TROTTING NOTES

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24364, 16 September 1944, Page 6

TROTTING NOTES

Nominations Close Nominations for all events at the New Brighton Trotting Club's meeting, to be held at Addington on October 7 will close at 5 p.m. on Thursday next. —6 Bracketed The only bracket in the trotting events at Ashburton to-day will be Bonnie Dale and Max Denver in the Selma Handicap. Malden Pacers Ace of Diamonds, who will start in the Selma Trot at Ashburton to-day, is a four-year-old chestnut gelding by Gamble from Nessie and is trained at Methven by M. C. McTigue. Other maiden performers include Chalita, by Rey de Oro—Lady Bountiful, trained at Methven by P. A. Watson; Garforth, syrs, by Jack Potts— Logan Pointer mare (J. Grice); Jervis Bay, 6yis, by Rey de Oro—Mistral (L. A. Maidens); and Water Ranger, 4yrs. by Sandydale—Gentle Oro (P. G. O’Reilly). Pacers at Ashburton Good fields are engaged in the two light-harness events at the Ashburton County Racing Club’s meeting to-day. The Selma’ Trot Handicap is a two miles race for maiden pacers, and a field of 20 en Ihc big Ashburton track is not unwieldy. Two trotters In Believe Me and Tall Timber, on 36 yards and 48 yards respectively, are the back-mark-•qife: « gather filaog log uahop* i

NEWMARKET YEARLING SALES RECORD PRICES LONDON, September 14. A new war-time record price <* 12,500gns for a yearling was obtained at the Newmarket yearling sales for a colt by Hyperion from a Buchan mare. A nliy by Fairway from Correa realised 9300gns. Other good prices realised were 6700gn5 for a filly by Hyperion from Olein, SlOOgns for a filly by Bois Roussel from Bn* buche, SOOOgns for a colt by Fairway from Evpona, 3700gns for a colt by Mieuxce from Renate, 3300gns for a colt by Precipitation from Bouquet, 3000gn» for a colt by Khanbahdur from Mollflagon, SOOOgns for a colt by Legend. of Franca from Lone Pat, SOOOgns for a filly by Turkhan from Miss Dewar, SOOOgns for a fiUV by Fair Trial from Ivy Grey, 2800gh» for a filly by Bois Roussel from Gold Apple, and 2700gns for a colt by Fair Trial from Organdie. ■ His Majesty the King paid 4100gns for a bay filly by the Aga Khan’s Turkhan, from the French mare Terrerose, ' A total of 92,170gns was paid for .123 lots sold. The average price of 749gns for yearlings sold is a war-time record. The highest price on the first day wa§ 5800gns for a filly by Solario from Silver Fox 11. The Aga Khan, six of whose yearlings sold for 10,920gn5, paid 4600gns for a filly by Mieuxce from Dulcie 11. The racing correspondent of the "Daily Express” states that the filly for which SSOOgns was paid was the tiniest in tM, sale, standing 14.3 hands. Experts marvelled at the price. FINAL DAY OF SALE LONDON, September 15. At the second and final day of th* Newmarket yearling sales to-day, prices soared to an astonishing peak. The aggregate for the day was 251,400gn5. The total for both days was announced as 345.150gns for 311 lots, which makes an average of lllOgns. This approximates closel.v to the record return of 1928. The chief buyer to-day was the Aga Khan. His agent spent 38,400gns on four lots, the chief of which was a Sledmere Stud colt by Hyperion from Queen Christina, costing 12,500gn5. Bidding for this colt started at SOOOgns and developed into a duel between th* agents of the Aga Khan and the Gaekwar of Baroda.