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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 302, 22 December 1939, Page 4

From Various Sources

The jubilee meeting of the Te Arohi Jockey Club will be held on February 24 and 26, and the attractive Tjrogramme arranged should receive a fine response Irom owners. The chief event will be the Herries Memorial Cup, of £IOOO and gold cup valued at £SO, one mile and three furlongs. The principal race an the second day will be the Centennial Cup, of £6OO and cup valued a! £25, one and a-quarter miles. Dictate, notes a southern writer, is booked to have another shot at the Auckland Cup. Last year he ran a good ihird with 7.6 in 3.30, th§ slowest time recorded for several years. The race record is held by Cuddle, who won he* Second Auckland Cup with 9.3 in 3.23, tn the New Zealand Cup Dictate 7.5 ivas three lengths away from Yours Truly, who won in 3.22 2-5. Palantus 7.2 holds the race record for the New Zealand Cup at 3.22 1-5. Dictate stays Dn fairly well when acting under a light-weight, and may be hard to beat In the Auckland Cup. /» * e A feature of the day’s racing at Te Awamutu on Saturday was the downfall of the favourites, Proud Fox, winner of the Hack Cup, being the only successful favourite. There were several double-figure dividends, and that attached to the win of Gladynev in the Te Awamutu Cup was just under double figures. The Cup winner is a three-year-old bay colt by Musketoon from Caviare, and therefore a full brother to the useful Rona Bay. He is trained at Takanini by F. Smith, who also trains the Hack Cup winner. * *> • It was with a brilliant finishing run on the outside, says the Auckland Herald, that Our Jean won the Flying Handicap after being a long way back and in a seemingly hopeless position at the turn. Brazen Bold and Foxmond reached the front early and they set a fast pace to come into the straight clear Df Gamos, Blonde Princess. Palustre, and Miss Te Koura. Once in line fo 1 * the post Foxmond began to weaken and Brazen Bold was immediately challenged by Gamos (rails) and Blonde Princess. Less than a furlong from th« post they were having a battle royal when Our Jean flashed up on the outride and won easily by a length and a-quarter from Brazen Bold, who held an to beat Gamos by half a length This performance enhances the VaalsBig Bertha filly’s chance in the A.R.C Railway Handicap. • • • The Auckland Cup candidate. Hot Box, who won the Great Northern Guineas last season, was successful In the Poland Cup, 11 furlongs, at Ohincmuri first up this term, and though he has failed in three starts since, he has gone fair races under good vrelsfcts. Ho is a son of Cape Horn out of the Valkyrian-Pebble 11. mare Iceball. an imported line of which he is the best representative to date, though it is attractively pedigreed, descending from the great Paraffin, through a half-sister to Uluminata. the dam of Ladas (Derby) and Chelandry, this being the taproot from which have come Heroic, Magpie, Rossendale, and others noted for their staving descendants. • « • No fewer than 10 candidates for the Auckland Cup were runners in the Te Awamutu Cup, but, according to an Auckland scribe, the form did not appear very illuminating as a guide to tire prospects in the tw*»-raile contest, as the running of several was a good deal below their best. The most forward showings were made by Balinavar. King Rey and The Cardinal, tho last-named gaining friends as a r«r , *U of a strong finishing effort. * * * The Rlccarton-trained hack Great Swoop should earn expenses at Ellerslie, for his southern form has been good. His last success was in the Kaikorai Handicap, run over six furlongs at the Dunedin meeting in October, in which he beat a strong Geld. Those who finished behind him included Dark Flight, who subsequently ran third in the Stewards’ Handicap at the New Zealand Cup meeting and later at the same fixture won the Avon Handicap and the Members’ Handicap. That form will ensure Great Swoop support in hack events at Ellerslie.—Christchurch “Press.” • • • Having his first race over a middle distance, says the same writer, the three-year-old Gladynev scored an attractive victory in the Te Awamutu Cup, for which Balinavar, Baran and Cheval do Voice were the favourites. The start was delayed some minutes when Balinavar dashed through the tapes and dislodged his rider, covering some distance before he was recaptured. Orate, Gladynev and Vaalso were quickly prominent, Orate and Vaalso going on to make the pace from Glady- j nev, King Rey, Bonstar, Cheval de Vole# and Baran. Orate and Vaalso j were still !n command entering th« ! straight from Balinavar. King Rey, Gladynev, Sly Fox and Barcn (out- , side*-. Gladynev came through at tho i distance and won decisively by a length ' from Balinavar. who defeated King Rey by n head. The Cardinal, finishing strongly, was fourth, followed by Scot land, S!y Fox. Bn r an end Vralso. Tho winner registered a good pc~formar.ce being well ridden by tho successful apprentice W. J. Mudford. Balinavar Iwas unlucky in drawing the outside at (the barrier and his escapade before the (start did not improve matters for him. King Rey, always in the picture, ran (well and The Cardinal came from a long way back for fourth. Scotland was also closer at the finish than at any other stage. Sly Fox and Baran. who hang out round the turns, ran respectably, but the others were never dangerous. • • » Discussing Dictate’s prospects in the Auckland Cup, the Hawera writer “Goldspur” says: “Luck has never been with the connections of this horse in big events, but luck will usually change in the end. After the New Zealand Cup meeting last month Dictate’s owner, Mr M. O’Brien, took over his training, and as a win came at his second start following the transfer, it may be that somewhat better things now lie in store. The horse is good enough to win almost any race in the land, as he is honest, solid, and versatile. Dictate is a better horse this season than he has ever been. That at least was the impression he made when he was seen in the birdtcage prior to going out to contest the 'New Zealand Cup last month." Dictate, now a six-vear-old, has started 72 times 'in all to date for 11 wins, 13 seconds, and 13 thirds. In stakes he has earned £3785. a good return for the 50 guineas paid for him as a yearling. I * * # Night Raid has sired another very promising stayer in the recent Australian winner, Companion, who teat a big field at Moonee Valley over a mile and a-quarter. Companion, who was bred |at Ellerslie and sold in Sydney as a (yearling for 500 guineas to Mr J. P. Trihey, the owner and trainer of Regular Bachelor, has been given every chance to develop, and the patient policy which has been pursued with him has borne fruit. He is a very Jiighly-bred horse, being out of the imported mare Graciosa, a daughter of Gay Crusader, and Mistrella. the grandrlam of the dual Ascot Gold Cup winner, Trimdon.