LATE TURF

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 79, 24 June 1927, Page 13

LATE TURF

HAWKE’S BAY RACES WINTER MEETING TO-DAY Press Association. HASTINGS, To-day. The Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s winter meeting opened to-day. The sky was overcast, and there was a fair attendance. The track was sodden after the rain overnight. WOODLAND STEEPLECHASE 2 miles. 5 2—WODEN. 10.8 1 I—BANJUKE, 10.10 2 5 HANDY, 0.0 3 Scratched: Hautawa and Fairfield. Won by six lengths, with only a neck between second and third. Time, 4min 36 4-ssec. WHAKATU HURDLES If miles. 1— PERLE DE LEON, 11.1 1 2 9.9 2 3 PENEUS, 11.2 3 AH started. Won by six lengths, a neck separating second and third. Time, 3min 26sec. HAWKE’S BAY HURDLES 12 miles. 3 COMEDY PRINCE, 9.2 1 6 MAT IT, 9.6 2 4 HIGHWAY, 10.9 3 Scratched: Peneus. Won by three lengths, 100 yards separating second and third. Time, 3.31 2-5. LORD DERBY’S TRIUMPH COLORADO TAKES NEWBURY CUP By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Thursday. On the second day of the Newbury meeting, the principal handicap event resulted as follows: NEWBURY SUMMER CUP Of 1,500 sovs.; 1J miles. COLORADO (Lord Derby), br h, by Phalaris—Can von, 4yrs 1 GRASSMOOR (W. Singer), b h, by Phalaris—Blaekaton, 4yrs 2 PONS ASINORUM (Sol. Joel), br h, by Tredennis—Bridge at Midnight, syrs 3 T-en started. Won by four lengths.— A. and N.Z. In addition to owning the winner, Lord Derby also owns Phalaris, the sire of Colorado and Grassmoor. Phalaris was the best sprinter of his day, and won several valuable races for Lord Derby. TEAM FOR SYDNEY LEAVE BY MARAMA TO-DAY By the Marama, leaving for Sydney to-day, Tidal, Whakarite and Nucleus are being taken across by N. Cunningham. T. George has White Bird in his charge, while Spoony and Princess Lupin are also on board. The jockeys, S. Tremaine and C. McCarthy, are also to go across to Sydney to-day. Although it was understood that Mr. W. Scholium's pair, True Blood and White Wings, were to make the trip, such is not the case, as their owner has no intention of sending them across unless he can go with them. TO VISIT VALAIS Mr. J. C. Gleeson, who returned last week from Sydney, while in the Commonwealth made arrangements for his filly by Tea Tray from Gold Treasure, and therefore half-sister to Amythas, to visit Valais, the leading Australian sire. The filly was bred by Mrs. Perry and has not been raced. She is rising four years old, and the last foal to be thrown since Amythas, who was born in 1916. Mr. Gleeson tried to get the filly away by the Marama sailing to-day, but was unsuccessful. Probably she will be shipped by the next available steamer.