TURF NEWS AND NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 February 1941, Page 3

TURF NEWS AND NOTES

CURRENT TOPICS FROM STABLE AND COURSE

Lady Montana in Work Again. B. Burgess lias Lady Montana back in work again. Half Caste. Slf Caste is being put through his ; again by Burgess, and may catch 1 stake money later on. Te Ore Doing Well. Te Ore is striding along steadily at work, and is doing better work on the track than for some time past. An Unlucky Horse. Big Joe. winner of his two races on the West Coast circuit, always seems to be out of luck. Following an attack of strangles he was suffering from corns, and his latest trouble is a bruis- ” bd chest, the result of a collision with a post. Areas Sold. Areas, a four-year-old brown gelding by Hunting Song from Callisto, by General Latour from Prodice, has been purchased by C. C. McCarthy for Miss M. C. Wilson, of Reefton. Areas had one success earlier in the season when trained by J. H. Jefferd for Mr W. A. lorns. of Wellington. May Soon Retire. The Posterity horse Mosaic is back at Randwick with the idea of attempting to win a third Sydney Cup. but he has shown signs of lamenqss and it. is probable that his retirement will be announced soon. Mosaic, a top-class stayer, was bought ns a yearling by J. T. Jamieson, who was induced to transfer the sale to Mr Crick, a Sydney owner, who placed the colt in J. H. Abbs's stable. Mosaic showed no early promise, and Mr Crick presented him to his wife. After one or « two resultloss outings in the lady’s colours. Mosaic was leased to his trainer. for whom he proved to be a big winner before the lease expired. i Wellington Cup. The ,first Wellington Cup run at Trentham was won by Ropa. owned by Mr D. Ross, a well-known bookmaker. Achilles was second and Paritutu third. The judge, Mr Hartgill, placed Melodeon third, and the placings continue in the Turf Register without correction. A snapshot of the finish displayed on the course during the meet*ihg proved conclusively that Paritutu was third and Mr Hartgill sent a cheque for third money to the owner of the Castor gelding. Paritutu also ran second to Noctuiform in the New Zealand Cup, and later won the Grand National in 1911. and was also second in 1912. Paritutu was second in the Grand National Hurdles in 1907. 1908. and 1910. RACING FIXTURES Feb. I—Wairoa. Feb. I.—Canterbury. Feb. I.—Tapanui. Feb. I—Matamata.1 —Matamata. Feb. 6. B.—Egmont Feb. 8. 10.— Rotorua. Feb. 8, 10.—Poverty Bay. Feb. 8, 10.—Gore. Feb. 14, 15—Winton. Feb. 15. —Tolaga Bay. Feb. 15. —Opunake. Feb. 15. 17— Waikato. Feb. 20. 22—Dunedin. Feb. 22. —Walapu. Feb. 22. 24.—Te Aroha. Feb. 22. 24 —Woodville. j' Feb. 22. 24. —Westland. March I—Franklin. March I.—Rnngitikei. March I—Banks Peninsula. March 7. 8. —Cromwell. March B.—Clifden. ■ i March 8. —Carterton. March 8, 10.—Taranaki. ■ ; Marclt 13, 15— Wellington. ■ , March 15, 17.—Ohincmtlrl. : March 20, 22. —Mnnawatu. i March 22, 24. —Bay of Plenty. March 22, 24 — Oamaru. March 27. 29.—Oamaru. ; March 27. 29.—Hawke's Bay. ' March 29.—Waimate. March 29.—Birchwood Hunt. ,

Training Operations at Opaki (BY -THE GRAFTER.”) Training operations at Opaki during the week have been on the slack side mostly. Ashley Jenkins’s team is being spelled, but will commence work seriously next week. B. Burgess, on the other hand, has all his team in hand preparing for meetings in the near future. B. J. Kelleher’s team is mostly on easy work. Jenkins has a nice-looking Captain Bunsby two-year-old filly in work and she gives promise of being ?. useful sort. Burgess is handling two good-looking fillies Which should be able to make good when seriously placed in the racing game.

THOROUGHBRED YEARLINGS

MORE FOR AUSTRALIA. Since the national thoroughbred yearling sales were held at Trentham last week, several yearlings have been disposed of privately by the auctioneers. Messrs Wright. Stephenson and Co.. Ltd., and Pyne, Gould, Guinness. Ltd. Sales made are as follows: — Brown filly by Gynerium—Kaimiro, Mr J. A. Mitchell. Longburn. 200 guineas. Bay colt, Theio —Tudor Wench. Mr A. G. Hodder, Wellington, 150 guineas. Bay colt. Baffles—Veldce, Mr M. J. Bradley. Pleasant Point. 75 guineas. Bay colt. Solicitor-General—For-tunio. Mr D. G. Casey. Edendale. Taihape, 100 guineas,

Bay colt. The Greek —Roscrana. Mrs F. Brough. Tauherenikau, 50 guineas. Bay filly. Mr Standfast—Wee Agnes, Mr D. Lourie. Turakina, 125 guineas. Brown colt. Foxbridge—Love Story. Messrs Pyne. Gould. Guinness. Ltd., as agents, 280 guineas. Bay colt. Foxbridge—Lady Whirlwind, Sydney client. 400 guineas. The total number of purchases for overseas was 16 lots. Of these two were bought b.v Messrs Wright. Stephenson and Co., Ltd., for Indian clients. The Spiral—Gcnesta colt was secured for .300 guineas on behalf of Mr A. Svamvur, who has been racing his half-brother. Tall Story, by Posterity, in India with much success. Mr F. H. Mehta, also of Bombay, who purchased two colts at last year’s sales, secured the Mr Standfast —Fiery colt for 200 guineas. In addition to the 16 yearlings, two of the brood mares. Du Barry with a colt foal at foot b.v Phaleron Bay. and which had been mated with Coronach, and Confiscation, mated with Bulandjshar, were purchased on behalf of Mr W. J. Smith, the owner of Beau Peri?. J. T. Jamieson also secured Lady Whirlwind, mated with Foxbridge. The yearling colt from this mare has just been sold piivatcly for shipment to New South Wales. Purchases at the sales on behalf of Australia ioltil 8080 guineas, In addition George Price has secured privately the brown colt by Phaleron Bay from Hunting Lodge, which is a brother to Final Victory, with which he won the MacArthur Stakes at Rosehill ihis season.

A numbei- of the purchases are remaining in New Zealand , to be broken in. The remainder will be shipped to Australia in due course along with two Bulandshar colts owned by Mr E. J. Watt. These were bred by the owner concerned from two of his mares which he sent over from Australia.

Dunedin Trotting Cup Winner. The Dunedin Cup winner. Nelson Eddy, has won 11 races since he began racing as a three-year-old in 1938. three of them being in this season. He has also. recorded two seconds and three thirds and has won £3.808 in stakes. He , was'bred by his ownbr. Mr F. J. .Andrew, and is trained til Addington by L. O. Thomas, who drove him in the Cup. Nelson Eddy was got by Nelson Derby frcin Lady Bee. by Great Audubon—Lady Sybil, by RothschildThelma. by Kentucky—Pride of Lincoln, by Touchstone —Sally. Touchstone was got by Ma’.ton —Doctor's Maid. Mnlton sired Belle of the Isle, who won the Canterbury Cup in IECH and produced. Templeton, who won the Dunedin Cup in 1875 and 1878. the Canterbury Cup in 1878. Auckland Cup in 1874. and Great Autumn Handicap in 1876. Pride of Lincoln was. bred to both thoroughbreds.and trotting sires She was bred to July, a brother to Sir Modred, and also to Stonyhurst, the New Zealand Derby winner of 1885 She greatly enriched the Trotting Stud Book by producing Thelma u> Kentucky. Thelma proved to be both a prolific and valuable addition to the Stud Book. She produced Willowwood, Wildwood Junior, Marie Corelli. Authoress, Adonis, Lady Sybil, Cameos. Waverloy, Aristos, Neil Denis. The Pointer and Azelzion. Mnlton is also the sire of Titania, the ancestress of a Dunedin Cup winner in Orloff. Bound for Camp. Members of the Christchurch racing community who will enter ramp next week for throe months are the trainers J. C. Tomkinson and W. J Cameron, and the jockeys M Caddy. H W. Hibberd, P. Spratt and I. Walker. After racing on Saturday. Knight Common- i der, who is trained by Cameron, will j go into the care of F C. Parker. Tom-! kinson has not ye: completed arrange- ' mimts for the care nf Synthetic and i Monetary. Has Had Her Last Race. Shanghai Lily has had hoi last race, j She w.t mated recently with I.eighon.' Early in her career. she looked like' being a g'O'd performer over a dis-i toiler, mid she won three )-acrs In the i <-nr!v part <>f lan -en Capriciousl being second in two of them, but, like; the latter. sh»- ha-; had .a long term without a win. and her owner. J. 15 Pearson. decided to retire her.