WINOOKA LAST.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 253, 26 October 1933, Page 7

WINOOKA LAST.

TURF CHALLENGE.

RACE IN AMERICA.

Australian Horse Makes Poor Showing.

BEATEN BY OVER 8 LENGTHS.

(United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 10.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, October 25. The Challenger Purse, 2500 dollars, run at Baltimore, to-day, resulted as follows: — MATE (Mr. A. C. Bostwick), 8.8 ... 1 GOLD STEP (Mr. S. H. Fairbanks), 8.8 2 KERRYPATCH (Mr. Lee Rosenberg), 8.4 3 Character was fourth, and the Australian horse, Winooka, ran last. Time, 1.12 4-5. Winooka, who was ridden by Edgar Britt, was never in the running. At the post lie was last away and moved up to third at the quarter but dropped back later. Mate beat Gold Step by threequarters of a length. The start was a good one with no delay at the barrier. Character was first to show on top by a short margin. Kerrypatch was second, Winooka third and Mate last at this point. All the horses for the first quarter of a mile raced closely bunched with Character now leading by half a length. Midway in the turn it was plain that Winooka was a beaten horse. He would not come on; despite hard urging by Britt, and fell back steadily, appearing very tired at the end, though he seemingly pulled up in good shape after the finish. Winooka was beaten by a total of 8J lengths by the winner. Many professional selectors picked Winooka to win. He ruled consistently as favourite. The time, over the fast track, is not especially good for the Laurel course. Some 12,000 persons, an unusually large week-day crowd, saw the race, which stimulated an amount of betting estimated at 350,000 dollars on the day, this being about 75,000 more than the average. Stunned by Poor Race. The racing editor of the "New York Times" states: "Winooka should not be too quickly condemned as his Australian record entitles him to further consideration. He should be raced for. "three races. Six months in this country is very little competition, particularly as the first two races were of little account. "The present race may, in m«tny respects, be regarded as Winooka's first competitive effort. Winooka was made favourite to-day chiefly on talk and not on his performance in America. The public view was distorted by the prolonged negotiations and the lack of action." Messrs. Poison and Naylor, trainer and manager respectively, were stunned at Winooka's poor race. The former said that had the horse been himself, he would have been winging it out on top? He added that he knew the horse would be beaten soon after the start. He was slightly interfered with near the three-fifrlong pole, but not enough to cause defeat. Naylor said the horse would be given another race at an early date. Some of the prominent horsemen said the climatic conditions had something to do with the poor race. The cool weather of the last few days caused the horse to eat and fill out. Others said that Winooka Inight not have been acclimatised. Often horses coming east from California run dull races on the first starts. The racing editor of the "Baltimore Post" says: "Winooka was a soundly beaten horse. The reason for his; poor race may be the difference between Australian and American training methods. I believe that, with to-day's race under his belt, Winooka will do better on his next start. "It must be remembered that he has not been to the post since the Seattle - race. To-day he met a well-seasoned, acclimatised lot of, thoroughbreds. Winooka is a grand. looking individual and I agree with expert horsemen that he can do better."

KING PRESENT.

Royal Spectators at Newmarket

Racing.

"UNFAVOURABLE WEATHER.

(British Official Wireless.) (Eeceivcd 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, October 25. Despite unfavourable weather, the King and Queen drove from Sandringham to Newmarket to see the race for the Cambridgeshire Stakes. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were also present. Sir Abe Bailey's Raymond was first, Sir Ernest Tate's Denbigh second, and Sir T. Putnam's Stalky third. The King's horse Limelight, which started favourite, was fourth. ■Gordon Richards, the champion jockey, had four mounts at the Newmarket meeting and won one. He has now ridden 237 winners this season, compared with Archer's record of 246.

TOO CAUTIOUS

CANADIAN TICKET HOLDER,

(Received 2 p.m.) VANCOUVER, October 25. A message from Crandall, Manitoba, states that Ira N. Kirk, a farmer, was the only Canadian holding an Irish Sweep ticket on Raymond. He lost 05,457 dollars through over-caution as he sold half the ticket, which won 141,000 dollars, for 4000 dollars to a London bookie. 1