STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 39, 15 February 1934, Page 16

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

HAS PLENTY OF SPEED. Moatoa, the surprise winner of the final event at New Plymouth on Saturday, is an eight-year-old Potoa gelding who has been off the winning list since he scored at Waverlcy two years and a half ago. He has always possessed a lot of speed, but he does not stay too well. FAILURE OF GREAT STAR. Great Star is stated to have run badly on each day of the Dunedin meeting. He jumped out well enough, but after going about three furlongs he dropped right out. It is possible he needs racing, though in the past he has registered some of lilfi best performances when fresh. STAYED ON WELL. Davolo, after being near the front most of the way, stuck 011 well get third money in the Dunedin Jockey Club Handicap on Saturday. It was his first staii, over a mile and a quarter, and he may win a raco later on .at that distance, though in the meantime a mile will 6Uit him better. A GOOD PERFORMANCE. Hula Belle- was responsible lor a good effort whop she won the Plying Handicap at Wingatui on Saturday. She began slowly, being at the tail of the field for half the journey, and it was not till the straight was reached that she came along with a brilliant run, to settle the opposition, the early leaders tiring badly in the run home. WIN WAS OVERDUE. Pink Paper, winner at a big price of the final event at Wingatui on Saturday, is a six-yQar-old full-brother to Pink Note, a useful performer some years ago over all distances. Pink Papers last success at the same meeting twelve months back, so the win was not out of turn. He is held on lease by the Wingatui trainer D. P. Wilson. T. R. GEORGE HEADS LIST. T. K. George, who headed the New Zealand winning trainers' list in 1930-31 and 1931-32. has now got a useful lead 111 the 1933-34 list. His seven wins at Blenheim sent his total up to 26. .Mrs. J. Campbell is second with 18 wins then come 11. and A. Cutts 15 wins, L. G. Morris and F. Tilley 14 each, and b. Barr 13. WAS NOT DISGRACED. Although beaten in both his races at Rotorua the Limond gelding Solarium was by no means disgraced, his third in the Hot Springs Handicap 011 the first day being a good effort. The going was against him on the second day, and_ he was beaten out of a place, but the first time lie strikes a dry track he will be hard to beat. Solarium is a solid type of hack of whom more is likely to be heard before the season ends. A LIKELY IMPROVER. Silver Sight was as consistent usual at the Dunedin meeting. He was in his customary second place on Thursday, when he beat all but Palmary over a mile and a half. On Saturday he did even better, as he smothered the opposition at the end of a mile. Up till a few weeks ago hia money-earning efforts had been restricted to minor placings, but his two recent wins may be the forerunner of even better form. MAIDEN WINNER. Big Dook, winner of the Maiden Scurry at Gisborne Jast Thursday, was having only his second start, and, as he scored by four lengths, he is evidently smart. He is a four-year-old chestnut gelding by Colossus from the Our King mare Queens Up, a mare who won several races, first about Auckland, then on the East Coast, some eight or ten years back. Big Dook is reported to have been sold for a good figure during the meeting. NEW OWNER'S SUCCESS. A horse who was not long in recouping his purchase price was the four-year-old Limond —Graciosa gelding Might. At the disposal sale of Mr. V. Kiddit'ord's horses last month T. R. George, acting on behalf of a patron, Mr. A. F. Loe, of Ward, bought Might for 100 guineas, and in his first two starts in his new colours Might won both days at Blenheim last week, earning gross stakes amounting to £120. Might will possibly prove a very profitable horse, as lie needs only to be placcd right to continue winning fair races.

AN EASY WIN. Silver Ring was always going well in the James Hazlett Gold Cup, run at Wingatui on Saturday, and over the last three furlongs he made the opposition look very ordinary (says a Southern writer). After being a good two-year-old, lie last form, and it was not till a few weeks ago that he resumed winning. He had an easy task at Oamaru, but there ™ more merit in his Trentham sprint successes, especially that oil the concluding day, while Saturday's easy win made him look a good class miler, at which distance he represents the Dominion's best form. He will have to carry big weights in future, but there is no reason why he should not do well over longer journeys. SHOULD WIN MORE MONEY. The Smuggler ran two good races at Wingatui. He was always well placed in the Dunedin Cup, in which he was a trifle unlucky. The collapse of Southdown and Red Racer left him in front three furlongs from home, and lie tired at the finish, Bold Brigand cutting him out of third money on the post. In the Jockey Club Handicap on Saturday he was sixth for the first half of the journey, after which he moved up gradually, leading into the straight and winning easily. It looked as if he was improved by his race on the first day. This was not surprising, as he had been ofE the scene since November, when ho showed good form at Riccarton, a very eevere cold preventing him from runuing during the holidays. Now he is back to his best form, and he should get some more money in the autumn. HIS LUCKY RACE. Though now in his tenth year old Vcrtigern's final effort in the Paul Memorial on Saturday demonstrated that he is not a spent light yet. He made his first appearance in that race away back in 1029. He had just won the Wellington Cup, but had been beaten in the Taranaki Cup. With 9.5 on his back, however, he made amends in the Paul Memorial. He was not present the following year, but in 1931 he was successful in winning the double, the Cup with 8.0 and the Paul Memorial with 8.13, T. Green 'being liis pilot on each occasion. After an absence of three years he was present again this time. He was not over lucky in the Cup but the fast pace in the Paul Memorial suited this good stayer, and he was going great guns at the finish. A win for the veteran would have been very popular, but his sunporters on the place machine received a good dividend. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. SANDY.—£2 10/6. CURIOUS (Royal Oak).—(1) £5 19/6, £2 11/; (2) £13 18/6. INTERESTED. —King Lu won four raccs as a two-year-old, two at Te Rapa, and one each at Te Aroha and Paeroa. At three years lie accounted for the Great Northern Guineas at Ellerslie, and Members' Handicap, six furlongs, at Trentham. At four years he annexed a division of the Members' Handicap, six furlongs, at Ellerslie, and again won the Members' Handicap at Trentham. At five years he accounted for the Henderson Handicap, seven furlongs, at Avondale, St. Andrew's Handicap, nine furlongs, at Takapuna, Glasgow Handicap, seven furlongs, at Ellerslie, Stewards' Handicap, six furlongs, Te Kuiti meeting held at Ellerslie, and Members' Handicap, Trentham. At six years he won the Railway Handicap, six furlongs, and the Autumn Handi- ■ cap, one mile, at Avondale. This makes . a total of 15 wins. - .... -