CANDIDATES FOR DUNEDIN

Southland Times, Issue 24241, 26 September 1940, Page 10

CANDIDATES FOR DUNEDIN

Wild Coon To Contest Guineas STRONG TWO-YEAR-OLD ENTRY Weights for the New Zealand Cup are due tomorrow. Stud Item Voloma has been retired from racing and she is to be mated with Quite Sure. Toro Koura’s Dam Gold Pit, a useful sprint winner a few seasons back and the dam of Toro Koura, was recently destroyed. Working Well Spearthrust has been working in good style at Wingatui and will be in favour if produced at Kurow on Saturday. Gold Flight Gold Flight is reported to have done well at Riverton, and she is down to reappear at the Dunedin spring meeting in handicap events. The Baker Although The Raker has been racing badly he has been nominated for the Dunedin meeting. The Croupier gelding appears to have lost all form but his connections evidently hope that he will return to his best. Boswell Back Boswell, who has not raced since last January, figures as an acceptor for the Kurow meeting on Saturday. In five starts last term he won twice and was twice placed. Hurdling Recruit Combat is rather an interesting entrant for the hurdle events at Wingatui. He has never been the most reliable on the flat, but on his best days he is a hard horse to beat—especially up to a mile. A Novice The Colonel Cygnus-Wild Erin mare in Mr W. E. Hazlett’s team has been nominated to make her first appearance at the Dunedin spring meeting. This half-sister to Wild Irishman has been Working in good style at headquarters. Shortage Of Assistants

It is reported that several trainers at Riccarton have been forced to turn down additions to their teams on account of an acute shortage in stable hands. The same position applies in other centres. Staying At Home

Sovereign Lady and Muffler were booked to go to the Dunedin meeting, the latter to contest the Dunedin Guineas, but after Muffler’s noor showing at Ashburton, the trip has been cancelled. They will probably be raced next at Rangiora and Motukarara. Density’s Progress

D. Cotton has his team going on well. Density, the star performer of the stable, is in great order for important sprint races. She is due for her first race of the season at the South Canterbury meeting next month, when her mates will be Lord Kinnoull and Blue Coat, who should pay their way before long. The New Zealand Cup candidate, Pink Lad, may also have his first race of the

season at Washdyke. He is coming on nicely after a short rest. After Washdyke, Density will go to Trentham, probably accompanied by Gentility, a four-year-old Paladin mare, who has made good progress since she raced at Ashburton. The Methven Meeting No less than 221 nominations were received for the Methven Trotting Club’s meeting. A big shrinkage will have to take place in order to avoid division races. An Overdue Win Southern Smile has not done much racing during the last 12 months and in the previous season she did not win a race. Her victory in the final event at Hutt Park was decisive and overdue. Offer To English Owners Several New Zealand owners, and at least one racing club, have sent in offers to take brood mares and young stock from English owners and breeders, and feed them for the duration of the war. These offers have been sent on to the English Jockey Club by the New Zealand Racing Conference. A Trotting Pedigree

The fact that Lawn Derby has launched out on a stud career in Australia is of more than ordinary interest. Apart from the fact that Lawn Derby is the first horse outside America to break even time, his blood lines are of considerable importance to New Zealanders and have quite ah interesting connection with Southland. Lawn Derby was sired by Robert Derby, a son of the famous Globe Derby, one of the greatest sires Australia and New Zealand have known. Globe Derby, who had a mile record of 2min 8 l-ssec, has sired more winners than any other horse in this part of the world. His family is a well known New Zealand one as he was out

of Springheel, whose daughter Buz Buz (by Charming Bells) left King’s Play, one of the best pacers raced in the Dominion in recent years.- It is.on his maternal side that Lawn Derby’s blood is of interest to Southland. His dam Roselawn was by Childe Wood, by Ribbonwood, a son of Wildwood. Roselawn was out of Warvan by Van Roy (a descendant of Childe Harold in male line) from Edith, by Piccaninny, a son of Startle. Another descendant of Edith was Misfortune, who has left a host of winners in Southland and whose daughters are at present being bred from in all parts. Edith, the third dam of Lawn Derby, was brought out to Southland many years ago and to Stirling Lad she threw Misfortune. The latter is better known as the dam of Nelson’s Victory, Carver Doone, Erin’s Fortune, Alva Lass, Fortune Maid, Dan McGrew, Dame Fortune, Mishap and others. This has been a great winning family and its connection with Lawn Derby is of some importance.

Two-Year-Olds Southland bred two-year-olds make up the bulk of the entry for the McLean Stakes to be run at Wingatui next month, and the youngsters that have been paid up for are an excellent lot. Dash o’ Dublin, who is owned by Mrs A. E. McLaren and trained byE. J. Ellis, of Washdyke, is one of the first of Salmagundi’s stock. He comes from a great winning family being out of Fairform, the dam of Passaform, Someform, Tauramai, Charmaine, Rin Tin Tin and others. A good opinion is held of Dash o’ Dublin and he shaped well in a parade at Washdyke on Monday. While members of this family have not made a name for themselves as early speedsters it must not be overlooked that as a three-year-old Tauramai won the Dunedin Cup as well as the Dunedin Guineas. Gay Flight is bred to win races early, as her two full relations Dark Flight and Gold Flight as well as her half-sister Ortyx were all returned winners as two-year-olds. Gay Flight (by Nigger Minstrel from Francolin) is a grand type of youngster and one with much in her favour in a race such as the McLean Stakes. Desert Maid is another bred to win races early. She is a sister to Nigger Boy (a two-year-old winner) and half-sister to Spanish Lad. Sing Sing, by Salmagundi from Shelter, has attracted attention in her work at Riverton. She is a member of a good winning line and some interest will be shown in her first appearance. The Man’s Pal-Set Sail filly has been pointc' to as the best of the two-year-olds at Riverton. She is not built on very generous lines but knows how to handle herself. Her dam was a great race mare and at the stud has produced winners in Sailing Lady, Southern Sail and Sea Lady. A filly by Salmagundi from Lochlaggen owned by Mr A. Chisholm, jun., is trained by D. P. Wilson at Mosgiel. She is the first of Lochlaggen’s produce and is a quality-looking filly. Lochlaggen was a good class sprinter, and being by Woodend from the imported mare Glentruin, she has much in her favour on the score of blood. June Night, a filly by Nightmarch from Pink Justice, is trained by T. G. Pollock at Gore. She has shaped well in what she has done. Guineas Candidates Wild Coon, whose engagement in the Dunedin Guineas has been continued, won his first race at Geraldine on Saturday. The Nigger Minstrel gelding has come through a thorough preparation and he should not be greatly troubled to run out a mile. Although the form of some of the other Guineas candidates has stood out in recent starts Wild Coon will be given more than an outside chance as his work at times has indicated that a mile journey will see him better suited than a sprint distance. His breeding is of interest as he is .by Nigger Minstrel from Miss Redowa, by Balboa from Redowa, by All Red (a son of Stepniak) from Bealey, by Apremont-

1 Queen Bee, by Cheviot-Marchioness Neil, by Papapa-Red Rose, by Traducer from Moss Rose, by Bay CamdenYoung Rosebud, by Sir Hercules-Rose-bud, by II Barbiere. Rosebud’s dam was imported from Australia without pedigree. She was bred by Mr Imlay, then one of the leading breeders in Australia. Some good performers belong to the Rosebud taproot, among them being Black Rose (New Zealand Derby), Royal Rose, Sinapis, La Rose, Red Lancer, Warrington, Blazer, Chancellor and other winners. Bealey won races among the pony rankers, and Queen Bee was also the dam of Slow Tom, a winner of the Grand National Steeplechase. According to the Australian rules Wild Coon would not be eligible for classic engagements because he is not in the Stud Book, although his family is eligible to be included. Two other entrants for the Dunedin Guineas are members of a good Southland family, these being Tissue and the PaladinCharmaine colt. Both belong to the same maternal line as that which produced a previous Guineas winner in Tauramai. Tissue was got by Paper Money from Fairwood, by Woodend from Fairform, the dam of Tauramai, Charmaine (the dam of the Paladin colt) and others. Charmaine was one of the best milers Southland produced in years and the colt by Paladin from her should certinly make a name for himself as a stayer.

£2llO As Stake Money The Winton Jockey Club has decided to distribute stake money for its next annual fixture on the same lines as last year’s allocation. The sum of £2llO will be distributed over the two days’ racing and the programme of events remains unaltered. The following officers have been appointed: Judge, Mr.W. F. Young; handicapper for gallops, Mr C. E. Hassall; handicapper for trots, Mr H. A. Pierce; starter, Mr T. Marshall; clerk of scales, Mr E. Matheson. ■' '' *