Pink Coat is to Run in G.N. Guineas

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 705, 3 July 1929, Page 11

Pink Coat is to Run in G.N. Guineas

COLT DOING WELL The announcement made recently ; that the crack two-year-old Pink Coat j will depart for Auckland at the end of September to contest the Great Northern Guineas brings the colt into the limelight again. He still remains in the field for the Dunedin Guineas, run in October, but with the absence of high-class three-year-olds the richer classic race at Ellerslie seems like being the more profitable mission for him. Pink Coat was not entered for the Avondale Guineas, run 12 days before the Ellerslie classic. Honour is undoubtedly the best three-year-old of the present racing season. His achievements in this country put him on a pedestal by himself, while his victory in the A.J.C. Sires’ Produce Stakes further strengthened his claims to two-year-old supremacy, comments the Christchurch “Sun.” But in all his races in the Dominion Honour never once met the Hunting Song colt Pink Coat. The latter won all of his engagements with the exception of the C.J.C. Challenge Stakes, in which his colours were lowered by Silver Paper, and some racing men hold the opinion that over a distance of ground he will seriously test Honour the first time they meet. Both are engaged m the New Zealand Derby, but as Honour will do his spring racing in Australia it is most improbable that they will meet till next summer, at least. Has Grown Up Pink Coat was never really at his best in any of his engagements this season. He was a big, overgrown colt, and a strenuous preparation early in his career may have left its mark on his constitution. But his connections adopted the right course when they preferred to let him race on light preparations, and thus give him plenty of time to mature. When lie first made his appearance as a two-year-old Pink Coat looked far older than his two years, but probably that was on account of his size. -He was a big. long, lanky colt, with a tremendous stride, but to the keen observer it was obvious that he merely needed time to show that he was the possessor of much brilliance. In the course of conversation with a “Sun” reporter, trainer E. J. Ellis remarked that the colt had done particularly well during his winter spell. He has thickened out considerably since he raced at the C.J.C. Easter meeting, and is now developing along the right lines of a typical Derby colt. Coming to Hand

Following on the Easter racing carnival at Riccarton Pink Coat was temporarily' retired, but he was not put out of work. Kept at steady exercises he has lost none of his condition, and he will be at a distinct advantage when the early spring meetings arrive, for it will not take long to put that extra polish on him that is necessary for stirring contests. It came rather as a surprise when the announcement was made that Pink Coat was to go to J Auckland for the Great Northern Guineas, but. as Ellis pointed out, the Northern three-year-old classic will be no harder to win than the Dunedin Guineas, and besides it carries a richer stake. No doubt he will be given plenty of striding work from now on, but, naturally, an endeavour will be made to maintain his brilliance till the Auckland contest, after which he will be given a final preparation for the Derbies.

A LET-UP ECHO OF ROTORUA AFFAIR At a meeting of the Auckland District Committee yesterday it was agreed to after the disqualification of J. TI. Mcßae, A. J. Gilmer and W. Rennie, jockeys, for the balance of their term to suspension of riding in races, and it was also agreed to recommend the Racing Conference to act likewise in regard to C. N. Carmont, jockey. Applications by A. Driscoll and 11. J. Tinker for permission to work, in training stables were declined. Should the Waipa Racing Club be successful in obtaining a permit for an extra day next year, it was agreed to recommend that the club should be granted a permit for one fixture of two days. Several applications for licences were considered and reported on to the Licensing Committee. The disqualification imposed on the jockeys W. A. Rennie, J. IT. Mcßae, A. J. Gilmer and C. Carmont dated from June 29, 1925, and was for a period of two years. The disqualifications were the outcome of the High-weight Handicap at Rotorua in February of last year. V.R.C. GRAND NATIONAL (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) MELBOURNE, July 2. A prominent candidate for the Grand National Hurdle Race, Epical, was scratched today owing to soreness. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT “A.T.” (Thames) and Others.—Manga ni was scratched for the Wellington Steeplechase at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26. RACING FIXTURES JULY 10. 11, 13—Wellington R.C. 25—Waimate Hunt. 25, 27—Gisborne R.C * 27 South Canterbury Hunt. AUGUST 3 —Christ church Hunt 3—Poverty Bay Hunt 13. 15, 17—Canterbury J.C. 24—Pakuranga Hunt (at Ellerslie). 24 Hawke’s Bay Hunt 28— Dannevirke R.C. 29 Dannevirke Hunt 31 —Taranaki Hunt SEPTEMBER 4, s—Marten J.C. T—Otago Hunt 12, 14—Wanganui J.C, 21—Ashburton R.C. 21—Napier Park R.C. 21. 23—Avondale J.C. 26, 27—Geraldine R.C. 25 — Hawke’s Bay J.C. OCTOBER 2—Manawatu Hunt s—Kurow J.C 5, 7—Auckland R.C. 10, 12—Dunedin J.C. 19—Masterton R.C. 24. 26—Poverty Bay J.C. 26. 28—Wellington R.C. 26. 2S—Waikato R.C. 28—Waverley R.C 28—Waikato Hunt 2S—Waipawa R.C. 28—North Canterbury 28, 30—Gore R.C. 30— Birch wood Hunt NOVEMBER 2—Banks Peninsula R.C. 7. 9—Whangarei R.C. 11, 13, 16—Canterbury J.C. 20, 21—Otaki R.C.