TURF NEWS & NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 April 1938, Page 4

TURF NEWS & NOTES

CURRENT TOPICS FROM STABLE & COURSE

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ANOTHER BEAU PERE FILLY

(By

"The Cynic.”)

Red Shoes, who won the five furlongs hack event at Waipukurau, is probably the last of the Beau Pere winners this season. She had had only a single previous start, and was slow away on Monday, but made up a lot of lost ground rounding to the straight, and she carried on her effort to get up and win in the last strides.

Red Shoes is a brown filly out of the imported Polygnotus mare Rapide, the dam also of Speed and Bon Rapide, and at the Trentham sales last year she was secured on behalf of Mr F. J. Douglas, of Te Mahanga, for IGO guineas. She is a member of J. M. Cameron’s team and is expected to develop into a good winner next season.

Lockit, who has been in work for the past few weeks, has been moving along pleasingly and he will be ready to race shortly. The Siegfried gelding impressed by his victory at Ashburton last year, since when he has not raced. He has faced the starter only twice.

Ethiop and Brigadore are now trained by F. McHugh at Marton. Ethiop was accepted for on the first day at Feilding but did not run as he was hot quite himself. Brigadore ran a creditable third on Monday. He is looking well and it should not be long before he strikes form.

D. O’Connor has just received a four-year-old gelding by Paper Money from a Boniform mare to try. The gelding was fairly forward when he was sent to Riccarton and in his first trial effort he pleased his trainer considerably when sent over three furlongs with Nightbound. J. A. Rowland, owner-trainer of Aspire, had nothing on the filly when

she returned a three-figure dividend at Invercargill three or four months ago, but he participated in the halfcentury return made by her at Riverton on Monday. Aspire notched another head victory, and it is an indication of her courage that she has been tested in this way in each of the three races she has won. Aspire is a three-year-old filly by Weathervane from Obligio.

Dark Eagle, who made a good impression when he won the Nursery Handicap at Feilding, is by the New Zealand Derby winner, Bronze Eagle, from Priscilla Verne, a Nigger Minstrel mare Mr A. T. Gattrell raced. This colt does not seem to be able to begin with anything like the brilliance of his sire, but he appears to be a good finisher.

Puroto, winner of the Onepuhi Hack Handicap at Feilding, is a sister to Matara, who after a good innings in New Zealand, was sold at a big figure to go to India, where he has done well. Puroto's past had been so lean that she was weighted on the minimum. She went into G. W. New’s stable at Awapuni recently, and evidently has improved.

The first of the five great classic races for three-year-olds in England, the Two Thousand Guineas, will be run at Newmarket today, and the One Thousand Guineas, which is confined to fillies, will be decided two days later. For the Two Thousand Guineas there were 247 entries, and for the One Thousand 269 entries.

Rex Maitland, a rising three-year-old gelding by Vaals from Presumption, trained by F. Roberts for Mr W. Hosking, of Auckland, is beginning to shape well and in one or two recent gallops in company he has shown encouragement. A plain-headed gelding, Rex Maitland otherwise is built on good lines.

By his meritorious fourth in the St. Heliers Hurdles at Ellerslie on Monday Windsor Lad indicated that he will not be long in striking his old form again. He was well placed throughout the running but over the last furlong he was feeling the pinch and did not have that necessary dash over the last little bit to produce his best. He will be all the better for the run and may be seen to better advantage when next produced.

Silver Link, is described as the outstanding horse owned by the late Mr A. Alexander (New Plymouth), but he also owned some other good ones. Bisogne was a high-class horse in his day, and latterly Silvermine did not disgrace the navy blue and white hoops. Bisogne still holds the weightcarrying record for the Auckland Racing Club Royal Stakes, 9.10, 31b. more than Gloaming won with at the same age, four years. Bonny Helen was another fine mare owned by Mr Alexander, one of her victories being in the Canterbury Jockey Club’s Metropolitan Handicap. Bonny Helen was trained by F. Tilley, but most of Mr Alexander’s horses were in the stable of J. Brown. Bonny Helen also won the Oaks and the Wanganui Guineas.

Matoru resumed racing at Feilding where the soft track allowed him to hit out boldly. With a continuance of easy going likely, Matoru may be ready to show form with a few more races into him.

The statement was made over 12 months ago that the stud career of Heroic could be regarded as closed; but the nature of the ailment that came against the Valais horse, necessitating his withdrawal, was not indicated. In a recent issue of the Australasian the following appeared:— “There are definite indications of improvement in the condition of Heroic, who is now leading a life of ease at Growee, in the Bylong Valley, New South Wales. Apart from the fact that he still lacks complete control of his hindquarters, which suggests that the trouble with him might be in the vicinity of the coupling, Heroic looks remarkably well for a horse now rising 17 years. There is probably little chance of his ever resuming stud duty, but he looks so well that he is likely to enjoy life for several years.” The stake-winning of Heroic’s progeny have been greatly increased above £24,955, the figure up to the second stage of the present season, and the full total now credited to his stock is well over £200,000.

Looking very much in the rough but sound and healthy after a long spell, Polydora has been taken in hand again by H. Nurse. She is getting through steady work, and should be ready for the big jumping races in the winter.

Wagner ran two good races at Riccarton, and is a much improved horse in both condition and manner than when he raced at Oamaru last month. At Riccarton he gave no trouble at the barrier either day, and looks a sure winner during the approaching winter meetings.

Mrs Jamieson, who recently purchased Catalogue and Conveyor for £6OO, did not have to wait long for a return of a good portion of the purchase money, as the former won well at the recent Feilding meeting. The Winter Cup winner is a useful horse, and likely to win again before long.

Barley Almond, a winner at Riverton, was one of the team prepared by G. C. Bain, but after the death of that trainer she was handed over to J. A. Rowland. The Invercargill mentor had been experiencing a particularly lean time, but two wins for his own mare Aspire and another for Barley Almond have put a much more pleasing complexion on affairs.

The two-year-old Dunstan, winner of the Dunedin Champagne Stakes in February last, was offered for sale at Christchurch on Wednesday by Mr ,T. Beattie, of Lauder, but the 325 guineas offered was under the reserve. Amelita has established a fine record for consistency during the last two months, having been in the money in each of her last 10 starts —3,1, 1,1, 3, 3,2, 3,3, 2. O. Cox has a two-year-old in Dark Eagle who performance in winning the juvenile handicap on the opening day at Feilding was a remarkable one. He lost much ground in the first furlong, but he came with a paralysing run at the finish to score going away. It was one of the most spectacular runs put up by a two-year-old for a long time. He got the worst of a snap start on the second day, and was again flying at the finish to miss second place by a head only. Dark Eagle is by Bronze Eagle from Priscilla Verne and has brilliant speed. He throws very much to his sire in type and conformation. Disdain, half-sister by Robespierre to Silver Scorn, probably was the most important discovery of Easter racing. Having her first race in the Russley Handicap at Riccarton on Monday, she made an exhibition of a two-year-old field that may be described as useful. She cantered home with four lengths to spare from Density, ' with Spendthrift and Kilrobe next. Disdain repeated her performance in the Autumn Nursery Handicap on Tuesday and there is little doubt she is following in the footsteps of her illustrious relative. Cuddle is spelling on a Nelson pasture, and next season will be mated with Croupier. The two-year-old Fidelis is making steady progress at Ellerslie. He has been gelded since winning earlier in the season and he may be equal to showing up prominently in juvenile events at Avondale. The Buzzard, who traces to Carbine, through his sire Spion Kop, a son of Spearmint, has a good record as a sire of stayers. This season three of his progeny have scored successes in longdistance races, namely. The Buzzer

(Auckland Cup), Marauder (Australian Cup), and L’Aiglon (Sydney Cup). The total sum involved in the purchase of the three cup winners named was 1300 guineas, made up as follows: — The Buzzer, 250; Marauder, 500; L’Aiglon, 550.

Comus has been improving steadily in the last few .weeks and he is due to make his reappearance at Amberley next month. Although a good doer and one with plenty of dash when he is working he does not appear to be thriving as he should. The Excitement three-year-old finished in the minor money once or twice last year and as he has had 12 months’ spell from racing it was expected that he would have done better than he has done.

Anion was finishing attractively on the outer at the conclusion of the sprint the second day at Ellerslie, but he was checked in his run when Rollicker bored out badly carrying Prince Acre and Anion with him. Anion would not have won but any chance he did possess was certainly not enhanced.

TThe New Zealand-bred horse Deputy Ruler, who was bought cheaply for 170 guineas at auction in New South Wales in the autumn of 1936, and who has served two seasons at the stud is still racing, and by winning the La Perouse Handicap, of £lOOO at Randwick he furnished evidence of retaining his dash. That the son of Chief Ruler has developed into a horse of commanding physique may be inferred from the fact that he was awarded the champion ribbon in the thoroughbred class on making his initial appearance in the Sydney Show ring last year.

Brigadore resumed racing at Feilding and finished third to Taumau and Begorrah in the Kimbolton Hurdles. He had not raced for some months and was a little short of condition. Brigadore looks lusty and bright, and should perform well in jumping races during the winter.

The question of superiority as between Pandava and Nuffield, the leading two-year-olds in Australia, may still be a matter of doubt, although the result of the latest meeting between the pair finds the honours in favour of Pandava. The two colts have met six times, and three victories for each is the score to date. When Nuffield scored decisively in the A.J.C. Sires’ Produce Stakes, with Pandava in third place, matters looked certain for the Heroic colt to defeat his rival in the A.J.C. Champagne Stakes, in which race the pair again met at even weights 9.1.

Pandava and Nuffield were both bred by their respective owners. Pandava is by Brazen from Ring Again, by Tonbridge. Nuffield is by Heroic from Gallante, by Cyklon. r~

On neither day at Auckland did Gay Rose live up to her form at Matamata and with conditions to her liking she was well supported in the betting on both occasions. Yet she failed to show much dash and at no stage of her races did she flatter the hopes of her supporters. She was. definitely off colour.