TURF GOSSIP

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24445, 20 December 1944, Page 7

TURF GOSSIP

Rlccarton Gallops Yesterday’s work at Rlccarton was done on the outside of the course. It Tiad dried up after the rain, at the end of last weekand. provided good going, though it was still a trifle dead. With trainers on the move, north and south, there will be a daily shrinkage In the number of horses to gallop. Cup Candidates , There was an Interesting trial over a mile between the Dunedin Cup ■ candidates, Kevin and Palfrey. They reached the half mile In 52 2-ssec, and were then joined by Beau Cheval, which drew away to lead the other pair home. Palfrey, with a pull In the weights, made up ground in the final furlong, beating Kevin by a length. The time was Imln 44 2-ssec, a good gallop. Palfrey Is coming on nicely and he should benefit by each race. Foxhaven, though outpaced In the early part by Piccolo and Scarteen, overhauled them In the straight They completed seven furlongs In Imln 30sec, the last four taking 51 2-ssec. Justltia went by herself over a mile and a quarter, but she was not at top at any stage, the last, six furlongs being done In Imln 19 4-ssec, and the last four in 53 4-ssec. The Sprinters Burberry pleased In recording Imln 10 4-ssee for .six furlongs, while Lord Advocate, another candidate for the Publicans' Handicap, was let'oft with a light True way, a stablemate of Burberry, went very freely while getting through five furlongs in Imln 3 2-ssec, winding up with a smart half-mile In 50sec. Useful Hacks Double Cross, an Improving hack, was not asked for his best -.over a mile in Imln 48sec. His mate, Rout, outclassed Night Believer over six furlongs in Imln 18 4-ssec. , „ • Scottish Lad, going easily for the first three, shaped well over seven furlongs in Imln 31 3-ssec. This maiden looks a prospect for the West Coast. Another Coast candidate, Hamish, was too good for Chellow Dene after taking Imin 32sec. Good Work There was nothing to choose between John o’ London and Chicago over six furlongs In Imln 17 2-ssec. Rex Maitland was picked up at the half-mile post, but could not go with the other pair, which ran home in 50 4-ssec. Gamble's six furlongs took Imln 18sec. and he did the last four very easily in 51 4-ssec. Bill Gundl went freely while sprinting five furlongs in Imln 4 2-ssec, after the two-year-olds, Princess Anne and Nlghtstalk, had been well matched in similar time. Half-mile Tasks , ■ Simon Tor led the two-year-olds, Competitor and Belle Leone, over, half a mile in 50 2-ssec, but Belle Leone was not ridden out. Sir Tague and Here Hine covered the same' ground In 49sec, the best of the morning, and Rawhamal followed them In SOsec. Jumping . „ . Night Pal jumped four hurdles, the first two very well. . .. Paladeo showed great dash over the pony hurdles. An Old Complaint Dash o’ Dink was lame after his win at Otaki, but that is not a new trouble. If Is, in fact, quite a usual condition after a gallop, but it does not seem to have any permanent effect. Dash o’ Dink has been rehandicapped to 8-11, a rise of IOIp, for the Gillies Handicap at the Manawatu meeting. • Reducing Team ' „ . As some of his staff have been called up for service, the. Awapuni* trainer, G. W. New, is reducing his team. Langue d’Or has been transferred to C. J. Thomson’s stable. Kindergarten , ‘ Arrangements have been made for Kindergarten to do an exhibition gallop at the Waikouaiti meeting on New Year’s Day. Improvers , Hormuz Is booked for a trip to Auckland foi the QUeen’s Plate and the Derby, but Black . Simon, another Trentham three-year-old. will miss Ellerslie engagements to race at Manawatu. Change of Stables . . Benbecula, a four-year-old gelding by Siegfried, and considered one of the best young horses in Southland., has been transferred to F. W. Ellis’s stable at Invercargill. A Good.Record Salmagundi, which had to be destroyed in Southland this week after breaking a leg, has had New Zealand-bred stock racing for five seasons, during which thev have won 140 races and been placed 200*tlme3, earning £40,000 in slakes. Psalm Amiss . The Southland filly, Psalm, which on form ranks as the best two-year-old in the South Island, will not contest the Dunedin Champagne Stakes next Week, and she Is to be given a good spell. She was lame in front after she worked on Saturday morning, and it is thought she ricked herself. It is unfortunate that she has to miss her Wlngatui engagement, as she looked like adding this event to her winning record. Auckland Cup ... ... Te Hinemoa is now favourite for the Auckland Cup. as a result of her win in the Te Awamutu Cup last Saturday. She is not liable to rehandicap. and she will again be ridden by W. J. Broughton, who has the choice between Reorapa (at a few pounds overweight) and Kentish, in the Railway Handicap. „ Leaving To-day The three-year-old, Bridge Acre, and her two-year-old brother, Al-Sirat, are due to leave Trentham to-day on their, way to Auckland. Bridge Acre is rapidly recovering from the Infection which pre*. vented her from competing in the Oaks at Rlccarton. She will contest the Christmas Handicap on Boxing Day and the Great Northern Derby on New Year s Day. Al-Slrat has two engagements, the Foal Stakes and the Royal Stakes. Jockey Suspended At the Rangitlkei meeting early this month, the judicial committee cautioned C. A. Dowry, the rider of Golden Tide in the hurdle race, after an inquiry Into Interference. The stipdeniary steward, Mr B. N. Sandilands, appealed against this decision and the Wanganui District Committee upheld the appeal, suspending Dowry for a month for careless riding, causing interference. Te Hinemoa „ „ . The outstanding feature of the Walpa meeting on Saturday was the victory of Te Hinemoa In the Te Awamutu Cup. Confidently ridden by W. J Broughton, she smothered the opposition In a few strides In the straight and had a comfortable win. As a result of her stylish performance. Te Hinemoa may now become the outright favourite for the Auckland Cup. Getting Ready , . .. Last season Alethea had . three wins on end—the Robinson Handicap,, six furlongs, at the Foxton meeting. McKelvie Handicap, seven furlongs, at Rangitlkei; and the Woodville Jubilee Cup—before _ deadheating with’Good Scout for second in the Manawatu Cup. won by Don Quex. This year Alethea did not win till her fourth start, the McKelvie Handicap, and she contested the sprint Instead of the cup at Woodville. She failed, but her racing should have sharpened her up for the big event at Awapuni next Saturday. Australian Bred The name Bronya has been claimed for an Australian-bred two-year-old filly, which will arouse Interest at Ellerslie, where she has an engagement m the Nursery Handicap on Boxing Day. Her sire, Le Grand Due, which is by the English Derby winner, Blenheim, is a halfbrother to Bulandshar. Bronya is trained at Takanini for Mr J. G. Alexander the owner of My Bonnie, which failed badly in the Oaks at Rlccarton, after winning the Avondale. and Great Northern Guineas. British Bloodstock Overseas buyers are waiting to pay as much as a total of £500,000 for British bloodstock, as soon as war-time shipping restrictions aro eased, says the-. London “Daily Mail.” This fact has emerged from recent sales, which this year have totalled more than £1,000,000. The Newmarket sales in the first week of this month reached the record figure of more than £500,000, an average of £797. All over the world there is a keen demand for British bloodstock. Buyers from every neutral and Allied country either went to Newmarket or were represented by agents. The principal, overseas buyers came from South America, South Africa. Australia, and Ireland. The thoroughbreds they havn purchased will stay m England until transport is available to take them overseas. But for shipping restrictions, sales would, hay e be e n eyen higher. For example, a British bloodstock agency had commissions to buy for Chile 40 mares or -fillies and 10 stallions, but had to decline because ,of the shortage of shinning space. One reason why Brltfsh Woodstock will always retain its world supremacy is the particular quality bf the soli and the abundant pasture land of England. Again, despite heavy overseas sales, the most famous of all sires are still in the United Kingdom. At Newmarket. Lord Derby, qwner of the world famous horses Hyperion and Fairway. and Lord Rosebery, owner of Blue Peter, refused to accept astronomic figures offered for these great sires on behalf of would-be foreign buyers. ___