Red Shadow Favoured for Sapling Stakes

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 966, 8 May 1930, Page 13

Red Shadow Favoured for Sapling Stakes

the baby classic OTHERS WITH PROSPECTS Interest in this year's Sapling Stakes, run next month, continues to grow and the running of the two-year-olds Red Shadow, Royal Chenault, Colorado and Checkers in the Improvers’ Handicap at Ashburton earned a big following for Red Shadow. j Bryce’s Travis Axworthy—Our colt put up a lino showing. With mto furlongs to go Red Shadow was disputing the lead with Harold Denver Author YVillings and Derry Pointer, but. as was only to be expected, the older horses outpaced the two-year-old in a fast concluding quarter, to pave him a creditable fifth at the end. The winner, Derry Pointer, went 3.26 from 3.43, and if Red Shadow manages t he same speed in June as he showed in following the place-fillers home at \sbburton many will not want to look further for the Sapling Stakes winner, f Bryce has not won the two-year-old. classic lor six years, but Red Shadow may end his term of reverses. The voungster has been sold to Messrs, YV. G. Deyell and V. A. Neale, but will remain in charge of the Hornby trainer. Promising Youngsters But this must not be taken as a criterion that the two-year-old heat is ,11 over. Tiie Auckland-bred Checkers •Hso gave an impressive display recently, without getting a place. The son s>f Worthy Bond—Young Pointer, is one considered susceptible of improvement in the interim, and Mr. McMillan’s colt will have a big following on the deciding day. Another possibility is Colorado, owned by the Auckland sportsman, Mr. D. R. Revell, while M. B. Edwards’s colt. Royal chenault, is likely to make his presence felt in this year’s baby blue riband. Past Winners J. Bryce has won the Sapling Stakes on three occasions (accomplishng the hat trick), being successful with Ahuriri, Taurekareke and Kohara, all of which turned out with age to be in the forefront of handicap horses. Don Warren also scored three times, Chide Pointer, Latona and Nantwich securing

the honours, while F. CJ. Holmes lias two victories to his credit —Richore and Sonome Child. The record for the race is held by the speedy John Jinks, who last year registered 3.28 1-5 for the 12 furlongs. The following table gives the successful juveniles: 1919 Doraldina (P. E. .Tones), 3.35 1-5. 1920 Childe Pointer (D. Warren) 3.37 3-5. 1921 Latona (I>. Warren), 3.37. 1922 Aliuriri (J. Bryce), 3.33. 1923 Taurekareka (J. Bryce), 3.33 2-5. 1924 Kohai'a J. Bryce), 3.32 1-5. 1925 Nantwich (I>. Warren), 3.39 3-5. 1926 Richore (F. G. Holmes), 3.31. 1927 Enawah (11. C. Fisken), 3.33. 1928 Sonoma Child (F. G. Holmes), 3.38. 1929 John Jinks (D. Teahen), 3.28 1-5.