AUSTRALIAN TURF

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 7, 1 October 1937, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN TURF

Randwick Track Work SYDNEY, Sept. 30. Jockey Keitb Cookj -vrho, togetbor witb 3. M. Coutts and D. H. Webb, was refused a licence at tbe beginning of tbe season, bas now been granted a licence by tbo Australian Jockey Club. Milantbeon will not be a starter in jthe Metropolitan Handicap, bis entries for tbat race and others during tbe spring carnival baving been rejected by tbo Australian Jockey Club jowiing to fractiousness at tbe barrier. Only a few of tbe spring candidates Wero given gallops this morning. Such prominent, horses as Maia, Talking, Gold Rod, and Silver Standard finishedtbeir preparations earlier in tho we6k and were kept to steady exercises to-,' day. Tbe fasfcest times of the morning wero registered by J. King 's horses, wbo gallop under racing conditions. Gay Blonde Ied Billy Boy over seven furlongs ha Imin. 25sec. Mark Antony and Canegrass »&n ,4ve • furlongs in Imin. Isec. One of tb© best seven-furlong gallops was recorded by Gay Khight, ,who gave Country Party and §ir Regent a start and a beating in Imin. 29sec. Hua worked soundly over seven furlongs in imin. 37sec. No signs of soreness were appareut. Gay Chon, an Epsom candidate, w&s oue of tbe f6w to record fasfc time over six furlongs, running tbe distanCe in imin. 15Jsec. Higbbotn finished o2T bis Derby preparation witb a mile gallop in Imin. 47§s6c. Rival Hit ran one of tbe'" best balf-miles of -tbe morning witb Vatpan in 401$ec,