STABLE AND TRACK NOTES

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 184, 5 August 1936, Page 20

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES

PREPARING FOR SPRING. Rereatu, who has been kept going throughout the winter, is now in tine order for the spring meetings, and this excellent sprinter should add to his record before the present season is much further advanced. He was tried over longer distances than sprint events lust term, but he failed to see them out successfully. Yesterday at Ellerslie he was given a work-out over five furlongs and acquitted himself well. NOVICE SHAPES WELL. Tide Waiter, the three-year-old gelding by Tidal from Ballymoy 11., who recently joined R. S. Bagb.y's stable, lias been given a few sprints since coming to Ellerslie, and has shaped very well. He does not possess as much quality as his dam, but he lias a ni-je style of moving am! should develop into a useful sort. Ballymoy 11. was very speedy, and Tide Waiter gives the impression that lie also will be able to go fast. MAY MAKE AMENDS. Persian Lady has not been overtaxed of late, but J. Buchanan Is giving her the right class of work at Ellerslie to fit her for forthcoming meetings. She won the Midsummer Handicap, five furlongs, at Ellerslie in January, 1935, but has not been successful since. At Avondale in the autumn she was first out in the Mount Roskill Handicap and was going well when she fell, and but for that mishap she would have been hard to beat, for she had been galloping well at Ellerslie just prior to the meeting. Persian Lady is partial to soft going and may make amends early in the new season.

BACKING OF CUDDLE. Cuddle's trainer, George Price, declared last week that, despite tlie Melbourne support for £20,000 in doubles, which took the New Zealand mare to favouritism for the Caulfield Cup, no definite decision has been made regarding Cuddle's spring mission. "I can say definitely that the backing of Cuddle did not emanate either from the owner, Mr. 11. J. Murphy, or from me, but that does not say the backers will not get a run for their money," said Price. "The question of Cuddle's spring programme is left to my judgment. She is engaged in the Epsom Handicap, the Metropolitan, the Caulfield Cuji and the Melbourne Cup, and her progress and form will decide whether she will again be tried as a sprinter, or whether she will be given another chance to prove her stamina. MALA DISAPPOINTS. There was no hesitation - by backers in laying odds on Mala in the first division of the Juvenile Handicap at Ascot on July 25 (says an Australian writer). A few of the early backers secured even money for large amounts. Mala is a striking bay colt by Lackham from Bucretia. He looked every bit as good as his New Zealand form suggested, but. he did not act up to his reputation in the race. He showed a disinclination to go to the barrier, although once there he stood quietly enough. He was too quiet, for he did not jump away with the others, and it was not until approaching the entrance to the straight that he sliowed up in second place. Pose trim in the meantime had taken the lead from Beau Ideal. Mala was close enough to Rostrim to have beaten him in the run home if good enough, but even the application of tlie whip did not make him. increase his pace, and lie was a thoroughly beaten colt when the post was reached.

AUSTRALIAN SPRING CANDIDATES. It will be some weeks before the best of the spring gallopers are seen in public, but some of the best horses are beginning to show improvement without being forced along (says an Australian writer). Sylvandale, big after his spell at Bacchus Marsh, was at Randwick last week, when he strode along strongly for a mile in 1.57%. Sylvandale is never a smart worker, but he is solid, and is giving every satisfaction at this stage of his preparation. Dark Chief has not been of much account since he ran Akuna a close second in the 1935 Sydney Cup. He was to be given long work, but in' high, spirits, lie got rid of his rider. He was quickly caught. The new season may be rich in three-year-olds. Gold Rod stands out, but the best'"half dozen of the remainder seem an. even lot. Gold Rod has been in work for a fewweeks and is moving along nicely. Recently, with his stablemate, Ilium, he ran five furlongs in I.B—the second best time recorded —but it was merely a working gallop. Both colts looked well and their prospects seem bright. The winner of the A.J..C. Fernhill Handicap usually does well in the distance three-year-old races of the spring. This year's winner. Plutus, has come back Trom his spell in great heart and has furnished into a fine colt. His trainer, P. Riddle, had him at Victoria Park last week, and, with Apollo for a mate, he covered six furlongs at a nice swinging gait, coming home the last three in 40 I /£ss. Another pair of Riddle's, Barramul and Korimako, went half a mile easily, taking 57%5, brushing home over the last three in 41%5. Mainlavy may be one of the first of the spring contingent to reach solid racing condition. He has already had a run, finishing a creditable fourth in a sivint at Rosebery. His improvement was evident at Randwick, when, with a light boy, lie ran half a mile with Imbiber, finishing in front of his work mate in 50%5. Mainlaw is now trained bv G. Price, and two others from that stable, Egmont and Loud Applause, are also pleasing Price. They have done nothing much as yet, but the manner in whi.ii they, .-re aiaping is impressive.

DOING PLENTY OF WORK. Roman Mascot is getting through a steady preparation at Ellerslie, where she is doing plenty of pace work, with an occasional sprint over a few furlongs. She is well forward in condition and should nearly be at her best by the time the spring meetings are held. Roman Mascot was a winner last season, and there should be plenty of races to suit her when the country circuit commences. MAKING STEADY PROGRESS. Tybalt is training 011 satisfactorily at Ellerslie since he resumed work and is steadily improving in condition. He has not raced since the summer owing to knocking himself, but the trouble has now entirely disappeared. He was a good performer earlier in his career and ran second to Caliente in the last Mitchelson Cup, one mile and a half, while he was successful over shorter distances. To date he has won over £1200, and if he regains his true form he should add to that amount.

TO GO TO THE STUD. Lord Astor, according to latest English information, has decided to retire his colt Pay Up, who won the Two Thousand Guineas and finished fourth in the Derby, and will stand him at the stud next season at a fee of 250gs for 110 more than 15 mares. Pay Up finished lame in the Derby, the hard going being considered the cause, and. provided the severe jarring ho received responds to treatment, Pay Up will have his last race at Newmarket in the Champion Stakes. Some great horses have won the Champion Stakes, including Fairway, winner of the St. Leger and sire of Pay Up; C'ameronian, a Derby winner; Umidwar, Wychwood Abbott and Pharos. Emulation of his sire in this race would be a happy ending to Pay Up's turf career. Pay Up should be a success at the stud. His sire. Fairway,-only a young horse at the stud, is regarded as one of the best of the day, and he is a descendant of a line prolific in maletail for many years*. Fairway is by Phalaris, son of Polymelus, who was by Cyllene. sire of four Derby winners, by Bona Vista, by Bend Or, a lino of sires who have all done remarkably well, and so strong that there is little fear of Pay Up not further enhancing the reputation of his ancestors. On the distaff side, Pay Up is also superlatively bred. He is a descendant of the Bruce Lowe No. 1 family, through Illuminata. The number of high-class sires who have descended fro-m the taproot is remarkable, including Cicero, Night Raid, Rossendale. Heroic, Magpie, High Force, and hosts of others as good.