Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 316, 29 March 1928, Page 5

Turf Notes

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"EARLY BIRD"

Horses For Feilding Benzora, Vivo and Partaga, who hail from C. Jackson’s stable, are booked for Feilding at Easter. J. Brown’s trio, Bisox. Silvermine and Oraxone, will also do their racing at this meeting. Is Doing Well A couple of seconds and a third is the latest achievement o£ the Magpie gelding Coriaax, and perhaps he may show further to advantage when the Mclnnis Memorial comes up for decision at Whangarei on Saturday. The black gelding has been getting through n. fair amount of sound work at Ellerslie, and is hitting out in pleasing style on the track. Have Shown Promise The Red Heckle nominated for the two-year-old events at the C.J.C. autumn meeting is a gelding by Warplane from Glenluce, by Glenapp, from Lady Stockwell, dam of Nobleman. He is under the charge of the Riccarton trainer. F. Christmas, who also has a four-year-old gelding from Glenluce by Sarto in commission. Both have shown good promise in their track essays. Should Perform Well Bright Glow has been well treated in the Easter Handicap and all going well with her in the meantime is a certain starter, J. Fryer has also received a cordial invitation to bring Paitonu and Whysogne—-the former especially having received treatment in marked contrast to that meted out to him by Southern handicappers. Fryer will leave Hawera on Friday with Bright Glow, and with L. G. Morris to pilot the mare, fehe should not lack anything in the way of horsemanship. Solferito Gone Amiss The Riccarton-trained gelding Solferite was withdrawn from the Great Easter Handicap at Riccarton, but has been nominated for the Courtenay Handicap on the first day of the meeting. The* Winter Cup winner has: been for some time causing anxiety to his trainer, who has been unable to give the necessary solid work to get him fit to race. Solferite galloped four furlongs early this week, and appeared sound on pulling up, but unfortunately the trouble is well established, and difficulty may be experienced in getting another race from him this season. Happy Hunting Ground The Awapunl mentor, H. H. I>oyle, has ever found the West Coast circuit a happy hunting ground and his Southern trips have, in several instances, led to his disposing of members of his string. King Cheops was purchased in the Auckland district and, following his getting on the winning list for his new owner, he was sold to a West Coast sportsman. Later trips followed with tho Benzonian gelding Birthmark, who was purchased by th© trainer, and his monetary returns were further augmented when he elected to dispose of the animal to another Southerner. Of more recent date is the transfer of the Solferino gelding, Buoyant, the latter having been replaced by Hallownoon, a seven-year-old mare by Hallowmas, who was purchased by Doyle after the Wanganui meeting. An early financial- return was forthcoming amid the trainer’s familiar haunts on the Coast and Saturday last saw him add still further to his prize money total when he captured the open seven-furlong event with the mare. Perhaps, she, like her predecessors. will find a new home in the South. Horses Change Hands The three-year-old filly Skyrider and th© hurdler Mister Gamp, who have previously raced in the interests of Mr. J. Colins, of Palmerston North, have been dispose_d of, Mr. Collins’s health being such that it is giving his relatives grave concern. Skyrider. who claims Day Comet as her sire, has yet to open her winning account, but as she early displayed a fund of pace, her new owner, J. Coyle, the trainer under whom she received her education, should not regret the outlay. The Bronzetti —BJ-olly geldfng has been purchased by Mr. E. W. Collins, of Newbury, the owner of Arrow Lad, and as the chestnut lias already given evidence of his capabilitieis as a jumper, he should prove a sound proposition. While there have been occasions when the gelding did not appear to have given of his best. Mister Gamp has demonstrated that he has staying power on the flat as well as over the battens. He revels in the mud and the manner in which he accounted for the hack seven-furlong event at Otaki when the going was very bad will long be remembered.

Three For Riccarton O. Cox has decided on Riccarton for Easter and will leave Hawera on Monday next with Reremoana, Lady Desmond and Barryanda. J. Barry has been engaged to do the riding. Loss to Owners’ Ranks Mr. Collins’s withdrawal from the active ranks is a distinct loss to the owners’ ranks, his associating with the turf extending over a period of many years. Away back in 1895 he captured the Manawatu Cup with Lorelei, a Cruiser —Laurel mare, and then repeated the success th© following year. Prior to Lorelei passing into Mr. Collins’s hands she had won the Foxton Cup, but following upon her successes in the Manawatu Cup, or the Palmerston Cup as it was then called, she annexed the Rangitikei Cup for her new owner in 1898. It had been Mr. Collins’s hopes that Mister Gamp would prove worthy of emulating the mare, but it was not to be.

Two Fine Fillies According to a report the Hawke’s Bay trainer, L. Wilson, is handling two as fine fillies as on© would wish to see anywhere. Both are by Lord Quex, one from Tressida and the other from Queen Lizzie. By virtue of her relatives one is apt to bestow more attention on the former when first making the acquaintance of the pair. Raasay’s sister shows the exact same measurements as ho did at the same age. Standing well on her feet and symmetrically built, she shows more qualify than either Runny mede or Raasay when yearlings, but indicates the same characteristic and obvious virtue of gameness prevalent in the two colts—"a lady every inch of her” about fills tiie bill. The Queen Lizzie filly is of slightly different type, and the little she lacks in comparative quality is counterbalanced by her robustness. Both fillies (chestnuts) impress as likely early two-year-olds and, if anything further than recent form is necessary to recommend Lord Quex as a sire of racehorses, then these fillies furnish it. TRIVALVE AND LIMERICK CLAN ROBERT MAY COME TO NEW ZEALAND There are two items of interest to New Zealanders in this week’s mail from Australia. First is in regard to the tliree-year-old Trivalve, who will bo Limerick’s main opponent in the distance weight-for-age races at Randwick. Here is what “Cardigan” writes of Trivalve: Trivalve has arrived safely at Randwick, and it is not surprising that track watchers are impressed with his appearance. Undoubtedly Trivalve has improved a great deal since th© spring. 'He is now a regular “bull,” and looks up to any weight. He is such a great horse constitutionally that Scobie is enabled to give him a considerable amount of work without the least worry; Speaking to R. Lewis, he expressed the opinion that Trivalve would be particularly hard to beat in any race over a distance, irrespective of the company opposed to him. “All he wants is a fast pace,” said Lewis, “and provided the weight-for-age races in Sydney include a horse who is anxious to go in the early stages, Trivalve will probably return to Melbourne undefeated.” It is to be sincerely hoped that Limerick and Trivalve continue to do well in their preparations, as their meeting in the King’s Cup should be one of the greatest races of recent years. Mr. Fred Wilson will have a difficult task in framing the weights for that race. He will, no doubt, start with Limerick, and award him 9.5, the maximum weight, which will be 51b over weight-for-age. Weight-far-age for a three-year-old in April is 8.4, but it is almost safe to say that Trivalve will receive more than 51b over the scale. Pantheon will also b© high up in the weights, but possibly Limerick will have to concede him weight, as over a mile and a-half I do not think there is any doubt that Limerick is Pantheon’s master. It may be different at two miles. Weights for the Great Eastern Steeplechase are now available, and Clan Robert, the champion jumper of Victoria, is top-weight with 13.4. He won with 13.9 at Flemington in the spring, but 51b less over the strenuous course at Onkaparinga on Easter Monday is likely to test him. Sir Roseberry is by no means badly treated at 11.3. If Clan Robert should win the Great Eastern or run a good race it is quite on the cards that h© will be sent to New Zealand to compete in the Nationals in August next. So very few owners have sent horses across the Tasman to race that Clan Robert and his owner would be received with open arms by New Zealanders. Wain Australia are always receiving visits from the best New Zealand horses, adds “Cardigan,” and it would be a welcome change—from the point of view of the Dominion —if an Australian owner occasionally sent a team to New Zealand. It is to be hoped that Clan Robert does come to New Zealand, but one wonders if the maximum weight at Riccarton will be left at 12.7.