TE AROHA TOPICS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 928, 22 March 1930, Page 12

TE AROHA TOPICS

RECENT FORM REVIEWED THURSDAY’S TRACK WORK Special to THE SUN TE AROHA, Friday. Taurimu now occupies a box at Mr. Lipsey’s stable. Pie has thickened out a lot during the past year, and jumps well. Pie is to compete at the Tauranga and Opotiki meetings. Kanui has gone back to her owner near Matamata, but as she has shown pace and is quite sound it may not be long before she is again in condition. G. A. Reid has just added to his lengthy string a two-year-old filly, by Valkyrian—Queen Street, therefore a half-sister to Valstreet. She is a really fine type, built on speed lines, and with good bone and strength. The owners of Master Latour have decided to give him a spell, but he may not be long out of work because he can sprint well and carry weight. At present the General Latour gelding is at Morrinsville. Town Bird Can Jump Town Bird was sent over four hurdles the other day with the pace on. Ho jumped in a manner that indicates he should be a success at the hurdling game. Although he may not compete in hurdle events in the near future, his schooling may result in him staying his sprint races out better. Trainer Rhodes Wallace is gradually getting a team together. Including a chestnut mare by Catmint, he has a team of four, the other three being White Ringlet, Intaglio and Bahama. For a first attempt over country Ah Wera put up a good performance by running third in the McGuire Memorial Steeplechase at Paeroa. His jumping was of a fine order, and considering that his preparation has been Interfered with, he stayed the two and a-half miles creditably. Mr. J. Hanks is keeping Flitter going. She has built up well lately, and may be in the right racing condition to do her best at Te Rapa next month. The same owner also has Potoanui and Thanks still in commission.

The big St. Amans gelding, St. Warrigal, did fairly well in the Hauraki Plains Steeples at Paeroa on Monday until he fell. He can gallop fast and jump big country, but has yet to show whether he is a stayer in the right sense of the word. The contractors for completing the j new course here are adopting “speed right ahead” tactics, and if fine weather i continues the work will soon be ! finished. For some weeks training ! work will bo restricted to the course i proper, which provides excellent 1 going. Coming Right With Age Sir Russell has at last commenced to thicken out, and he will be all the better for it. Since the Ohinemuri meeting he appears to be relishing his track tasks, so his winning effort at Paeroa has not had a detrimental effect. The fall that Taumai sustained on Monday at Paeroa has had the effect of keeping him off the training tracks since. He was very stiff in front for a. few days, but may soon come right. Antique is progressing satisfactorily ‘ in his track duties, but is not being : hurried. He has freshened up a good deal, and is a likely competitor, at the i Waikato and Auckland meetings. ; Gold Day, who ran a second at Te Aroha, is steadily progressing, and by the time he next carries silk will be in racing form. Being of a very i docile temperament will be much to j his advantage in the future.