TROTTING SIRES MAKING GOOD

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 631, 6 April 1929, Page 11

TROTTING SIRES MAKING GOOD

PROGENY OF REY DE ORO AND GUY PARRISH ARE STANDARD RAISERS Many promising descendants of de Oro are at present being educated at New Brighton and Addington, and Guy Parrish (who • s comparatively new, and in a measure a yet unknown quantity as a sire, though his success seems assured, also claims some fine progeny, the majority of which favour the true gait. A large section of the trotting fraternity delight in seeing contests between the best-class square-gaited performers, ajid the deeds of such mighty trotters as Reta Peter, in a past decade, and latterly Peterwah f° *°, show that true-gaited equines, bred from the select American fami- }) e ® early speed, endurance and reliability, will hold their own with the best pacers in the land. In'America, the.pacer is despised in many quarters, and most of the bestclass performers are trotters, including the world’s champion, Peter Manning^ # one mile, 1.562; one mile and ahalf, 3.9 1-4; and two miles, 4.10 1-4. Guy Parrish’s Possibilities But to get back to New Zealand, Guy Parrish, own brother to Arion Guy, 1.59 J, seems destined to lift the standard of trotting-bred stock in New Zealand. It is reasonable to expect that he will produce on the same lines as his great relative, who, opines a review, is in line to become the top-notch Axworthjr sire of the era. With the returns from his first four crops of foals trained at hand he ranks as one of the greatest speed sires under that test, being represented by 48 with standard records, six of them having records from 2.0 to 2.1 Q and no less than 30 of them having records below 2.20; and most of these took their records at either two or three years. Success Not Surprising The marked success in the stud which has ’come so early to Arion Guy is not surprising to students of racing form and trotting blood lines. He was a surpassingly great racehorse from his three-year-old form until he was retired with a four-year-old record below two minutes. Not only did he have speed of phenomenal order, but he could make use of it in a way to make him practically unbeatable in a race, and his courage and gameness were on a par with his speed. His inheritance is not exceeded by that of any stallion of this era, in point of richness and the extreme speed productiveness of the individuals in his pedigree. That he is on the way t.o become one of the great speed sires of all time is assured. But it also looks as if Guy Parrish will produce some great pacing stock, if the colt owned and educated at Manger© by J. T. Paul, is a sample of his progeny. Bred by Mr. E. X. Le Lievre, of Akaxoa, the colt is from that remarkable brood mare Bertha Belle, dam of Great Bingen, Peter Bingen, Great Peter and Co. All the colts from this mare by Nelson Bingen have made trotting history in this Dominion, and in trying a change of sire, Mr. Le Lievre would appear to have made a happy selection with Guy Parrish. Paul’s colt is on all points of conformation a great one, and that he is level-headed was demonstrated when the youngster was publicly paraded with a field of older horses during the last Otahuhu fixture, when he also displayed fine action and an appreciable amount of speed. The Mangere colt is engaged in this year’s Sapling Stakes, and next season’s Derbies, and his future will be watched with Interest by followers of the sport locally. Progenitor of Early Speed On the other hand. Key de Oro did not claim much attention as a sire, but latterly the deeds of his offspring brought him very much into the limelight. Free Holmes, owner of Rey de Oro. has proved that his judgment in regard to likely progenitors of early speed is reliable, having previously imported that, most prolific sire, Logan Pointer, who unfortunately had to be destroyed through being kicked by a pony a few years ago. The majority of Rey de Oro’s stock favour the pacing gait; but the lew that have adopted th© trotting motion give every indication of earning their oats fit the game. Both Guy Parrish and Rey de Oro give promise of helping to raise the standard of the light-harness pastime in New Zealand to a 2min basis, a standard as yet only reached and maintained by America.