NOMINATIONS FRIDAY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 172, 23 July 1941, Page 12

NOMINATIONS FRIDAY

The lir>t ma,- in connection with the a|.|ii-i.:iehiiia mmsi.;i's laciny in Au.-klalld : "ill be st i ii--k on Friday when iiominaj lions close i'or the Thames Jockey Club's I winter inectiii- In be held on August '.). A line programme has been drawn up. '"t..ii,i-:l /■•in ni-v beiiiir attached to all events. Nominations close at the office oi ! i • Annulate Jokey Cln.li at o p.m.. '•r with the secretary. Mr. W. S. Clark. Thames. f ,t 8 p.m. | LARGE MATAMATA TEAM ! !!. 11. Marfin. the Mitim ita mentor, will p; o'xibly roininen.-c the 1041-4J seiu-on with one oi the largest teams in the province. It will inclu le the wdl-per-toriucd hoisos Kin- Key. Ksiiiiire, Lord Kadi.mi IJ.iy. Greek Queen : Paymaster. Kxpellimt an.l Kona. all ot' whom are ready to race at spring meetings. Te Hai and Full ot Scotch", ', who have been oil' the scene for some time, are working again, while new horses in training are the rising tw n-year-ohl colts by Bambtiry-- -Shetland and l-.eiglu.ii Hon Rose, a two-year-old filly Ccntuiv, bv Mr. i Standfast - Kilmer (a half-sister to' Kirn i Key). Greek Princess (three-yeat full .| sister Co Greek Queen), a three-year gelding by Foxbriilge Blue Queen, and a I three-year-old by Raffles mimed Frustration. Captain Bell, who pcrforme 1 creditj ably in a few races during the season, is away qualifying for hunt races, but is. ! expected back shortly.

LOST NO FRIENDS. TJioii*/h beaten info third nljce a length and a head behind the' winner in the Te Horo Handicap at Awapuni on Satin- • day, the Hunting Song gelding Wings of I Song lost none of his admirers foi the Winter Cup. On- Saturday lie carried 8.10. drew No. 1 at the barrier, bnt hesitafed ! when the tapes -went up and then had to go faet early tn get into a handy position. ! and- actually lead info the (straight, only j to weaken a little at the end. That race was seven furlongs, and in the Winter ! Cup, which extends to a mile, Wings of j ' Song has alb less to carry. He looks like ibeing prominent in the- Ricearton race. j HANDY TRIO ! The Takanini-fraincr H. K. Gray has a small but decidedly useful team of jumpers I just now. They are The Do*>r, Dauber ! ami Surpai. Their victories at Awapuni will bring The Dozer into strong favour for the Grand National Hurdles", and Dauber likewise for the Grand National Steeplechase. Surpai is only a three-year-old—he ■will be four next month—but he is certainly a promising young hurdler, and ' one who may go far at this department of racing. On Saturday he finished right up! behind the placed horses in the Cheltenhain Hack t'up. and the next time he sCej*> out over hurdles he will -be ■ well in tiie betting. WELL IN LIMELIGHT The Matainata trainer P.. Martin started three houses in the Cunningham Hurdles ■ aC the patriotic meeting at Matainata on ■ Saturday and they filled the fiivt. second ' and fourth places. The winner, Komi, was ! : making his first public appearance overt; fences, and the fact that the son of ! Musketoon beat several more seasoned j horses suggests that he is a i_-ood pros- j pect when more important fixtures' are : under consideration. Incidentally, Kena . gave t'he apprentice E. V. Dye his first . I winning ride over hur-lles. Radiant Bay. ! who was second, is also trained ivy Martin. l as is Winning Tray, who finished fourth. ' SPECTACULAR FIGURE PASSES Mr. A. B. Nagel, one of Queensland's sporting personalities, has just died in i Sydney. He was a plucky buyer and courageous better. He laid £5000 to £2000 | on Ballyinena in the Randwick Plate in i which the Xew Zealand horse broke a leg. j He won over £20.000 in the Amounis- I Jocelyn double in the Epsom and Metro- j politan. One escape he had was af the Sydney sales in 1028. He bid up to &500 guineas for Dominant, who was krocked i down to a syndicate at 07.50 guineas, i Dominant (Satlash—Welted) was not ! worth a tithe of that amount*. li