PROMISING FILLY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 144, 19 June 1940, Page 13

PROMISING FILLY.

ROEON SUCCEEDS. HER SECOND START. COMES FROM GOOD FABHIT. The two-year-old fllly Roeon was only having her second start when she surprised by winning' the Hastings Trial at the Hawke'a Bay meeting last Saturday, her first effort being on the opening day of the meeting. She was quickly improved by the race, for, reaching the front half a mile from home, sbe won easing up. She Is ■■■ by Lelghton froiin I>ady Pym, by Weathervane ■ from Dame WinMe, by Winkie from Stepka. by St. Leger from Stepfeldt, a sister to Stcpniak. She is a half-sister to Leighon Rei, who wiw successful at the last' Opunake fixture. Stepfeldt produced Delaware, raced by the late Mr. G. G. Stead, Elevation. Provocation, Reputation. Tribulation, Gravitation and a lot of others raced by the late Mr. W. E. Bid will. Stepka was the dam of Pavlova, who won the Wellington Cup rn 1915, so that Roeon has plenty to commend her on the score of breeding. RELATED TO TOP ROW. Squeers, a threo-year-old brother to Top Row, who is in the McDonald menage, is all the better for his race at Wanganul, which was only his second to date. He Iβ a racy type and bred to win good sprinte, «o thert will be some interest taken in his running at Otaki. BROTHER TO VINTAGE. Scarteen, a full-brother to Vintage, is to have his next race at Ashburton. He has proved a difficult horse to keep in condition, but he has shown promising form on occasions, and his eleven starts to date ! have yielded two firsts, a second and a third. HONOURS TO DOZIE BOY. Dozie Boy, his second in the Hawke's Bay Steeplechase to Small Boy on the previous Saturday, met his victor on much better terms in the June Steeplechase at Hastings last Saturday. He was under pressure for over a mile, but wore down Small Boy to score well. This was his third meeting with Small Boy In a fortnight and he won two of the encounters. ENGAGED AT WAIPA. Etcetera showed up for a gobd way In the Green Lane Steeplechase at the Great Northern meeting while he »•* in charge before reaching the stonewall, when he ran off in the Tumaki Steeplechase on the last day. He had jumped well up to then, ami he will only have to do his work right to make another good showing in the Andrew Kay Steeplechase at Te Awamutu next Saturday. 18 CONSISTENT. Vaecones. the three-year-old fllly by Gascony from Talari, made her tally four wine out of elx starts when «he made her debut in open company in the Final Handicap, elx furlongs, at Hastings l*rt Saturday. She- led from end to end, and there is little doubt that ahe will win in much better company in the spring. She has been a good investment for the Stead brothers. TOO MUCH CONDITION. laord Hereford was making hie first appearance this season when he contested the June Steeplechase at Hastings last -Saturday, but he had too much condition to do himself justice, according to reports, anfi ie likely to be seen to advantage at the latter end of the season. Lest year he won the Awapuni Steeplechase at Palmerston North and the Grandstand Steeplechase at Wanganul. NEVER JUMPED PROPERLY. After hie win in the Whakatu Hurdles at Hastings a week previously. Opoho was thought to have a good chance in the Hawke'* Bay Hurdles last Saturday at Hastings, but according to reports he never lumped one fence right, toeing' many lengths at each of them, while at the last fence be came down on hie nose and skidded along the ground, his rider, G. L. Kerr, making a good recovery. It was bta first appearance as a Jumper when he contested the Whakatu Hurdles, and he will again be In the picture before long. v TWO ON END. BtJa, who accounted Cor the MatOen Plate at Hasting* a week previously, was again aucceasful in much better company when she won the Haveloek Hand imp on t*e ttm« eourse la«t Saturday. It is stated that It took her all her time to last out the At* and a bait furlong* on the first day, and the stayed on much better than anticipated when *h« acored over a furlong further on Saturday to beat Flying Flag. She Is a tftree-year-old fllly by Araueio from Angela, and goes back to the well-known Oulda family, Mahutonga, who won the Auckland Cup, descending from the same •train. MADE AMENDS.

Noble Fox was stated to be very unlucky on the liret day of the recent winter meeting of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club, when he was very solidly supported in 'the Winter Handicap, one mile and a quarter. He was again- made favourite for the Rotopai Handicap, one mile, on Saturday, and, Jumping away from No. 1* position, he withstood several challenges to win by a couple of lengths. The Foxbrldge colt showed good winning form earlier In the season, and now that H. Dulleu has again got him right he should be hard to beat in hie next outing.

SHOULD GO WELL. Belle of Bow Iβ engaged in tbe Andrew Kay Steeplechase at Te Awamutu next Saturday, having been allowed *o drop out of the chief event, the Park Steeplechase. Bells of Bow has raced consistently during the bust few months, winning tbe Hauraki Plain* Steeplechase, three miles, at Paeroa, while a* Ellerslle at Easter Royal Abb was the only one to beat hhn te the Mangere Steeplechase. He was fourth in the Green Lane Steeplechase a* the winter meeting and fell when going well in the Great Northern Steeplechase, while in the Winter Steeplechase he beat all but All Irish. Belle of Bow will only need to run up to form to be V*ry hard to beat. WORKING WELL. Camphor, a two-year-old half-sister by Iliad to Cylinder (New Zealand Derby) and Cyclonic, and a. aieter to Cyrillian, who showed excellent promise before her racing career was cut short through an accident, has been working well at Riccartan, and she should develop into a useful filly next Mason, as she has her share* of the family Speed. She is o*ned by htv breeder. Mr. H. D. Greenwood, and trained by F. Roberta. Another maiden in Roberts' team that should soon have a winning turn is The Vulture, a three-year-old chestnut gelding by Valkyrian from Silent Flight, a Day Comet mare bred at the Stonyhurst Stud. The Vulture has had only a couple of races, but has shown speed, and with a little more experience should pay his way. He feces In the Interest* of Mr. G. H. Grlgg, who lias not had much luck in his turf ventures, IN MONEY EACH DAY. R. E. McLellau sent Wild Coon and Clntllla to Riccarton after the Dunedin iiivptlng and they will remain there until nfter the Grand Xatlonnl meeting. MeLeila n will arrive later to supervise their preparation, and in the meantime C. U. Humphries will be In charge. Cintllla may be taken to the Wellington meeting and Wiid Coon will probably make his next appearance at the Christchurch Hunt meeting. Considering that he had no previous racing experience over hurdles and had not been In work very long, Cintllla did well to finish In the money on each day of the Dunedin meeting, '.and hie flrMt attempt In "the Otago Hurdles wa« a particularly encouraging effort, fHe looked to have tbe race won three furlongs from home, but weakened into third place at tbe finish. He ran second on the middle day and on both these occasions he gave a clean and fast display of Jumping, but on the Haul day of the meeting he hit two fences'bard and was doubtless feeling the rffects of hi* other strenbous outings in the heavy going. Wild Coon was far from dlegraced when, be finished fourth in /the Trial Stakes on the opening day of the meeting, as be drew the second outside position in a field of 19 and was forced to cover a lot of extra ground. Nevertheless, he was in the firing line all the way and wan only cut out of third place on tbe poet. This wae only his second etart And hie flret since he ran third to Doria last .October, and it was a very flne effort-for a two-year-old in the very heavy going. The other member of the team, Waltoru. j raced badly in bis two outings and his bad I lapse was hard to understand as he looked 'well.