RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26637, 6 December 1947, Page 5

RACING NEWS

By the Sporting Editor December 6.. .. Canterbury J.C. December 6 .. .. Avondale J.C. December 6 .. .. Woodville J.C. December 13 .. .. Tapanui R.C. Tapanui acceptances are due on Monday. King’s Ransom and Thimble will not be started at Riccarton to-day. The Stormovik did not have a good run in the Otaio Plate and may finish closer up in the Ashley Handicap to-day. Fresh Boy Scratched , Fresh Boy, runner-up in the Melbourne Cup, was scratched from the Auckland Cup at 9 a.m. yesterday In the Hurdles Sir Saladin’s form on the first day of the C.J.C. meeting does not inspire confidence in his choice in the Port Cooper Hurdles to-day. Better Suited The longer distance of the Port Cooper Hurdles should suit Wane better than the mile and three-quarters journey of the Middleton Hurdles on the first day at Riccarton. lacking in Stamina Duvaals, who will have his first race at the Cup meeting to-day, is a speedy sort but as yet has not gathered much stamina. He should be worth following at the minor meetings. Hagley Handicap Candidate Soar, .who is engaged in the Hagley Handicap to-day, carries the same colours as Longsword and Royal Tan. Bred to Win Asaf Jah has not yet filled a place but he is bred to win races, being a grey colt by Nizami from the Chief Ruler mare Vestal Queen. Prize for Apprentices At its next meeting at Hastings the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club intends to give a prize to the apprentice who gains the most points at the meeting. National Sales No fewer than 71 sires will be represented at the national thoroughbred sales at Trentham in January when 519 yearlings will be offered from 301 Dominion studs. Nineteen stallions, 13 of them English bred, will be represented for the first time. The catalogue includes a large number of close relations to some of the outstanding performers on the Dominion turf and the sales should attract a record attendance of those in search of champions of the future. Catalogues will be available at an early date. Challenge Stakes This season as a four-year-old Majesty has had only two starts, winning the Shorts Handicap, of seven furlongs, at Ellerslie, with 8.11, easing up and running unplaced in the Spring Handicap, of one mile and a-quarter, with 9.0. Altogether he has earned £7140 in stakes. Up to a mile Majesty has shown brilliance above the average and he might go to even greater heights before the current season is over. He has been galloping brilliantly at Takanlni and is to meet Sleepy Fox and others at weight-for-age, with allowances in the Challenge Stakes, of seven furlongs at Avondale to-day.