RACING

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 40, 10 May 1927, Page 6

RACING

To New Quarters Mr. J. B. Gaisford has removed his team from Bulls to Otaki. Koauau should win a good race this winter, but the others are not brilliant. Koauau is in the Century Hurdles and the Great Northern Hurdles. Jumpers for Hawera The Marton trainer, J. Morris, arrived at Wanganui on Friday night with Ngata, Omahu, Brigadier Bill and Ruby Ring. They are to go on to Hawera this afternoon. About Day Bell Though Day Bell is not being asked to accomplish anything of a strenuous nature he is in good order. The much improved hurdler is in demand for the big events at the Auckland winter meeting, and it would not be surprising to see him at a much shorter nrice before the day. Of Interest to Owners Acceptances for the first day of the Wanganui meeting are due next Monday night. Weights for the minor events on the opening day of the Auckland winter fixture are not due to make their appearance until after the concluding day at Wanganui. Monday week. May 23, is due date. In Good Company Kamehameha is likely to be a competitor in the G.N. Hurdles, and probably J. Williams will be his Ac the Waikato fixture the son oT Demosthenes ran a couple of creditable races, but he will be among good company in the big event in June and will require to be much improved to have a chance, even though the longer distance may suit him. Coming To Ellerslie G. Lindsay’s team —Alonsoa. Bahadur and The Dansant —who have been working on their owner’s private track at Avondale, are to be brought to Ellerslie this week. Both Bahadur and Alonsoa will be seen out at the Great Northern meeting, but as no two-year-old events will be held again this season The Dansant will only have light work to keep him in trim. Winter Season Opens The Egmont meeting at Hawera on Thursday and Saturday marks the opening of the winter season, which Is not nearly so well divined as in Great Britain. After Egmont comes Wanganui the following Thursday and Saturday, and a fortnight later the Auckland fixture opens. So that the jumping season comes on us with startling suddenness. The Triple Crown The Two Thousand Guineas, the first important classic race of the English season, decided at Newmarket recently, is run over a mile, and is the first event constituting the triple crown— Two Thousand, Derby and St. Leger—which is seldom won. In recent years, since stamina has been sacrificed on the altar of speed, many a colt can run an extra fast mile but has no chance of answering the longer test satisfactorily. The last time the triple crown was won was by Gainsborough in 1918, and a year earlier Gay Crusader gained it. Both colts were by Bayardo. In 1915 It fell to Pommern, in 1903 to Rock Sand, and in 1900 the late King Edward, when Prince of Wales, led in Diamond Jubilee as winner of the coveted treble. Another Mate For Heroic As Magpie’s stud fee is 200 guineas it was rather surprising there was not more competition at Sydney last week for the Absurd mare Absurla. She has a filly foal at foot by Magpie, and is stinted to the same sire, yet Magpies’ owner. Mi . Percy Miller, was able to secure her for 200 guineas. Mr. Miljer, however, did not keep her long. He passed her on to Mr. C. B. Kellovv at the price he gave for her, and next stud season she will probably be mated with Heroic. Under the conditions of Heroic’s lease Mr. Kellow is entitled to send a number of mares to him each season, and judging by his purchase of Thorn Tree and Absurla, he is on the look-out for fashionably-bred matrons for that purpose. Afraid For His Tail If Rawhetu had had the nature of a frolicsome kitten instead of a staid old gelding he would never have landed the race at Rardwick during the recent autumn meeting. He would have been chasing his own tail in a way a kitten has when it irritates him. Instead Rawhetu, with the sense which comes with the years, was doing his best to keep his tail right away from the other horses, and the best way to do that was to be so far in front that none of the others could give his tail joint a knock. Observers who saw Rawhetu before he went out for the race must have noticed the peculiarity about the droop of his tail. About a couple of months ago he got into a slight scrimmage and backed against a fence so hard that his tail-joint was crushed in. Although Rawhetu seems to have recovered from the early soreness which succeeded the mishap the butt of the tail has never quite returned to normal. Anyway, his galloping does not seem to have been affected.

Mountain of Weight Twelve months ago Waranton won the Wangoom Handicap, at Warrnambooi, with list 121 b, but the field was a weak one. For this year’s race the Futurity Stakes winner is asked to carry a load of weight—no less than 12st 31b, with a 6st Tib minimum. The immensity of his task may be gathered from the fact that, the Linacre ; gelding Translator, who is in good form now, is weighted to receive 351 b j from Waranton. Heroic’s Brother Now that Heroic has run his last race, it looks as though his younger brother, Thracian, is going to come good. Until Saturday week last Thracian had not registered a win in his 29 starts. The way Thracian won the Glenhuntly Handicap on that day points to something better. Bombard was a pronounced favourite. In the rear with Eridanus most of the way. he moved up coming to the home turn, and was fourth round the bend, but he quickly dropped out again in the straight. Thracian ran into second place with about three furlongs to go. and Eridanus worked his way into third place. Spearset led into the i straight, but Thracian then ran past him. Eridanus finished stoutly, but ‘ Thracian also came on full of run- 1 ning, and won well. W. Duncan, wh( rode him for the first time, was tlv eleventh jockey tried on Thracian. A Reed has ridden him eleven times, 13 Cairns five, 11. Badger three, D. Zealb two, J. Daniels two, W. Scanlon twe E. O’Sullivan, A. Fullarton, A. Wilson and W. Tully are the other riders who have ridden Thracian in races.