STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 206, 1 September 1933, Page 10

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

AMMON RA. Amnion Ha. is a notable absentee from the nominations for Tattersall's meeting (Sydney) on September 9. Probably the move is to be made to Melbourne, where the early weight-for-age races may not be so hard to win as those in Sydney. FOALS AT KOATANUI. August foali'ngs at Mr. G. M. Currie's Koatanui stud number three, nil by Limond. Mirabclle, by Kroonstadt, a Belgian-bred mare imported by Mr. Currie. has a chestnut fillv, while Veil (AbsurdCowl) lias a bay colt. Mislaid (All Alone —Inlaid) has a bay filly. RELATED TO TOXEUMA. Aube, who competed in the maiden race at Hastings on Saturday, is a three-year-old half-brother by Arausio to Toxeuma. He did a little racing last season, but did not make much of a showing. On his breeding he should be a better horse this season. GOING ALONG NICELY. Foreign Queen, who disappointed at the Grand National meeting, is stated to be none the worse for her efforts there, and she is being kept up to her work at Woodville. She is going along well, according to southern reports, and should again make her presence felt early this season. NEW ZEALAND HURDLE JOCKEY. New Zealand hurdle jockeys seldom visit Australia, but the few who have made the trip have done well. E. Stanway, who hails from Auckland, recently arrived ill Sydney and last week was granted a license by the A.J.C. He will remain at Randwick till the Sydney spring meetings conclude. BACKED AND BEATEN. Heavy investments were made on the New Zealand mare Ruling Light in the Apprentices' Handicap at Vlemington recently. The daughter of Chief Ruler shortened from 20 to 1 down to 7 to 1. She finished close behind the place-getters and may be on the winning list again before long. Ruling Light formed one of the team sent over by Mr. W. T. Hazlett. MASTER BRIERLY'S PROGRESS. Limarch, Master Brierly, Outback and Miramond went out to gallop seven furlongs at Randwick last week, but Miramond was not smart enough in the early part. The other three kept together to run the journey in 1.31. Master Brierly has settled down well and improved a good deal in appearance during the past week. HAS COME ON FAST. Mountain Breeze, the three-year-old filly by Whirlwind from Piu Piu, has come on very fast during the short time she has been in work at Ellerslie and gives every indication of developing into a useful sort with experience. So far she has not been seriously tested, but is a good-actioned filly whose easy style of going suggests that she is likely to~turn out speedy when she begins her racing career. DESIGNS ON AUCKLAND CUP. Gay Crest has not been accorded an entry in the New Zealand Cup (says a southern writer). He is in regular work at Riccarton, and is looking in nice health, but he is not being hurried, and it is possible that Trainer T. Lloyd has designs on the Auckland Cup with Gay Crest, and will try to win the New Zealand Cup with Tout le Mond. WILL DO BETTER. Although My Money finished out of a place in the Sylvia Park Handicap at the Pakuranga meeting, he ran a creditable race while his condition lasted. He looks all the better for the outing and will be much harder to beat the next time ho is saddled up to race. My Money has grown into a solid-looking three-year-old and gives every indication thot he will more than pay his way during the season. MORE IMPOSING. Korokio, the sister to Trevallion (who is in America with Winooka) and Artarmon, who recently arrived from New Zealand, is a more imposing mare in appearance than her brothers (says a Sydney writer). She is taking a little time to settle down in the strange surroundings at Randwick, for she was on her toes when going out to work on the tan the other morning. She has the record of a smart galloper in New Zealand. SHIFTED TO AVONDALE. The Polazel filly Caliente is now located at Avondale, having joined up with H. Calder's team at that centre. In her last couple of starts Caliente, although beaten out of a place, has raced creditably, and the first time she meets a maiden field that is not over-strong she should nearly win. This filly is bred the right way to gallop, but is a shade on the small side, and this will not bo to her advantage when required to race in big fields.

ON THE EASY LIST. Manawhenua is undergoing a course of physic, and consequently will be on the easy list for a few days. Ho has not bf»;n unduly bustled since he last raced, but has done plenty of useful pace work. It is doubtful if" he ever looked better than at present. Arrangements have been made to ship Manawhenua to Melbourne on September 15, and with a few fast workouts before he departs his condition should be just about right to begin racing shortly after his arrival on the other side. NOVICE SHOWS SPEED. The Lapidary filly Morehu has done well during the past month and is now putting a lot of dash into her work at headquarters. She displayed promising Kneed in a gallop over five furlongs on the No. 2 grass track yesterday morning, running the distance in good time for a novice. When tried out at the barrier rccentlv Morehu jumped away very quickly, and if capable of doing the same in a race and going on with it her prospects of winning some money appear good. WELL-BRED JUVENILE. F. Davis has four likely-looking youngsters in his charge at Woodville. One of them is a full brother to Rereatu and Gold Tinge, by Paper Money out of Viceriene. He belongs to Mrs. Gustoferson, of Wellington, and is named Pin Money. Two more belong to Mr. Frank Ormond, one being a full-brother to Golden Chanl (Arausio —Conchita), named Bezaine, and the other named Flammarian (Arausio —' Lucinette). The fourth youngster in the stable is Leith (Arausio —Shirley), and she will carry her trainer's colours. CALLED FOR CONTRADICTION. The sweeping assertion of the chairman of the V.R.C., Mr. L. K. S. Mackiunon, that over-racing is killing the sport, and present-day thoroughbreds represent theworst lot of racehorses for fifty years, has called for contradiction everywhere in Australia (says a Sydney writer). As for the sport, racing is once more on the up-grade after years of depression, and in city and country is again making progress towards recovery. There is an inelinatnion, particularly in Victoria, for those in power to condemn the smaller meetings, which they themselves do not wish to attend, forgetting that the lesser factions on the turf have to make a living. They are all part of the fabric which makes modern breed-' ing and racing the success it is. As to over-breeding, the thoroughbred output is certainly greater than fifty years ago, but we breed a greater number of good horses, too. Didn't the names of Phar Lap, Peter Pan, Winooka, Chatham, Rogilla and Silver Scorn, to mention only a small group of present-day champions, occur to Mr. Mackinnon when he was making his sweeping comparison with fifty years ago, not to recall such as Amounis, Windbag. Manfred, Heroic, Eurythniic, Beauford, Nightmarch, Gloaming, Desert Gold, Poitrel, Limerick, mighty horses of the last generatton? i