RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22987, 16 September 1936, Page 5

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel The AJ.C. Derby The A.J.C. Derby, of 5000sovs, will be run on Saturday, October 3. A Sale of Stock A sale of bloodstock in the estate of the late Mr W. Crossan will take place on the off day of the Dunedin spring meeting. Auckland Friday, September 18, is general entry day for the Auckland Racing Club's spring meeting. Forfeits are also due for the Great Northern Guineas and Welcome Stakes. Gallio Gallio was knocked off his pedestal by his failures at Wanganui. He is, however, reported to be on the big side in condition, and may show better form later In the season. Early Defeats There is no great reason to feel deeply disappointed when a favourite horse suffers defeat at the early spring meetings. A trainer timing his horse for big engagements in October and November is not likely to have his charge fully tuned up early in September. Patagonia Patagonia, a five-year-old Cape Horn gelding being raced by the Opaki trainer B. Burgess, was running on weir enough at the end of the Maiden Race at Wanganui to suggest that he may shortly win a novice event-. He is engaged next at Foxton. An Outstanding Sire The many important successes registered by the progeny of Chief Ruler accentuates the fact that the Dominion lost a high-class sire when The Tetrarch's.son died two years ago. The winnings of Chief Ruler's progeny from the season 1927-28 to that of 193536 amount to £131,664, made up as follows:—New Zealand. £99,036; Australia, £32,628. Riders at Ashburton

Riding engagements as follows have been made for Saturday's programme at Ashburton:—A. Parsons—Cape Gabo, Heather Land, Tout le Monde, Invoice; Bellerive; A. Messervy, Culotte, Pelmet; C. Wilson—Screamer, Aggravate, Sir Hugh, Gaysome; J. Cotton, Tunneller; G. Ridgway, Brevity; H. Turner, Wexford Bridge; C. Hughes. Redolent. Bowls or Betting

Whether it was proper lor bowlers to prefer races to bowls, showing their preference by abandoning matches on race days, was recently discussed by the Christchurch Bowling Centre. It was argued that for members of bowling clubs to hold up matches by going to the races was to show lack of consideration for bowlers who had ho interest in racing. , Another argument was'that the issue dafrowed down to a choice between two sports. It was surely right for bowlers to support their own game. However, a motion that bowling matches should.not be postponed because of race meetings was lost. Taxation

New Zealand is not alone in the struggle to keep step with crushing taxation of racing. The Australian Jockey Club distributed nearly £IOO,OOO in stakes last season, spread over 20 race days at Randwick and eight at Warwick Farm, and for this the State Government held- out its hand for £112,743 in taxes. The Government demands 9 per cent, in addition to charging racegoers nearly double fares on rail and tram. Totalisator receipts fell off by £76,. 30, punters preferring the betting shops to the course. Betting shops gave work to a squad of policemen and barristers, but that is poor consolation to racing clubs. The AJ.C.'s receipts from all sources totalled £210,476, but when the balance sheet was made up the surplus was £667. Much labour and little gain. Mala

The substantial offer of 4000 guineas refused for Mala may be taken as solid evidence that with ordinary luck the colt will win more in stakes than the amount refused. Mala raced four times in New Zealand as a two-year-old. He made his debut at the WoodviUe summer meeting, where he ran second to Wagner in the Juvenile Handicap He followed with a second to Laughing Lass at Manawatu. Mala struck winning form on the third day of the meeting by winning the Juvenile Handicap, when he gave weight and a beating to Deficit, the recent winner of the Wanganui Guineas. At the Wellington Cup meeting 'Mala won the Wellington Stakes from Symcony and Moquette in 58Jsec. The colt then went into retirement. Mala is a bay colt by Lackham from Lucretia, by Lucullus—Signal March, by Bezoman— Pilgrim's March, by Pilgrim's Progress —Stepaway, by Stepniak—Kate Green • away, by Johnny Faulkner from Miss Kate, the ancestress of Phar Lap ana it must be mentioned, also others not nearly so good as the famous son if Night Raid. Lucullus, the sire if Mala's dam, was a German-owned horse seized in England during the war. He was sold at 25 guineas, and his stock have won about £150.000 in New Zealand. Lucullus was got by the Derby winner Ard Patrick who was purchased by the German Government at 30,000 guineas. It is inter esting to note that Ard Patrick ranks as closely related to the New Zealand Cup winner Tirailleur, whose dam, Florence Macarthy is a daughter of Lady Morgan, the granddam of Ard Patrick. Morganette, the dam of Ard Patrick, also produced another Derby winner in Galtee More, s Lucca, the dam of Lucullus. was got by Gazabat (a Sterling line horse) grom Lucerna. by Sir Bevys. said to be the worst horse that ever won the English Derby The third dam of Lucullus was got by the Derby winner Kisber. who also won the Grand Prix de Paris.

A Protected Age Trainers seem to be strongly against training three-year-olds for the New Zealand Cup, and it is difficult to say why that should be the case, because horses of that age are distinctly favoured by the conditions attached to the race. It seems to be feared that training a three-year-old for the New Zealand Cup is too severe a task for a young horse, but old-time trainers did not consider it so, and achieved a considerable amount of success with second-season horses. In 1885 Fusilade went into history as the first three-year-old to win. In 1887 Gipsy King ran second to Lochiel, probably one of the best horses ever raced in the southern hemisphere. Gipsy King later in the same season won the Dunedin Cup, two miles and a distance, under 8.4. In 1888 the places in the New Zealand Cup were filled by three-year-olds in Manton, Son of a Gun, and Exchange. The following years two three-year-olds in Tirailleur and Scots Grey were first and second. Two three-year-old fillies in Thames and Rosefeldt followed the aged British Lion in 1891. Rosefeldt won as a five-year-old in 1893 from the three-year-old Ich Dieu. St. Hippo won in 1892, and afterwards won the Auckland Cup with 8.9 on his three-year-old back. In 1895 Euroclydon and Gipsy Grand were first and third, and the former also won the Derby and Canterbury Cup. The three-year-old Defiance was third to Lady Zetland and Euroclydon in 1896. Seahorse was the next three-year-old to score when he won in 1899. Canteen ran in the New Zealand Cup as a three-year-old and four-year-old, and won as a five-year-old. The great colt Noctuiform scored one of the most brilliant wins ever achieved in the,race. He concluded the " Triple Crown" by winning the Derby and Canterbury Cup. Indigo at three years dead-heated with Warsteo, and since then one of the age has not succeeded in getting first past the post. In recent years three-year-olds nave seldom been saddled up for the New Zealand Cup. even though they are "protected" in the handicap. According to the conditions of the race, a winner canno* be rehandicaoped above weight-for-age. This really means that a good three-year-old could, as Noctuiform did. sweep the board at the Sydney spring meetings and still have only a feather-weight in the New Zealand Cup. On the other hand, an older horse could be penalised a stone or more, but owners generally take great care that the handlcapper does not get a chance. For instance when Chide won in 1929 he paved the way to his success by just sufficient winning form to dodge a penalty. He carried 7.4 as a four-year-old. and was next door to ar absolute certainty, bar accident, from post to post. The penalty conditions attached to the New Zealand Cup are not an assistance to the meetines which precede it. as owners with horses engaged are naturally not anxious to incur an increase of weight. The growing importance of the Wellington sprine meeting may put a different complexion on the matter, but up to date only one penalised hor«" has won the New Zealand Cuo

Racing in England With the flat racing season threequarters on the way to completion, and with the richest prizes already allotted, Lord Astor was at the head of the list of winning owners in England, and the Manton trainer, J. Lawson, was an easy first among the trainers.. On the date of the latest advice from Lon don, August 17, the premier jockey, G. Richards, had won 122 races from 611 mounts, an average of slightly under one in five. Fairway was dominant among the sires.. The leaders in the various .groups on the date mentioned were as under:—Owners: Lord Astor £33,264, Aga Khan £28,267, Lord Derby £21,668, Sir Abe Bailey £18,144 Lord Rosebery £10,840, Lord Stanley £9104. Trainers: J. Lawson £49,651, F. Butters £32,324, C. Boyd-Rochfort £29,041, C. Leader £26,562, J L. Jar vis £25,059, H. L. Cottrill £18,595 Sires: Fairway, 14 winners of £43,594. Pharos, 11 winners, £20,128; Solario. 16 winners, £19,771; Blenheim, four win ners, £14,230: Obliterate, nine win ners, £13,660; Son-in-Law, 11 winners. £10,752; Tetratema, 13 winners £10,117; Coronach, 11 winners, £IO.OBO Jockeys: G. Richards. 611 mounts, 122 wins; W. Nevett, 329 and 64; J. Sirett, 465 and 61; E. Smith, 468 and 49; P Beasley, 288 and 46; R. Perryman, 308 and 46; T. Lowry, 312 and 44; H. Wragg. 309 and 32, The result of the St Leger Stakes will have an importam bearing on the ultimate positions of Mr W. Woodward, who was ninth or the owners' list with £5777, and C. Boyd-Rochfort, who will now be second on the trainers' ladder. With the breeder's premium, the winner's share of the St. Leger prize last year was £10,043, and it will be worth approximately the same sum this year.