RACING STATISTICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1937, Page 16

RACING STATISTICS.

THE ENGLISH SEASON,

LORD ASTOR WINS MOST MONEY

During the racing season which closed in England last November Lord Astor was the leading owner with £38,131. Nine of his horses accounted for 19 races between them. Lord Derby won 40 races with 24 horses, his stake money amounting to £29,839, while H.H. Aga Khan accounted for 18 races with 11 horses, his return being £29,055. Then follows Sir Abe Bailey (£24,066), Mr. W. Woodward (£18,309), Lord Rosebery (£12,417), Lord Stanley (£11,566), and Lady Zia Wernher (£10,241).

Rhodes Scholar was the leading horse with £12,466, Boswell £10,554, Pay Up £10,504, Precipitation £9999, and Mahmoud £9934 being next. These were all three-year-old colts.

The winning siros were; Fairway £58,002, Solaria £25.249, Pharos £20,623, Bosworth £19,406, Son-in-Law £18,029, Tetratema £15,883, Obliterate £15,741, Coronach £15,117, and Blenheim £14,220^

Gordon Richards ;r_,.iin filled the role of leading jockey with 177 winners, 159 seconds and 109 thirds. W. Nevett was second with 108 winners; and then come J. Sirett 104, P. Beasley 82, and E. Smith 80.

Horses bred in France accounted for £73,780, while Lord Astor (£38,2901. H.H. Aga Khan (£29,763), Lord Derby (£22,701) and Mr. W. Woodward (£19,263) were the next most succeesful breeders. Americanhorses won £15,697.