Track and Stable

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 205, 18 November 1927, Page 7

Track and Stable

LATEST TURF GOSSIP

Horses Engaged at Takapuna

rE recent form of several horses engaged at the forthcoming Takapuna meeting, together with general turf gossip, is reviewed below.

With A Race On the opening day ot the VV 1 ensure: Uralla went a good race for This outing worked a big * Movement in her condition and In a 'SfuL- event on the concluding day .heat all but Scat, the winner, coming to hand quickly with and She may again get in the at the Takapuna fixture, in ■K'V B he claims two engagements—’.Highweight and open seven fur- “* ‘ The former event would suit Australian - bred mare better. I, Good Company in the races confined to horses trained „ th, district at the VVhangarei gath2ine Illingar performed with distinc- . second and a first going his „V The Mullingar gelding claims encasements at Takapuna on Sat'u,v week, and in view of his form Tnorth it will be interesting to see , h* shapes in the better company he is to meet here. Last Saturday Illinnr was giving away up to as much a 531 b and even then he finished resolutely in second place. Miy M»ko Amends The disappointing Bold Front is to make his next appearance at the Takanuna meeting, at which he has been weighted for two events. It is protable that his mission will be the Ponui Handicap, run oyer eleven furlongs. It will be remembered that Bold front was very unlucky in his last mrt at the Thames meeting at Ellerslie recently and although the course across the water will not assist slow beginners it is expected that the Maggie gelding will be seen to better advantage. A change of luck is just about due, for Bold Front is still eligible for maiden races. Finished Well Taurimu is a very promising hack. He sprang a surprise at Te Rapa last month and was next produced at Whangarei on Saturday. He was saddled up in the seven furlongs hack and after getting a good position early be drifted a bit and at the home turn be was in the middle of the field. In the straight he finished on well in fourth place and on a bigger course might have troubled the winner. Tautirr.u has been handicapped for the Ponui Hack at Takapuna next week. Crack Youngsters While there is no doubt that Childsplay is at present the best two-year-old seen out, equally there is little reason to doubt that Prince Humphrey Is the second best. The Duke Humphrey colt has been awarded 9.11 in the Cambria Handicap at Takapuna on Saturday week, and although good weights have been successfully carried in this race the stable may rely upon Its other representatives, among whom ue Potodawn, Winnington, Coruscate and Look Out. Coming To Hand Red Lion's third in the two-year-old handicap at the recent Thames meeting at Ellerslie was full of merit, and the way in which he came from the hack showed that he is on the up grade. The Solferino gelding should neat his best later in the season, but in the meantime he will probably be prominent in his races. Red Lion claims •? engagement in the Cambria Han•iuap at Takapuna, and a better line »n his future prospects may be obtained after he has raced there. ®reen Two-year-old In her two outings at Te Rapa last month the two-year-old Katarena ran ’*ry green, and coming into the ■Jaight each day she carried her boy ® the course. Even then she finished Prackily, notching a third each day. anere is no denying the filly’s pace, u she can be relied upon to run ’vaight she may be prominent at takapuna next week. Katarena carJr* “>•> cream, crimson cap of the 'r~ rt>rl dge owner- trainer, Mr. R. Han„j,Mtd he also has Otranto engaged i.. . apuna - The latter is a full sister to Gala Day. Hand! capper daikon showed good form at Te -n.?* v mon fck ago, and just now he fail, . in Pretty good trim. His katA u in 1116 bi& event at tlie Waiunt meeting can be overlooked, ton* Burea * n the Alison Cup at Takanext week with 8.3, and with this h © will be one of the fancied Valkon has also been * or the Borough Handicap, T1r .~7 mrlongs. and at present this disu ® should suit him better. Wi, » «t Be Five? *JS ra^ on, » tour wins on end may be now Saturday week, but he is it an! B i?i! nark where he is up against Cur- r» he can succeed in the TakaWin Borou Sh Handicap with .ie ‘ aeserve all the good things that is to be written about him. He fc* h» n flve Pounds of King Hu, and < to concede Town Guard a ULd 0 [ I poun ds. a task that may be (Joarri bim. Then there are Day Valkon . True Blood, In the so u ® Master Doon further down. o« xt be een that Branson’s effort tionaii e 6 ** have to be an excepsmart orj e if he is to add to his T, *"» In The Rear h*cw a Abbey had his last race in ton. x??JP any on Saturday at Riccar--9,9 U P be was sent back by In a h/L « rse eai *ly in the proceedings. 4k b>u*rh held that was the end of hint. «n < a - a Sood number of people had Quanta he Xvas Prominent to the turn. *O4 caJIIJ’ w,l o also has a white face, iQg m a black, green and red racko Wev ary » was the prominent horse. aU av , , ancl not Duke Abbey, who was toning in the rear. • Ul| lling Up trainer. R. Conway, ?" have a fair team together. vpeU u turned Rahepoto out for a of Malj» made an !tddit i°n in the shape We ir an unraced four-year-old teSLinwaL Kelding Luxurious, formerly by w.. Gall.

It Pays to Follow Form The two-year-old form is the most consistent of all. In the Welcome Stakes, Childsplay beat Silver Paper and Silver Rule. Staghunter, who did not run in the Welcome, won on the second day. all the place-fillers in the classic race being absentees. Silver Paper beat Silver Rule on the third day, with Childsplay not a runner, and Silver Rule had her turn on the last day, when her conquerors were not saddled up. Well-bred Youngster Mandane’s two-year-old half-brother by Absurd, Goblin Market, is the makings of a good galloper when he settles down, writes “Vedette.” He was still very green even after his third run at Riccarton, but he showed that he possesses plenty of pace. He gave R. Reed a not-too-comfortable ride on Saturday, for he “mixed it” nearly all the way. In R. J. Mason’s hands he will be all right by and by. Accommodation At Marton In connection with the Marton meeting on January 2 and 3, the club has stabling and accommodation in plenty, but trainers would be well advised to get in early with their applications. There are 60 loose-boxes adjoining the racecourse, and accommodation for 60 trainers and attendants at the club’s hostel, which is also alongside of the track. Traniers who intend doing the Manawatu and Marton meetings should note that entries for the former fixture (three days) close on December 2, and for Marton (two days) on December 9. Value of Broadcasting Carnival Week in Christchurch, which has figured so prominently in the radio world of late, has been strikingly successful, not only from a broadcasting point of view, but from the viewpoint of the Canterbury Jockey Club, Canterbury Trotting Club and of the A. and P. Association, comments the “Radio Record.” The publicity given resulted in record attendances and a complete answer has been given to those people who think that the broadcasting of descriptions is detrimental to a sport.