STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 56, 7 March 1930, Page 11

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

(By WHALEBONE.)

SEASON'S FIXTURES.

March 7, B—Napierß—Napier ParK K.U. March 7, B—Cromwell J.C. March B—Franklin R.C. March 15, 17—Wellington K.C. March 15, 17—Ohineaiurl J.C. March 17—Opunake R.C.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. WAGER —(1) The first race meeting on the present Trentham course was held on. January 20, 1900. (2), Elevation was a three-year-old in 1907. He. did not race in the A.J.C. Derby, but iu that year won the New Zealand Derbj.

After his two impressive wins at Rotorua, On Top is sure to be in demand if started in the • Waiuku. Handicap at Pukekohe. The Surveyor gelding has abundance of speed and is a good beginner, two important factors when racing over sprint distances.

When Carl Idem accounted for the Ruawai Handicap at Dargaville he put up a useful performance, and if 'he repeats that form in the Waiuku Handicap to-morrow he should be in the firing line at the finish. The Carl Rosa geld' ing has shown marked improvement in his recent races and should be a profitable hack to follow around the country meetings. ,

When Imperial Prince scored in the Fergusson Handicap at the Auckland Summer Meeting he beat several good hacks, including Richfield' and Greenaway, who have both been successful since then. The big Lucullus gelding has not had a race in the interval,' but if produced in the right condition would have excellent prospects in the Pukekohe Handicap to-morrow. .

Merry Lu has been doing, nicely in. her preparation at Ellerslie and yesterday morning put up a useful gallop over five furlongs on the course proper.'. At the Bay of Islands meeting this mare. ran second in two six-furlong hack events and has made marked improvement since then. She is engaged in the Bombay Handicap at Pukekohe to-mor-row and should have an outside chance in that event.

As the result of his two victories at Dargaville, King Willonyx will be one of. the chief selections in the Pukekohe Handicap to-niorrow. The Prince, Willonyx gelding has not clone much racing this season, but now that he has struck ■winning form further successes can be expected. He is a capable galloper who has previously shown to advantage over distances extending from, seven furlongs up to one mile and a-quarter.'

Gold Money was responsible for an excellent gallop over five furlongs on the course proper at. Ellerslie morning. - From a fiatrfooted stand at the post she ran home in 1.4 3-5 and wa« timed to run the last half-mile in 50 1-5&. The poles were out about 25ft from the rails and she finished up her task in good style and was running on at the finish. Gold Money is engaged in the Tiiakau

Flying Handicap at Pukekohe to-morrow and her prospects in that race look extra good. , . . ••■''■' -

After his winning performance in the Urenui Handicap at the Taranaki Meeting, Treasury will appeal to backers in the'Waiuku Handicap at Pukekohe. He is a 'brilliant galloper and is not overburdened as far as weight is concerned.

Spring Abbey looks none the worse for his racing at Te Aroha, where his fonr. was an improvement on anything he jfliown during the past gew months. J. Ghisholm has the Quin Abbey gelding ill excellent condition, and if started in v the Onewhero -Handicap at Pukekohe . tomorrow he is sure to get good support.

When Sir Mond finished third to Tenakoe and Biddy Comet in the Elstow Handicap at Te Aroha he came from a loug way back and was staying on at the end. He figures in the Bombay Handicap at Pukekohe to-morrow, and as he is likelj to be an improved horse after his racing at Te Aroha his prospects of earning a winning bracket look particularly bright.

Gemlight has been putting plenty of clash into his track efforts during tbo past ,few, weeks and J. Williamson has the Australian-bred gelding in good fettle for the Franklin meeting. Gemlight figures in two events—the Tuakau Flying and the Pukekohe Handicap— and should perform creditably iu whichever race he is saddled up for.

Since racing at the ■Takapuna meeting Silene has been making steady progress under F. Gilchrist's care at headquarters. She hit out very freely in a half-mile sprint on the course proper yesterday morning and should be an improved galloper the next time she is required to race, which will most likely be at the Ohinenruri meeting next -week.

The recent track work' executed bj Hyde Park has. been good, and if <>c runs up to it in the Franklin Handicap to-morrow he will take a power''"f beating. He has done a solid preparation and has never looked in better fettle than he is in at the present time. Hyde Park ran second to The Lover .in this event. last year with 7.10 on his back, after setting all the worst of the running, and if favoured with a good passage tomorrow he may atone for his defeat last year.

Royal Doulton went a great race when she ran Ea«er Rose to a neck in the President's Handicap.at Te Aroha last Monday with the steadier of 8.11 in th* saddle. She is engaged in the Franklin Handicap to-morrow : with 9.2 on her back, but is likely to find her task more difficult,'-for she is conceding upwards of two stone to several improving lightweights that figure in the race. However, she will be racing on her home course,, and that may favour her to some extent Despite her weight, she can be .relied on to put up a first-class performance.