N.Z. JOCKEY RETURNS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 976, 20 May 1930, Page 12

N.Z. JOCKEY RETURNS

HORSE-RACING IN INDIA T would certainly not advise any New Zealand jockey to go to India unless* he had a definite engagement j with some of the leading trainers. It s hard to get into the game, but once you are in, it is tip-top, and you are well treated.” In these terms C. McGovern, the New Zealand jockey. who arrived ; in Auckland by the Maunganui this ; morning. commented upon horse- i racing in India, where he lias been engaged for the past few months. McGovern, who left Xew Zealand nearly a year ago, obtained an engagement with Mr. W. Coomber, who is one of the leading trainers in India. He contracted malaria, and was advised to take a sea voyage, hence his present visit to Xew Zealand. He intends to return to India later. “If you have a decent engagement over there you are usually set for a ride in nearly every race, and, in fact, you often have a choice of mounts," he said. There were no steeplechase events except at Calcutta, but in the Colombo district, where he was riding, they were all flat events, and resembled to some extent the racing in Xew Zealand. All race meetings featured ! a number of Arab pony events, and these provided a thrilling and a pleasing change in the programme. “I think I should mention Les Watson. another Xew Zealander Nvho is over there. He is doing well.”

BROOD MARES

CHANCE FOR BREEDERS Three valuable brood mares ' are to be disposed of by the executors of the estate of the late Mr. R. B. Stiven on May 28, and while two of the number are well known —viz., Redowa (All Red —Bealey) and Lady Sentinel (Kilbroney—Lady Wayward 11., imp.)—the third matron is a stranger to the majority of Southern studmasters, but she is described as a beautiful mare, and she is certainly bred in the purple (comments the ‘“Southland Times” writer). This is Sedna, by Solferino (imp.)—Elaine, by Birkenhead—Came, lot, by Sir Lancelot (famous Xew Zealand family)—Trentalto, by Trenton (noted Musket side of brood mares) — Montalto, by Xeckersgat—Romola. This mare Sedna descends from many famous strains on the maternal side, while her sire, Solferino, was a great racehorse, and is generally known as a prolific sire of gallopers. Lady Sentinel, it may be mentioned, is also well bred, and her breeding lines are more widely known than those of her two companions, as she is by Kilbroney (imp.) from Lady Wayward 11. (imp.), by Ladas (.Hampton—llluminata) from Vane (sister to Flying Fox), by Orme—Vampire, by Galopin (sire of St. Simon), from Irony. It will be noted that Lady Wayward 11. was the daughter of a famous Derby winner and sire. Ladas, who came direct from tho celebrated llluminata family, and, again, her dam. Vane, was by Flying Fox, one of the world’s greatest stallions, and sire of The Welkin, who gave us Gloaming. Columns could be written on the female line from which Lady Sentinel descends, while her sire, Kilbroney, was a successful staying racehorse in England, and a high-class sire in New Zealand.