RICCARTON GOSSIP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 127, 1 June 1931, Page 11

RICCARTON GOSSIP.

RANELAGH IN FORM. GIGGLESWICX FOR GREYMOUTH. AMOFJST AND HOUNSLOW BESUME. (By Telegraph.—Special to "star.") CHB.ISTCHUBGH, Saturday. There has not been a great deal of excitement on the Biccarton tr-acks durin; the pa*t week, hut a few hai-ses with engagements at Wingatui or Greymooth this w-eek hare registered neefnl gaJo-ps. H. Cutts is going Soath for the'Dunedi:; meeting with two horses, both o: whom are very well. Bail Dress looks a picture and with average lack she will win a ra:-o. Vi insorae Hind is a smart hack and on Jtr best form she also looks a likely sort for a st^ke. A. E. Worm aid has great prospects at the Dnnedin meeting with Ranedagh. who w«s responsible for a rattling good gallop ort-r seven furlongs this morning. His other candidate, Kaikahn. is engaged in crosscountry events. He has schooled wed but may nnd the opposition too hard, while he is not a sound horse. S. Barr will have four horses at the Dnnedin meeting. Troilus is his jumper and he will be hard to beat in hurdle events. StarshooteT is on the improve and he may get some money before the meeting ends. Basca! looks well and is specially worth notinc if the ground is soft. Bonrose is all right bat. thongn a speedy galloper, she is not always reliable. Giggieswiek has never been better thai at present and he requires only average luck to pay his way si Greyinonth. Wise Choice, who is to race at Greymouth, is in the best of health. He has been galloping well on the tracks, but he does not appeal as a solid racing proposition, judsred on his latest form. A. E. Ellis is loinn to Auckland to filial the Great Northern meeting. He wiil be on Royal Doulton Pewa in their engagements. With the defection -:■:

Chneo, he is without a mount in the Great Northerns. Ha was offered another j mount brat declined it. as he is not keen on any but jumpers. In this he is wise. cDns:de:ing the amount of good riding he can secure on the fiat. Aberfeldy is beinu: s-thooled regularly over the. steeplechase fences, hie latest effort being once round, or five fences. which he cleared in -nood style. He shapts like making a useful performer over country and he will have his firrt race it SoTith Canterbury. Amorist resumed work recently, aitt-r a short spell, but he is doing only easy work at present. He will be sent along faster very eoon. as he will be required ior hurdle races, commencing with the South Canterbury meeting in three weeks. Lancer is due for his first hurdle rz.e at South Canterbury. He is in jrc-oi health at present but his tasks have be-.n e-asy as he is backward. He is oeia.3 worked steadily with a view to the Grand National Hurdles. The latest addition to T. H. Giileit's team is a yearling filly by Lord Quex from Los Vegers. by Boniform froan La Valiej c. by Seaton Delaval from Charente. This is a very successful old New Zealand family, which includes Nonette, Los Angelas and Client- among its good repiesentatives. while the recent arrival at Ri--carton Ls a half sister to Los Gate*, a higuelafis two-year-old in Australia, where ahe won the Ascot, Vale Stakes in Melbourne and the Sires' Product! Stakes in Sydney. The Lord Quex filly, who w.as bred hy Air. W. G. Stead, was sold at the Trenthira yearling sales in January. Mr. J. Nicholson, of Wellington, paring 140 guineas for her. She is a likely ©crt to earn earL" two-year-oi-d honours. The yearling coit Kebel Song has been taken in hand by T. H. Gillett for his breeder. Mr. F. Williamson, and will be pot ready for next season's engagement;. He 13 by Robespierre from Toti dal Monte. by Gay Lad from TTebella II- an imported more whose progeny includes Antopay. a good sprinter this season, with the Stewards' Handicap amomr his successes. The Bailiff is being kept in commission in view of engagements later in the winter. He is a solid customer, who hss shown that he can stay, and he may pick up a stake before the end of the season. _ Hoonslow has resumed work after a ; six months* spell, which appears to hav.i j done him good, as he looks in the bes* (of health. This Thurmharn gelding only needs to train on to win races next season. as he stays well. The Australian-bred two-year-old Grecian Prince, who rejoined R. W. King's team recent:v. is be-inz kept to easy tasks at present. He will not be required to race until the spring, so his preparation will not be hurried. Though he showed a goo I deal of speed when worked in the_ spring. Grecian Prince may not come to his _t>€s: for some time yet. as his dam is from a North Island family that has been slow to mature.