TURF NEWS & NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 March 1939, Page 11

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AN UNLUCKY BEAUPARTIR

(By

“The Cynic”)

Beaupartir, who carries the colours of Mr T. H. Lowry, is surely the most unlucky horse racing in New Zealand. He has won one race, but has secured seven seconds and a fourth in his nine starts to date. Yet. because of his minor placings, he is practically at the _ top of the handicaps. I On Thursday at New Plymouth, Beaupartir was receiving onlj' 21b. from the Auckland Cup winner, Cheval de Voice, whose success in the Taranaki Cup raised his stakes winnings to over £4300, and the colt did remarkably well to run second. Beaupartir was meeting Cheval de Volee on 101 b. worse than weight-for-age terms and his performance will naturally bring him into greater prominence for the New Zealand St. Leger Stakes next week. Beaupartir had not raced since running second in the G.N. Derby, whereas his St. Leger rival. Peerless, had had the benefit of two races since then, and, on yesterday’s form, the filly would stand no chance at all with this colt in the classic . It is pleasing, however, to see that Beaupartir has progressed satisfactorily since he last raced'. His outing yesterday should attune him nicely for 1 the St. Leger, and there is now promise of a great race between the Beau Pere colt and the other Manawatu re-

presentative, Coronation and Old Bill, in the 14 furlongs event next Friday. Cheval de Volee has a great liking for New Plymouth. The Taranaki Cup winner has raced there on seven occasions,- scoring wins in the Borough Juvenile, Taranaki Stakes and Taranaki Cup, vzhile he has also a second in the Taranaki Clip and a third in a juvenile event there to his credit. By the highly successful Australianbred horse Vaals, Cheval de Volee is bred from Freesia, an un-numbered mare who had two earlier winners in Viburnum and Respirator. Freesia was in 1914 and was by the Isinglass horse Marble Arch from Pretoria, by Cuirassier from Winnie, by Kingfisher from Dolly Varden, by Pacific from Brunette, by Van Tromp. Pretoria was the dam of Bouvardia (dam of that good performer Barometer, as well as Alonsoa, dam of Kilonsa); Bidget (the dam of Puss Moth); and Tecoma (the dam of Royal Doulton). She was also a half sister to that great all-round horse Record Reign. Winnie was the third dam of Admiral Codrington. v Successful Sire. Vaals has certainly given a fillip to the popularity of colonial-bred sires the few years he has been at the stud in New Zealand. Remarkably few of his stock have failed to win good races from sprint distances to two miles, included in his winners being Anopheles, Valamito, Valmint, Tonnerre, Brabant, Dutch Girl and Barrister, while he was sixth on the winning sires’ list last season. Vaals was a high class galloper in Australia, where he won the Cantala Stakes in record time, the Epsom Handicap and was successful up to eleven furlongs. He is by Valais, that fine Cicero horse who headed the winning list in Australia for five consecutive years, and he is bred from Galtee Queen (dam of that good stayer Sion), by Carbine’s son Wallace from the imported mare Swing, by St. Albans from See Saw, by Chandos. From this family came that great stayer and sire, Isonomy..

Began Well. Cheval de Volee began his racing career with a brilliant win in the Tuakau Stakes at Franklin as a two-year-old, and raced only once after that season.

His next win came the following Christmas at New Plymouth, where he won the Borough Juvenile Handicap and was third the next day. He stayed on at New Plymouth for the February meeting.

After an unimpressive fourth in the Taranaki Hack Plate, won by Bantry, Cheval de Volee registered one of his many surprises by downing the screaming hot favourite, Oratory, in a three-horse race for the Taranaki Stakes. In Form at Ellerslie. The first really solid form Cheval de Volee showed was at the Auckland summer meeting in 1937, when, after running Awhiowhio to half a head in the Waitemata Handicap he won the Ellerslie Handicap and ran third in the Grey Handicap. He was unplaced in the Takapuna Cup, but went down to New Plymouth where he chased Sergia home in the Taranaki Cup.

At Easter he followed Valaminto 1 home in the Islington Handicap at Ellerslie, and, after an unplaced performance at Avondale, won the President’s Handicap at the Franklin meeting. Mr A. Rowan, who bred and races the gelding, has twice tried to quit Cheval de Volee. He offered him at the 1935 sales and he was passed in at 120gns., and he was again offered at auction on the eve of the Great Northern meeting last year. However, he failed to reach the reserve and was left on Rowan’s hands. Bargain Missed. Cheval de Volee was a bargain missed, for the following day he won the rich Cornwall Handicap, beating Valmint and .Kilonsa by heads. He ranked as 14th in the order of favouritism, but was not neglected by his owner. This season. Cheval de Volee has been racing fairly solidly. After a third to Mazir at Ohinemuri, he ran fourth in the Mitchelson Cup and his second to Du Maurier in the Te Awamutu Cup tuned him up for his surprise in the Auckland Cup’, in which he led all the way to double his stakes earnings in a crack. Unplaced in the A.R.C. Handicap, the Vaals five-year-old again showed a liking for Ellerslie when he beat Gay Rose in the Ralph Handicap at the mid-summer meeting, but he disappointed in the Storey Memorial at Te Rapa in his only start before the Taranaki Cup.- . Cheval de Volee has not been a good horse for backers to follow, but he has been a good money spinner. His win on Thursday was his first under as much weight as 9.0, and it may indicate that he has come really solid at last.

■ Brilliant Filly. 1 After a bad lapse at New Year when she galloped very poorly at Marton. 3 the Nightmareh—-Praise filly Russian 1 Ballet returned to her best form on ! > Thursday to win the Flying Handicap 1 at New Plymouth. She is not engaged ’ in the Taranaki Stakes today, a race 3 in which her stable • mate, Smoke 3 Screen, is to have his Thompson Han- ’ dicap trial. Russian Ballet, who was bought by Mr Russell Grace at the 1937 sales for 350gns„ has proved a good buy for she has now won £1545 in stakes from five ' wins, five seconds and two thirds in 20 starts. Russian Ballet’s form has been a mixture of good and bad, but there is no doubt she possesses real galloping ability when in form. She was very consistent last season when she opened the season by running Amigo to a head at Marton, but she failed in the Wellesley Stakes and was then put aside for a spell. It was not until the following Feb- < ruary that Russian Ballet was asked to sport silk again and she impressed

then by running Surmount to a head the first day at Wanganui and winning on the second day. Unplaced in the Pacific Handicap won at Trcntham by Defaulter, Russian Ballet came out the second day to score a brilliant win over Rakahanga in the Plunket Nursery. Rakahanga and Ivar beat her the following week in the' Cloverlea Nursery at Awapuni, but she impressed the second day by running to within half a length of Defaulter in the Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes. Tiiat paved the way for a very easy win in the Great Northern Champagne Stakes over Surmount. Won Wanganui Guineas. Russian Ballet did not impress with her debut as a three-year-old when she ran unplaced in the sprint the first | day at Wanganui in September, but that race improved her to a remarkable degree, for she came out the second day to score a runaway victory in the Wanganui Guineas from Amigo and Gay Son. The Nightmarch filly looked a little , unlucky to be beaten a head by Philcourt in the Avondale Guineas, but she was well beaten into fourth place m the G.N. Guineas in her next start. ■ Unplaced in the N.Z. Derby, Russian Ballet was a poor third to Peerless and Homily in the N.Z. Oaks, and, after running second to Black Thread at Awapuni in the sprint the first day, . she ran poorly in the three-year-old event at that meeting, and cut up badly '

at fdarton. She was not raced again until Thursday but some smart trials indicated that she was likely to return to her best form again. Russian Ballet is the best of the stock of .Nightmarch yet to race and she is a full sister to that promising Ngatarawa two-year-old Serenata, who was successful at Awapuni at Christmas. Nightmarch, who won the N.Z. Derby, as well as the Melbourne and New Zealand cups, is by Night Raid from that good galloper Marsa, who was by Martian from Nantes, the dam of that classic winner Artillerie. Praise, the dam of Russian Ballet, won the Welcome Stakes and N.Z. Oaks, and is by the Desmond horse Limond from the famous Eulogy. Praise was therefore a sister to that great galloper Commendation. Russian Ballet has shown her best form up to a mile, but she is engaged in the Railway Handicap at Trentham next week and her mission tnay be one 11 of the Easter Handicaps,

WELLINGTON RACES

ACCEPTANCES FOR AUTUMN MEETING.

E (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The acceptances for the first day of the Wellington Racing Club's autumn : meeting, to be held on Friday and Saturday of next week, total 108. an increase of one on last year. The list is as follows: — Rimu Highweight Handicap, l.'m.: Shy 10.9, Sunee 10.7, Bumble 9.12, Sir Nigel 9.11, Prime Quality 9.10. Dancing Flame 9.7, Lustral 9.4, Revival, Otaki, All Blood, Great Quex, Ebb and Flow 9.0. Trial Plate, 7f.: Barabbas, Batsham, g Cuisinier. Diareus, Elettra, Etzel. Flo- !_ ral Robe, .Hunting Squire. Improvid- •_ ent. Jacynth, Little Dorrit, Parian. . Pharisee, Phil, Prediction, Royal Show, Ruling Star, Titter, Wakarara, Windg sor Chief, Yours Truly 8.5. e New Zealand St Leger Stakes, p Beaupartir, Coronation, Old Bill 8.10. j Capricious, Peerless 8.7. y Pacific Handicap, 6f.: Globe Trotter, Baran 9.0, Submission 8.8, Moorsotis e 8.7, Beau Vite 8.5, Gayest Son 8.3, Ara- ■, nui 8.1, Vascones 7.12, Counter 7.11. s Pearl of Asia 7.7, Fils de Vaals 7.4. 3 Night Pal, Scold 7.2, Millament, Not i Out, Social Credit 7.0. i Thompson Handicap, Im.: Royal Chief 9.8, Smoke Screen 9.5, Dungarvan 8.10, Trench Fight 8.8, Gay Son 8.6, Haughty Winner 8.5, Taurangi 8.4. 1 Lady Montana, Amigo 8.2, The Bigot 1 7.13, Mittie 7.12, Dictate 7.9, Mea'Mea • 7.8, Laughing Lass 7.5, Old Surrey 7.4. i Cricket, Wild Career 7.0. > Tinakori Handicap. 7f.: Stern Chase > 9.8, Great Flight 9.2. Ecstatic 8.10, White Gold 8.8, Trebor 8.5, Saki 8.4, Stella i Lux 8.1, Lady Lyric 7.12, Kurrawong i 7.10, Blonde Princess 7.9, Deficit. Do- : rak, Gay Hunting, Huntino 7.7. Railway Handicap, 6f.: Suleiman 9.1. > Counterblast 8.9, Lady Ina, Amigo 8.8, Haughty Winner, Mittie 8.5. Rakahanga 7.13, Top Row, Homily 7.11, Russian Ballet, Florence Mills 7.8, Density, Diamond Cutter. Lady Leigh, Valimeen 7.0. Silverstream Handicap, Im.: Red Witch 8.11, Wild Talk, Earl Colossus 8.8, Hinerawe 8.6, Spartan 8.5, Drachma, Rarotonga, Morning Flight 8.4. Te Morehu, Waka 8.3, Our Pal, Happy Heels, Larwood 7.7. AUCKLAND MEETING DECLARATION OF FORFEIT. (By Telegraph—Press Association ) AUCKLAND, March 10. ' The follotving remain in the classic races at the Auckland Racing Club’s autumn meeting after the declaration of forfeit:— Great Northern Oaks.—Rai Dora, Ruling Lady, Homily, Taurangi, Colossus, Hallowroz filly, Russian Ballet, Capricious, Golden Flame, Spinning Wheel, First Gold Money, Sudan, Peerless, Kathbella, Silver Quex, Royal Message, Elettra, Bronze Step, Vai-1 dene, Maxam, Gay Opal. , Great Northern Champagne Stakes. I Hunto, Glen Connell, Submission, I Our Jean, Silver Stick, Montessa, Ore- I l.io, Merry Vaals, Meliora, Tzigane, I Black Majesty, Social Credit, Defoe— I Bonnie Vale filly, Pearl of Asia, Mil- I lament, Charing Cross, Varimond, Nora I Gregor, Counter, Beau Repaire, Lady I Bambury, Mayfair, Fils de Vaals, Bid- B dy Girl, La Vie, Konneta, Beau Vite, Foxmond, Gayest Son, Esquire, Palo Alto, Baran, Mingle. Great Northern St Leger.—Homily. Coronation, Miltiades, Capricious Vaals Star, Royal Abb, Sudan, Beaupartir, Prime Quality, Peerless, Ivar, Old Bill, Olympus, Elettra. Hot Box’ Gay Son, Maioro, All Bunsby.

e RACING FIXTURES e e iMarch 17, 18,-Wellington R.C. y March 17, 18.-Ohinemuri J.C. t March 18.—Waimate R.C. e March 23, 25. —Oamaru J.C. e March 24, 25.— Manawatu R.C. n March 25.—Birchwood H.C March 25, 27.—Bay of Plenty R.C. a s ——■■■■ ■■