TURF NEWS & NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 August 1938, Page 9

TURF NEWS & NOTES

CURRENT TOPICS FROM STABLE & COURSE

Views on Racing Facts and Fancies

SHY IN ACTIVE WORK AGAIN

(By

“The Cynic.”)

The Valkyrian gelding Shy has. joined the active workers at Ellerslie under his usual trainer R. W. Lewis. Never a fleshly customer, Shy looks a little more robust than formerly and as his sire's stock usually improve with age, Shy may do well this season. When raced last season, Glen Abb was not a robust looking horse, but as a result of a spell he has put on some flesh. He has not been overtaxed since resuming work, but so far is holding his condition nicely. Durinf the season, Glen Abb worked his way out of hack company and will in future race in the open ranks. Hot Box Doing Well. Last season, Hot Box was a good two-year-old, although he was a little disappointing towards the end. He has been gelded in the off period and is now doing well at Takanini. Hol Box will be one of the biggest three-year-olds in commission this season. When King Musk came in after his enforced let-up he was rather light in condition. He is still on the lean side, but is gradually brightening up and a few weeks more work should see him back to normal. King Musk is likely to be prepared for spring jumping events. Promising Novice. Electric Spear, a novice owned and trained by Mr J. D. Kemp, is going along nicely in his work at Ellerslie. He is a solidly built horse who may be the one to break his owner’s long run of bad luck.

Marjory Daw has been sold to Mr M. Grogan as a brood mare. She is a well-proportioned daughter of Chief Ruler and Doree, is sister to Princess Doreen and granddaughter of D’Oro, sister to Desert Gold. Marjory Daw is closely related to the speedy Coronilla, who is by Chief Ruler from D’Oro. For the Stud. Kinsfolk, the five-year-old daughter of Posterity and Episode, who cost 275 guineas as a yearling, Fidelity, a four-year-old daughter of Constant Son from Wolverine and Siren, the four-year-old daughter of Salmagundi— Valicare, are to join the Kia Ora Stud for the coming season, but their mates, had not been decided upon. When contesting the Te Hapara Hack Steeplechase at the Poverty Bay meeting, Good Hunting was forced into an error by a horse who swerved in front of him. The brush fence,into which he blundered had a very wide base, which in tipping up caught the horse in the barrel, throwing his hindquarters into the air and causing him to describe a full somersault. Neither horse nor rider was injured. Trench Law Sold. Mr G. McCormick has sold the two-year-old colt Trench Law, by Gascony —Arbitration, to a Wellington buyer at a price stated to be in the vicinity of £5OO. The colt will be trained in future at Waipukurau. Trench Law had been singled out as one of the most likely of the juveniles at Hastings and his progress has been very satisfactory. He is half-brother to a number of moderates. Miss Hastings, Windward and Mother-in-Law and also to the three-year-old Dunstan. However, many first-class stayers have derived from the same taproot. * New Blood. There are some little-known candidates in the Cashmere Plate at Riccarton today. Auto Sweep is a four-year-old colt by Captain Bunsby from Crubeen, and is trained by his owner, Mr L. Butler, at Inglewood. Jo Jo is a nine-year-old gelding by Hymestra from Makere, and is trained by C. Davey for Mrs G. L. Rutherford, of North Canterbury. Pipiwhauroa is a grey gelding by Straitcourse from Yellowhammer, and is trained for his

owner, Mr D. McLaren, by D. O’Connor. Ryetown is a four-year-old chestnut gelding by Lord Warden from Sweet Smile, and is trained by H. Nurse for Mr G. Hall. Lady Rosette is a three-year-old half-sister by Lord Warden to Vintage, and is owned by Mrs D. W. Westenra, for whom she is trained by Mrs J. Campbell. Royal Pat is a three-year-old filly by Cape Horn from Princess Pat, and is trained for Dr. M. G. Louisson by T. Lloyd. Rapa Waiata made a good showing in his first attempts over country at the Poverty Bay meeting last week. On the first day he was second to Good Hunting and on the second occasion he won. He jumps well and stays on. The Aga Khan. The only man living who has headed the English list of leading owners seven times —in 1924, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937—and the only man living whose horses have won the Derby on three occasions, H.H. the Aga Khan will be listed among the world’s greatest sportsmen for as long as there are followers of the turf. His success is the more remarkable when it is recalled that he did not begin forming his stable until 1921. In 1904 his Highness paid a visit to the late Lord Wavertree at Tully, in Ireland, where the latter had a breeding stud. During this visit and subsequently,. Lord Wavertree urged his guest to take up racing in England, but his advice did not bear fruit until 1921, when the Aga Khan began to look round for likely mares of the highest lineage with which to stock a breeding stud of his own. “I had neither the means nor the time to follow his advice earlier,” says the Aga Khan. “Between 1904 and 1921 I was very busy with political work. I wanted to do the thing thoroughly, or not at all. The idea of having a small stud did not appeal to me, so I waited until I could do as I had planned.” Stretto. Since her arrival in Sydney, Stretto has created a very favourable impression and she is regarded as being much stronger and bigger than when she was over there as a three-year-old.. Her trainer, J. T. Jamieson, is reported to be more than pleased with her appearance and condition. A Big Price. , The 2300 guineas paid by Mr W. Devon for The Buzzard filly Early Bird is a very substantial sum and she must be credited with showing great promise, for her race record would hardly suggest she is worth so much. She won one race under 8.13, but ran unplaced in important events, and her price as a yearling was 575 guineas. Early Bird’s dam, Early Girl, is by the Desmond horse Seremond, out of Stable Girl, by Syce (by Cyllene) from Bretelle, by Hout Brion—Collarette, by Castor from Necklace, l»/ Musket. It is one of the New Zealand families purchased by Australian studmasters. Necklace being three-quarter sister of Medallion (New Zealand Derby). Collarette was sister to Armilia, the dam of Armlet. King Ingoda (Melbourne Cup) and Corinax (Auckland Cup) belong to this branch of the family. A chestnut colt, brother to Mr Devon’s filly, was sold at the last Easter sales for 950 guineas. Otaki declines to run up to track form when taken to the races and there was not much merit in his fourth in the hurdle race at Awapuni. It was intended that it should be his last race. L. Knapp started the steeplechaser Forest Glow in the hurdle race at the Manawatu Hunt meeting and although the pace was solid throughout he kept his position for more than a mile. Forest Glow looks bright and well and the work allotted him on the flat recently has sharpened up his pace.

Pakanui. When Pakanui resumed racing recently he soon showed that he had not overcome his mulish habits of refusing to do a preliminary, and declining to move off with his field. In his last two starts he has been urged to do a preliminary with the aid of a stockwhip, and has got away from the post all right. He ran a good' race at Awapuni to finish a good fourth close to the first three. Pakanui looks well and the first day he decides to do it generously all the way he will be a sprint prospect. A Late Foal. The Wrecker, who opened his winning account for F. D. Jones at Trentham, was a very late foal. As a matter of fact, he was foaled as late as Christmas Day, 1933, on the property of his breeder, the late J. O’Brien, at Oamaru. Brayton had not produced in the four seasons preceding The Wrecker’s foaling, although earlier she had produced such well-known horses as Bounetter, Royal Box, Tarleton, Affirm, Judge’s Box, Mervette and Historic. American Three-year-olds. It does ■ not seem that America has has an exceptionally good three-year-old this year. Each of ihe big races for that age has been won by a different horse. After the Preakness it was thought Dauber might be out of the ordinary, but he failed in the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, New York, on June' 4. There were six runners, and

Pasterized defeated Dauber, by a neck in 2.29 2-5 for the mile and a-half. Cravat was third, and each place-getter carried 9.0. It was a race worth winning. First money was £8,630 and a cup, second £1,250, and third £625, and fourth £250.

A Bad Buy. It has been found impracticable to persevere with the training of rhe three-year-old colt Colonel Payne, who was bought as a yearling by Miss Dorothy Paget for 15,000 guineas. His trains? says that the horse is not able to work at present on account of an injured knee. He is to be turned out, and it depends on how he progresses whether he will be brought back into training or sent to the stud. Colonel Payne had been only once on a racecourse, at Sandown Park last year, when he showed promise in finishing third to Portmarnock and Tahir in the Breeders’ Produce Stakes. July Sales. The three days’ sales of yearling at Newmarket last month realised 40,713gns.—1696gns. more than last year. Major J. S. Courtaid’s five colts realised 9060gns. The star of the quintet was Solway Firth, a baby colt by Fairway out of the Solario mare Solfatara, and her first produce. R. Day, trainer, had two persistent opponents in the bidding for the colt, and had to go to 5700gns. Next best of the Courtauld yearlings was Poseidon, a bay colt by Hyperion—Cachalot. Captain Laye, bidding for Mr G. S. L. Whitelaw, bought him for 1700 gns. RACING FIXTURES. August 9, 11, 13.—Canterbury J.C. August 20. —Pakuranga Hunt Club. August 27. —Otago Hunt Club. September I.— Egmont - Wanganui Hunt Club, at New Plymouth. September 3. —Taranaki Hunt Club. September 8, 10.—Wanganui J.C. September 17.—Ashburton, C.R.C. September 17.—Foxton R.C. September 17, 19. —Avondale J.C. September 22, 24.—Geraldine R.C. September 24. —Marton J.C.