AUSTRALIAN TURF.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 121, 24 May 1935, Page 12

AUSTRALIAN TURF.

LEADING JOCKEY'S LICENSE WITHHELD. (Received 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The Australian Jockey Club has decided to withhold the permit to ride of the jockey, .J. Pratt. Pratt is the leading Sydney jockey of the present season, having ridden 77 winners. STABL3 AND TRACK NOTES UNLUCKY AT WANGANUI. Waliine Nui was expected to run well at Wanganui last week, but encountered bad luck in both her races. This mar'; has shown improvement lately upd may make amends at WoodvilleALBY WELL. Sincc scoring nicely over nine furlongs at the llawke > s Hay meeting the Psychology gelding Alby has trained on well at Woodville, and as he handles bad ground well he should have excellent prospects in the middle-distance hack events at the Dannevirke meeting. A LIKELY NOVICE. Okanagan, who figures in the novice event at the Dannevirke meeting to-mor-row, is a three-year-old filly by Gascony from Aureate, a full-sister to Desert Gold, and is owned by Mr. T. H. Lowry. Okanagan ran unplaced in her only start earlier in the season and was put aside for a few months. Since resuming work at Woodville she has shewn promise and looks likely to develop into a useful sort. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. BRITISH (Onehunga).— £1 11/6. READER (Victoria Street).—Will have to write for information, and will answer you later.