand Derby), Fmmark (A.J.C. St. Leger), and Highland (W.K.C. Thompson Handicap), and a member of oue of the best Okawa families. She therefore hat the breeding credentials to be good quality. When sent into the salering last year she elicited a bid of only 40 guineas, so her breeder, Mr T. H. Lowry, decided to keep and race her. She is one of the pair of juveniles Mr Lowry handed to Mrs A. W. McDonald to prepare this season, the other being The Crooner,