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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 February 1939, Page 9

CURRENT TOPICS FROM STABLE & COURSE

Views on Racing Facts and Fancies

MR KEMBALL HAS A GOOD HORSE

(By “The Cynic.”)

Judging by Australian Press comment, Mr W. R. Kemball, formerly of Masterton. and now of Melbourne, appears to have struck a particularly good sort of a horse in Bankshaw, which is trained by H. Hilton, a former Mastertonian, who is meeting with considerable success in Australia. Under a heading of Knew Not Defeat, “Veritas” in a Melbourne paper commented as follows on Bankshaw:— As only The Night Patrol had recorded faster time for a mile at Moonee Valley than the 1.37} registered by Bankshaw in winning the Dunalister Handicap at the locale on Saturday last, it follows that Mr W. R. Kemball’s representative is a cut above the ordinary. The Night Patrol’s record is 1.371, However, irrespective of the glamour surrounding Bankshaw’s achievement from the viewpoint of the clock, he garnered additional kudos through the manner in which he finally overcame Spray. His prospects looked remote until close handy to the post. “Indeed, with Bib Bailey riding him for grim life three furlongs from home without much apparent result, it appeared that the finish of the race would see him one of the also-rans. “But Bankshaw is possessed of stamina of an exceptional brand, and granted that this three-year-old gelded son of Siegfried and Court Step progresses at an average rate there are unplumbed possibilities ahead of him. “He certainly promises well as a performer over a journey, for only one capable of distinguishing himself in that field of enterprise could have scored at Moonee Valley in face of the riding exactions to which he was submitted. At Mentone, in beating Trendel, he had also shown a tenacity of purpose similar to what he displayed at Moonee Valley. Thus there was no element of fluke about his most recent triumph. “Bankshaw stood her up about four lengths comencing the final half mile, too. Further, there was no weakening on Spray’s part. “Bankshaw is an instance of the benefit a horse ofttimes derives through the exercise of patience by his owner. He was not raced as an early two-year-old, and, as so frequently happens with youngsters treated in that manner, he is now showing form which is stones better than anything he previous revealed. “He might easily develop into a Cup hope. He certainly gives promise in that direction by the vim he imparted into his finishing efforts at Mentone and Moonee Valley. ’ “His sire, Siegfried, has already furnished us with a Cup winner in Wotan. “Incidentally Bankshaw refutes an idea current with critics that the Siegfried progeny do not measure up to the rigours of racing in the same degree as do more horses. There is certainly no weak link in Bankshaw’s armour.”