STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 227, 24 September 1932, Page 16

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

LIKELY TO MAKE GOOD. By finishing second to Ganpat at Wanganui on Thursday Aga Khan's effort was encouraging and he looks like developing into a useful performer before the season is much further advanced. The son of Chief Ruler has not had much racing, but it reputed to be a bit above the average, and it will be interesting to see how he progresses during the next few months. PREFERS HARD GOING. Although not required to do anything beyond strong pace work, the Hyllus gelding Operatic is thriving particularly well and has rarely looked better than at present. A. Morrow did well with this hack last season, considering the short time he had charge of him. With a bit of luck more money should come his way during the summer months, as Operatic relishes hard going. AGUA CALIENTE HANDICAP. Renewal of the Agua Caliente Handicap on Sunday, March 26, 1933, with an added money value of 50,000 dollars, was announced recently by the president of the Agua Caliente Jockey Club. The distance remains as in thirteen previous runnings of the famous event —one mile and a quarter—while the value gives it first place in turfdom among the rich stakes offered for all-aged horses. HARDENING UP IN CONDITION. The Hunting Song filly Charsong has made noticeable improvement recently and is now putting a lot more dash into her work, at headquarters. She has only been sprinted twice, her displays on each occasion being encouraging, and denotes that she is not lacking in gpeed. This filly, who is "hardening up nicely, works very quietly on the track and should make good progress during'the next few months. ADDITION TO TEAM. The team> of the Riccarton trainer F. D. Jones will be strengthened shortly by the arrival of a two-year-old colt, owned by Mr. G. Gould. He is by Jericho from Luminant, by Thurnham, from Sunglow, a sister to Boniform, by Multiform from Otterden. Jericho, by Archery from the Martian mare Judith, the dam of Palestrina, has grown into a handsome horse, who might make a very successful sire if given a fair chance. FROM A GOOD FAMILY. Reserve Fund, who had her first race at the Geraldiue meeting on Thursday, is a half-sister to The Dove, being by Paper Money from La Paloma, by Hallowmas from Helen Portland. This is a family from which many" good performers have come, Rerenioana being one notable member of the line. Reserve T?und, who is in T. H. Gillett's stable, in on the small side and, though she has not done a great deal of fast galloping, she may develop into a useful performer later in the season. DOING SERVICEABLE WORK. Since racing at the Pakuranga meeting Haakon has not been overtaxed, though J. Lambess is giving this promising steeplechase candidate plenty of serviceable pace work over a distance and he is thriving well on it. Haakon is furnishing up nice and solid, and by the time the next jumping season he should be an improved horse in every respect. This gelding is due to have his next 'outing in the Waikato Hunt Cup, to be run on Labour Day, and will be in first-rate order by the times that meeting arrives. RETURNING TO FORM. Fiji, who ran second in the Seafield Handicap at Wanganui on Thursday, was making his first appearance this season; in fact, he has not started since the Marton meeting in April last. . As a two-year-old Fiji won at his first start and last season showed excellent form, winning his first four races, while he was second to Bronze Eagle in the New Zealand Derby. After the Auckland summer meeting he was not raced till March and won the Hutt Handicap, one mile, at Trentham, beating Awaken and Fast Passage in 1.38%, while he was placed on other occasions. Fiji looks like again being a good performer this season. ENGAGED AT DUNEDIN. The brilliant galloper Cricket Bat will probably make his first appearance this season at the Dunedin meeting, which opens on October 6 and 8. This four-year-old has been registering some brilliant track gallops at Riccarton recently and is reported to be in first-rate order for his early engagements. Cricket Bat contested sixteen races last season and was successful on five occasions, while he finished in the money in a similar number of contests. His chief victories were gained in the James Hazlett Gold Cup and the North Island Challenge Stakes, both run over seven furlongs, and as he beat Nightmarch and Gay Crest in the former event it was a high-class performance. MAY RACE AT AVONDALE. Ornamental and the Pantheon-lodine filly are both standing up to their work in good style and may be given a race at the Avondale meeting next month. Ornamental looks very bright and muscular, and although she failed to show any form in the few races that she 'contested last season.early improvement can be expected now that she is older and more matured. The Pantheon filly, who has not been hurried in her preparation, has never raced, as she was a bit overgrown as a two-year-old. However, now that she is showing signs of becoming more solid, F. Gilchrist is speeding her up a bit faster in her work. This filly shows promise • and should turn out well later on in the season. PLENTY OF HUNTING SONGS. The Gisborne sire Hunting Song, whose representative Gaine Carrington is now favoured for the Australian Jockey Club's Derby, will have a record representation at this year's yearling sales. Mr. Gaine Carrington is sending two colts from Heather Spray and Bachelor's Picture and a filly from Gay. Mr. A. B. Williams has an extraordinarily well-bred chestnut filly by Hunting Song, as she is out of a young niare by Limond in Clemency out of Sweet Charity (imp.). An outstanding yearling is the chestnut colt by Hunting Song from Spotlight, .by Nassau from Star Dancer, by Martian. Mr. S. Higgs, the breeder of this colt, also has an attractive bay filly by Hunting Song from Ayah, the dam of Inferno and Jemidar. Mr. R. W. Holden, of the Mana Stud, has a Hunting Song colt out of the Demosthenes mare Speechless, and the estate of the late J. W. H. Frederic, of Stratford, is sending down a half-sister by Hunting Song to that good performer Seatown. There will in addition be a very large'consignment of Hunting Song colts and fillies on behalf of i Gisborne breeders. BRED ON EXCELLENT LJNES. Swift and Sure, who won the Maiden Race at Wanganui on Thursday, is excellently bred, and now that he has got on the winning list he should go on to further successes. He is a three-year-old by Bo'ld and Bad (by Swinford and a half-brother to Tea Tray) from Chelae, by Cyklon (by Spearmint) from Deneb (by The Welkin, sire of Gleaming). Chelae is a sister to Cyden, who won, among-other races, tne A.J.C. Sires' Produce Stakes. , She is also a sister in blood to Ttivalve, who won the Melbourne Cup and the A.J.C. and V.R.C. Derbies. Swift and Stire's,, grandam, Deneb, was a sister to. Thrice, who won the A.J.C. and V.R.C. Sires' Produce Stakes, A.J.C. Champagne ■'" Stakes and Caulfield Guineas. Chelae was purchased at the Melbourne sales by Mr. J. Donald, the Westmere studmaster, and had Swift wind Sure, who-was not then named, running at foot.. He offered Swift and Sure as a yearling at the Trentham sales in 1931, and he fell to Mr. C. Haldane, of Hastings, for 140gs. In his'six starts as a two-year-old last season ie only managed to gain place money oir one occasion, but his track work at Hastings recently has shown that he was on the improve. On Wednesday he galloped well at Wanganui, but his previous, form had nothing to rpcommend him. However, he won well. Swift and Sure is trained by W. King at Hastings and- -will probably be-raced at the Napier * Park spring meeting.

| RELATED TO CYLINDER.

The imported mare Cymene is represented this season by a yearling colt by Chief Ruler. He is the pride of Mr. H. M. Reeves' stud at Hororata; in fact, Mr. Reeves considers him out and out the finest paddock galloper he has ever had (says a southern writer). As Cymene is the dam of Cylinder and Cypress, the future of this yearling will be watched with great interest. DAUGHTER OF DESERT GOLD. Amongst the youngsters entered for the Prince of Wales Stakes at Napier Park is an unnamed filly by Chief Ruler from the champion mare Desert Gold, who is bred on somewhat similar lines to a recent winner, Princess Doreen, both having been sired by Chief Ruler, while Doree, the dam of Princess Doreen, is from D'Oro, a fullsister to Desert Gold. Both were bred by Mr. T. H. Lowry, whose colours will be carried by the unnamed filly, who is one of | the team under the tuition of R. Alex- 1 ander, of Greenmeadows. NOVICE SHAPING WELL. Since joining R. W. Lewis' stable Demylus has done well and is steadily hardening up into condition. He has been given several strong workouts over sprint distances recently and has acquitted himself in first-rate style for a novice. Demylus is a big upstanding gelding, measuring just on seventeen hands, and on that account may need plenty of time before he becomes thoroughly seasoned. He is an ideal type for jumping purposes and later on may be given an opportunity to make good over the obstacles. WORKING MUCH BETTER. During the past few weeks Mahkill has been displaying improved form in her work at headquarters and is now hitting out much more freely than she did a couple of months ago. This filly registered a good effort over six furlongs on the No. 2 grass track yesterday morning, and if she goes on the right way during the next month her prospect of winning some money appears bright. By Kilbroney from Maveelish, this four-year-old is bred on solid lines, and when she has had a bit more racing more is likely to be heard of her. REAL SUCCESS. OWNERS OF GAINE CARRINGTON. Woven «bout the development and quick rise to fame in the turf world of the A.J.C. Derby aspirant, Gaine Carrington, is - a romance that has its setting on a farm at Mangaweka, a small country town in the North Island of New Zealand. Principals in this story are the three farming brothers, Messrs. R., T. A., and W. Smith, who not only own this horse, but bred and reared him until it was time to send the horse to a trainer to be put through his early pacings. The brothers, who are comparatively young men, had always displayed keen interest in racing. A fewyears back they became so impressed with turf possibilities that they decided to launch out on their own. At first it was decided to buy a couple of youngsters at the yearling sales, but later one of the brothers expressed a desire to breed their own gallopers, so they searched the catalogues for a mare that might give them good results. They spent a lot of time in this direction, and because a mare named Left, a daughter of Martian and Lovelorn, by Melton from Hebrew Maid (imp.), by Orion, represented the desired blood, they decided to buy her. Left was immediately sent on a visit to Nigger Minstrel, the result of this union being Peter Jackson, who carried off both the New Zealand bt. Legers last autumn. The following year Left went to Hunting Song, and produced Gaino Carrington, who proved a good two-year-old winner in the season just ended, and now has added the Chelmsford Stakes to his score and become favourite for the A.J.C. Derby. Flushed with early success, the Smith brothers continued to play an active part in breeding. They purchased other mares, and at present have six valuable thoroughbreds, with foals at foot, runj ning on their property. The "farmers reckon that in Gaine Carrington they possess a colt capable of achieving three-year-old classic honours, and a great many Australians agree" with them, judging by the Sydney betting market.