TRAINER'S LOSSES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 263, 5 November 1937, Page 13

TRAINER'S LOSSES.

SEVEN STAR HORSES. A REMARKABLE RECORD. I. Williams has had a remarkable record of mishaps with good horses in Melbourne. Ending with Talking lie has lost the services of seven topnotchern in l.> years. He does not I'lanie tnicks or conditions, but rather the freak* of fate. The wvpn great horses to break duxi in Melbourne were Greenstead. Uaro, Pantheon, Rampion, Chatham, Svlvandale and Talking. Greenstead, a mighty weight-carrier and sprinter, who was at his best at a mile, injured one of his fore tendons when running in the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield, and never raced again. He was a ♦success at the stud, and sired smart horses. Claro's Speed. Claro, after winning the Epsom Handicap and the Cantala Shakes had a very bright future, but his front fetioek joints filled before he ran in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington, and lie had to be stopped in his preparation. He was sold for the *tud at a high figure, and, like Greediitead, sired (several good gallopers. Then came Pantheon, the sire of Peter Pan and Avenger. He injured one of his suspensory ligaments while working, and liis racing days, were over. Pantheon was a great horse. He could carry

weight and stay, and there is little doubt that with tlie leant luck he could easily have Won a Melbourne Cup.

Never Trained Again. Rampion, who won the A.J.C. and Victoria Derbies for the late J. E. Brien, ww a sprinter and a stayer. He broke down the day he won tlie Bond Cup at Caulfield. He finished on three legs, his suspensory giving way in the race. Chatham'* career also ended in Melbourne, as while working one morning one of his suspensory ligaments was strained. He could never be trained again. La«t year Nyivandnlc broke down while running in the Moonee Valley Cup. One of bin fore-tendons was his trouble. And then came Talking. He was the only one of the seven champions to break down behind. The real injury he suffered wan a sprain of the sinews of the near hind fetlock joint, an,l only time can cure his injury. Talking is "gradually improving and beginning to put a little of his weight on the injured le<r.