WANGANUI FORM

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 134, 9 June 1942, Page 7

WANGANUI FORM

Kena Raced Badly In Century Hurdles

HIGH CLASS NO MISNOMER Kena, who has clone a fair amount of racing in Auckland but is now trained ' s,ew Awapunl. was made favourite for the Century Hurdles at the Wanganui meeting at Marton. The son and ll^^ 00 ', 1 ma(1 ? » ve «"y poor showing out nnv ° f u he race did h e hold n.o£» two and h ® ° nly beat OUTCLASSED THE FIELD High Class, winner of the Hurricane Handicap at Marton, outclassed the field hL „ UOr ? With something in hand. In hin s , tar i the son of Bulandshar .1? VL Black Renarde to a head, and thus there were good grounds for sending ,IT ?, fav °urite. Frustration was the unlucky runner, as he was sent back last finish® fourth and th6n Came ° n 10 KEPT TOO FAR BACK „ According to the Dominion, Slegall would have won the Grandstand Steeplechase had she not been kept too far back for the greater portion of the journey, i v. was standing the winner. Lady Callaghan, up a tremendous start when the last round was commenced, but made up the leeway to within three lengths. Lady Callaghan jumped boldly and was in front all the way. Hanover also jumped well, Vi-ii VV<<s a ver >' tired horse in third rilace. Vlidlass and Acrobat fell, niue Note ran ! on and Kamillics was pulled up. SUSTAINED Kl'\ Ciu....' ro winner <j r the Empire Handicap at Mi*rton, was for. long sustained run to win. Al tiie half mile she was last, but then raced round the field to be in front entering the straight. When challenged she hvng on well to keep off Authoress, who was a little unlucky to lose ground in the middle stages of the race. HAD NO LUCK The New Plymouth trainer, H. Dulieu, had no luck at either the Waikato or Auckland meetings, but he brought off a surprise when his charge. Trig Station, took the Belmont Handicap at Marton. The gelding had disappointed so often that the stable did not fancy his prospects, and he was allowed to go out at a great price. Dulieu has no horses engaged at the Hawke's Bay meeting this week-end, but will have a good team racing at the Manawatu and Wellington fixtures. A ItICCARTON WINNER Ridden by soldier-jockey W. J. Mudford, Rebel Lady won the Castlecliff Handicap all the way for M. Conza, the Riccarton trainer. She was produced again in the Hurricane Hark, but had a bad passage otherwise she would probably have been in the money. CLUB PRESENTS TROPHY The Wanganui Jockey Club has presented a trophy valued at £30 for the winner of the Manawatu Steeplechase to be run on June 20.

UNDER A CLOUD The Grand National Steeplechase winner Astral Flame has been under a cloud of late with side trouble, and has been turned out. The Southland trainer W. E. Hazlett has the jumpers Anglo-French and Noko, together with True Range and Chandelier, to carry on with. STILL ACTIVE The former Gisborne trainer I. Tinsley, who took up farming at Green meadows recently, is still actively engaged in racing. for he has Colincamps under his charge. He has also broken in a two-year-old full-brother to Whackle for W. M. McKinnon. BAN LIFTED The ban on horses travelling to race meetings by rail in England has been lifted for the flat racing season. Journeys by road will be limited to 45 miles. ELIMINATE MAIDENS With the reduction in the number of racing days there has been a nitur:il tendency on the part of owners to seize every opportunity of ra.'ing their horses, with the result that JieiUs are attaining awkward dimensions. to the iroblem now confronting clubs was made at the annual meeting of the Marton Jockey Club by Mr. J. It. L. Stanford, who stated that he did not favour balloting as a method of reducing fields, on the grounds that it would be unfair to owners who had travelled a distance to attend a racing circuit. Under that system there was a danger of a horse being balloted (out for two or three successive meeting#. A fairer way would be to frame the conditions so as to eliminate maidens where their presence might result In increasing the field beyond the safety limit. LADY CALLAGHAN'S SUCCESS Ladv Callaghan, winner of the Grandstand "Steeples on Saturday at the Wanganui meeting, was successful in the same race two years ago, and last year took the Wanganui Steeplechase. A week ago she made her first appearance this season and was third to Foxiana and Cherry Plum in the Wanganui Steeplechase. Lady Callaghan Is an aged black mare by Callaghan out of a Lord Lupin mare and has been very sparingly raced. GREEK QUEEN BREAKS DOWN The Foxbridge—Exaggeration mare Greek Queen broke down during the running of the York Handicap, and the present season for her is finished. It was her 11th appearance this season, and her onlv win was scored at Paeroa In September, when she downed a useful field of sprinters and brought off a surprise. HAWKE'S BAY HURDLES Auckland horses handicapped for the Hawke's Bay Hurdles on Saturday next ore Enjovment. 10.13: Besiege. 10.0; Master Appellant, 10.1: Hessketoon, 10.0; Rich Blood and Stokowski, 0.0. The Great Northern Hurdles winner, Erndale, is top weight. 0.0. in the Winter Handicap, one milp and a quarter. TRIP TO HASTINGS The Greymouth-trained Rockery, who earned distinction by winning a hurdle race at Ashburton and a steeplechase at Oamaru, has been handicapped at 9.2 for the Hawke's Bay Hurdles, to be decided at Hastings, and present intentions are to send him north. He will probably remain for the Manawatu and Wellington meetings. He will be ridden on the trip bv his trainer, ft. E. Johnston, who has ridden him in his four successes, including two on the flat, this season.