STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 215, 11 September 1931, Page 12

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

A MAIDEN , CANDIDATE. St. Roger, who is engaged in minor hack .events at Wanganui, is reported to be shaping well in his track work at Trentham. He is a three-year-old eolt by Roger J de Busli from Centaurea, and last season j ran second in a couple of juvenile events at the Wairarapa meeting. This maiden candidate should do well during the spring meetings. A GISBORNE PAIR. Autumn Sun and Russet Moor, two Gis-borne-trained horses, are entered for the Avondale meeting, and, according to reports from the Coast, are to race here. Autumn Sun has shown fairly good form on. the East Coast, while Russet Moor, who figures in hurdle events, has been tried on a couple of occasions in hurdle races, but failed to get into the money. WILL HAVE TO IMPROVE. In eight starts last year Te Money only managed to register two tliirds, a_nd unless she improves a good deal she will find it hard to win. She is looking in good order and is also shaping well in her work, and will be given another opportunity at the Avondale meeting. If she fails to run up to expectations Te Money will be tried as a hurdler. LITTLE DOUBT'S PROSPECTS. Little Doubt's form has been very disappointing since he accounted for a double at the Waikate winter meeting. He is due to have his next start in the Marangai Handicap at Wanganui, in which the field will be small and the class very moderate, and if produced in his best form he should have a great opportunity of returning to the winning list. A SOUTHERN GALLOPER. Desert Song, who is due to have her first race this season at the Geraldine meeting, towards the end of the month, is said to • be working well at Riccarton, and T. Lloyd expects to have another good year with her. Last season the daughter of Hunting Song rated consistently, on six occasions, over "distances ranging from six furlongs to a, mile and a quarter, and earned upwards of lOOOsovs in stake money. DISPLAYED PROMISE. Okapua is engaged in hack hurdle events at the Wanganuf meeting next week, and last season showed promise by finishing third in the Moteo Hurdles, one mile and a half, at Napier Park. He is owned and trained "by A. M. Wright, of Foxton, who has had some very successful hurdlers in the past, notably NukuinaL Okapua is only four years old, so that he started hurdle racing at an unusually young age. DISAPPOINTED AT RICCARTON. KnoUmere, after running second ■ to Manawhenua at Trentham, was taken to the Grand National meeting, but failed in each of Ms efforts there. He showed up till the straight was reached in tie Winter Cup, but failed to run on, while he repeated the performance in the Wookton Handicap on the second day. He h&s not raced since then, but is engaged at the Wanganui spring meeting next_ week, where he is entered for the Durie Hack and the Spring Handicap, both sx-fnriong events, and it is expected thatjie will give a better account of T-nypcpH- it started at that-fetore. He is trained on *T»« course and wca thr-*e at the last winter meeting.

BACK AT ELLERSLIE. One of the latest additions to the active brigade at Ellerslie is Kawainga, the sis-year-old daughter of Adjutant and Titanium, who was previously trained here by R. E. Brown. "This mare, who has not raced since last November, put up several useful performances as a three-year-old, but has not done much good since then. She is looking in first-class condition to undergo a further preparation. ENGAGED AT WANGANUI. Tenterden •was a useful three-year-old last season and wound up by winning his last three races—the Newmarket Handicap and the Stewards' Handicap, both sis- ! ! furlong events, at the Wairarapa summer ! Meeting, and the Hawke's Bay Stakes.. ; beating, among others, Slmba and Lady i Quex.'He ha.s not raced since, but is J entered at the Waaganui spring meeting ! next -week. A CONSISTENT GALLOPER. Silvermine is engaged in the sprint event on the second day of the Wanganui spring meeting and is also entered for the Avondale meetinsr. This horse usually races well at the "spring meeting at Wanganui, for in 1928 he won the Owen Handicap and last year he accounted for the Flying Handicap. Silvermine has been a consistent winner over sprint courses during the last three seasons, and his form at Wanganui will be watched with interest in view of his northern engagements. FAILED AT TARANAKI. Easter Time failed to finish on in the Members' Handicap, seven furlongs, at the Taranaki Hunt meeting, for which he was made favourite, but it is expected that he will be considerably improved as the result of that outing and should do better the next time he is started. He is engaged at the Wanganui spring meeting next week, where he figures in the Seafield Handicap,' seven furlongs, and the Flying Handicap, sis furlongs, and whichever he takes on he will have some support. ENGAGED ON SECOND DAY. Full Measure's tasks since he raced at the Pakuranga Hunt meeting have not been very strenuous, but he appears to be getting through, his work very satisfactorily and is looking bright and healthy. He has only been entered for one race at the Avondale meeting, the Mount Albert I Handicap, six furlongs, run on the concluding day. There are a number of smart hacks entered for this race, but if Full Measure goes to the post he should oe capable of holding his own with the best of them. MANAWHENUA'S PROSPECTS. Manawhenua will contest the chief sprint events at the Avondale meeting. doing well at EUerclie, and it is doubtml if he has ever looked better than at present. He displayed a lot of speed when sprinted one morning last week, and as he can gallop in any sort of ground he should give a good account of himseli. Although most of his recent races have been over sprint distances, Manawhenua has shown abilitv to cover a mile and a quarter successfully, and later on a good distance handicap event should not be bevond to.