TURF NEWS AND NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 June 1939, Page 9

TURF NEWS AND NOTES

CURRENT TOPICS FROM STABLE AND COURSE

Hawke’s Bay Meeting Reviewed

LAST WEEK’S WINNERS AGAIN COMPETING

JUNE STEEPLECHASE SHOULD BE THRILLING EVENT

(By “CARBINE.”)

Many of last week’s winners will be running in the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s second meeting which will take place tomorrow. Judging by the entries all the events will be evenly contested and some close and thrilling races should result.. Main interest will probably be centred round the June Steeplechase in which winners at recent meetings are taking part. . The other big race on the programme is the Hawkes Bay Hurdles, and here again form horses will fight out what promises to be a really tip-top race. Indications point to the punter again having a tough time sorting out the “certs.” Details are:— _

11.30— ' HASTINGS TRIAL. Six furlongs'.

Brackets: Eola and Yogi; Black Majesty and Social Credit. Tangirere carried 8.7 into second place in the Maiden Plate, a distance of five furlongs, at Hawke’s Bay last week and should again make a good showing. Golden Melody, who ran third in the same event will also be liked and is carrying no extra weight. Defray, Hunting Moments, Kaiwaka, Modern Way, Anini and the majority of the others were all starters in the Maiden Plate, and of them Kaiwaka and Yogi look the best. The latter will probably find support as the distance is a furlong further than on the first day. Those finding favour may include Golden Melody Tangirere Yogi 12.15— HAWKE’S BAY HURDLES. One mile and three-quarters.

Curies easy win in mu *» Daaaiu Hurdles last Saturday is sure to make that horse a favourite with the public. Small Boy, who started favourite in the same event and ran into second position, is sure to command respect and is jumping well. On the day, however, Curie was too good for him. Iddo has not met with success recently and is not expected to trouble the leaders. Journet is another who has not been placed of late. Parry scored a third recently while Peter Beckford can be depended on to make a race, of it.. Tigreterre does not impress and the best supported horses may be Curie Small Boy Parry I.o—- — HANDICAP. Six furlongs and a half. O n TJillcirln ft

Gold Ballad won nicely over six furlongs on the first day and is sure to command a large following. Haile Sei•assie ran third in the same race and is again expected to perform well. Royal Spades and Screen Lord can both be depended on to make the leaders move. Proclamation may find the distance a trifle too far while Quilp should not be far behind at the finish. Gay Laura is a good horse if in form but her form lately does not impress. Hillside may be in need of a race or two before striking tip-top form and Eola is not a form horse. The favourites may include ' Gold Ballad Royal Spades Haile Selassie 1.45— JUNE STEEPLECHASE. Two miles and a half.

Form horses will contest the June Steeplechase and a good race should result. Glenvane has the honour of carrying top weight and 10.5 should prove too much for this horse who has been winning lately, Wykemist, by winning the Hawke's Bay Steeplechase, is sure to capture public fancy and will not be far away. Rapa Waiata ran a fail’ third in the same event. This horse has been showing consistent form and is about due to pull off a big event. This might be the one. Pirmak did not settle down in the Hawke's Bay Steeplechase but will have benefit • ted bv the race. Thrasher appears the best of the others but support may come for Glenvane Wykemist Rapa Waiata 2.30— CORINTHIAN PLATE. One mile and a quarter. 4 i.-.r-c r’nf 19 19 ‘Rivlrnlnr/v 11 5

Top weight in mis eveni wi .mkimui riders is Hunting Cat who will carry 12.12 to the barrier. Hunting Cat has shown form under a big weight and should command a fair following. Misurina with three recent wins will probably be a favourite and is expected to go well: 12.2 is, -of course, a lot of weight to carry. Birkology is also a form horse with five placings in the last six starts. Buster Brown has gone off lately and so has Inheritance. Sir Nigel does not look good enough and Ebb and Flow may find the pace

too fast. Best supported horses may be Misurina Hunting Cat Birkology

3.15— ROTOPAI HANDICAP. One

With only 9.7 up, and fresh from a good victory in the Winter Handicap on the first day, Hunting Mint looks a good thing in this event. The Ring, who ran Hunting Mint a close second, is also sure to be liked, while Reay Bridge, the third horse in the same event, must command attention. Centrepoise was a placed horse on the first day as was Lucullus Boy. Halley scored well in the Clifton Hack event and is a definite prospect. Of the rest Golden Flame and Elettra arc probably the pick but they are not likely to trouble the top weights. Best supported horses may be Hunting Mint , The Ring Halley 4.0— FINAL HANDICAP, Six furlongs.

The Final Handicap, the last race on the programme, should bring to a close an interesting day’s racing. The top weight Ivar is in good form and should run a fine race. Solaria and Okawa are form horses. Jeanne is certain to command support and is running well. Granvale, First Chapter and Fossicker are all expected to make the race interesting. However, the best supported horses may include Ivar Solaria Okawa THE SPORT OF KINGS OVERSEAS. PERSONAL & OTHERWISE. Jack Toohey, a top-flight jockey in Australia a dozen years ago, has not been on a racecourse since the afternoon on which he won the Doncaster of 1929 on Karuma. Toohey retired at 24. with a large sum invested in property. and he has declined all invitations to return to the game. Taking practically no interest in racing, Mr Toohey spends most of his time in fishing. An owner-trainer was fined £lO at Moorefield (Sydney) for administering a stimulant to a hbrse. He admitted quite frankly that he had given the horse a spot of brandy to overcome its chronic nervousness at the barrier. The spirit worked as the animal was perfectly docile and won easily.

Three wins in his last three starts is the record of the Queensland-owned horse, Millie's Hope, by Spearfelt. He is now being considered as a possible Caulfied and Melbourne Cup horse.

The leading Melbourne trainer, J. Holt, has made good recovery from his recent accident and will shortly again take his usual active part in racing. He will, as usual, have a strong team for the spring, one being the highpriced half-brother to Talking, who was purchased at Randwick in the autumn for Mr Robinson, a Melbourn - ite.

It appears that Mr G. Tancred did not buy Malagigi. He merely concluded negotiations on behalf of J. T. Jamieson. Malagigi has joined his stable companions, Respirator and High Caste, who were sent away for a spell shortly after the conclusion of the Australian Jockey Club's autumn meeting.

When it was announced that Mr C. B. Kelloow bad decided to sell all his brood mares in Sydney on June 13 there seemed to be an impression in some quarters that Mr Kellow also contemplated retirement from racing. Such, however, is not the- case. The

decision to sell his mares was arrived at in consequence of the state of his health, as he wanted to relieve himself of the worries of managing them, particularly as most of them are not suitably bred for mating with Hall Mark and Nuffield. Mr Kellow will continue to race as long as J. Holt is available to train his horses, and Holt will not retire from training as long as Mr Kellow has horses for him to train.

The exact amount of totalisator investments on the 54 days of the Santa Anita Park (America) winter meeting was £8.662,025, a daily average of slightly over £160.000. On each of nine days investments exceeded £250.000, and the greatest turnover was £425,00 and the greatest turnover was £425,000 on the day of the Santa Anita Handi. cap.

The “treble event pool” recently adopted in England, is run on the same lines as the “daily double.” Tickets are sold for horse numbers in the first selected race. Holders of successful tickets in this race then exchange them for their selection in the second race, and, if successful, again exchange for tickets in the final race. If the winner of the first race of the three is unbacked the price of all tickets is refunded. If the horse specified on any ticket for the first race does not eventually come under the starter’s orders, according to the rules of racing, the money will be refunded. In connection with the “daily double,” some of the dividends are remarkable, considering backers are not required to make the selection for the second leg until the first has won.

When Blue Peter won the Derby last month he started at 7 to 2, a good price after his previous success in the Two Thousand Guineas. He is sure to be a warm favourite for the St Leger. Bahram was.the last horse to win the “triple Crown”; that was four seasons ago. After Cameronian had won the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby he was backed down to 6 to 5 on for the St Leger, and in a field of 10 finished last.

In America last season, a 17-year-old apprentice. J. E. Oros, was the- most successful jockey with 98 wins—a good performance in a little over three months. His father is a successful trainer, and did not allow his son to ride in a race until after he had ridden work for four years.

The French bred horse Actor, who has been at the Grange Stud. Westmere, for the past four months in order to have the benefit of New Zealand pasture, is being sent back to his owner. Mr Sol Green, in Melbourne this week. Actor has done well while in the Dominion, and he is in good order to face his second season at the stud. RACING FIXTURES June 17 —Bay of Plenty. June 17 —Hawke’s Bay. June 17 —Greymouth. June 24 —Ashburton. June 24 —Waipa. June 24 —Otaki Maori. July I—Oamaru.1 —Oamaru. July I—Dannevirke1 —Dannevirke Hunt. July 4. 6, B—Wellington.8—Wellington. July 15 —Waimate District Hunt. July 15 —Hawke’s Bay Hunt. July 22 —Rangitikei Hunt. July 22—South Canterbury Hunt. July 29 —Christchurch Hunt. July 29 —Manawatu Hunt.

Tideway .. .. 8 7 Hunting Defray .. .. .. 8 7 Moments 8 7 Kaiwaka .. .. 8 7 Laughing Tangirere .. .. 8 7 Chief 8 7 Modern Way 8 7 Hyderabad 8 7 Woglinde .. .. 8 7 Final 8 7 Arabic 8 7 Etla >. .. .. .. 8 0 Golden Areas 8 0 Melody 8 7 Black Anini 8 7 Majesty 8 0 Richelieu Social Credit 8 9 Pearl 8 7 Odavarb .. .. 8 0 Eola 8 7 Madonna .. 8 0 Yogi 8 0

Curie .. 11 9 Peter Small Boy .. 11 5 Beckford 10 4 Iddo .. 11 2 Tigreterre .. 9 0 Journet .. .. .. 10 8 Parry 9 0 n in the Whakatu

Shining Hours 9 5 Hillside 0 Gold Ballad .. 9 5 Gay Laura .. 8 0 Quilp 9 0 Imogen 8 0 Royal Spades 8 13 Greenore .. .. 8 0 Screen Lord .. 8 9 Haile Selassie 8 0 Proclamation 8 7 Marsyas .. .. 8 0 Hunting Royal 8 5 Eola 8 0

Glenvane .. .. 10 5 Contact .. . 9 0 Wykemist .. .. 9 10 Thrasher .. . 9 0 Primak 9 8 Red Rufus . 9 0 Rapa Waiata 9 5

Hunting Cat Misurina .. .. 12 12 12 2 Birkoiogy .. Inheritance 11 10 7 Buster Brown 11 12 Ebb and Sir Nigel .. .. 11 :> Flow 10 7

Hunting Mint 9 1 True 8 4 Centrepoise .. 9 4 Lindrum .. .. 8 2 Le Toquet 9 3 Laughing Golden Flame 9 0 Song 8 0 Halley 8 13 Gay Laura .. 8 0 Lucullus Boy 8 10 Arabic 8 0 Reay Bridge 8 8 Solicit 8 0 Iddo 8 8 Elettra 8 0 The Ring .. .. 8 4 Inheritance 8 0

Ivar .. 9 7 Granvalc .. .. 8 2 Solaria .. .. .. 8 13 First Okawa .. .. .. 8 9 Chapter 8 0 Soho .. 8 3 Le Toquet .. 8 0 Reipar . .. 8 3 Fossicker .. 8 0 Jeanne .. . . .. 8 2 Quilp 8 0