Topics From Riccarton

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 165, 15 July 1938, Page 14

Topics From Riccarton

FOR SYDNEY.

F. D. JONES , TEAM.

PLANS FOR WILLIE WIN.

RAEBUEN TO MAKE TRIP,

Throe Rioearton trainers expect to do their spring racing in Australia (says our Christcliurch coiTes]<ondent). F. 1). Jones will be the first to start on the trip, having booked accommodation for hi* horses in the steamer leaving on August -t for .Sydney, probably with Melbourne to follow. The two certaintie* aro Koyal Chief ami Cerne Abbas. They have done well since they resumed work, and on their track form they ■should be forward enough on arrival ,to be good prospects for early engagements. Jones has two others that may accompany thk pai.\ he Wrecker returned from Tientluiiii with a mixed record on form. He showed on the first day h:would be a useful prospect for minor races, but he tiirnwhed his reputation with a poor effort .in hi,* other ntiirt. He will have a chance to-redeem himself at the South Canterbury Hunt meeting at Wash-dyke next week, and at the Christehureh Hunt Club's meetin" a

week later. His programme will then be decided. It is worth remembering that his half-brother, Historic, was slow in coming to hand, but developed with age into a high-cWs/lxn-se. Still another of Jones' hoiwv that is a possibility for Australia is the yearling cult by Myosotis from Moorbird. He shapes promisingly, but a* he has been nominated only for one race. The Breeders' Plate, and is not in the Victoriau events, it is more like'y that he will remain at home. Looking Well. Mre. J. Campbell again ha* Willie Win in preparation for a similar trip to that of last spring. As was the wise a year ago, it is probable lie will be given a race at the (irand National meeting, and will then leave for Melbourne, where all his Australian racing will be done. Hβ has disappointed since he returned from l«st year's visit, but he looks well now. He is to have a mate in the rising three-year-old Night Hawk. This colt has not done much racing, his form being restricted to winning a maiden event. He has a fair turn of speed, but is only up to modest company.

D. O'Connor ■Iβ another trainer bookod for the trip, which will be his first to Australia, and he-will have Kaelmin, now a two-year-old, as his sole charge. This colt has shown a lot of speed, and since he resumed work after a spell has done well. He will be given a race at the (irand National meat ing, and will leave on .September 1 for Melbourne, where ho has classic, as well as handicap, engagements. It remains to be seen if he , is up .to good company, but in the'meantime he is well forward in his preparation.

A. J. r.lartin brought back two fresh horses for his stable when he returned from Trentham, where he had Wagner racing laet week. Mr. R. McDoiigall hae placed under hie care the four-year-old gelding Waka, by Tractor from Caligo, a Tribulation mare tracing back to Kotuku, sister to the m Derby winner Scots Grey. Waka, who is a well-grown and good looking horse, will be given a ohance to earn distinction on the flat in the meantime, but later will be tried as a jumper, a game for which he hes something to recommend him as he i« a half-J)rother to Luna Lux, a good class steeplechaser a few years ago. An Aus-tralian-bred yearling filly, with plenty

of tiize. an<l of great promise, is another ac(|iiisition for the stable. She was bought for 400 guineas, and i« by the Son-in-Law horse Constant Son. her dam being Lady Cynosure, by Comedy King from. Lady Vic, by Wallace from Lady. Victoria, an imported mare by St. Fnisquin. The dam of Lady Victoria is a sinter of Polymelia, the great English sire; alejo a half-sister to (Jrafton, a horse with a wonderful aUul record in Australia.

(..'. Emerson also secured a yearling frain last week's sale at Trentlwim, Mr. V. C. Christie, the owner of Xijrht Calm, paying 230 <niinean for. a colt by. the Phalaris horse Brazen. His dam, Irolene. \s by Linaei'o from La<ly Egale, by Maltster from Kjmle, by* OokUirouglif This is a «re«t Australian family, the eolt heinjr -i half-brother to the brilliant sprinter Ibrani, winner of the Oakleigli Plate, and third in the Xewmarket Hitudioap. Otlier good performers from this line include the Victorian Derby winner Eusebius, and the St. Leger winner Even Time.

Three Smart Gallopers. Sovereign Lady, Disdain and Rebellion, Mr. (J. Murray-Aynsley's trio, trained by H. R. Da vies, are nicely ill their work at Ri<"«;art;on, and they are likely to be seen in action again at the (Jra nd National meeting. Sovereign Lady is a grand race mare, but was not herself when started in the (irea-t Autumn Handicap, and will he. a different horse when the Winter Cup comes up for decision. She is starting to put riOllio vhn into her sprint tasks. Disdain's deed-; at Easter, when she scored two ridiculously easy wins in her only starts to date, must still be fresh in the minds of rnrejroeiw. Thi<* filly is also progressing well, and is in greet heart. On her nhowiiu'j* she is well on the way to emulate "the deed* of her half-sister. Silver Scorn, and her appearance at the (Iran<l National meeting will arouse interest. Rebellion, like Disdain, is a rising three-year-old, being a chestnut gelding by Robespierre from Muff, by Arrowsmith from Contempt, dam of Silver Scorn and Disdain. Though over-shadowed earlier by Disdain in sprints. Rebellion is also a good galloper, and will be a difficult horse to beat at his first start. Rebellion would have started before, but his progress ha* been interrupted at times by hock trouble. He is well worth keeping in mind. With three such smart g<illoperfl coming on well, and a good loAk ing rising two-year-old filly by Myosotis from Berate to complete the team. Da vies has excellent material to work on.

Top Kank is in solid con'l u mn, and will strip in goo<l order for hurdle races at the Chrirstcliiireh Hunt Chili and firand National meetings. J. McLean gave him his first race, after a e])ell. at Ashburton, where he hurdled well, without looking a possibility. To date Top Rank has started 11 times this season for a second and a third, but earlier he was suffe-rinsr from blood disorder, end possibly this liiis kept Mill off the winning lirit. A bold jumper. To|> Hank will not fail in the future through condition.

BETTING. SYSTEMS.

The Avondale Jockey Club for some time past has adopted the singls pool system of betting, and at the annual meeting yesterday a member asked whether the committee had considered making a change to the win and place system. It had been said that the club was only standing in its own light in not adopting it. Big clubs in the south were using the win and place system and would not depart from it. The president, Mr. J. K. Wells, said that systems of betting were a great bone of contention, but the matter might be left in the hands of the committee. He would again bring the matter before them.