GELDINGS AS RACERS.

Taihape Daily Times, 16 June 1919, Page 5

GELDINGS AS RACERS.

i THIS sleAsoN’s RECORD. 3 - REBIARKABLE SUCCESS. I A ----- I The success of geldings in this sea‘scll’s big races has been marked (says pa. Sydney writer). Not only have they ':won'several of the Big han,dica.ps, but. I lizrve alsoibeen successful in weight-for-"age races. - 1 _ p * Snub captured two races of this ,Cl3Ss.:l,t Flenxington, while Sir Ibex ae.cc'untcd for the C..-NI. Lloyd Stakes on the sanie course, and Gleaming beat I a. select field in the Chehnsford Stakes. Gloaming’s doings are too well known to be repeated, but this “allconquering horse has won 15 races out ‘Of his 18 starts. N The dual Cup winner, Nightwatch, [belongs to the division, and should ‘he will the Sydney Cup, which is quite gprobable, it will mean that three of ithe four big Cups of this season liave. i gone to geldings. i. The New Zealand champion, Sasonof 5 (anrother gelding) has won ab_(out i£sooo this season, and has the 1917 [l‘xlelbourne Cup to his credit. The Geldings’ race was the Annilversary Handicap, in which Arch Mar— l xcella defeated another pair in Phast‘ Boy and Greg. Arch .\;[arelle. previously won the Summer Cup, and ran‘ second to Kenn-aquhair in the Metropolitan, while Greg ran Wedding Day a close secon.d in the Tat.tersallv’s Cup. New Tipperary and Earlborn, first and second in the Australian Cup, are, geldings. M , Another member of the class is Balanang, one of the best s-printers in train- I ing, and probably the most. promising! stayer, Booster, is also in the list. Millieme, who is one of the best two-year-olds of the season, was gelded before he started his racing career. In summing up, it may be seen that‘ this season’s geldings have Won the A.J.C. Derby, Melbourne Cup, Australian Cup, Glbevei-nor’s' Plate, King’s Plate, C. M. Lloyd Stakes, Summer Cup, Anniversary handicap, Chelmsford ‘Shakes, an/kl n'unl'erousl imDm‘l73Dt races in New Zealand. Of recent yea.rs geldings in Wallale, Prince Bardolph, Lempriere, and .Defence have won the Australian Cup,“ Quinolxogist the Metropolitan, and Sasanof and Posinatus the M6lbo\lTllel Cup. 7