STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 261, 3 November 1932, Page 15

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

A STRONG HAND. The Woodville trainer J. Sullivan holds a strong hand in the Stewards' Handicap, in which three members of hig team are engaged. They all raced at Trentham, Arrow Lad being unplaced in .the Shorts Handicap, while La Poupee was second and Royal Routine third in the Nainai Handicap. Arrow Lad should be a much improved horse by the end of the Riccarton carnival. SHOULD BENEFIT. The Quorn should benefit from his two races at Trentham and he will have to be kept in mind for his engagements at the Canterbury Jockey Club's meeting. He is on the minimum in the Stewards' Handicap, in wljich he should run well, especially if the ground is soft, as he will appreciate the light weight after the big burdens he has been carrying in hack events. DOING SOLID WORK. Concentrate is doing solid work at Riccarton. He would have been all the better for a race, which was to have been his portion last Saturday, but if conditions are favourable, some solid galloping for the rest of the week should see him in something like his form for the meeting; Being well forward before his compulsory let-up will assist his trainer in bringing him to his best again. LIKELY TO IMPROVE. Since racing ?t Avondale the Wanganui juvenile Spiral Aas hardened up in condition and, judged on his gallop at Ellerslie in company with Senior on Tuesday morning, an improvement in his form can be looked for shortly. He is a very robustlooking two-year-old, and if he goes on as he is now doing he should turn out above the average later in the season. WILL BE HARD TO BEAT. Cadland has been galloping well at Riccarton since his arrival there, and despite the fact that he has 9.5 in the Stewards' Handicap, he should be very hard to beat in that event. He has only had a couple of races this season, winning the Waitaroa Handicap, six furlongs, with 9.8 easily at Otaki in 1.13 1-5. He failed at Wellington, but all the same he is likely to do better at Riccarton. MAY RUN WELL. Mr. W. J. Wood, who took Chopin down to Riccarton last week, is fairly confident that his gelding will make a good showing in the New Zealand Cup. Chopin is only a handful, but he is all heart, and while his owner-trainer may appear optimistic so far as the two-miler is concerned, Chopin's form in the past leaves no doubt that if he is on the scene at the finish he will take some shaking off. MAY NEED EXPERIENCE. Prince of Orange, who has recently joined A. Julian's stable at Ellerslie, is due to make his first appearance as a jumper in the Trial Hurdles at Ellerslie on Saturday. Since arriving at headquarters he has been schooled, and gave a good display over four hurdles earlier in the week. This horse is of the right conformation to make a good hurdler, but he may need some racing experience in this department before he is seen at his best. HAS GOOD PROSPECTS. Normandy failed at the Wellington meeting, but he did not like the ground, and when it became worse the second day be was not started. Normandy has been working exceptionally well for some time past; in fact, it is no exaggeration to s.ay that some of his galloping has been good enough to say that he has a chance in the Stewards' Handicap. A light boy at 7.0 in this event may not get the best out of him, but he is, on liis work, and with good .on lg, a prospect for a very early win. A FIT HORSE. Trouble arrived at Ellerslie yesterday and looks a particularly fit horse; in fact, it is doubtful whether he has ever been better than he is at present. He put up a good performance when he won the Waikato Hunt Cup (steeplechase) at Cambridge on Labour Day, being always well placed over the final circuit, and before the straight was reached drew right away to win by over a dozen lengths. He knows the Ellerslie country, for he ran second in the Pakuranga Hunt Cup to Haakon last August, and as he is a good jumper and stayer he should again be hard to beat in the Hunters' Steeplechase at the Auckland meeting on Saturday. Haakon appears to be the only one that is likely to worry him. WILL HAVE TO IMPROVE. Royal Bengal has been paid up for in the Shorts Handicap, to be decided at Ellerslie on Saturday, and though he has done nothing t.o enthuse over since his arrival here no fault can be found with his condition. Last season he won four races — the Trial Stakes, five furlongs, at Stratford, Woodhey Hack Handicap, six furlongs, at Manawatu, Telegraph Handicap, six furlongs, at Egmont, and the Whyte Handicap, one mile, at Trentham, in July. The lastnamed was easily his best performance, for behind him were Fast Passage, Compris, Ranelagh and several other useful performers. In his efforts this season Royal Bengal has failed to get into the money and he will have to run right up to the form he showed at the Wellington winter meeting to have a chance here, for he is meeting some good sprinters. A LIKELY LIGHTWEIGHT. Since racing at Avondale Great Emblem has been responsible for several good track gallops at Takanini and he is stated to be a greatly improved horse since that meeting. In the Plumpton Handicap at Avondale he encountered a good deal of trouble, but finished on over the mile and a quarter so well that he was second when the judge was reached. Considering that he had his first race this season a couple of days previously, it was a very encouraging effort. Last season this horse was successful over a mile and a quarter, winning the Piako Hack Handicap at Te Aroha with 8.4 and running the distance in 2.7 3-5. In all iis previous races Great Emblem has shown good staying ability and is sure to be running on at the finish of the Mitchelson Cup, which be will contest next Saturday. Protomint, who beat him at Avondale, was then giving him 51b, and on Saturday has to give him 251b, and he will find Great Emblem a tough proposition.

RED SUN'S PROSPECTS. Historic and Ked Sun ran a mile in 1.42, the last half in 51%5, at_ Trentham on Saturday (says the "Dominion"). Both had light weights, and Ked Sun, if anything, was going the better of the pair at the finish of what was a really good gallop. Bed Sun has been working well for some time, but he has not run up to it in public. The Southland apprentice G. Barclay wUI ride him in the New Zealand Cup. If his public form were better this gallop would draw prominent attention to his New Zealand Cup prospects. It was, however, only in keeping with what he has been showing for several weeks past, and in his public trials he has not materialised. It will not surprise, however, if this Australian Sun gelding soon develops very good form. It is even possible he may be hard to shake off over the end of the New Zealand Cup, for his breeding, allied to his track work, suggest that he has all the qualities necessary for a Cup winner.