Turf Note

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 863, 6 January 1930, Page 12

Turf Note

Takapuna Entries Today Nominations for all events to be run at the Takapuna Jockey Club’s summer meeting and final payment for the Wynyard Plate close today (Monday) at 5 p.m. with the secretary, Mr. F. D. McVay. Wellington Meeting The programme in connection with the Wellington Racing Club’s summer meeting will require attention from horseowners today. Nominations for all events, also forfeit for the Wellington Stakes, close at 9 o’clock tonight with the secretary, Mr. J. M. Griffiths. Chelone Back For the past four months Chelone has been in the paddock, but his connections now deem it advisable to commence on him again, and he made his reappearance at Ellerslie over the week-end. As expected Chelone is big s.nd lusty at present, and it will require several weeks’ training to fit him for actual racing. The other member of the stable, Golden Wedding, has had an easy time since the Takapuna meeting five weeks ago, and for the present she will remain idle. Fernden's Form Mr. W. Jury, who purchased Fernden last season, must be now well on the right side of the ledger so far as the Redfern gelding is concerned, writes “Kestrel.” Wins at Waverley and Hawera served as a forerunner to successes at Awapuni. and Tauherenikau during the holiday carnival. On the second day of the Manawatu meeting Fernden went under to Statuary in the hack sprint, but the following day he made amends when he led the field home in the open sprint, though the opposition was rather weak it must be admitted. Taken down to the Wairarapa meeting he was narrowly defeated by Chopin on the opening day after he had made the pace all the way, and on Thursday he was confidently supported to win the Russell Handicap. He performed his task in tradesmanlike style to return his supporters a dividend that gave them a nice little profit for the meeting, fernden has won two open races within a week, and, well placed, will win still more before the season ends. Still Going Strong Outstanding at Ellerslie was the success of candidates sired by Chief Ruler, the Westmere sire being represented by four winners of live races at the meeting. Gesture, Royal Parade and Tenterden each scored a win for the son of The Tetrarch, while Awaken, another of Chief Ruler’s gets, notched a brace of wins during the fixture. Antique, who was a winner at the meeting, claims Tonbridge as a sire, and as that son of Pommern was standing at the Westmere stud prior to his destruction being ordered by' Mr. John Donald, the stud may claim six winners at the fixture. Mr. Donald appears well set to put up a record for the number of winners sired by stallions standing at his Westmere Stud. Not For Sale At the recent Egmont meeting Paratoo, the Grandcourt gelding in W. H. Dwyer’s stable, shaped very pleasingly when he contested the Juvenile Handicap, impressing those who saw him as being likely to take a hand in two-year-old events in the autumn, though It may be that he will be given time 'in view of valuable “classic” engagements. Several papers have made the statement that Paratoo’s owners, Messrs. T. J. and P. A. O’Neill, have turned down a good offer for his purchase. It is understood that no definite offer was made, but the owners have made it clear that they do not Intend to sell this promising juvenile. High Falutin’s Double When he contested the Himitangi Handicap on the, second day of the Manawatu meeting High Falutin’ appeared to be a trifle unlucky in getting beaten by the well-performed Rory Mor, whom he was conceding 171 b. The Grandcourt —Table Talk gelding made amends at Marton by winning the Stewards’ Handicap and the Turakina Handicap in convincing style, and the fact that he was an odds-on favourite on each occasion (the second time under a big impost) was evidence that his victories were well anticipated in certain quarters. Close on £3,000 was invested on High Falutin’ on the two days, and it looks as if Mr. Russell Grace’s representative has not done winning yet. Glare’s Cup Win The four-year-old Invercargill Cup winner, Glare, is an Australian-bred gelding by Australian Sun from Lady Travancore, who was purchased as a yearling in Sydney in 1927 at lOOgns by a brother trainer on behalf of his present owner, Mr. J. W. Lowe, writes “Sentinel.” Purchased in the hope that he would develop into a galloper capable of scoring over a fair distance of ground, Glare looks like fulfilling the expectations of his proud owner and the judgment of the clever mentor, Mr. F. McGrath, whc was responsible for securing him for New Zealand. Australian Sun, the sire of the Cup winner, is not very well known in this part of the world, but he is a well-bred English sire and the fact that he is likely to beget stayers will be of interest to quite a number of breeders. Coming from the same family as Bill of Portland, Gloaming, and Solario, Glare’s sire Australian Sun is by Sunstar from Rosewarne, by St. Frusquin—Electric Rose. In his adopted country Australian Sun has sired a number of winners and some of his progeny have won racing honours in Maoriland apart from Glare, including In the Shade (second in the recent New Zealand Cup to Chide), Mithra, and Brilliant Light. The success of Glare in the leading event of the Southern season was very popular in racing circles, as his owner is well and very favourably known in the Maoriland turf world.

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Waipapakauri Fixture Nominations for the Waipapakauri meeting at Waipapakauri on January 25 close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday with the secretary at Kaitaia, or with Messrs. Blomfield and Coy., Auckland. Racing at Thames The annual meeting of the Thames Jockey Club is to be held on Thursday and Saturda3 r . With fine fields engaged the fixture promises to be very successful. Baby Bun’s Success A pleasing feature of the Greymouth Jockey Club’s Christmas meeting was the success of Baby Bun in the Cup. She is owned by the club’s president, Mr. T. E. Coates, who effected her purchase when the Ellerslie trainer, T. George, made a compaign on the West Coast 12 months ago. May Come Good

After he had run third in the Breeders’ Plate at Randkick two years ago a great career was predicted for the New Zealand-bred Peacemaker, but he disappointed subsequently and at the end of the season had added only a second and another third to his placed record. At Randwick a fortnight ago he accounted for a division of the Trial Handicap, and seemingly he may yet live up to the promise he gave as a two-year-old. Originally he was purchased as a yearling at the Trentham sales by a Sydney sportsman, Mr. G. Bell, for 600gns, but in June the same year he was passed on to Messrs. Keogh and Rowe for 975 guinueas. Although the distance of his recent win was only six furlongs, Peacemaker should be at home over a bit of ground, as he is by Limond (son of Desmond), from Makepiece, by Martian (son of Martagan), from The Hague, by Stepniak (son of Nordenfelt). Fordell Successes

The veteran trainer, Fred Tilley, who presides over the Fordell establishment from which he has turned out many winners, will retire at the end of this month to take a trip Home, sailing on March 1, comments the “Chronicle.” During the past couple of months he has been letting the racing public of this portion of the Dominion see that his hand has not lost its cunning. At Awapuni he was rather unlucky, having only one winner (Ruanui), while representatives from the stable in Cashier, Ruanui and High Falutin’ filled the roles of runners-up In other events and Consent gained a third in his only start. It was at Marton that Tilley came into his own for Equitant notched a win and a second, Avro a third, Glenartney a second, Freehold a win and a second, Thrift a third, and High Falutin’ a brace of successes. Cashier was the only member of the team to register an unplaced performance.