RANDWICK WILL AGAIN ATTRACT CLASS HANDICAP HORSES

NZ Truth, Issue 1261, 30 January 1930, Page 9

RANDWICK WILL AGAIN ATTRACT CLASS HANDICAP HORSES

LESSONS LEARNED LAST SPRING

Distance Performers Were Better Suited Than Were Sprinters WILL ALL DEPENDON THE WEIGHTS

| ""'''»'"' miiimiiiHiimmiiiiimmimiimiiiiiiiimimiimimiiiiiiiniimiimiiPiiimiiiiiiiH^ | With the conclusion of the Wellington summer meeting quite a number of owners | | and trainers are thinking about a jaunt across the water, and the big prizes offered at 1 | TRandwick at Easter are. sure to prove irresistible to those owning. anything like decent | 1 .' horses; ' ■ -..''■■■: I

RACING in.Sydney last spring proved fairly conclusively that the standard m; distance '.handicap races was very ordinary, While it was very evident that the competition m the : sprint events was very keen. Teri and First, Acre were, winners'*' over a distance of ground at Randwick and these victories were; more or less aurprisingjto the stay at home crowd.' y On the other hand three good sprint-, •rs, Aussie, Pagianelli and Cimabue, were' beaten consistently when, expected to triumph. ; Nightmarch all but won a big treble and Paquito was m the money, m both the Metropolitan and the, Melbourne Cup. There is no doubt that a thorough following of the ups .and downs of the New Zealand contingent m Australia last spring gives a lead of what is wanted for the trip, and what is not wanted. ..■<■.: One trainer who looks a certainty to be at Randwick on Easter Saturday is Horty Lorigan. I The successes of Concentrate m the Auckland and the Wellington Cups naturally gives Lorigan and, owner Rob Murphy some 'confidence in' tackling the Sydney Cup. y ''."*** Concentrate is engaged m the Cup and ■ so. is his sister^ Oratrix, and all going well with the pair m the interiVn', and the A.J.C. handicapper not murdering the younger horse, Lorigan will get away after the Wellington meeting m March.

, Sheltering the best two-year-old of the season, Gesture, it is unfortunate fpr Lorigan that she claims .- no engagements m .classics this, ' autumn and being engaged m two races In' New Zealand it seems bad- ■ business to take her away. A few years ago Sydney and Melbourne saw more of Jack Cameron than did New Zealand, but lately Jack has had to stay at home. But'the bug is going to bite him again and with Goshawk and Hunting Cry as the main armament there will ;be surprise expressed if he fails to heed the call. ' „ '" .\ '.' ■ ■ Both these have been nominated; for, autumn handicaps and m a race like the Doncaster they would have to be considered. The. longer Sydney Cup does not appeal so much. During the Wellington Chip week it was : reported that Bright Glow would agaih.be oyer the water this season. The chestnut mare for. various reasons was unable to show her real form during her spring visit, but to-da;y she is a; different horse and those who witnessed her racing during October would not know her to-day. . If she trips away she! will have a companion and it is stated that her travelling mate will be Orazpne. Nightmarch is of course to go back and attempt to gather more money and he will have one or two cobbers. to accompany him. v . He is m the Sydney Cup, hut his per-

formances of the spring should succeed m weighting him out of it. Still, he has the weight-for-age races to tackle and as latest reports from the other. side state that; Chide is now com-, ing aiong m great fashion there ls the 'prospect of Sydney witnessing a battle royal which should have been presented m New Zealand. During George Price's short trip to the Dominion he told "Truth" that Commendation had done well since going into his care and though he had not asked for anything serious he was ready to do the job when .called on. His presence m the big handicaps lends added interest. The non-appearance of Limerick will be. deeply regretted, but Fred Jones has some idea of having another look at the progress of the harbor bridge. ' He has entered Paquito and Marsham, 'but when it comes time to make a decision Fred may decide to stay at home for a change. • • So far as the two and three-year-old classics] at Randwick are concerned they will not have their usual interest to New Zealand as for once we will be without candidates m these rich races. ; At the. present stage everything is more or less m the air, but it would seem certain that Lorigan and Cameron will make the trip, with Fryer also a probability. • But till the handicapper exposes his figures there will be adopted a policy of wait and see.