FIRST UP

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1082, 20 September 1930, Page 12

FIRST UP

THE DOCTOR’S ORDERS FLEMINGTON TRAINER’S WAY No trainer of racehorses at present following his profession in Australia has had more success in long distance races than the Flemington mentor, James Scobie. He is severe on stayers, and “stands them up to the collar” in no uncertain fashion. 4 Of recent years he has adopted the “first up” policy with success. This season Tho Doctor’s Orders, who is his candidate for the A.J.C. Derbv, will have his first race as a three-year-old in the Randwick classic. Scobie is always amused it is mentioned to him that his horses, prior to a big event, might need a race. He reckons that if he cannot get them fit on the training track and know their prospects, then he should not be training horses. When he purchased Bitalli from the late Joe Burton he did not race that horse for months, and then set him f»*r the TattersalTs Cup in Adelaide. Bitalli did a preparation that amazed the old-timers at Flemington, but lie won the Adelaide race with ease. Bitalli was then brought back to Melbourne, and after a dose of physic and a short rest, commenced his MelI bourne Cup preparation. He bad not I run for four months before the MelI bourne. Cup, but his track work was so [ attractive that Scobie declared him unj beatable. It is history how he won. T rivalve The next “first up” candidate Scobie trained for an important race was Trivalve. He decided that Trivalve should have his first three-year-old race in. the A.J.C. Derby. That horse who was a glutton for work did a very solid preparation, not only at Flemington and Randwick, but he invariable galloped fast at Moonee Valley on “off mornings. A Winning Gallop i Weeks before the Derby was run a | a Melbourne writer saw Trivalve gallop a mile and a-half at Moonee Valley in 2.41. Epilogue went with him the last mile, and he beat that horse out of sight. As Trivalve carried Lewis, had good shoes on, and the hurdles on the track were wide out, it was an extraordinary gallop. Dast year Scobie tried to win the Derby with Carradale “first up.” That horse failed, but it must not be overlooked that he beat all but Phar Dap. and probably would have won in an ordinary year. Whether The Doctor’s Orders will do any better than Carradale is hard to say. In the autumn he was most consistent, and although he downed Veilmond in the Sires' Produce Stakes, that colt finished in front of him. behind Chemosh, in the Champagne Stakes. The Doctor’s Orders is bred to stay He is by Tippler from Heirenc, bv Martian from Cuiralba, by Cuirassier The Martian infusion on the dam's side will help him, and in that respect he is better off than Veiimond, who is out of an Absurd mare. Whether he wins or loses. The Doctor’s Orders’ presence in the field will add interest to the Derby, as apparently Veiimond stands out from the Sydney candidates, and without inter-state competition the Derbv gave promise of being a very tame race. Hot that Mr. E. Moss would nlind that.