RACING NOTES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 173, 14 June 1940, Page 8

RACING NOTES

I - - Brunhild for the Stud. , . - Brunhild has been purchased foi the stud by Mr F. Ormond, and hei first matg ,at,. Karamea \^ll. ably be Bulandshar. Brunhild won the New Zealand Oaks, but her subsequent race form was not of. classic standard. Half Sister to Catalogue. Tom-Tom, .the half sister., Jiy. Nig ger Minstrel, to Catalogue, was sent on a visit to a Hawkers -Bay.sms last spring, but, as sheT prbvpcl "n'af to be in foal, she may be returned to racing shortly. Now rising sixyears, Tom-Tom won \one race in two seasons. • •- •■■■***i■ Song Boy Stays Well. '■ J """■'■ *<, * * '*. .-''. i ir- '? "vvWhile he raced on the flat Song Boy was known as a sprinter only, but his winning performance in the Roslyn Steeples at Wingatui - cd tliat he can now stay, and also jump well. He Js a brother to Irish Birdcatcher, a useful galloper of recent j r ears in Otago and South-' land. Now in Training. The two year old filly,.. Softly, by Iliad from Quietly/'is riow among the regular workers -at' Ellerslic. where she is being ; trailed by W. J. Fergus. Softly is a robust type and has many of the characteristics ( of her dam. She has only recently come in from a good spell and it will be some time before sly is ready to gaJlop. Possibilities of Mirnax. • In appearance one -of the most improved horses at Ellerslie is the two year old Ijy Musketoon frona Elope. Since going into the,, care" of I. Tucker he has -matte good, progress, and, although he has not been, seriously tested yet, the way he is thriving suggests possibilities next season. Mimax is. a full brother to Mercury Bay, who has run some creditable races this season, and appears susceptible to improvement. Mishap to Melvanui. The hack hurdler Melvanui spread himself while contesting the Penrose Hurdles on the first day of the Auckland Racing Club's Winter Meeting, and was very lame afterward. Before the meeting lie was working well and it was unToH ilkate ■ for hjs . owner-trainer, R. .0 . Stenning, that he should have- in-, jured himself at a time when his prospccts of earning s-jnrj money ippearec! bright.