STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 302, 22 December 1933, Page 10

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

FROM A GOOD FAMILY. Dorado, who ran a fair race at Napier on Saturday in his first public appearance, belongs to Mr. T. H. Lowry's Desert Gold family, being by Grandcourt from D'Oro, a sister to Desert Gold and dam of the speedy Coronilla. Dorado was sent up at the 1932 sales, but was a backward yearling and passed in at 20gs. Dorado finished fourth after a promising showing, and all going well will win races. AN IMPROVED JUVENILE. The Gisborne-owned two-year-old Sporting Blood looks a vastly improved colt since he was here in the spring, having grown into a fine-looking juvenile. He has already reached the winning list, and although he will be- some speedy youngsters in the Great Northern Foal Stakes his, prospects cannot be overlooked. He shaped attractively in a gallop over half a mile on the course proper at Ellerslie yesterday morning, and if he shows the same speed in his races next week he will keep the opposition busy. IN FIRST-RATE CONDITION. Since arriving at Ellerslie Red Sun has not been set any serious tasks, but he has done everything required of him in pleasing style, and it is intended to give him his first real test before the Auckland Cup to-morrow morning. No fault can be found with his condition, and it is doubtful whether he has ever been better than he is at the present time. So far he has not won beyond a mile and a half, but he has always shaped as if he would be quite at home over a longer journey, and it would not surprise to see him making a bold bid in the big race at Ellerslie next Tuesday. His trainer, J. Lowe, previously trained an Auckland Cup winner in Scion, who had previously won the New Zealand Cup, while he was third in Malaga's year in the Auckland Cup with Insurrection, who ;i few weeks later won the Wellington Cup. ATTRACTIVE-LOOKING FILLY. Brown Betty, a recent arrival at Ellerslie from Woodville, who has engagements at the Auckland meeting, will be ridden by K. Voitre in the Great Northern Foal Stakes. This filly has performed well this season, for, after running second in the Taita Handicap at the Wellington spring meeting, she accounted for the St. Vincent Handicap on the second day. Going on to Riccarton, Brown Betty scored twice, winning the Nursery Handicap, five furlongs, on the second day, and the Pioneer Handicap on the final day of the New Zealand Cup fixture. She races in the same colours as Golden Wings, Lack and others. If appearances count for anything this filly should have a great future in front of her, for she is one of tlic finest-looking of her sex seen at Ellerslie for a long time. She is by Lackham, whose stock are all endowed with plenty of pace.

PROMISING SORT. . Conference, who created a _ favourable impression by his running in" the hack sprint at Napier on Saturday, is a four-year-old chestnut gelding by the_ Autumnus horse Autumn from Te Ngira, by Polydamon from the imported mare Slipstitch. Tc Ngira is the first foal of her dam, and likewise Conference is the first of her foals alive. Conference has not done much lacing, but he was a maiden winner at the Poverty Bay meeting last February. Apart from what he may do on the fiat, he looks the right type for the jumping game. MAKING GOOD HEADWAY. King Musk, who had to be spelled a short time ago. owing to developing a cold, has come on very last during the last cc.iple of weeks, and may be given a race ' on one of the later days of the meeting. This hack put up a useful gallop over six furlongs yesterday morning, running the distance in a most satisfactory manner, seeing it was his first fast work for sonic time. This three-year-old showed useful form in the spring, and when he again gets into racing condition it should not take long for hun'to work his way out of hack class. BACK TO HER BEST FORM. Sunny Sky has done well since she raced at lakapuna and is now right back to her I form of a couple of seasons ago, when she proved herscli equal to the pick of our i handicap performers, her effort over seven furlongs yesterday morning being the best : gallop registered over that particular distance. As she is a genuine mare who always runs up to her track form in a race, her prospects of earning some money at the meeting" appear good. Sunny Sky is due to contest the Christmas Handicap, one mile, on Boxing Day, and can be depended on to put up a bold showing. HAS PLENTY OF SPEED. Diatomous, who has arrived at Ellcrslie, was worked over six furlongs yesterday morning on the sand, and although not out to make time he got through his task in a pleasing manner. He has developed into a tine-looking three-year-old, and his Feildiug form, where he carried 8.3 in the Colyton Handicap, six furlongs, and won easily in 1.12 3-5, denotes that he has lost none of his speed, and is apparently staying on better. He is a particularly fast beginner, and if a capable horseman is secured to ride him in the Railway Handicap, in which he is weighted at 7.4, he should make a creditable showing. TO CONTEST QUEEN'S PLATE. Gipsy Love, who is engaged in the Queen s Plate at Ellcrslie on I ucsday, has not grown very much since she was here as a two-year-old last season, but has furnished out considerably,-and now bears a much more solid appearance. She showed a lot of speed as a two-year-old, and her best efforts this season were in running second to Sweet Agnes in the Spring Plate, run at special weights over a mile, at the New Zealand Cup meeting. The time was 1.39 1-5, and that performance was a good one, seeing that those behind her included Manetho and Davolo, who have both shown good form since, particularly Manetho. A CUP FANCY. Rocket, who is one of those fancied for the Auckland Cup, has not been asked to do any serious work since his arrival here, but his appearance indicates that he is a very fit horse, and will be icady for the task ahead of him. His second in the last New Zealand Cup, run in record time, proves that he is a good stayer, and as a number of horses who have occupied a similar position in the big event at Riccarton have subsequently annexed the Auckland Cup, there is every possibility that history will repeat itself. K. Yoitre, who was successful on Admiral Drake two years ago. will be his pilot, so he should lack nothing on the score of horsemanship. RAILWAY HANDICAP CANDIDATE. Guarantee showed he was possessed of plenty of pace when raced as a two-year-o; list season his victories including the Wellington Stakes, five furlongs, in which he beat Midinettc. Lack, Inflation, Princess Doreen, Diatomous and others. This season he was twice placed in sprint races at the Dunedin spring meeting, and, going on to Riccarton. ran third in the Stewards Handicap to Silver Streak and Cranford. Later, at the same fixture, he occupied a similar position to Silvox and Prostration in the Stonyhurst Handicap, a race for three-year-olds, over a mile. He is a sturdilv-built son of Paper Money, showing a lot of quality, and on his running at Riccarton he is a possibility in the Railway Handicap.