GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20956, 8 November 1939, Page 4

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

Acceptances lor the first day of the Waikato Racing Club’s Spring meeting at Te Rapa on November 18 and 20 close on Friday at 5 p.m. with Messrs Blomfield and Co., Shortland Street, Auckland, and at 8 p.m. with the secretary (Mr E. H. O’Meara), P.O. Box 351, ’phone 3140, Hamilton. Addition to Stable Little Lady is a recent addition to A. Winder’s stable. W. M. Thomson The Te Rapa lightweight, W. M. Thomson, has been engaged to ride Palmint, Inver and Princess Val on the first day at Avondale. Te Rapa Representatives Te Rapa representatives for the first day of the Avondale meeting comprise Mio Fratollo, Mayfair, Mia Regina, Requiem, Raceline, Meadow, Royal Bachelor, Poland, Hunto and Bronze Step. Schooling Well Mio Fratollo has been schooling in promising style at Te Rapa on recent mornings and appears to have derived benefit from racing in the Trial Hurdles at Ellerslie. Yesterday he gave a solid display over a round of hurdles with Innes Lad, who also is on the upgrade. Dark Shadow Dark Shadow recently resumed work at Te Rapa and has come in again looking in great heart to enter on a further preparation. All going well he may be given a race at the Waikato meeting this month and as he usually races well fresh he will not be without prospects. Buccaneer Improves Buccaneer improved on first-day running to win the Kauri Handicap on the latter day at Whangarei, and while the class he accounted for was rather mediocre he gave the impression that he is capable of still further improvement. Prior to the meeting he had been working consistently well at Takanini. Condition of Mayfair

The Hunting Song filly Mayfair has been shaping well in her preparation at headquarters over the past several weeks and she will have an opportunity over the week-end to make amends for recent failures. She was runner-up to Foxsen at Paeroa and more recently at Ellerslie beat all but the placed division in the second division of the Gordon Handicap.

May Do Better Benefited as he is sure to be with racing at the Whangarei fixture Cintrace may be seen to better advantage at the coming Avondale fixture. On the latter day at Whangarei, after attempting to lead from end to end, he failed only in the last little bit and any improvement on that showing would suggest a chance for him in subsequent jumping engagements.

Unusual Feat The Fordell trainer D. Marks, scored a notable training success when he saddled up five winners at the Stratford Racing Club’s spring meeting. Four of them, Tuatara, Red Cat, Taurangi, and Scandal, are raced by the Tfdhape sportsman, Mr William Duncan, and the fifth winner, Russian Ballet, carries the colours of Mr R. Grace.

Lapidarian The dashing exhibition of jumping given by Lapidarian at Ellerslie last month when he won the Trial Hurdles at. long odds will ensure him a following in hurdling engagements at Avondale. Since racing at Ellerslie he is reported to have gone on the right way in his preparation and it should not be for lack of condition if he fails to show to advantage.

On the Upgrade Penzance drew attention to her immediate prospects by her forward showing in the Marsden Hack on the latter day at Whangarei and it was only in the last little bit that she failed to hold her own with Odtaa, .with whom she had disputed the lead throughout. She lost a little ground through swinging wide at the turn and under the circumstances her exhibition was distinctly meritorious.

A Likely Novice Among the likely novices located at headquarters is the Seigfried filly Maneroo, whose showing in company with Young Paddon yesterday over five furlongs, was such to draw attention to her immediate prospects. The manner in which she was sticking to her work over the concluding stages of the trial was the most pleasing feature of the performance and she will need only to repeat what she has shown on the training track to win races. Royal Abb The impressive form of Royal Abb on either day of the recent Whangarei meeting draws attention to his claims for further success at the approaching Avondale meeting which is to be held this week-end. Improved by his first day’s achievement he won very easily on Saturday after being well back in the early stages of the running. Royal Abb jumps well and this, combined with his pace and stamina, should take him a long way in hurdle company. Rehandicapped to 10.0 he should not find this beyond him at Avondale. Royal Bachelor Among the interesting entries for the Waimai Hack Hurdles on the first day of the Waikato meeting and the Matangi Hurdles on the latter day of the fixture is the sprinter Royal bachelor and if he takes his place in either field special interest wil be evinced in his showing as he has demonstrated in his occasional schooling displays at headquarters that he is a fine jnumper in the making. As yet it has not been decided whether he will race over obstacles or continue as a sprinter at the meeting. Premising Apprentice

The young apprentice, V. Gollop, scored nis second success when he piloted Bronze Step to victory at Whangarei last week, his initial win being recorded at the Waikato Hunt when he won on Wildore. Eight of the eleven mounts Gollop has ridden this season have finished in the money and as he is a conscientious youngster who takes his full share of riding work at headquarters he fully deserves whatever success comes his way. Clipper will be one of his mounts at the approaching Avondale fixture.

Aga Khan’s Horses The Aga Khan, one of the largest owners and breeders of racehorses in the world, has decided to reduce very considerably his racing interests. Although he did not start racing in England until 1921, he has won the Derby three times. He is the only living man to have done so and to have headed the list of winning owners on seven occasions. His first Derby winner was Blenheim in 1930. Blenheim was afterwards s,old to an American syndicate for rather less than £50,000. The Aga Khan’s best year was 1934, during which his horses won £64,898 in stakes. On the other six occasions upon which he headed the winning owners’ list, the total amassed was £268,446. Before the outbreak of war it was estimated that the Aga Khan’s bloodstock in England, France and Ireland was worth at least £400,000.