MANGANI’S RECORD

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1022, 12 July 1930, Page 13

MANGANI’S RECORD

WAIKATO HORSE HAS WON £3,030 CHANCE FOR THE DOUBLE Tlio turf career of the Wellington Steeplechase winner, Jlangani, is invested with a great deal of interest, for he did not make acquaintance with ti,e turf till he was a four-year-old, when he was raced in the colours of Ur A. H. Thompson and was trained hv F E. Loomb. In his first season he started on thre e occasions, but failed to gain a D lace His third outing was his first at the hurdles, when lie contested the Hunt Club Hurdles at the Auckland winter meeting in 1927, and since then, with the exception of three or four high-weight events, all his racing has been done over the fences, liig and ’"early in his five-year-old career he ran two seconds over battens, to Fair Abbey in the Hunters' Hurdles at the Pakuranga Hunt Club's meeting, and to Pcuri in the Hunters’ Hurdles a.t the IVaikato Hunt Club’s meeting. Then he gained his first success, when he beat Kamehameha and Olenotus in the Thames Hurdles at the Thames annual meeting on October 29. 1927. That was his only win that season. Manga/ii Comes to Form Next season he carried new colours, those of his present owners (Messrs. H L. Bradney and F. Wood), and he had changed to the stable of his present trainer (C. W. Lowe). He began to show considerable improvement this term, and before it had closed he had iron ’five good jumping events. Induded among his successes were victories in the Grafton Hurdles at the Auckland Racing Club’s summer meetjag on Boxing Hay, 1928, when he Accounted for Beaumont and Lady Oatra, and in the Autumn Steeple,hase at the Auckland autumn meetqc when those nearest him were J otoanui and Kawini. It is interesting o note that this was his first public attempt over the country. Tlio present season, however, has been by far his most successful. At the last Grand National meeting he beat Aberfeldy and Lancer for the honours in the Grand National Hurdles, aid after missing on the last day was turned out till just before the recent Auckland winter meeting, at which he ran two races, once over the country and once over the battens. He was pulled up exhausted after leading the field for three miles in the Great Northern Steeples, and in the Campbell Hurdles on the final day was third only because there was nothing else left standing in the race. However, he was far below his peak then, and his efforts; particularly in the Steeples, pointed to his success yesterday. Mangani’s Chance for Double Mangani, who is thus only seven years old, has a big future still before him, though he will be up in the weights now and the tactics he adopted last Tuesday will necessarily have to be changed. He is likely, however, to strip an even fitter horse at the Grand National meeting, and will have to be given plenty of consideration in events h» contests there. In the meantime, he has a great chance of bringing off the Wellington double by winning the Winter Hurdles today, for which he has only 9.13, and carries no penalty. Mangani’s Record Up to date Mangani has contested W races and his record stands as follows:

has won stakes to the talue of £3,030, made up as follow: ® v ® years, £375; at six years, *Ulf>; and at seven years, £1,540. Mangani, a brown gelding, is inbred the St. Simon line, for his sire, Comet, is by St. Frusquin, a son bt Simon, and his dam is an unI?® I ®® mare by Maniapoto, a son of Hbk aDd a ranclson of St. Simon. i thus the whole outfit for jump“s and staying.

1st 2nd 3rd Unplaced At 4yrs .. . 0 0 3 At 5yrs .. 4 0 G At 6yrs .. . 1 0 11 At Tyrs .. . 8 0 0 0 3 23