TURF NEWS & NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 September 1938, Page 11

TURF NEWS & NOTES

CURRENT TOPICS FROM STABLE & COURSE Views on Racing Facts and Fancies SOUTHLAND HORSES FOR GERALDINE

(By

“The Cynic.”)

R. E. McLellan intends taking Milford, Paladino, Jedburgh, Doubleack, and Boswell to the Geraldine meeting. All members of his team have done well since the Otago Hunt meeting, and Milford and Paladino galloped a mile on the outside of the course proper this morning in Imin. 56 2-ssecs, the last half in 57secs. It was an easy effort for the pair, but showed them to be well forward. Jedburgh displayed a good turn of speed at the Otago Hunt meeting, and is a likely novice. Doubleack is all the better for the outing he had. Boswell has not; raced since he won at Gore last spring, but his track work indicated that he is fast approaching his best. On the extreme outer his morning he attracted attention by the manner in which he ran half a mile in 55secs. with a Straightcourse filly, i a half-sister to Paladino. A newcomber to T. E. Pankhurst’s team is a two-year-old who will race under the name of Tissue Paper. He is a good type of colt by Full Feather from Sunny Paper. No horse at Invercargill has furnished as well as Triple Cone, and he has grown into a very fine type of four-year-old. This Rosenor gelding has shown brilliant speed on the tracks' and while he has won only one event, he has only to race solidly to prove a good winner this term. Courtcraft. Mr W. H. Gaisford reports that he has placed the Limond —Homage horse Courtcraft back in F. Davis’s care at Woodville to be prepared for the summer racing. Courtcraft, who has been hacked about at Oringi and has done quite a fair amount of work, shows no further signs of the ligament trouble that necessitated scratching him the day before the New Zealand St. Leger at Trentham. Courtcraft’s itinerary at this juncture will be the King’s Plate and the Clifford Plate at Ellerslie, and the North Island Challenge Stakes at Trentham, before leaving for Melbourne for the autumn racing. Promising. Although Auto Sweep failed to collect any prize money at Riccarton, he displayed sufficient promise to suggest that his turn is not far off. In the Summer Handicap, run over nine furlongs, he was sight in the firing line a furlong from the post, but weakened over the final stages and was not in a place. Suitably placed, he should win in turn, but apparently requires a roomy course to show his best form. Haerepo. An Australian report refers to Haerepo’s win in Queensland by saying that he cost 750 guineas and opened his winning account in Australia when he won the Welter narrowly from Coronation Day and Albro. It was a good performance, as he was poorly placed early, but the run did not go unchallenged by the stewards, who asked the connections to explain his showing in similar company on August 13, when he was unbacked, with his win, when, as his owner, Mr W. T. Kelly, stated the stable commission landed a win of £l5Bl. The explanations were accepted, Mi’ Kelly remarking that he was “far from square” on the horse. Plenty of Maidens About. For the Novice Stakes, a £lOO race to be run over six furlongs at the Ashburton meeting next week, 30 maiden performers have been nominated. This indicates that there is an unusually large number of young horses in training. A Useful Gallop. Included in the horses given some schooling at the five-furlong barrier at Riccarton on Friday was Kinnoull, who may not have been in need of much education at the tapes, but the opportunity was there for him to have a gallop on the outside of the course proper from the five furlong to the winning post. He hit out freely, and there seems a possibility that he will be seen in action again in the near future. Friday’s Junipers. Top Rank was jumped over six hurdles at Riccarton yesterday, giving his usual pleasing display, and Dividend made another creditable showing over five hurdles. The latter has certainly done well in his education as a hurdler, and his first attempt in public at Ashburton will be awaited with interest. Black Lead and Gasmask were given some schooling over the pony hurdles and later over the bigger battens. For Geraldine. The Robespierre —Call Girl four-year-old gelding, Recall, owned by Mr W. D. McLeod, of Mandeville, has been nominated for the Geraldine meeting. Last season he won the Trial Plate at Waikouaiti, but in nine other starts was placed only once. He is reported to be showing improved form on the Invercargill tracks, where he is trained by T. E. Pankhurst. Half Sister to Grand Mogul. A youngster of more than ordinary interest in J. Cosgrove’s stable at Winton is a three-year-old filly by Llewellyn, and she is a half-sister to the good

winner, Grand Mogul (by Adioo Guy). This youngster has more size than most for her age, and is owned by Mr W. D. M'Leod, of Mandeville. Likely Novices. Peony Rose and Silkwood have both returned to the tracks at Riverton. Their trainer, A. McKay, has three novices in work. Silkwood has been in light work all the winter, and he will be in good order for early racing. This Woodend mare was one of the most likely novices produced last season, and is capable of improving further. Peony Rose is one of the most consistent fillies raced for some time, and last term she won four races and was six times placed. She is likely to be one of the best sprinters in the south this season. Novices in the stable include the two-year-old half-sister by Iliad to Sailing Lady, being out of that good race mare Set Sail. This filly is a neat type and is engaged in early classic. A four-year-bld by Balboa from Some Form ranks as a sister to Ashaway, while a three-year-old filly by Nigger Minstrel from Charmaine completes the string. The last-mentioned pair are closely related as their dam, Charmaine (a good winner) and Some Form, are by Some Boy II from Fairform, dam of Tauramai and Rin Tin Tin. RACING FIXTURES. September 17. —Ashburton C.R.C. September 17.—Foxton R.C. September 17, 19—Avondale R.C. September 22, 24— Geraldine R.C. September 24.—Marton J.C. October I—Otaki-Maori Racing Club. October I.—Kurow Jockey Club. October 1, 3— Ohinemuri Jockey Club. October 6, B—Dunedin Jockey Club. October 7, B.—Auckland Racing Club. October 8, 10—Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club. October 13, 15—Masterton Racing Club. October 15.—South Canterbury Jockey Club. October 20, 22, 24.—Wellington R.C. October 22, 24.—Gore Racing Club. October 24—North Canterbury J.C. October 24.—Waverley R.C. October 24.—Waikato Hunt Club,