TURF-TOPICS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 158, 22 September 1941, Page 8

TURF-TOPICS

FOUR DERBY WINNERS

£1,000,000 WORTH OF THOROUGH* BREDS EARNING MONEY FOR THE WAR The fourth Derby winner to be shipped from Britain in the last 12 months to earn foreign exchange foi the war effort brings to something like £1,000,000 the value of thoroughbred horses sent overseas- sincc war was declared. He is the famous thoroughbred Cameronian, who has won races to the value of £31,287, including the Derby and the Two Thousand Guineas, and has sired the winners of 77 races, valued at £52,000. Shipped to Buenos Aires, where he should breed great winners for his Argentine owner, he is the first Derby winner to be sold to that country since the last war. Three other Derby winners are included in the 1500 thoroughbred horses which have been exported from Britain since war broke out. The first was the Aga Khan's Bahrain unbeaten winner of the Derby, the Two Thousand Guineas and the St. Leger, and the first colt to achieve that distinction for nearly 40 years. He was purchased for £40,000 by a syndicate of four American breeders. His service fee Avill be 2500 ! dollars. Two months later, Mahmoud, another of the Aga Khan's breeding and creator of a new time record for the Derby, followed his stable companion to America where lie was Bold to Mr Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney for £20,000.

Thus, following the sale of Blenheim, Mahmoud's sire, four year.s ago, the Aga Khan's three Avinner-s Df the Derby haA'e iioav gone to American stud farms. Apart from Bah-

ram and Mahmoud, American breeders have taken such British horses «s Easton, Rhodes Scholar, Hunters Moon IV., Galatea II (the only Ante-

rican-oAvned and bred Avinner of the One Thousand Guineas and the Oaks) Hclioipolis, Hypnotist and his dam Flying Gal, Foxbrough 11, St. Andrew's 11, Chrysler, Kahuna, Nallushka and many others.

The fourth Derby Avinner shippc< abroad last year Avas Coronach, Avhicl Mrs Mlacdonald-Buchanan, avlio re-

tains the ownership, has "loaned" to thoroughbred breeding in New Zealand for the duration of the Avar. This horse, Avinner of the Turf's Blue Riband in 1926', has sired the winners oif oA r er £68,000 in Britain alone. His own Avinnings totalled £48,225. t

Thoroughbred racing stock has also been dispatched to Australia, South Africa, Malaya, Chile and Brazil. Prominent among the British thoroughbreds sent to Australia was Field Trial, who ran third to Bahrain in the Derby. With the export of R'oibn Goodfellow, second in

that year's race, last year was! the shipment of the" first three horses in the 1935 Derby.. Australia also bought Golden Sovereign, Le Grand Dus, Kinderscout, England's Glory end the two Hyperion colts Titan and Helios. New Zealand breeders have purchased Battle Song and Tweed II (a son of Hotweed and Straitlace).

Early this year a consignment of four yearlings (one by Field Trial) and six brood mares were sent to Canada, while India, which buys about four or five hundred horses a year from Britain, paid £7000 for Tant Mieux and £2000-£3OOO for several other horses. Breeders in South Africa received Blitz, Chesham, Nord Express and City of Flint. N.Z. CUP CANDIDATES Rakanui and Ilslay Downs, the first named successful at Awapuni and A.vondalc, and the latter at Wingatui, are the first New Zealand Cup candidates to win since the nominations Averc listed for the big event, A SURPRISE ENTRY One, of the surprise nominations in the New Zealand Cup list is that of the hurdler Wharemanea, who as yet is a maiden performer on the flat. ' Now ten years old the Lucullus gelding must have shown his trainer, W. McLean, something good in galloping capability. He was a contestant in the Swanson Handicap nt Avondale, but after running prominently in the early stages, failed to get "in the money."

NO PRELIMINARIES There will be no race preliminaries at the Spring Meeting of the Wellington Racing Club, and it is stated that the intervals between the events will now be shorter. RETURNING TO N.Z. An Auckland friend of Lj H. Clifford has received a communication from him to the effect that he will not take out a riding license in India lor the coming season, as he expects to return to the Dominion jn December next to resume riding in New Zealand. THE WINNING STAKES LIST Top of the New South Wales winning list for the past season is Mr R. W. McLean with £14,904, Mr -Ralph Stewart, of Wellington, owner of Beau Vite, was second with £11,260 while Mr G. Harnett, also of Wellington, OAvner of Beaulivre, occupied third place with £7060. OLD BILL TRAINING ON The Hawkc's Bay owned and Palmerston trained Old Bill, runner-up in the last Auckland Cup to Beau Vite, is training on splendidly in view of the season's important events. One point in his favour is that he will not have to meet any candidates of the calibre of Beau Vite for some months. A CAPABLE SPRINTER Rex Maitland's running at Avondale tended to show that it may riot be long before adding to his winning account. When fully ready he can gallop a very merry six furlongs. LIBERAL PRIZE MONEY The stakes for the Waikato Hack Cup to be run at Te Rapa in November will be increased from £350 to £500, so the best hacks from a very wide area will be competing.

PREMATURE BETTING

It is stated that a Dunedin sportsman got set in Sydney early in the month for £200 on Kindergarten for the Melbourne Cup, even before the publication of the weights. The withdrawal of the New Zealand champion probably left him lamenting the mishap that caused it. NO ABANDONMENT The South Canterbury Jockey Club jr'ias decided to drop the idea of abandoning a day's programme this year, and Avill again hold four days' racing during the season. THE N.Z. CUP The Auckland entrants for the New Zealand Gup are Sir Cameron, Night Pilot and Wharcmanca. Not at all a strong representation, unless the trio show a very great improvement upon present form. THE FIRING IRON

Sydney veterinary surgeons advocate the use of the firing iron to treat the ligament trouble sustained. by Kindergarten. If the owner deckles upon this, the champion will have to be spelled twelve months, and afterwards given a course of walking exercise for a further two months, for at least a c6uple of hours a day. A DERBY COLT ! It is considered in Hawke's Bay sporting circles that Mr T. H. Lmvry's Aqueduct will by November next be able to hold his own with the best Derby class in the Dominion . SUMMER MEETINGS The Buzzer's racing at the Marton meeting will serve to improve him for summer meetings. He is generally at his best in November, December and: January. BARRIER BEHAVIOUR Route March, a double winner at Avondale, is much better behaved nt the barrier than was the case as a two year old. This enables him to run his races right out, and as he is exceptionally speedy his future should be bright. ANOTHER KINCARDINE First Edition, who registered a third at the Avondale fixture, carried THlbs overweight. He is by Kincardine (sire of Kindergarten) from Sunn}' Sky, and is a prospect for hack events in the near future.