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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 932, 27 March 1930, Page 12

Thurlstone's Breeding I The crack Victorian youngster, i Thurlstone, has started on five occa- ! i sions for three wins and two minor ! ; placings. He was got by Thrice (The j | Welkin—Teppo), from Devonia, by j Comedy King from a daughter of Step- i j niak. Thrice’s dam,Teppo, was by Car- j | bine. The Musket influence is strong j :in Thurlstone. The youngster is to j : contest the valuable two-year-old j i races at Rand wick at Easter, and he will be ridden by his usual pilot. A. ! j Reed. Stud Notes Bran Pie (Buckwheat —Eager Eyes) | j is reported to be safely in foal to Xight j Raid. Her colt foal by Panmuie is j said to be a fine looking youngster, i I Michaela is booked for a visit to Xight j j Raid. Shaping Nicely j Pliar Lap’s rising two-year-old ’ . brother, who will race as Xight Guard, j j is settling down to busines on the Ric- | carton tracks. Circulation and Riverton Gold Cup Circulation has quite a good record ! I in connection with the Riverton Gold j I Cup. The Paper Money mare has con- j ' tested the last three cups for a second, j 1 a first and a third respectively. She | : is engaged again in this year’s race j and it will be interesting to see how } | she fares. Incidently Circulation holds I i the time record for the race. Partnership Dissolved F. and A. Trilford. who have been training at Washdyke, Timaru, for a few years have dissolved partnership. Arthur has gone a few miles away to The Levels, where he is acting as private trainer to Mr. T. G. Lister. He made a good start at Oamaru last Saturday, when he won the hurdle race with Whiffler. Frank remains in his old quarters at Washdyke, where he has a big team under his care. He also ! had a winner at Oamaru, as he turned j out Valuator for the Trial Stakes. The ; two brothers were well grounded in j their business by their father. S. Trilford, and they are very capable young ! men with horses. * Should Be On Top | The battle of the sires for Australian j honours will be continued in Sydney I next month, when Maorilander Xight j Raid will have Phar Lap and Xight I March racing. How Irishmen Ride ! The Rules of Racing in Ireland have ; been amended and revised, and there j are one or two interesting amend - j ments. There is a new ruling that a ! jockey engaged to ride a horse qualij lies for payment of his fee —even ; though the horse does not run—if he I presents himself at scale to be weighed J for the particular horse. The carrying ! of saddle-cloth numbers corresponding j with horses’ numbers on race cards is i proposed as obligatory. The new de- ! finition of a horse’s winnings, presum - j ably for the calculation of penalities, is that winnings comprise all prizes from the commencement of the race ! season to the time appointed for the j start of a race earned by a horse at a recognised meeting iij any country. €-xcept private sweepstakes or matches in any country. Jockeys never havi been allowed to bet nor to own horser ; They are now prohibited from train- ; ing horses.

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No Representatives ! The Great Eastern Steeplechase, j £2,000 (34m.), at Qjikaparinga, South j Australia, at Easter time, has attracted ;40 entiles. Xew Zealand entrants are j conspicuous by their absence. Yearlings Sold i Mr. AY. G. Stead, of the Fiaxmere ; Stud, lias disposed of four of his yearj lings, which this season are spoken of las being an unusually fine lot. A gekl- | ing by Leighton (imp)—Catalini (imp), ! a full-brother to Paleta and a remark- | ably fine looking youngster, goes to ! Gisborne, while the remaining three, a I brown gelding by Leighton—ComI edienne (by Joculator —Lady D. (imp) ; —Valuate, and a brown gelding by I Leighton (imp)—Oddity (a daughter of j Conceit, whose progeny have all run j well) have been disposed of to a Waij kato sportsman. King Mart Sold Again At a sale of horses in Melbourne ; recently King Mart changed hands for 475 guineas and Sir Hoy for 450 ; guineas. King Mart was bought by a Tasmanian and Sir Roy by C. T. Godby. King Mart was formerly owned and trained at Wanganui by Mr. B. T. Bennett, and he has done well in Victoria. Sir Roy won. several races for his owner-trainer, A. McAulay. before going to Australia. Don Quixote is his half-brother. A Serious Loss Hercules, who cost Sir Malcolm McAlpine 4,000 guineas, and who had won fame as a hux*dler in England, met his death under tragic* circumstances at Sandown Park on January 28. While contesting the Prince Albert Hurdle Race he fell, a fractured shoulder resulting in his destruction. Hercules was a stallion, and with his sire, Son in-Law, a marked stud success, he was regarded valuable property outside his racing capacity. Rotorua Club’s Loss A meeting of the executive committee of the Rotorua Racing Club was held recently. It was found that owing to the postponement of the races and increased stakes, the club’s profits on the meeting showed a decrease of £BOS 14s 7d in comparison with last year’s figures.