STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 83, 9 April 1937, Page 12

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

j PAHITS PROGRAMME. I u B teeplechaser Pahu came back to , Kiccarton from his trip to Riverton lookK.- g u ln i eX £f 'lent health (says a southern r er) He is booked for an early trip ;?. . e or th Island, taking in the Egmont, V\ aikato and Auckland meetings. • i 1 RIDER RETURNS. 1' r Th ui. Waikat <> horseman J. P. Mc- , Laughhn, who went to Sydney a short 1 time ago, returned to Auckland this week. 3 AlcLaughhn is a capable rider both on the flat and oyer fences his services are likely to be in demand during the ■ remainder of the season. finished for the season. Debham has finished his season's racing .^ eID B eased oft' till next spring. . fit I s Trent ham horse to be ' f.i. i o f ,commission, and his holiday, which is to be spent at Waikanae. will be , a tairly lengthy one. Essex is still being j pottered about at Trentham, but he is! likely to be sent out shortly for a spell I till next season. I SANSFOY DESTROYED. | Mrs. W ,7. Woods, of Wellington, expenenced a stroke of misfortune recently, Royal Divorce gelding Sans toy " l '°ke his leg en the Hastings track and had to be destroyed. When this horse hrst went to Hastings he was in anything but good order, and it took Trainer W H. L/oriett some months to get him right. en ln a very short period he won foul races, as well as filling minor places, with every good prospect of adding substantially to ins earning^. IN TWO EVENTS. Gay Broney had two more defeats registered against him at Avondale, and no excuses can be made for him. as he was on the minimum. No fault could be found with his condition. He will make his next appearance at Whangarei, and as he lias I'leviously been successful on the northern course he may make amends for past failures. On the first day he figures in the Mclnnes Memorial and the Waipu Handicap, but so far it is not known which race he will contest. HAS THE RIGHT STYLE. ' One of the latest to join J. D. Kemp's team is a seven-year-old sister to Gav Broney. She resembles her relative to •l some extent, though slightly smaller in conformation. This mare has done a fair amount of jumping in the show ring, and when given a trial over hurdles at Ellerslie yesterday morning she was inclined to get up rather high. However, she possesses the right style to make good at the game and more is likely to be heard of her later in the season. WON AT TAURANGA. The Gisborne-owned mare Okawa, who has been located at Ellerslie for several weeks, is down to contest hack sprint events at the Whangarei meeting. At the recent Bay of Plenty meeting Okawa won a aix-furlong race on the final day, but the class she will be meeting next week is slightly better than that which she beat at Tauranga. However, she has trained on well in the meantime, and it will not be for want t of condition if she fails to snow up in her engagements. FORMIDABLE TEAM. ' Pango, who won at Te Aroha, where he annexed the hurdle event from Tudor, lias been spelling on a farm in the Manawatu district since that meeting, but will be brought in at any time. With Forest Glow, Pango, Tudor and Miss Pango in his stable, the Awapuni mentor, L. Knapp, will have a formidable quartet of jumpers for winter racing. Riotous has also come to hand recently after a long spell and has been given plenty of work since being taken up again. BOUGHT VERY CHEAPLY. ' Copyist raced very consistently on the West Coast Easter circuit, winning three laces. Sold cheaply by Sir Charles Clifford about two years ago, Copyist soon did good service for his new owner, Mr. H. Moore, but early this season he appeared to lose all form through respiratory trouble. After racing once at the New I Zealand Cup meeting last November, he ! was sold by auction for £13 to his present | West Coast owner, Mr. A. Stewart, who j lias since won £200 with him. ! ON THE IMPROVE. ® During the short time that Locknit has 1 j been in work at headquarters he has made i good headway and is steadily hardening in ' , condition. So far he has not been set any | severe tasks, but on the few occasions that he has been splinted he has shown plenty of speed. When raced at the beginning of the present season Locknit won a minor hack event at the Tuumarunui meeting and gave promise of turning out well, but his subsequent form fell below expectaI tions. When properly seasoned this hack • should be capable of paying his way. | HURDLER SHOWS PROMISE. j High Star, who claims an engagement in the Northland Hurdles at Whangarei, was schooled over four hurdles at Ellerslie yesterday morning and gave his best display to date. He had plenty of pace on, and ' his performance indicates that he will give . 1 ; a good account of himself at the northern * meeting next week. High Star only com- r menced racing over hurdles at the Bay of c Plenty fixture last month, where he ran third on the concluding day. He lias 'I evidently derived a good deal of benefit . from the experience and is sure to do j better. | l THE LEADING WINNER. i With liis, further success in the A.J.C. Cumberland Plate at Randwick last week and his second to Alhinga in the A.J.C. Plate on Saturday, Lough Neagh brought 1 his stake earnings up to £18,861, and he; is the largest winner among horses now ' racing in Australia. His consistency is shown by the fact that the biggest prize he has won is £1570, and he has won only one other race worth more than £1000. Yet he would not be given a place among i the best 20 thoroughbreds to grace the Australian turf, and the contention that present-day form in the Commonwealth is not first-class is further supported by the position of Young Idea as second on the active list, with winnings amounting to £ 13,835. ' OUT FOR A SPELL. Reports from Riccarton state that H. R. j Davies has eased up Mr. G. Murray Aynsley's two mares, Chidden and Sovereign ■ Lady. They raced well at Easter, Sove-! reign Lady in partictilar showing good ■ form. As their owner restricts his racing | almost exclusively to meetings at Riccar-1 ton, these two mares will not be required ' again until August, and in the meantime they are to! have a good spell. With no old horses in work, Davies will devote his attention during the next couple of months to a trio 'of. yearlings, all by Robespierre. A filly from Contempt A .half-sister to Silver Scorn, and a filly from Orange Blossom is a half-sister to Silver Ring, i The third yearling is a colt from Muff, an j Arrowsmith mare from Contempt, the dam of Silver Scorn.

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T.S.—'The picture is too indistinct to say what the :• horse • INQUIRER (Otabuhn). — Respectful started in the Herries Memorial Cup at Te Arolia on February 27.