TAKANINI TOPICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 273, 17 November 1936, Page 14

TAKANINI TOPICS.

( FLOOD TIDE VERY WELL ADDITION TO E. POPE'S TEAM. RECENT TRACK DOINGS. E. Pope has received a recent addition to his team in the shape of a smart-looking bay colt by Paladin —Gold Lily. The new-, coiner, who is a two-year-old, has been broken in and is in the right order to go 1 ahead with his preparation. Flood Tide is in excellent order, and is 2 working accordingly. His trainer, li. Mil--1 ler, states that he may not give the Tidal > gelding a race prior to the Auckland Cup, and as his Mitchelson Cup victory was ' achieved without the benefit of racing his ' admirers should have no cause for anxiety. - Flood Tide's owner, Mr. Des. Davis, , recently purchased a two-year-old full-sister to Flood Tide and Mai de Mer, and the trio are all under R. Miller's guidance. > Emancipation has been sent home for a ; spell and may not be taken in hand again . until the autumn. Anion and Kurapae, two members of F. 1 Smith's team, are at present on the easy ' list, but Inver and Valaniito are both going very pleasingly, particularly the for- . mer, whose prospects in the hack plates at the forthcoming Takapuna meeting are L being discussed. Valaniito has been a, triHe : unlucky in some of his contests and .should soon be promoted from the ranks of maiden performers. Bachelor King is in first-class order, and • although his tasks have not been of a strenuous nature of late lie bears a very , bright appearance and promises to continue his gooel form during the summer meetings. Bachelor King will probably i next race at the Takapuna meeting. 1 Again Amiss. ' The Hiker, who throughout his career ! as a jumper has shown unsoundness has ; again gone amiss, this time in the tendon , of the near leg. the opposite of the one . that has previously caused all the trouble. An excellent jumper, The Hiker won a i few races, and would probably have done ■ even better but for soreness on several occasions. ! The local rider A. Tinker has been engaged to ride Jonathan. Galilee, Annacourt, Young Paddon, High Quality and .Philemup at the Waikato meeting. W. ; Bartle is to ride Wait and See. while R. McTavish has been engaged to ride Choice. Dark Marble has been showing plenty . of dash in his work and is due to make i his next appearance at the Waikato meeting. The Lapidary gelding has improved ! since Avondale, where he was successful, arid despite the fact that he is well up in the handicaps this should not prevent him racingeproininently next week. Maori Song has been easeel up and will not race for some time, when he will race as a gelding. The Hunting Song—Maungakino colt recorded minor placings at Pae- ! roa anel Cambridge,' and promises to >' develop into a very useful sort in the near i future. v .- Natal has had an interruption to his : preparation, owing to being galloped on on r the hock while at barrier practice. The trouble is, however, not very serious, and i he should not be greatly inconvenienced: . Natal is a big two-year-old by Vaals—Big. i Bertha. * ' ' _' - s Choice has made noticeable improvement " during the past few weeks anel lias appars ently benefited by her recent, racing. A i half-sister to Bunsby Gaze, by Appellant, ) Choice does not boast much size, but is a > very, compact filly, who looks like being a : useful sort later on. I Lady Yalma did not produce Paeroa ; form at the Wliangarei meeting and is , being allotted a respite from racing. i Lady Ruler is the latest to be given a r course of schooling, and the Chief Ruler l imare has given quite promising displays a in her initial .efforts ./over fences. Very i speedy, but disappointing on the flat, she 3 may make gobd as a hurdler. I Benighted; whose recent form has been t disappointing, has been blistered and i turned out. for a spell. Benighted devel--1 oped tendon trouble after the, Avondale i meeting. Local horses booked for the Waikato ' meeting are: Choice, High Quality. Keith ■ Lu, Wait and See, "Merry Lap, Elariagc, ' Royal Passage, Dark Marble anel Lap Up.