TURF NEWS AND NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 December 1939, Page 9

TURF NEWS AND NOTES

CURRENT TOPICS FROM STABLE AND COURSE Boswell Should Race Well in the Holidays A SMART INVERCARGILL RACING TEAM (BY "CARBINE.”) A smart Invercargill team comprising Boswell. Sailing Lady, and Doubleack have shown good form recently and will doubtless pick up stake money at the holiday meetings. Boswell appears to be in exceptionally good heart. Last season the Balboa—Celerity II horse just failed to reach the best class. He did not stay over the final stages of middle distances although he was a consistent place getter, winning in all nearly £750. The first foal of the Gainsborough mare, Celerity li, a smart sprinter, Boswell is by Balboa and is now a five-year-old. He should be difficult to beat in the principal distance races at Dunedin. Boswell was given a good spell before he was put to racing this season.’ He registered a third at Gore, and won at the Southland meeting with ease, although the company was not very classy.

Sailing Lady, a six-year-old bay mare by Lord Warden from the Soiferinon mare. Set Sail, has already earned £370 this season. She was unplaced in The Ranfurly Handicap at Dunedin, but has not been out of a place in three starts since. She won the Waikaka Handicap at Gore, and on the second day was third to Norseman and Silver Streak, which dead-heated in the Spring Handicap. At her last start she won the Southland Cup from Mona’s Song. Set Sail was a useful mare up to a middle distance, her successes in-1 eluding the Geraldine Cup (twice) and! the Oamaru Cup. Doubleack only had one third placing from nine starts last season, but, like many other horses sired by Balboa, has taken time. Now a four-year-old. from Morse Signal. Doubleack has already earned £350 this season and should be difficult in hack races over a mile and a middle distance. At his first attempt this season he was unplaced in the Novice Handicap at Dunedin in October, but won the Mandeville High-weight at Gore and also, the Farewell Hack Handicap on the second day. At the Southland meeting he suffered a check in the Stewart Island Handicap, and after being last at the straight entrance, put in a fast run that carried him into third place behind Boaform and Ortyx. On that showing alone Doubleack should no! be long in reaching the winning list again in stronger company, as he finishes solidly and stays well.

Derby Winners as Sires. There has been a tendency to disparage Australian Derby winners as sires, says an Australian writer, but that prejudice has been to some extent broken down in recent years by the great success achieved by Australianbred horses. It has been customary to point to the failure of many Australian Derby winners as sires. The English Derby winner is always assured of splendid opportunities for several years at the stud, and a study of the list of Derby winners shows that the percentage has been no greater than in Australia. Notable successes among Australian Derby winners have been Wallace. Malstar, Chester, and Heroic, who all at some period of their career reached the top of the winning sires' list. Malster was at the head of the list five times, and Heroic has filled that position for the last seven seasons.

Absolve Not Going to Ellerslie. Absolve will not now accompany Enrich to Ellerslie. He will probably have one or two races over the holidays and he will then contest the juvenile events at the Wellington meeting. A Place Each Time. In 11 starts this season, Rivette has not been out of a place. She has won the two greatest races of the Australian turf, proving herself the greatest stayer of the year. In the Melbourne Cup she carried a 101 b penalty for her Caulfield win, but that brought her weight to only 7.9,- and at that she was generally conceded to be in a stone light. She proved this by her brilliant, victory.

Manawatu Cup. The Manawatu Cup this year carries a stake of £750, which includes a £5O gold cup presented by the Foxton Racing Club, which has had the use of the Awapuni track for a couple of meetings. Owners and trainers should also appreciate the special conditions for the two-year-old races on the second and third days, one for colts and geldings and the other for fillies only respectively. The meeting will be held on Saturday. December 23, and Tuesday and Wednesday. December 26 and 27. Nominations for all events will close with the secretary. Miss M. Buchanan. at 9 o’clock on Monday night.

Monipere Amiss. The hard tracks have found a weak spot in one of Monipere’s shoulders, and he is to be eased in work until softer tracks prevail. Monipere has been schooling well over hurdles during the past few weeks, and il is unfortunate for his owner that, he should go amiss just now.

New Zealand Horses Sold. At the annual sale of racehorses hold during the Melbourne Cup week the top price obtained was for Mr J. Richardson’s three-year-old colt Aranui. who was purchased at 700 gns by Mr E. Muldoon. The Bagot Handicap winner. Elanage, was sold privately at the sale for 600gns. to Mr D. U. Seaton, subject to the approval of the executors of the estate of the late Mr M. Steinberg, the reserve having been 700gns.

Not for Wairarapa. For some years the Clifford stable has sent two teams to the holiday meetings in the North Island, one journeying to Ellerslie and the other to the Manawatu and Wairarapa fixtures. This season three horses will be despatched to Auckland, but none to the other meetings named. Scold, who is likely to run at Wingatui, will probaby be the only representative of Cutts’ brothers establishment apart from those going to Ellerslie. Woodvii's Races. In today's advertising columns will be found particulars of the issue of specially reduced fares and local train arrangements in connection with the race meeting at Woodville. FIXTURES. December 9 —Hororata. December 9, 11—Woodville. December 16 —Waipa. December 23, 26, 27— Manawatu December 26 —Waipukurau. December 26 —Westland. December 26. 27—Dunedin. December 26, 27—Taranaki. December 26. 28, January 1, 2—Auckland. December 30. January I—Wairarapa. December 30. January I—Greymouth. December 30, January I—Hawke’s Bay. 1940— January I—Waikouaiti.1 —Waikouaiti. January I—Wyndham. January 1, 2—Stratford. • January 1. 2—Marton. January 2, 3—Southland.