QUALITY TEAM

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1076, 13 September 1930, Page 12

QUALITY TEAM

HORSES IN W. STONE’S STABLE SOLOIST FOR LATER ON Special to THE SL/U The Te Awamutu training stables under the guidance of W. Stone, who arrived from Hawke’s Bay several years ago and soon made his mark among Auckland provincial trainers, did not have such a successful term last season as during the previous year. However, horses trained by him notched eight wins, five seconds and nine thirds, accounting for well on toward £2,000 in stake money. This season promises to give a far better return, for he has a nice quality team, and all look in the best of condition. The first to come under notice was the two-year-old Soloist, by Hunting Song from Lucella, the dam of that good juvenile two-year-old. Supremacy, and his elder sister, The BegumSoloist resembles in many respects The Begum, but he is better developed and as he has already shown galloping ability there is good reason for hoping that he will do well as a stake earner. Soloist will not, if present intentions are adhered to, be called upon for early racing, and he will be allowed to develop. He is nicely put together, and a good future should be in store for this fellow. Supremacy’s Condition Supremacy, now four years old, did not sport silk last season. He is a very commanding and attractive gelding, with good neck, saddle and quarters. His trainer has hopes of him doing well this season, and should he act up to his two-year-old form he will bo a hard proposition. He certainly looks the part, being quality all over. It may be that he will not be quite ready for early spring engagements, but the tasks allotted him have been carried out in pleasing style. The next on the list was the chestnut gelding Motere, out of the Martian mare Lovematch, and he bids fair to follow in the footsteps of his dam and win middle-distance races. He Is not flash in appearance, but looking carefully over the son of Lord Quex, he measures up well as a representative of the family. Last year he ran several very good races, and accounted for £545 in stake money, though it was noticed that he was rather awkward in finding his feet when the barrier lifted. If lie has got over that disability he will have to be reckoned with this year. Better Than Ever

The best winner in the -stable last season was Royal Ruler, out of the Bobadil mare Baby Doll, for he accounted for £BBS. This figure should be eclipsed in the new term, for he has been bowling along freely in his work, and he is in splendid condition. His track work shows that he has a.ll last year’s pace, and he has thickened out into a more commanding type. Rather a strangely-marked two-year-old is the unnamed filly by Lord Quex from Lovematch, thus a fullsister to Motere. She is a chestnut, flecked plentifully with grey hairs, making her almost a roan. It was suggested that the name Gretna Green would have been appropriate, but this was disallowed and another name will have to be made. There is plenty of time, however, for she will not be called upon to race this spring, and she is wisely being given time to develop,. A more attractive mare was Llanfillan, the daughter of Lord Quex and Holywell, thus a sister to Llandudno. She should be easily recognised on the racecourse, for she is a nut-brown chestnut—sometimes called an ‘’lrish chestnut.” This youngster showed rare dash in her early preparation, and high hopes were entertained of her being among the best of her sex this year. But though she still continues to gallop fast she does not quite look the quality of some of the other youngsters on the Te Awamutu tracks Taken altogether, trainer Stone has a very nice team to prepare, and he deserves to do well. He states he expected shortly to receive a two-year-old colt from Hawke’s Bay sired by Arausio from Diamond Moon, by Kilboy—Hope Diamond, the mare that has the distinction of winning from the largest field that ever was dispatched by a starter in New Zealand. That was a few years ago at Ellerslie, soon after Stone settled at Te Awamutu.

Speaking of Supremacy and Soloist : recalls that their breeder, Mr. A. J. McGovern, has definitely retired their sister, The Begum, and she is at I present on a visit to imported Whirlwind. This owner’s Baby Doll, dam of Royal Ruler, is in Australia, where latest advices state that she is safelv in foal to High Art.