BOBRIKOFF

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21123, 26 March 1934, Page 15

BOBRIKOFF

| A GREAT RACEHORSE DEATH AFTER ACCIDENT i At the ureal age of SO years Bobrii koff. a champion of other days, met I with on accident on Mr T. H. Lowry's ! stud farm at Okawa, Hawke's Bay and had to be destroyed. BobrikofT was a black gelding by Finland from Gossip and was bred by Mr H. Friedlander at his Ashburton stud farm in 1904. Gossip was an Australiaii-brid mare bv Wallace (a son of Car bine) from Caroline by Carlyon-Tuber Rose bv Grand Flaneur and amongst her progeny were War Scare, War Talk, Blackguard, and Tete-a-tcte. BobrikofT was one ot the bargains secured at the sales of ICOj, when Mi 11. Friedlander's yearlings were sold and he went to the bid of Mr E. J. Watt, of Hawke's Jay, for 80 guineas. He was a well-grown colt, and was not started as a two-year-old, but at three Years he faced the barrier nine times, 'winning four races. Before he commenced racing he was transferred to Mr T. K. Lowry and did all his racing in that owner's colours. He had his first race in the Wanganui Maiden Hack Race, in which he finished second to Dusky Morn, but the following dav he won the Railway Handicap of live furlongs, and he followed this up by winning the Waipatu Hack Handicap and running third to Gold Crest and Elevation in the Hawke's Hay Guineas. He was thiru in the Railway Handicap and unplaced in the Newmarket Handicap at Auckland. He ran third in the Porangahau Handicap at Hawke's Bay, but won the Hawke's Bay Stakes, defeating amongst others Gold Crest. All Red, and Aborigine, while he finished up the season by winning the Cornwall Handicap of a mile and a quarter at the Auckland Winter meeling. In this race he carried 0-4. A High-Class Performer. : BubrikoiV opened his four-year-old I career by winning the Railway Handicap under I)-4, and after running uni placed in (he Stewards' Handicap at Riccarton ho gave a taste of his quality by winning the Jockey Club Handicap (if a mile under 9st defeating a lm; field that included All Rett, Sir Frisco, and Master Snult. Ho earritd li-11 to win the Stead Memor- ! ial Gold Cup in 2min 7sec, and with : !!-12 on his back he finished second ,' to All Red in the Auckland Cup and : won the Auckland Plate of a mile and a-half al the same meeting, de'fiating X'inmermai! and Master De- , lava!. lie carried il-I.'! when he I'mI Mud third to Diamond Star and Stylish in the Flying Handicap at j Napier Park and under it-11 he was Istconii to Provocation, il-1, in the North j Inland Challenge Stakes, while he was third to Sir Tristram and All Ked in the Autumn Handicap ri t Welilinglon. Carrying !(-'/ he was again 1 second to a brilliant performer in ; Provocation at the Munawatu meeting, but under 9-11 he won the Ponm'gahau Handicap at the Hawke's Bay meclim'. and was unplaced m the Burke Memorial. A Great Weight-Carrier Toe black gelding had now proved ; i,i e r !f m the forefront of New 7-ea-i land'-- •horouuhbreds. and though i when live years old he started only I five time-.' lie won lour races and \\.-:-.- once unplaced. At the Napier I'.nk spring uu'ctm", he carrit d 10-4. . and won tlic Railway Handicap of six , !-.ir!on:;s in Lain 1 1 and he wa unplaced m the New Zealand Cup. , v.on bv l.adv I.ucy. He proved htm- : bt-lf well up to weight-for-age cla.-s | when In' caiily won the Stead MemI orial of a mile and a-quarter in 2m;n | 7 l-.i-ee iAH Red being amongst the j unplaced ilivini-m and I'm- Auckland Pla'e of j, milf> and n-quarter he won in a ranter from All lied and First ; Wairiki. IIi« only other start that jva-'-i wa.. in the Summer Handicap lat the Wellmuton summer meotm:;. ] when burdened with 10-1. he beat ;i I si rote; field and ran the mile in Imin : :;:i l-asec. a great Ltallop at that tune. 1 At tin, Mage. BobnkoiT. si-, , \ears .-Id. who had been care-' ' fullv nursed dining the pn - ; vim -ea,on. carried colour- on'y , once. tin- being under 10-1 m th" : Farewell Handle.ip, m which he rait I unplaced. j In five performances- ;i> a si veil- | year-old Bobi'ikotf won the Final | j Handicap at the Hawke's Bay meet- i ing when carrying 10-4, and with j 10-i:i on Ins hack he won the Park j 'Stake. Handica-i of a mile and a-quar- ' -r. lb- li":'! stark d in th.- I. 'im:o,:< i ! Pk.te ai Auc'-.land. v/lmi \- i'mi.-h'd ( j second to Kquitas. and carrying !)-fi he i ■was third, a neck behind" the deadheaters. Miss Mischief and Maxwell, in the Auckland Racing Club Handicap of one and a-half miles, while at the same meeting he was second ! to C.imti ■ ■(•( it in Mi- Auckland Plat" '. Lard Sec ::• 'u. i:'Mue>: ..eaa.n's laein.;. ior lie ■.■... •ai'tet! la tinii". for ,si\ win- a::d three thirds His best perfnrm'iuco- ' were as follows: Dead-beat with Gnld--1 finder in Canterbury Jockey Club liaudican at niccar'ton Rnbrd.niT carried !i-l. and Goldlindei- T-Jl: v.on :l.e A.ucltland Cup under ;;.;;, v.on 'he I linglon Piate, k-K!; t.ine Itniu ■■ : 1-1 ec; won 'he Auckland Plate. :> 1; te.ird in the Wellington Cup to 1-1 r Solo ar.d Coronifon-i. carrvin.' .!»-!'; won the Napic I'aik Flying Handicap, 10-fi. This was the end of a remarkable career on the turf, and there arc few horses that have raced so honest! v and have been called on 1 o carry b'" weights so consistently. Although at one -tnge he was pracfieallv broken ''own. BobiiknfV came back and I ' ;'■!" '•.■! d himiell' a vi ry game ami were ' needy h.oi'se. During his term 'if ; racing he started -Hi times, winning 21 races, being placed second fi times, aim j he was third in eight of his Marts. '1 he LI guinea y, arhng yarn nearly •'■'"•»>" '. :ake money. Smce a,, ~,.,;,-,,,) ,-,.,,„. l!lp 1(1 ,. f I ! " '" d'-o.'l I: :fi been running on i|. ( . vHI-cra-s.d pi-tmcs of Okawa