RACING RECORDS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 8, 11 January 1943, Page 5

RACING RECORDS

AUCKLAND INCIDENTS

LOU ROSA WINS AGAIN

Several noteworthy incidents distinguished the conclusion of the Auckland Racine Club's carnival at Ellerslie on Saturday, and not the least was the shattering of two course records. In the Nathans' Memorial, the Mr. Standfast gelding, Lord Chancelllor, the unlucky horsel in the Great Northern Derby, set new figures, 2.3 2-5, for the mile and a quarter, and these were only 3-5 of a second outside Bronze Eagle's New Zealand i'ccord, 2.2 4-5. Lord Chancellor had to display plenty of courage over the concluding furlong, during which he was headed momentarily by Te Kawhiti. In the open sprint, the Bowen Handicap, | Kinstep, each way favourite, also clocked new time for the track, recording 1.11 Jl-5, compared with 1.11 3-5. The race Iwas marred early by several runners meeting with interference, and subsequently Wiggins, rider of the winner, was held I to be responsible. On,e of the features of the meeting was the consistency of Lou Rosa, winner of the Clifford Plate, for which he was an odds-on favourite. This five-year-old son of Foxbridge was unlucky enough to strike the champion, Kindergarten, in the Auckland Cup, and so was relegated to second place, but he won the A.R.C. Handicap on the middle day, and, in taking the Clifford, completed a nice winning purse for Mrs. E. M. Lennard. Phenomenal betting figures which had distinguished the first two days racing were again the order of the day, and these are dealt with elsewhere in this issue. Winning Owners Kindergarten took his owner, Mr. E. N. Fitzgerald, of Gisborne, for a nice ride for £2450, and a gold cup valued at £100, thus placing him top in the winning owners' list, but the East Coast sportsman did not have much to spare from Mrs. E. M. Lennard, of Waihou, who ranked second, £2100, all earned by Lou Rosa. Mr. A. M. Rennie, Te Awamutu, was third, contributed by Indian Princess, second in the Queen's Plate and first In the Great Northern Derby, and Lord Chancellor Rewarded Mr. A. J. Court with £1050 for first in the Queen's Plate and first in the Nathans' Memorial. Successful Riders H. N. Wiggins was the most successful jockey with five winners, tTavancore, Subudar (2), Sweet Biscuit, and Kinstep, while A. E. Ellis (Olga's Pal, Lou Rosa, and' Kindergarten), M. Caddy (Lord Chancellor, Representative, and Powys), and', E. V. Dye (Beau Vaals, Volifox, Expanse),J tied for second place. A. Jenkins won on Lowry Bay and Arabic, and W. J. Broughton (present only on New Year's Day), on Lou Rosa and Clarice. Trainers' Honours F. Smith topped the winning trainers' list with four successes—Lord Chancellor (twice), Beau Vaals, and Representative —and R. S. Bagby was second, Subadar wfiining a double and Travancore one race. Credited with two winners each were A. Winder, Olga's Pal and Expanse; E. A. Keesing, Lou Rosa (2); and P. E. Pope, Sweet Biscuit and Tweedsmuir.

JOCKEY SUSPENDED Following an inquiry into the falling of Miss Jose in the Bowen Handicap at Ellerslie on Saturday, the judicial committee of the Auckland Racing Club suspended jockey H. N. Wiggins, rider of the winner, Kinstep, for two months. The committee considered that Wiggins crossed too quickly and caused interference to British Mint, Cherry's Ticket, Black Majesty and Miss Jose.