STABLE AND TRACK NOTES

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 162, 11 July 1934, Page 18

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES

FRANKLIN RACING CLUB. Acceptances for the extra meeting of the Franklin Racing Club, to be held at Pukokohe on Saturday, July 21, close with Mr. A. J. Farquhar, secretary of the Avondale Jockey Club) or the secretary, Mr. W. J. Short, Pukekohe, at 5 p.m. next Friday. RELATED TO CIVILITY. The filly Good Conduct, by Grand Knight from Civilisation, thus a half-sister to the Auckland Easter Handicap winner Civility, has been working with W. Rayner's team at Wanganui. She has perfect manners and should develop into a useful galloper. F. Lind, who handled Civility during the later stages of her career, is putting Good Conduct through her paces. DISPLAY WAS PROMISING. Miss Razzle, the latest addition to J. Thorpe's stable at Ellerslie, was schooled over the steeplechase fences on the flat recently and gave a first-rate display for a novice. She is a five-year-old mare by Illumination, and although not over big is built on compact lines. Miss Razzle is being prepared for hunters' events, and with a bit of experience should pay her way in that class. DOING LIGHT TASKS. The stablemates Chief Cook and Aubretia are only being pottered about at present, as their trainer, P. Scally, does not intend to race them again until the spring. Both horses are wintering well and are in nice healthy condition to begin a preparation for the new season. Aubretia has not yet been seriously tried, but she possesses abundance of speed and is likely to come good when she gains more experience. HAS ABUNDANCE OF SPEED. Solomonis getting through a lot of solid work at headquarters and has never been better conditioned than he is at the present time. ? When racing on hard ground early in the present season this three-year-old did not show his true form, but he has since put up several fine performances in open sprint races. There is no doubt legarding Solomon's speed, and-he is a galloper worth keeping in mind in future sprint events. BACK TO FORM. Bay Tree was responsible for a solid performance in winning the Woburn Handicap at Trentham yesterday, in which he carried 9.12. It- was his second success within the. last three weeks, and clearly indicates that the half-brother to Azalea is right back to his best form. Bay Tree is engaged in similar events at the Wellington meeting, and it would not surprise to see further wins coming his way before the fixture is concluded. PREFERS FIRM GOING. Jalldy Karo, who has been working regularly throughout the winter, will be given a race at the Franklin meeting, providing the going is not too heavy. F. Doweling has this horse in tip-top condition and a few fast gallops is all the son of Lucullus will need to fit him for racing. His form this season has hardly been up to the standard expected,'but at his best he is a smart galloper, who should pay his way when the ground becomes firm. WELL-PERFORMED HACK. Gay Seton, who is engaged in the Pacrata Handicap at the Franklin- meeting, is now attached to J. F. Tutchen's stable at Te Rapa. This gelding was until recently trained by F. Higgott at Otaki, and won several hack sprint races under that trainer's supervision, including a double at the Wanganui meeting in May. The fact that Gay Seton has been successful under big. weights in hack class will warrant him getting support in the Paerata Handicap, iii which he has been weighted at 41b above the; minimum. ENGAGED IN TWO EVENTS. Town Beauty is getting through a solid preparation in view of his engagements at Pukekohe next Saturday week, where he figures in the Bombay Hurdle Race and the Franklin Steeplechase. It is unlikely that he will start in both events, but if reserved for the steeplechase his prospects will have to be seriously considered. Town Beauty was going particularly well when he came to grief in the Winter Steeples at Ellerslie last month, and the first time he stands up in a cross-country event he .will be hard to beat.

ENGAGED IN MAIDEN EVENT. Knock Out and Pompadour arc engaged i'n maiden events on the second and third days of the Wellington meeting. Both are practically untried, and although they shaped well on the track their race form wifl have to be awaited. WANGANU] JUVENILES. The preparation o£ rising two-year-olds in Wanganui is proceeding satisfactorily (says a southern writer). W. Rayner lias been giving his trio barrier practice, and if one impresses more than the others it is the black filly Lattice, by Pombal from Cowl. This filly is built on the right lines and appears to be quite as forward as could be desired at this stage. A FINE DISPLAY. <-? Billy Boy gave a fine display to win the Wellington "steeplechase. Mo was in the middle of the field early, and always going well, while his jumping was up to iiis best standard, rjver the last mile he gradually improved his position, heading off one horse after another. lie gave .Thurina, a start of four lengths Irom the last fence, and beat him handsomely. The Aucklander was lucky that his southern rival Was short of a race, but that did not detract from the merit of Billy Boy's performance. It was his first success- over, country since ho won the Grand National Steeplechase, but in the autumn of last year he won over hurdles at Ellerslie. One result of this will be an increased weight tor Billy Boy in the Grand National, but he still has his chance. REMARKABLE BROCD MARE. If next Saturday Precocious can repeat his V.K.C. Grand National Steeplechase success of two years back, he will not have broken new National ground, for Daimio'and Mountain God have each won the big event twice, but he will have established a record for his dam, Woollunqua, which might stand for many years. Success for Precocious will give Woollliiiq'ua's progeny a third National Steeplechase success in four years, for in 1031 Rakwool, by Woorak from Woollunu.ua, was successful. Incidentally, the Shell family will share that record, for Mr. E. Y. Shell raced Rakwool. Miss Dorothy Shell (now ilrs. F. H. Dexter) both owned and trained Precocious when he won in 1932, and this year the old horse has passed back to her father. Woollunqua is one of the most remarkable brood mares in Australia. Well beyond the twenty mark,, she still prances stride for stride with her ten-year-old daughter, Melanesia, in the padclocks at Seymour, and her fourteen foals have all won races. DIFFICULT TO TRAIN. The disappointment of possessing a horse which, ordinarily, might win a, really big race, but which is difficult to train, conies to every owner who dabbles in horseflesh to any "extent, and, although it is no new experience for him, the Melbourne owner, E. A. Connolly, is passing through the worries again with the rising four-year-old Wheilkc by Night Raul from Satisfaction Both in the spring and autumn Connolly expressed the opinion that Wheriko was one of the best horses ever to pass through his hands, and the early three-ycamJld deeds of the colt before he went wrong justified that opinion. But AVheriko could not stand up either to his spring or autumn preparations, and now he is back to work with the important spring handicaps in view. Wheriko is a line type of colt and is bred to stay, and if bis owner's opinion has any foundation Wheriko is rather well handicapped both in Sydney and Melbourne. Welght-for-age for a four-year-old in the spring over all distances is 0.0, and Wheriko's weights are 8.8 in the Epsom, 5.7 in the Caulfield Cup, and 8.5 in the Melbourne Cup.