Surf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 937, 2 April 1930, Page 12

Surf Notes

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Journey to Her Liking Norval Tea has been responsible for some good track work lately, and she may play a prominent part in the settlement of the Trial Stakes at Whangarei tomorrow. She is very smart from the barrier, and has a fine burst of speed, but six furlongs has always found her wanting, and a furlong less on this occasion will be appreciated. Bright Prospects From the best sprint company in the Dominion—that at Ellerslie in the Railway Handicap—to the class engaged in the open six furlongs at Whangarei, is a far call, and backers will have no hesitation in voting for Refresher in tomorrow’s sprint. He is reported to have done really well in his training lately, and as we have yet to see the best of him, his impending engagement may be the leadingoff point to more important successes. Branson, a winner at his last start, does not appear to be the horse he was prior to his operation for respiratory trouble, and he may find it a hard task to give 191 b to a horse of Refresher’s class. Fancied in Big Race Sir Archie has two engagements at Whangarei tomorrow, but the mile and a-quarter race, the Mclnnes Memorial Handicap, is understood to be his mission. He has trained on pleasingly lately without recording anything out of the way, and it will only require a repetition of his form on this course in November last, when he won the Whangarei Cup, for him to be a hard horse to beat again. The son of Arcliiestown is partial to a soft track, and matters in this direction will have much to do with his prospects tomorrow. 11l- Luck Some little time ago, when there was a big demand for Martian mares, Mr. W. Higgins could have received a good sum for Password, his brood mare by Martian from Secret Link. Password last year was sent to Hunting Sung and was in foal. Naturally big things were expected from the union, but unfortunately for the owner she was found dead in the paddock recently. As she was only a twelve-year-old mare the loss is a big one. Simper and Her Produce

j The imported mare Simper, who has ! the record of producing 11 foals, is likely to be represented in the two- ! year-old contests next season with a | filly, the sire of which is Chief Ruler, j As the dam of Affectation, Gold Light, i Razzle Dazzle, Beacon Light, Dazzling j Light, Lucky Light and Speed Light, j Simper stands out well as a stud sucI cess, and it is computed that the eom- ! bined earnings of her produce run out j to over £30,000. Lunch is Off | The Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club has given up the catering for luncheon at race meetings, owing to visitors bringing their own lunch. The club has now decided to dispose of the cutlery and crockery luncheon plant, and a sale will be held on Thursday.

Suspension Removed The Auckland District Committee | yesterday decided to remove, as from ; May 31 next, the suspension imposed upon jockeys W. Rennie, A. J. Gilmer, and J. H. Mcßae, so that providing ; they receive riding licences at that j time, they will probably be in the saddle at the Great Northern meeting. j In June, 1928, as the result of an inquiry into the riding of horses in j the two high-weight handicaps at the ! Rotorua races in the preceding Febru- j ary, the judicial committee of the ; Rotorua R.acing Club disqualified Ren- i nie and Gilmer for 12 months, and McRae for six months. The jockeys appealed, and the Auckland District Committee, in dismissing the appeals, increased the penalty in each case to two years’ disqualification as from June 29, 1928. Subsequently the disqualification was altered to suspension. Has Plenty of Speed The two-year-old Waimuri made a favourable impression in his turf debut at Te Aroha last month by taking the role of pacemaker until his condition told. Allowing for improvement in the interim and the fact that he is opposed to an inferior class he has fine prospects in the Trial Plate at Whangarei. Waimuri is a sister to MauriaenA and he inherits all the family speed. Quincoma’s Chance The recent addition to K. C. Rae’s Ellerslie team, yuincuma, pleased in a schooling bout at Ellerslie on Saturday and a repetition of the prowess shown, coupled with his undoubted pace, will find him a source of nuisance m the hurdles at Whangarei tomorrow. Big things were expected of Quincoma, in this department last winter, but invariably he was a failure, altnough the -why and wherefore of it all could never be defined. Quincoma has his big chance tomorrow to atone for “outs” over the battens. Needs Education Another of 'Peach Brandy’s progeny will grace the turf tomorrew wnen the two-year-old Stimulant carries out a contract in the Trial Plate. He is trained by W. Gall at Ellerslie, but not having been seriously tried as yet he may need the educational part of the game. Consistent Hack Tetrarchate won and ran second in his 4ast two starts and is a very fit horse at present, this being evident when he recorded a useful five furlongs at Ellerslie yesterday. He is a form horse wholcannot.be overlooked at Whangarei tomorrow. Phar Lap v. Nightmarch Only for being tied down to instructions, Bob Lewis, the rider of Phar Lap, might have landed his mount a winner in the Melbourne Cup last spring—but that, of course, is problematical. Lewis’s instructions were not to make the pace, no matter how slow the race was run in the early stages. | “Supposing they walk?” inquired | Lewis. “You walk, too,” was the reply.' So,, the veteran rider, in an endeavour to obey orders, had to fight with Phar i Lap to prevent his taking the lead, and j so he was beaten into third place by Nightmarch and Paquito. However, the crack three-year-old and his Melbourne Cup conqueror (Nightmarch) will most likely meet in the Cumber- | land Plate, one mile and three-quar-ters, and the A.J.C. Plate, two miles and a quarter, at Easter, and then (says an exchange) he will have a better idea as to whether he should have won the Melbourne Cup, making allowance for the marked improvement of a .three-year-old between the spring and the autumn. Paquito’s Brother Shapes Well Taragona, the four-year-old brother to Paquito, has been shaping well on the tracks at Riccarton. He may have his first race at South Canterbury this week. J. Russell, who had charge of F. D. Jones’s team during the trainer’s absence in the North Island, has this maiden looking well, and he should be a useful sort for next season. May Win Shortly The two-year-old, Night Recital, by Nightraid from Elocution, the dam of Gay Sonnet, was given his first race at the Oamaru meeting recently. Unfortunately, he drew the inside position at the barrier, and he was chopped out at the start, so that he did not get any education from the race/ He did well on the trip and he will have another race at South Canterbury this week. He is a promising youngster, who may win before the season closes. Has Family Speed A very promising sort is Whelk, now trained for Mr. K. G. Stead by F. Davis at Woodville. He is a very green two-year-old, but he has a fine turn of speed, and looks like being a useful sort with experience. He is by Leighton from Cheloid. Cheloid is a half-sister by Joculator to Nincompoop and Chelone, so there is speed in the family. A Fine Galloper One of the most improved gallopers of the present time is the four-year-old gelding Fernden, originally trained at Ellerslie by F. Stenning, and owned by the Matamata sportsman Mr. J. H. Pohlen. Fernden is an Australian-bred horse by Redfern from Meriden, by Challenger from Merry Widow, by Wallace —La Cheville, by Thunderbolt —lnstep (imp.), by Lord Clifden. He cost only 130 guineas at the Sydney yearling sales, the Redferns apparently not being highly thought of. There is, however, an abundance of very stout blood on both sides of Fernden’s pedigree. His sire, Redfern, is by St. Denis, a son of St. Simon, out of a mare by Ladas—Red Wing. Ladas is a grandson of Lord Clifden out of the famous mare Illuminata, who has a brilliant family representative here in Simper, and Red Wing is by Gallinule, a son of Isonomy. Challenger, sire of Fernden’s dam, is by Isinglass, a son of Isonomy, out of Meddlesome, whose dam, Busybody, was by Petrarch, son of Lord Clifden. Fernden thus has close up in his pedigree a doubling of the best English blood through Isonomy and Lord Clifden, two renowned racehorses, and the latter is also the sire of the imported mare which started his family in Australia.