STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 205, 31 August 1933, Page 18

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

I RELATED TO PHILAMOR. I Medieval Knight, one of the best two-! year-olds in England, has a special interest for New Zealanders. The colt is by Gay Crusader, his dam, Hasty Love, by Hurry On, being a half-sister to the Son-in-Law horse Philamor, who is at the stud at ■ Riccarton. i BROTHERS meet same fate, i J. Stubbs, the jockey who was fatally . injured in a steeplechase fall at Caulfield j on August 12, was to have been married i shortly. His brother, George Stubbs, |. received such injuries in a steeplechase fall j at Devonport (Tasmania) in 1927 that they proved fatal after he had lingered for three years. A HURDLE ASPIRANT. It is intended to try Grecian Prince as a hurdler. He had some preliminary exercise in the jumping ring on Saturday at Riccarton and he acquitted himself with ! credit. He may be sent over the schooling hurdles this week. His brilliant speed will make liim a good prospect if he takes j kindly to the jumping part of the business. WILL BE HARD TO BEAT. Sir Richard, who ran third in two minor steeplechases at the Grand National meeting, will contest the Otago Hunt Cup at Wingatui on Saturday. He is the most experienced and seasoned 'chaser in the race, and, with the handy impost of 9.11, is likely to be one of the hardest to beat. JUMPER DISPLAYS PROMISE. Coonoor, who won the Hunt Cup at Hastings on Saturday, is a stablemate of Luna Lux, and, like the latter, is by King Soult, and is owned by Mr. G. D. Beatson. He is stated to be a clean, quick fencer, and though the race was little or no test for him a good future is predicted for him.

DEPUTY RULER'S ARRIVAL. Cabled advice was received yesterday by Mr. C. M. Emanuel, owner; of "Deputy Ruler, that the colt had arrived safely at Sydney, and had done well on the trip. Deputy Ruler will probably have his .first run within the next couple of weeks, and his owner intends leaving for Sydney by the Aorangi next Monday. GOLD TRAIL'S PROSPECTS. Gold Trail made her reappearance at the Hawke's Bay Hunt meeting at Hastings last Saturday, after a lengthy absence. She looked in fairly good fettle, according to southern reports, but was hardly as muscular as when previously seen out, and no doubt was in want of a race; She ; was not well served at the start, and failed to show up, but should improve rapidly from now'on. ■: * / A SOLID PERFORMANCE. Curie made a good effort to win the Abbotsford Handicap at Hastings last Saturday. He got out of the bunch about a couple of furlongs from home and challenged Royal in the straight, but was beaten by a length at the finish. He was conceding Royal Hunting 181b, and is stated to have run as true and kind as it was possible for a horse to do, and his performance stamps him as a good one. LIKELY TO DO BETTER. Aesculus is credited with putting up a sterling effort in the Riverslea Handicap at Hastings last Saturday, though he was no match for Swift and Sure, who has been racing prominently for some months past. He has been rather, in striking a better horse lately, for in his. last four starts he has been second on each occasion. However, the son of Night Raid should.meet with more success before the season is much further advanced. TO RACE ON SATURDAY. The aged gelding Richfield is stated to be training on in good style at Hawera and recently put up a smart gallop over five furlongs. It is some time since the Acre gelding had a race, but he is well forward in condition for his engagement in the Members' Handicap at the Taranaki Hunt meeting at the end of the week. The field opposed to Richfield in the above event is not a "classy" one, and he is likely to be one of the hardest to beat. WILL GET SUPPORT. Round Table, who will be ridden by B. H. Morris in the Opunake Scurry at the Taranaki Hunt meeting on Saturday, has been sprinting attractively on the track at Hawera. He is a brother to High Falutin', and if capable of running out the five furlongs attached to the race he is likely to beat more than beats him. The fact that B. H. Morris has been engaged to ride Round Table will ensure the gelding getting solid support. * RACE WILL IMPROVE HIM. Royal Swift was expected to run prominently in the Horonui Handicap at Hastings last Saturday after his two successive victories at Hawke's Bay meetings in April last, but the best he could do was to finish fourth. He gave the impression that he was short of work, but he is going to be troublesome in the near future. He is a half-brother to Head Serang, being by Mercian Prince from Chemise, by Muitifid from Lady Augusta, by St. Leger from Brown Alice. BRED THE RIGHT WAY. King Musk, who is getting through a lot of useful pace work at headquarters, is steadily rounding up into racing shape and will be given a run at the spring meetings. He has grown into a solid-looking three-year-old, and on the few occasions that he has been sprinted over a few furlongs has shown that he possesses plenty of speed. By Musketoon from Queen Arch, both good performers in their day, there is every prospect, of King Musk developing into a galloper above the average when he is properly; seasoned.

| TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND. Homedale, a six-year-old mare by RosI sendale from Hasten Home, who won, : among other races, the Moonee Valley Gold Cup, is to come to New Zealand shortly and be mated with one of the Elderslie sires, Niglit llaid or Iliad. Both Homedale's parents are imported, her dam, : Hasten Home, being by Holiday House from Hestia, by Perigood. Holiday House I is represented in the Stud Book by Week I End, the dam of Economist and Pillow | Fight. Homedale will be accompanied by i Aramac, a two-year-old colt by Spearmint, j who is to be given the opportunity of I maturing on New Zealand pastures. I A SHAPELY FILLY. Headmistress continues to get through the tasks R. Barlow is allotting her in a business-like manner at New Plymouth. The daughter of Chief Ruler is developing into a shapely iilly and should win good races this season. . She is not in the Guineas at Wanganui, but claims an ' engagement in the Champion Hack Plate at Avondale. She is not "nippy" at the barrier and requires time to find her feet, j but once properly balanced she can muster up a great turn of speed, and she lias given every indication that she will stay. Headmistress will contest the Urenui Handicap at the Taranaki Hunt meeting next Saturday. HER FIRST APPEARANCE. The Muslcetoon filly Aroliamai looks all the better for her race in the Sylvia Park Handicap at the Pakuranga meeting, which was her first appearance in public. She had been showing a fair amount of speed in her track work prior to the meeting, but failed to show up during the race, probably due to the fact that she bled during the contest. There has been no recurrence of the trouble, and if she goes on the right way H. Rama will take her to Melbourne early next month.

FROM A GOOD FAMILY. Grand Finale, who was successful on five occasions last season, is due to make his first appearance as a in the Vauxhall Handicap at the Otago Hunt meeting oil Saturday. This meeting is to be held at Wingatui, and the fact that Grand Finale is trained on that course will be an advantage to him. This hack comes from a good family, for his dam, March Off, traces back to the Traducer mare Tell Tale, who produced Whisper, a first-class performer in her day, who raced in the colours of the late Sir Geo. Hunter.