FOALINGS AND BOOKINGS

Southland Times, Issue 24239, 24 September 1940, Page 9

FOALINGS AND BOOKINGS

Southland Studs Busy Again

WILD COON’S FIRST WIN

Nominations for the Dunedin spring meeting close at 5 p.m. today. Acceptances for the Kurow meeting close today.

Pulled Up Sore Dunstan finished last in the Geraldine Cup, and on returning to the enclosure appeared to be favouring one of his legs. He does not look like surviving the first payment for the New Zealand Cup.

Bookings To Man’s Pal Additional bookings to Man’s Pal are as follows: Solfeggio (SongbirdObedio), Paigle (the dam of Peony Rose), Queen Balboa, British Queen, Ilithyia, Sunny Jean (Siegfried-Min-ona) and All Style (the dam of Royal Style).

Special Force Special Force’s Wellington Stakes success indicates that he is a class above the other three-year-olds produced this season. At Hutt Park on Saturday he won in pointless fashion and it is unfortunate for his party that he was not entered for the New Zealand Derby Stakes. May Be Retired

It is unlikely that Irish Fling, a halfsister by Woodend to Wild Career and Secret Flight, will be raced again, and it is intended to mate her with Man’s Pal. Although she was rather erratic in her races, Irish Fling showed useful form at times, winning two races. Surprise Winner

Blazealong, who paid an outside price in the Champion Hack Handicap at Geraldine, is a five-year-old mare by Paladin from Heraldry, the dam of Paper Dart, Blazon, Oliver, Vain and Newsreel. Heraldry was got by Clarenceux from Lady Holyrood, by Golden Knight from Florodora, by Stepniak from Gipsy Grand. Blazalong started on 16 occasions for three minor placings last season.

Well Related Ardglass, a novice winner at Hutt Park on Saturday, races in the same colours as Peggotty. Ardglass is a five-year-old gelding by Wrack from Pearl Pointer, the dam of Kempton, Return Voyage, White Satin, Nicoya, Plain Pearl and others. Pearl Pointer was got by Logan Pointer from Pearlchild, by Rothschild from Verity, by Vancleve—a great winning family. Glentruim Stud Bookings

Several visiting mares have arrived at the Glentruim Stud, Otautau, to be mated with Salmagundi and Siegfried. Consorts of Siegfried include: First Cast (in foal to Bulandshar), Gobble (in foal to Siegfried), Lover’s Lane (Lord Quex—Cheloma), Celerity 11, Enwood, Dainty Ways (ArrowsmithDainty Step), Sibella, Pink Link and Lady Kinnoull (both sisters to Kinnoull), a Robespierre mare (a sister to Stabalize), a Nightmarch mare, Luckv Light and Rebel Lass. Bookings to Salmagundi include: Jedburgh (BalboaSabor), Stronglight, Dalzura, Astral Flash, Brightmark, Last Dart-Flag Signal mare, Tractor-Obligio mare and Balrazie.

Wild Coon Wild Coon’s success at Geraldine on Saturday was well overdue, as the three-year-old had performed very consistently in the racing he had done. Wild Coon who is owned in Southland, was trained earlier by R. E. McLellan, who left him with H. Nurse at Riccarton to race at some of the spring meetings in Canterbury. His winning performance on Saturday was against a weak field, but the decisiveness of it suggested that he will carry on in better company. By Nigger Minstrel, he is a solidly-made juvenile from Miss Redowa, a useful winner a few seasons back. Miss Redowa was got by Balboa, from Redowa, the dam of Baldowa, Red Boa and others.

Foalings Several foalings at Southland studs have been reported so far, Ihe majority being earlier than usual. At the Glentruim Stud, Otautau, Candles has a filly by Sir Simper almost a month old. She is being mated with Siegfried. Lochlaggcn has a chestnut colt by Salmagundi and is being returned to him. Linwood has a bay filly by Salmagundi and is to be mated with Siegfried. Balia Salla has a brown filly by Siegfried and is to be returned to him. Silver Sail has a bay filly by Night Raid and is to be served by Siegfried. At Dalrymple Farm, Woodlands, Half Note has foaled a chestnut colt by Irish Lancer and is to be mated with Man’s Pal. Spanish Maid has a chestnut filly by Irish Lancer and is to be served by Man’s Pal.

A Good Apprentice If tuition counts for anything in the making of a good jockey, W. F. Ellis should climb high in his profession. A son of F. W. Ellis, himself a good horseman, and nephew of two of the Dominion’s leading horsemen in A. E. Ellis and L. J. Ellis, young Ellis can surely be said to be bred to the game, and his father and uncles have given him the best of tuition, states a Dunedin writer. His handling of Hearth at Orari on Thursday was equal to that of the best of our jockeys, and one good judge, a trainer of many years’ experience, remarked after the race: “That lad is the best light-weight apprentice riding in New Zealand today.”

Question Of Rules The Geraldine Racing Club on Thursday apparently committed a breach of the Rules of Trotting when it allowed 20 horses to start from the limit of the Geraldine Trot Handicap, of one mile and three furlongs. A table compiled by the New Zealand Trotting Association gives the safety number of starters al the mile and three furlongs post at Geraldine as 16, but to this number may be added three horses. It is hard to understand why the club and its stipendiary stewards did not insist on the race being run in divisions, as vyas expected by many keen followers of trotting. Had the race been run in divisions the Geraldine Club would have had to increase the stake by 50 per cent. The failure of the club to run the race in divisions will probably be the subject of a discussion at the meeting of the board of the New Zealand Trotting Association on October 2. Clash Of Dates The Southland Racing Club has lodged a protest against the Forbury Park Trotting Club being granted November 23 and 25 for its spring meeting, which clashes with the Southland Racing Club’s spring meeting on November 23. The Forbury Club was

originally granted November 28 and 30 for its spring meeting and the Southland Club November 23. Since it has been announced that the King’s Birthday will be observed on November 25 the Forbury Club has applied to the Trotting Conference for a transfer of dates to November 23 and 25. The Southland Club’s protest is one entitled to full consideration by the Trotting Conference, as there is no questioning its priority to the date, whereas the Forbury Club’s application is a belated one because of the transfer' of the holiday date. The Forbury Club could at least have considered the Southland Club when it decided to send its application forward.