TURF NEWS & NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 December 1938, Page 11

TURF NEWS & NOTES

CURRENT TOPICS FROM STABLE & COURSE

Views on Racing Facts and Fancies

BIG SUMS OFFERED FOR YOUNGSTERS

(By

“The Cynic.’’)

With a big meeting coming along at Christmas at Ellerslie, it is pleasing to not so many two-year-olds showing speed in their races, and it was a long time since we have had so many useful ones for competition at the summer meeting. High Caste won like a top-notcher on Saturday, while Honour’s brother, Orelio, after beginning from No. 11, was only half a length away in splendid time —59 seconds. Anopheles, winner of the Avondale and Welcome Stakes, is another smart youngster, who has been going along in encouraging style. Konneta, a daughter of Bulandshar and Sunny Hours, has been second in the Welcome and Wellesley Stakes and has since trained on in fine style. One of the lastest to make an impression is the Te Rapa winner Foxmond, a smart filly by a new sire Foxbridge from the Limond mare Valimond. Classic, who won at Avondale and was second to Foxmond at Te Rapa, is a good type of colt by Surveyor. He looks certain to improve. Valerian, by Vaals—Abbey Day, has won both his races to date, showing gregt speed at Whangarei and Te Rapa, at the latter place defeating Foxmond. Beau Repaire, a half-brother by Beau Pere to Royal Chief, was third to High Caste and Orelio on Saturday, and gives the impression that he is just coming to form. There are many others just coming on, but from those mentioned it will be seen that Auckland stables will be well placed to provide the visiting southerners with stern opposition at Christchurch. In England. With little more than a month of the season to go, Lord Derby was leading both breeders <<and owners in England up to the middle of October. As an owner he had 23 winners of 49 races worth £34,185. Nearest of the others was Mr J. V. Rank (owner of the best three-year-old, Scottish Union, and the best stayer, Epigram), with 10 winners of 21 races valued at £27,185

15s. Mr H. E. Morriss was third, and the Aga Khan fourth on the list of winning owners. As a breeder of winners, Lord Derby was also well ahead. He had 21 winners of 46. races worth £31,847. The Sledmere Stud was second with 10 winners of 17 races valued at £24,977. The Aga Khan was third and the Weir Bank Stud fourth The American, Mr W. Woodward, was sixth on the list. Aranui. 1 Aranui, who ran last in the Rawdon Stakes at Williamstown, won the Maiden Two-year-old at Caulfield on November 19 (says a Melbourne writer). With the crack jockey, Fred Shean, in the saddle, Aranui, who is owned and trained by P. T. Hogan, ran like a billy-goat, and finished' last at Williamstown. On that form he should have been a 100 to 1 chance in any race, but strangely enough, he found solid support. His rider on this occasion was. J. O’Sullivan and the Colossus colt never looked like being beaten. He scored with a lot in hand by a length from Border Lass. Nobody will ever convice me that, at the present time, O’Sullivan is a better jockey than Shean. Horses do improve, of course.

Ham Way in Work. Ham Way, the Iliad colt, from Phar Lap’s dam, Entreaty, for which no further bid other than the first.of 500 guineas was made at the last sales, is now in work. Broken in and handled by J. C. Tomkinson in the autumn, he is in the same stable ready to be gone ahead with in view of autumn racing. During his sojourn at Mr F. Armstrong's Stud, Ham Way showed good all-round development, and now is a much more robust gelding. Like Phar Lap, Ham Way is a chestnut.

Reducing Clashing. In other years Riccarton trainers have been rather diffident about sending teams to race on the ManawatuWairarapa circuit at Christmas and New Year, chiefly owing to the difficulty in obtaining jockeys. The dates on which these meetings are to be held in the approaching holiday period, however, do not clash so badly this year with the Auckland fixture, so, in a way, the riding question is not quite so vital, and Riccarton horses are likely to be more strongly represented than in recent years.

A Lucrative period. It was recently reported that the successful Australian jockey, F. Shean, was going to retire. It is probable that the spring racing has been worth at least £3OOO to Shean. Percentages from his five principal wins—the Melbourne, Caulfield and Williamstown cups, the Eclipse Stakes, and the Epsom Handicap —amounted to £872 10s, and it is understood that he was laid £lOOO if he won the Melbourne Cup on Catalogue. Shean said that unless he had some attractive mounts at the Christmas meetings in Sydney he would return to Melbourne to ride at Caulfield on Boxing Day, and at Flemington on New Year’s Day. Newcomers. . : W. Cameron (Pdccarton) has two new horses in his stable. He has taken over Knight Commander, a five-year-old by Nightmarch fgrom Arrowlet, and will prepare him to race for his breeder, Mr E. Gates. The other newcomer is Star Wells, by Roydon from Grey Wells, by Greyspear from Oil Wells. Though six years old, Star Wells has done no racing. but he is a well grown gelding, with an excellent style of going and liable to pay his way later on. Silver Quex. Round Up’s sister, Silver Quex, ran excellent races at Avondale, and has gone on well in the meantime. She has a long way to go to reach the standard of her relative, but she is likely to win her way out of hack company before the season is over. Turn of Luck. An overdue turn of luck came the way of the Avondale trainer, W. Gough when Master Appellant scored in the Ponui Handicap, and paid nearly a third of a century. Master Appellant is a four-year-old by Appellant —Kilonoc, and the manner in which he ran out the mile journey suggests that he is a better stayer than the average hack. I Amigo in Work. The Beau Pere gelding Amigo, who I returned recently from an unsuccess-

ful trip to Victoria, is in work again. He is being prepared for the holiday meetings, and most likely will compete at Stratford at New Year. Amigo has recovered from the cutting about he received in one if his races in Victoria.

Fresh and Well.

Smoko is fresh and well, and it was a first-class effort on his part to get up into fourth place in/ the highweight race at the Southland meeting. When able to be suitably placed during the holidays he will have to be considered.

Improving.

. Phalanx has shown gradual improvement in his recent races, and having bettered his third placing at the Cup meeting by running second to Toro Koura, he should be a winner at any time. The Christmas meetings should see the Nightmarch gelding coming into his own. Good Colt. Keen Sight, who opened his winning account at Ashburton, is a three-year-old colt by Nightmarch from Good Sight, so is a brother in blood to Night Dress, whose dam was Ball Dress by Winning Hit from Equipment. Keen Sight is a good stamp of colt, and although! taller than Night Dress, he resembles him in many ways. Keen Sight is susceptible to much further improvement and it should not be long before he wins again. Hurdlers. Surprise has been expressed that a hurdle racer should be top-weight in the Auckland Cup. A hurdler in Record Reign ran third in the Auckland Cup with 8.12; Paritutu, a good performer over hurdles and fences, ran third .in the Auckland Cup and second in the New Zealand Cup; Liberator, a notable winner over hurdles and fences won the Dunedin Cup and Wanganui Cup; and Padishah has a Wellington Cup'and Metropolitan Handicap to his credit as well as the Grand National Handicap. For Australia. The Winning Hit filly, Scuffle, was railed to Bluff this week on her way to Melbourne. When he purchased Scuffle from the trustees of the late Sir Charles Clifford, C. C. McCarthy was acting for M. A. Sole, an Australian circus proprietor, who will race the filly at country meetings that fit in with his show.

Plans Changed. J. C. Tomkinson has revised his plans for the holidays. Instead of going to the North Island, it is probable he will race Synthetic at Waikouaiti and Oamaru.

After racing Pol Roger and Rora Hika at Ashburton, R. Sutherland intends to take this pair round the West Coast holiday meetings.

HORORATA MEETING

ACCEPTANCES FOR SATURDAY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, December 5. Acceptances for the Hororata Racing Club’s meeting, to be held on Saturday, are: —• 12.30—Trial Plate, 5f.: Alcatraz, 8.2; Chanteur, 8.2; Chateau-briand, 8.2; Great Baby, 8.2; Improvident, 8.2; Skyrena, 8.2; Leaderette, 8.2; Princess Margaret, 8.2; Pol Roger, 8.2; Real Lady, 8.2; Ryetown, 8.2. 1.10 —Bangor Highweight Hack Handicap, lm.: Potent, 10.0; Lofty, 9.8; Dropped Catch, 9.6; Bit o’ Blue, 9.4; Jewish Lad, 9.4; Aggravate, 9.2; Sir Rosenor, 9.1; In the Dark, 9.0; Spartan, 9.0.

1.50 —Glendore Trot Handicap, 3.5 class, ljm. and a dist.: Acuity, Aleli, All Great, Balaclava, Black Art, Club King. Diamond Cluster, Dick Ahoy, Girl Pat, Grand Slam, Grattanita, Hugenot, Jorrocks, Lady Vasclyne, Muriel Axworthy, Lone Worthy, Ormolu, Petite, Pursuit. Queen’s County, Repose, Rose Potts. Sealand, Stormtost, True Glow, Warwick, William Potts, scr.; Taiki, 12yds. 2.3o—Hororata Hack Handicap, ljm.: Manetho, 8.9; Dracula, 8.8; Lady Rosette, 8.2; Plumage, 7.12; Bit o’ Blue, 7.12.

3.10 —Novice Stakes, 7f-: Dividend, 8.2; La Plata, 8.2; Leaderette, 8.2; Rebel Queen, 8.2; Roro Hika, 8.2; Tantivy, 8.2; Tint-o-Tan, 8.2; The Duel, 8.2; Wanda Robe, 8.2.

3.50 —H. A. Knight Memorial Handicap, 7f.: Dictate, 9.0; Wine Card, 8.7; Argentic, 8.7; Rebel Chief, 8.0; Roy Bun, 7.8; Kilrobe, 7.7; Golden Chest, 7.1; Alby, 7.0. 4.30 —Snowden Trot Handicap, 3.43 class, 11m.: Acuity, Black Art, Drumcree, Grand Slam, Grattanita, Jorrocks, Lady Vasclyne, Lone Worthy, Ormolu, Petite, Pursuit, Queen's County, Rose Potts, Shadow Boy, Stormtost, True Glow, William Potts, Centaurus, scr.; Gay Lady. 36yds.: Refund, 132. 5.10 —Sandown Hack Handicap, 6f.: Financiere, 9.1; Gay Parade, 8.12; Elmarch, 8.7; Garonne, 8.3; Lady Middleham. 7.13: Aggravate, 7.7; Great Bramble, 7.7; Avenal, 7.7; Passenger. 7.7; Bouillon, 7.7.

RACING FIXTURES

December 3 —Otaki Maori. December 10 —Hororata. December 10, 12 —Woodville. December 17 —Waipa. December 24, 26, 27 —Manawatu. December 26 —Waipukurau. December 26, 27 —Dunedin. December 26, 27—Taranaki. December 26, 28—Auckland. December 28—Westland. December 31—Wairarapa. December 31—Greymouth. December 31—Hawke’s Bay. 1939. ■ January 2, 3 —Auckland. January 2—Wairarapa. January 2—Greymouth. January 2 —Hawke’s Bay. January 2 —Waikouaiti. January 2 —Wyndham. January 2, 3 —Stratford. January 2, 3 —Marton. January 3 —Oamaru. January 3, 4 —Southland. January 4, 7 —Reefton. January 13, 14 —Vincent. January 14 —Clifden. January 19, 21, 23 —Wellington. January 21 —Wairio. January 21, 23—Thames. January 23 —Ashhurst-Pohangina January 27, 28 —Pahiatua.