WINNING RIVAL FAVOURED

Southland Times, Issue 24231, 14 September 1940, Page 10

WINNING RIVAL FAVOURED

TODAY’S MEETING AT ASHBURTON

REBELLION EXPECTED TO SHOW UP (Special to The Times) CHRISTCHURCH, September 13. Fine weather is promised for the Ashburton County Racing Club’s meeting which will open spring racing in the South Island. The track will be firm, but not fast, and under the win-and-place system of betting the following horses should race prominently: COUNTY HURDLES.—Jewish Lad, Sir Frederick, Master Dingle. NOVICE STAKES.—Pleading, Wild Coon, Sweet Mystery. SELMA TROT.—Auric’s Star, Clonard, Marco Polo. ASHBURTON HANDICAP.—Winning Rival, Tlie Raker-Dunstan bracket, The Wrecker. CHATMOS HACK HANDICAP.— Don’t Forget, Nightglass, The Vulture. PENSCROFT HACK HANDICAP— Iceland Spar, Muffler, Great Night. SPRING HANDlCAP—Rebellion, Night Hawk, Shikari. RAKAIA TROT.—Mortlake, W’ainoni Jack, Braw Lass. The acceptances are as follows:— 12.15 p.m. COUNTY HURDLES, £l2O. (One mile and 100 yards)—Courtyard 10.11, Top Rank 10.8. Jewish Lad 10.7, Master Dingle 9.13, Land Raid 9.8, Sir Frederick 9.3, Sunnyland 9.3, Waka 9.2, Leopardstown 9.0, Arlta 9 0.

12.55 p.m. NOVICE STAKES. £lOO. (Six furlongs). —Royal Lancer 8.4., Gentility 8.4. Sweet Mystery 8.4, Pink Gauntlet 8.4, My Ship 8.4, Safe Light 8.4. Star Wink 8.4. Foxette 8.0. Platform 8.0. Bali 8.0. Pleading 8.0, Whiphand 8.0. Stylosa 8.0, Green Gables 8.0, Jolly Time 8.0, Wild Coon 8.0, Cesarina 8.0.

1.35 p.m. SELMA TROT, £llO. Class 3.43, (One mile and a-half). —Ardglass It, Aurle’s Star It Ben Travis It, Canister It, Castlebar It, Clonard It, Dandy Travis it, , Durate It, Festivity It, Hamafast It, Happy Man it. Lady Denise It, Marco Polo It, Mickey Rooney It. Nationalist It. Ngarimu It. Nilgau It. Paddy Pointer It Ronaki It, Torqual It, Salisbury It, Surprise Potts It, Turrett It, Walnoni Jack 12yds, Hoyle 24yds, Jarrah 36yrs.

2.10 p.m. ASHBURTON HANDICAP, £2OO. (One mile and a-quarter).—Sovereign Lady 90. Swordstick 8.3, The Wrecker 8.3, Winning Rival 7.12, Settlement 7.10, Glenora Boy 7,8, Petersham 7.7, Entail 7.5. The Raker 7.5. Dunstan 7.0.

2.50 p.m. CHATMOS HACK HANDICAP. £l2O. (Six furlongs).—Gay Parade 9.3. Retrogression 8.12. King’s Toast 8.8, Don’t Forget 8.7, Nightglass 8.4, Dinah Dhu 8.2, Lord Midas 7.13, Tlie Vulture 7.9, Muscatine 7.7, Airline 7.7, Lady Magellan 7.7, Night Shift 7.7, Royal Refrain 7.7.

3.30 p.m. PENSCROFT HACK HANDICAP. £l2O. (One mile). —Prudent Prince . 9.4, Iceland Spar 9.0, Great Night 8.7, Dranoel 8.1, Grey Silk 7.13. Ferriby 7.10. Ryetown 7.9, Blue Abbey 7.7. Muffler 7.7, Gay Thread 7.7, Kilcato 7.7.

4.10 p.m. SPRING HANDICAP. £l4O. (Seven furlongs).—Royal Chief 9.10. Willie Win 9.3. Toro Koura 8.9, Thermldor 8.6, Passaform 8.2, Shikari 7.13, Rebel Star 7.7, Roy Bun 7.6. Night Dress 7.6, Night Hawk 7.1, Rebellion 7.0.

4.50 p.m. RAKAIA TROT, £l3O. Class 3.38. (One mile and a-half). —Braw Lass It. Burt Scott It, Erin’s Lad it, Jarrah It, Mortlake It, Oasis It, Pursuit It, Silver Grattan It, Swift Lady it, Talak it, Walnoni Jack It. Clive Brook 24yds, Panquitch 36yrs, Star Ace 36yds.

expectations in his immediate engagements. The stable apprentice, B. Clark, is to have the mount on The Cardinal in the Avondale Cup.

Riding Engagements The following additional riding engagements have been made for the Ashburton meeting:—C Fox, The Wrecker, Dranoel, Rebellion; M. Billington, Grey Silk, Nightdress, Royal Refrain; V. Barrington, Stylosa, Sovereign Lady, Muffler; A. Stokes, Wild Coon, Ferriby; M. Caddy, Blue Abbey, Toro Koura, Foxette; W. F. Ellis, Royal Lancer, Night Shift, Gay Thread; C. Mackie, Cesarina, Lady Magellan; M. Hollands, Courtyard; R. Register, Master Dingle; S. Green, Kilcato; W. Connor, Entail; A. Stove, Top Rank; C. Stokes, Gentility; P. Boyle, Land Raid.

A Big Loss One of the Aga Khan’s big breeding and racing establishments in France was situated in German-occupied territory, and must consequently be written off as a total loss. But he is not alone in his misfortune. Mr Joseph E. Widener, a well-known American racehorse owner, had bloodstock to the value of £62,500 stabled in Normandy, and is completely without news of them. No news either is obtainable concerning the French horse Djebel, or, more serious still, of his owner. M. Boussac.

El Golea’s Record Aurie’s Star “smashed the clock” when he won the Whittier Handicap,'six furlongs, in Imin Sgsec, establishing a new record for Australia and New Zealand. The previous best was that of Silver Scorn, who recorded Imin 9 2-ssec at Riccarton in February 1933, when carrying 9.11, and Regular Bachelor, Imin 91sec, at Flemington in March 1938. The world’s record, Imin 6 l-ssec, was established by Broken Tendril at Brighton, England, in 1929. Aurie’s Star put up an amazing performance for, though he was assisted by the wind, he carried 10.2, and carried it as if it was a feather. Racegoers gasped when the time was posted, and many declared that the clock had “gone mad,” but it was correct. The time is not only electrically recorded, but is checked by a hand watch. Aurie’s Star was unruly at the barrier, and, though he jumped away well, he did not gather speed as smartly as usual, and it was not till about half-way through the race that he secured the lead, and after that the issue was never in doubt.

“Scraps Of Paper” Commenting on the seizure of French thoroughbreds by the Germans, the well-known English writer “Rapier” says: “I do not believe that any real profit will accrue to the enemy. Nobody will take the slightest interest in German bloodstock after the war, because nobody will give the slightest credence to pedigrees of any horses which have been in German or German occupied territory. As far as racing and breeding are concerned, Germany is beyond the pale, and I see no option for the trustees of the Stud Book but to exclude rigidly all stock which cannot be proved to have been out of reach of the enemy.” German pedigrees will be scraps of paper.