RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 40, 16 February 1929, Page 16

RACING NEWS.

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

SEASON'S FIXTURES,

(By WHALEBONE.)

February 16, 18—Te Aroha Jockey Club. Ftbruary 20, 21—Gore R.O. February 20, 21—Woorlville Jockey Clnb. February 21—Tologa Bay J.C February -'■"—Canterbury J.C. February 27, 28—Daiinrvirke R.C. February 28—VValpu Racing Club. February 28, March 2—Marlborough R.C, March 2 — Banks Peninsula R.C. March G, 7— Kaneitikei R.C. March 8, 0 —Napier R.C. March 0— Franklin Racing Club.

Elicit, who won the Hurdles at Wanganui on Thursday, is ;x son of Elysian. Last month he Won the Hack Hurdles at .Marton in good style. He is trained by Mrs. A. McDonald (nee Miss G. Maher).

Oral, the two-year-old half-sister to Oratrix, did not keep her engagement in the Juvenile Handicap at Wanganui last Thursday. This filly, who is trained at Marton by J. H. Farmer, is reputed to be a speedy galloper.

Monaloff, who finished second to Glenartney in the Juvenile Handicap on the first day at Wanganui, is a half-sister to Paitona. This filly is a granddaughter of Okoari and comes from a most successful racing family.

Glengariff put up a really good performance in running second in the Westmere Hurdles at Wanganui on Thursday with 11.7. He got a bad run throughout, and even with a good passage he may not have beaten Elicit, but wouid have made the contest much more interesting.

Mendip was disappointing at Wanganui on Thursday. He has run some great races this season and naturally was installed favourite for the Stewards' Handicap. He was well in the picture when the field turned for home, but apparently failed to go on with it.

The Warden should not be long in getting on the winning list. In the Victory Hack Handicap at Wanganui he made the running to the straight and finished sixth. This is his first race for some time, and, judging by the manner in which he performed last season, he promises to turn out more than useful.

Vinella, who raced at Wanganui on Thursday, finishing fourth in the Maiden Race, is a four-year-old halfsister to Birkenella, who won the Wellington Steeplechase in 1926. She is trained by L. Knapp at Awapuni and is • promising sort.

Lysander, after showing a bit of form at Ellerslie and Trentham, looked as though he was likely to win the Flying Handicap at Wanganui on Thursday. He had been galloping well in his track work recently, but he failed to reproduce it in the race. He showed no dash at all and ran last all the way.

Paquito, who won the Trial Stakes at Dunedin on Thursday, is one of F. D. Jones' team, and is to go over to Sydney with Limerick. He was third in the Apprentices' Plate and occupied a similar position in the Trial Plate at Trentham last month, and on those performances looked as though he would be hard to beat before long.

In connectioon with the Wanganui Cup, a correspondent states that Rapine beat Yoma by a head, with Laughing Prince two lengths away. Rapine bored in up the straight first on to Laughing Prince and then on to Yoma. Laughing Prince was beaten at the time, but it may have affected Yoma's chance. However, the gallant Martian gelding deserved his win, which was one of the most popular ever recorded in the event.

Cashier ran a good race in the Victory Handicap at Wanganui on Thursday, and only for getting a bad run he would probably have won. When in Auckland •t Christmas time he was obviously not at his best, |ut it should not be long before he again salutes the judge. He is a. pretty useful sort, for he was second to Nightmarch in the New Zealand Derby, and Nightmarch won the Dunedin Cup on Thursday.

Gasnapper won a hack race at the Taranaki meeting last week, after showing promising form just previously. He was started in the Victory Handicap at Wanganui on' -Thursday and deadheated for second place with Cashier. His effort was distinctly good, for he came from the rear of the field when he made his run. He is one of the Gasbag tribe, whose stock have been showing promise this season.

High Falutin' scored his first victory •t the Wanganui meeting on Thursday, when ho accounted for the Maiden Race. As a two-year-old last season his best Earformance was in finishing third to pisode and The -Begum m the Midsummer Handicap at EUerslie. This season he was third in the Wanganui and the Avondale Guineas. He. is by Grandcourt from Table Talk, by Finland from War Scare, by Martian from Gossip, the dam of Bobrikoff. High Falutin' is trained by F. Tilley at Fordell.

Endorse, the Paper Money filly for whom a large sum was paid as a yearling, looks as though she will recompense her owner with a stake before long. She was second to Airway at Egmont last week and on Thursday ran second in the Maiden Race at Wanganui. She showed brilliant speed in the first half and got so far away from High Falutin' that the race looked a certainty for her, but she stopped badly. Her dam, Epitaph, was very fast, and Endorse appears to be coming good. W. Kemp, who has been breeding and racing for a number of years past, has * very promising rising two-year-old gelding by Chief Ruler from Miss Ethel. The youngster is a classy looking gelding wHh plenty of size, and is built *JLT?f y x S BoUd lines - He fl as splendid 1« «U! tio ?'v^ nd a « rpat de P tn of girth f" with b ° nc of the to lb* K, '£«£**• Jt wou ld be hard S th W He ha » been •wly P*oduee*wta«« *?*} **• VrmA. Mary Bruce? £? d ? »"**. Emerald, King b2KWL J2L Wn •nd her latest addition Money °n appearances pronSel & tna *•* .the best of them. ' to

After racing at the Takapuna meeting, Archeno displayed signs of soreness and has done most of her work on the lead since then. Providing she does all right in the meantime, Archeno will be given a race at Pukekohe next month.

Glenotus and Potoanui are just doing enough work to keep them in the right order for events ahead. They are both doing well and will do their next racing at the Easter meeting at Ellerslie.

The local owner Mr. A. D. Potter has registered the name Cladach for his two-year-old filly by Grahdcourt from Sequinctte. This filly is a half-sister to Fairy Ring and Backsheesh, who were both good performers a few seasons ago.

Freehold succeeded in winning the Petre Hack Handicap at Trentham yesterday. This is his first success since he won the Juvenile Handicap on the same course twelve months ago.

Yoma has performed well this season. He won the Wellington Racing Club Handicap, the Egmonfi Cup and the Taranaki Cup, and was just beaten a neck by Rapine yesterday in the Wanganui Cup. Like Rapine he. was foaled in 1919 and is rising ten years.

Paganelli is engaged in the Jackson Stakes at Wanganui to-morrow and he will see a very short price after his easy win in the Taranaki Stakes a week ago. Reports received by bi» trainer, M. J. Carroll, indicate that he has' done well since racing at New Plymouth.

B. Kowhai, who rode Good Sport when that horse won the Bright Memorial Handicap at the Gisborne meeting, is an apprentice attached to H. Goscomb's stable. He can go to scale at six stone, and is likely to get plenty of riding in the future.

Nightmarch won the New Zealand Derby, but failed in hie races at Trentham last month. However, his performance in winning the Dunedin Cup on Thursday was full of merit and he has now quite rehabilitated himself. This makes his fourth victory this season.

Hynanna was well beaten in the Wanganui Cup. He showed a return to form at Egmont and Taranaki when he finished second to Yonia in both instances, and it was thought that he had more than a good chance on Thursday. However, he was settled a long way from home and is obviously not right. .'

Crash, who WaS a "competitor in the Juvenile Handicap at Wanganui on Thursday, is a two-year-old by Kilbroney from Anthem, an English bred mare by Canopy. He has only started once before, when he ran unplaced. On Thursday he was well up till the turn, but then faded out and finished last.

Glenartney showed a lot of speed at the Wellington meeting, and it was only a matter of him keeping to the course to have a great chance in the Juvenile Handicap at Wanganui. He started a red hot favourite and the issue was never in doubt from barrier rise till the finish, for he won hard held by two lengths.

It was stated that Bright Glow was an unlikely starter in the Wanganui Cup, but all the same she was eventually saddled up for the event. Six furlongs from home she essayed to slip the field and opened up a break of five to six lengths, but Yoma was with her as they turned for home, and she was beaten into fourth position. As has been noted before, a mile and a-half is too far for her, but her action in setting a solid pace helped Rapine to win, for it made the event a true test of stamina.

Owing to the hard state of the ground, Sulla was not able to do the necessary schooling to fit him for hurdle engagements at the Te Aroha meeting, and he will not be a starter at that fixture. He is doing plenty of work and may be given a race at the Franklin meeting next month. Later on when the ground is suitable Sulla will be given a course of schooling to prepare him for hurdle racing during the winter months.

The uncertainty of horse-racing was exemplified at New Plymouth last week, when a thoroughbred, in full training and accepted for in a race at the Taranaki Jockey CluWs meeting, changed hands for the sum of £8 10/. Nomination and acceptance fees cost the previous owner two sovereigns, and more expense was incurred when the ownei suffered a fall from the horse recently, breaking a collarbone. The sum received was little compensation for feeding and training for four years.

Rin Tin Tin, who beat Aussie at Dunedin on Thursday, is a three-year-old by Some Boy 11. from Fairform, by Boniform from Satisfaire. Last season as a two-year-old he showed a good deal of pace, Winning the Dunedin Handicap at Wingatui, the Juvenile Handicap at Southland, and a race at Oamaru. This season he won the Federal Handicap at Dunedin on Boxing Day, the Publicans' Handicap Nm Thursday on the same course, and has been in the money in his other four starts, so that he is a pretty useful sprinter.

I The Wellington Racing Club has issued (the programme for its autumn meeting to be held on Saturday and Monday, March 16 and 18. It is the same as for the last autumn meeting, except for a reduction of lOOsovs in the Autumn Handicap. The Thompson Handicap, North Island Challenge Stakes and the Trqntham Gold Cup carry stakes of IOOOsots; the St. Leger (75050v5)," the Autumn (700sovs), Pacific Handicap (for two-year-olds, 600sovs), and the two sprints. Railway and Suburban Handicaps, each 500sovs. The highweights and the hack races as usual are worth 200sovs to the winner. Entries will close on Monday, February 25, at 9 p.m. Rapine recently showed that he was likely to return to form very shortly, but he got galloped on in the Egmont Cup and was not started in the Taranaki Cup. However, he was saddled up yesterday for the Wanganui Cup and won wejl. In 1927, owing to an accident, it was considered that Rapine's career on the turf had finished, but after a lengthy spell his trainer, J. H. Jefferd, decided to try him again and he was put into work a few months ago with happy results. A couple of seasons ago Rapine was beaten by half a length by Piuthair in the Wanganui Cup and he then car-j ried the steadier of 10.4. Yesterday he-' had 9.2, which equals the performance I of E, Cutts' Dudu in 1890 and is thaj highest weight evar carried to victory | "inee the Cup was inaugurated in 1875.' ;**puk i» rising tea years. ,