Waikato Horses To Race at Avondale

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 453, 7 September 1928, Page 6

Waikato Horses To Race at Avondale

PROMISING JUVENILES ( Special to THE SUN) HAMILTON, Thursday. The training tracks round Waikato and Thames Valley districts are a hive of activity at the present, this being due to many trainers getting their horses into line for the deeds of the new season. Thames, Paeroa, Tf Aroha, Matamata, Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Te Rapa are all big headquarters but, strange to relate, Rotorua and Te Kuiti are very limited in the numbers that use those tracks. Waikato and Thames Valley can, perhaps, be claimed as the “backbone of the province” in their supply of the galloping and jumping performers each period. Figures show that in the money-getting sense, which is the item that counts, the trainers this way have left their mark over several seasons. From what your correspondent has seen and has learned of in his rounds, the latest period should find the inmates of stables round this way taking a leading place once again in the garnering of the latest harvest. Greedy Galloper Paganelli is down to have his first race of the season at the Avondale meeting. The bay son of Lord Quex and Ringdovo has come back fine and big on it. Most of his work at Te Rapa has been done alone and he has got through it with a nice, easy action. When his trainer, M. J. Carroll, asks his capable galloper to speed up he is likely to get a very fitting response, for Paganelli is fining down rapidly. That popular and capable galloper, T© Kara, was last seen out at Te Rapa in the autumn. He has not been out

of hard feed since and has had enough work during the winter to keep him from getting too lethargic. The Te Awamutu mentor, A. Cook, who has been keeping Te Kara under his eye more or less since he last saddled him up for serious action, is increasing his menu and taking a continuous interest in his track work. The son of General Latour and March is to attempt to win his second Avondale Cup in succession. The old fellow had the appreciated impost of 8.12 last September, but it is not likely that he will get off with that seal on September 22. As he is not as young as he used to be, it will confound the average line of argument if he pulls the next Cup off. Because he is above the average, Te Kara may still be good for some more races, but it will have to be while the moisture is in the turf. Looks The Part Among the candidates for the Stakes at Avondale appears a chestnut colt by Chief Ruler from Gipsy Martian. He was bred by and is to race for the popular Hamilton sportsman, Mr. H. Burch, whose colours have been carried of recent times by Stormy, Breezy (now owned in Australia) and Becalmed. During my peregrinations round the district I had a 1 close-up view of the colt at his headquarters at Te Awamutu, where A. Cook is putting him through his preliminary education. He is built on shapely lines, but not "over-sized, and is a well-boned youngster. Students of bloodstock have much to ponder over and enthuse about in the pedigree of this youngster, who looks every inch the makings of a slashing galloper. Even if lie should line up this month he could hardly be advanced sufficiently, but lie will reach the required rank after he has had a little time and the opportunity to get the right “feel” for racing requirements. Among the team that the llautapu owner-trainer, R. Hannon, turned out for racing last season there was none who gave the impression of being more .out of the ordinary than Tinokoa. The black horse, now a five-year-old, is one of Quin Abbey’s sons, from that one-time grand little piece of galloping machinery, Tinopai, who gathered in a succession of country cups. Tinokoa had a fall during liis three-year-old career. Whether this did any harm it is, of course, difficult to say, but it certainly would not improve matters. The fact remains that Tinokoa lias not always raced quite up to expectations but he has, nevertheless, shown sufficient ability to warrant grading him as decidedly useful . Tinokoa is swinging gradually toward his best stride again and at Avondale later in the month he will carry the colours once again. It will take some racing to key him right up, however, but the spring will not be far on its way before Tiriokoa will be ready. Promising Maiden A maiden hailing from the Te Awamutu side which made a few appearances in the late part of last season was Arikitoa. Arikitoa ran two or three fine races and finished so close up to the placed horses on a couple of occasions for the observant ones to be justified in putting a tick opposite his name for future reference. He galloped boldly and showed the degree of speed that, with some further public experience, would lead to a place among the money-getters. Arikitoa is to come under observation for first time in the new season at the Avondale meeting in the Maiden Plate and his early history is here revived for the benefit of those who care to be more than mere lookers-on.

Kingfield is among the horses to be seen out at the Cambridge track in the morning. Owner A. Harris has had a useful innings with the King Lupin sprinter, but with a little more luck his banking account would have been still larger. It took Kingfieid quite a time to reach the peak last season, over the opening half of which he had a run of “outs” that was exasperating. But his owner had the pendulum swinging in his favour after Christmas, for 880 sovereigns, the garnering of the season, was quite a respectable total. Kingfield will only need to reproduce the form he displayed toward the close of last season to be enrolled on the winning list this term. Another by Chief Ruler In an earlier paragraph reference has been made to a Chief Ruler colt with a classic entry at Avondale. The sire has a second string from the same locality, Te Awamutu, in a gelded son from that worthy matron Lucella. The youngster here referred to is owned by the district sportsman Mr. A. J. McGovern. I have not had’

the advantage of first-hand knowledge of this one, but a good judge informed me that the juvenile was full of quality. There is plenty of size about him and he is an especially well-actioned two-year-old. Already he has demonstrated that he is not lacking in pace and if he fails to make good with the colours up, outward signs are no guide. Star of the East made an auspicious debut as a ’chaser at the To Kui# meeting, which was held at Ellerslie at the end of June, when he carried off the steeplechase event on the first day’s programme. With extra weight the second day and a good one in Pouri handy to him in the weight scale. Star of the East flattened out at a fence before the run home was reached. The Matamata-owned gelding is of the rather flimsy kind for big country, but he has the pace and can jump. His opening role for the new season is to be in the hurdling ranks. It is as well, perhaps, to have a reminder of the fact that the chestnut is no tyro at hurdling, as he did a fair amount of it before he was operated on for respiratory troubles. Star of the East is now receiving a preparation for the Kingsland Hurdles at Avondale. Likely To Do Better Liaison, who came this way from Hawke’s Bay last racing season, got on the winning list a few times and gave evidence that' she was a useful galloper in her class. Like the majority of her breed, Liaison gets into top gear early on in the journey. It is a*n attribute that goes a long way on the road to success, especially in this province, where a tardy move from the barrier invariably spells a whole heap of trouble for the reason that hack fields are so big numerically. With the advantages of acclimatising and the physical development that a year permits Liaison should be a greatly improved galloper this season. High ,Pitch came into racing prominence with a rattle during the autumn of the year, but the Sarchedon gelding failed to keep it up, although the winter tracks were just to his liking. Apart from a few runs in the period referred to, the Paeroa-owned performer has failed to reproduce the brilliancy that saw him spreadeagle a good field in the Railway Handicap at Auckland a few seasons back. When he came under notice ,a short time ago High Pitch left the impression that he had wintered well. His followers have some way to go yet before the account is evened, and it is somewhat premature to be offering any balm at the present period of a fresh racing era. New To The Business That enthusiastic owner-trainer, T. Langmuir, of Te Awamutu, is nursing a broken collarbone just at present as the result of a fall while qualify it g Gold Rep over the Fencourt country. The latter, by the way, has been doing quite well in her cross-country education. and by the time she takes the job on in earnest she should have her turn. The St. Aman’s chestnut is not very big, but she has" plenty of confidence and that is half the battle. She a bit on the burly side at present, fiqj it will not take very long to whip her into shape for serious tasks ahead.