SYDNEY RACING
N.Z. PROSPECTS
INFLATION’S GOOD FORM,
SYDNEY, August 19,
The Rosehill meeting last Saturday,marked the iirst appearance in Australia of the.- three-year-old colt inflation. |He won in such brilliant style that:he is now one of the favourites- -for the Epsom Handicap, his chance an the CJaUlfield -Cup. being freely canvassed. v.yft,; - - .
Inflation had 'been -.-in Sydney, on.y about ,a fortnight and lie d'd not; look .quite ready when he went out lor the second division of the Three and Fopryeai’roid Handicap, but he was supported .by the stable at good odds. He put up one of those rare performances .that only champions - such as..-Manfred, Heroic, ißampion and Limerick at three years old could - achieve. Hopelessly placed early, he did not appear to .have the remotest winning chance when the field settled down, but ion.co he found his feet he literally flew. So much .so that before •the-home bend was .negotiated he swung in behind .the main bunch. Prom the top of the straight he .unwound a magnificent burst of speed. Hprse,- after v horse- he passed - HU- he. gained-- the .ascendancy, and continuing his great; run nvent on ho ■’Win' by "twolengths. . . . ■..... • . No 'finer-performance has been seen on a .Sydney suburban- 1 track for years. In the ; circumstances it was not surr>"ising that •'he subsequently became a sound second favourite for the .Epsom. After the Warwick Stakes there are tilings less likely than his .ousting RogiHa from tile position'' of favourite for tßandwick’s big spring mile. 1
' 'lnflation is a brilliant colt, possessing phenomenal speed' when he settles down ip' his raoes. The way he finished at the end. -of seven furlongs .at Rosehill suggested that he could jhave gone 1 on -to twin at any distance. As a rule the progeny of imported •Paper Money is noted for speed rather than stamina, but there' is a distinct possibility that Inflation will ;developinto a good middle-distance horse later. Tlie pity is that he was not nominated for .the Derby.
SILVER RING
In the brilliance of Inflation, some of Sydney’*! best fudges are - over-: looking Silver. -Ring’s-two-year-old cord. New ’-Zealanders who hail from -the south)’ however,’ are convinced that fie is a great three-year-old, -and . are quietly confident that he will rise .(superior’ to Inflation. ■ If -he’ can, -hd must be outstanding, for his com%Hiot **iie of the best colts New Zealand has sent to Sydney in a decade.
iHOBARTVILLE STAKES,-,
' . A race that ' Will- contain much interest 'for New 'Zealanders at -Warwick, Farm will .be the •■Hobftrtvitfe Stakes; Ip this the Darby favourite, Kuyera, ; .will reappear. .Since resuming training the Brazen colt has done everything ;asked of him i,n the tracks, texM'MK the efforts of even our sprinters, and it is confidently predicted that he will continue his supremacy on Saturday.The race, which is the first of the spring classics,! is run over seven furlongs, a distance which Kuvera successfully stayed in the autumn; so there is ho reason .to, believe that he will fail. Of course, it will not provide a true test of stamina, but ■ it will probably depend upon hi s showing in this whether or not ho holds 'his position at the head of the" Derby quotes. At present be is being closely pressed by the New Zealander, Gai.no , Carrington, ivhose backing for the great Randwick class r this week was inspired -by the stable. Thus, ,with Silver Ring and Inflation to run in the Epsom, Inflation to contest the Caulfiel'd Cup, and. Caine Carrington -to run in the. Derbies, it certainly seems at this stage as if New, Zealand is going to play no sma’l part in the decision of the' big sprint events.
ABOUT NIGHTMARQH
Nightmarch, who arrived this, week after a rough trip, has .seldom looked better. McAulay said, in an interview, that he expects Veilniond to prove hardest to beat "in the long-distance weight-for-age• events, but if Nightmarch improves on .his autumn form lie should have nothing to fear. At Easter .the Night Raid horse was not. thoroughly seasoned, yet 1 -he won the Autumn Stakes and Cumberland Stakes handsomely from Veilmond. it was only in /the -two and. a quarter miles A.J.C. Plate that his strenuous racing found a weak spot, and Reed did not knock him about when he found that his mount was a beaten horse ;a. furlong from home. "Nightmarch, and hot Veihnond, is going to be the danger to the Australian .weight-for-age aspirants in the long-distance series.
PETER JACKSON WELL,
There was Metropolitan support for Peter Jackson this week. He has done remarkably well since arriving here, and that connections did not bet in the dark wag indicated by a very useful mile gallop he did subsequently. Petep Jackson is favourably treated in the Metropolitan, and it only requires the I New Zealander to give evidence of the form he displayed last spring to become 'favourite for any of the suburban handicaps he contests in the near future.
Riccarton trainer O, Emerson wont close "to scoring his first Australian training success when he sent Oratoi-ian to the P°st a firm favourite for a divi-
sion of the Three and Eour-Year-O-d Handicap at Rosehill. Maurice MeLarten had the mount 011 the gelding, but in a close finish the promising Dimerc,. who had much the better of the 'weights, .narrowly bent the New Zealander. Qratorian is still robust, but after Saturday’s run he should soon reach his best form. He is likely to pay his way in Sydney. Cylinder . ,fias impressed Randwick track watcher*.Mfe has not been given any searching gallops so far, but he is working, along nicely, and may soon have a run, The New Zealander's looks are in keeping with the brilliant form he revealed:’ in ,the Dominion at three-year-old; -and J, H. Jefl’erd entertains hope that \theJJJimond , gelding will show a 'retention of the standard he .set two! years ago in his spring engagements.
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