TURF GOSSIP

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24769, 9 January 1946, Page 7

TURF GOSSIP

Geraldine Racing Club Nominations for the Geraldine Racing Clubs meeting on Saturday, January 26, wui close at 8 p.m. to-morrow (Thursday) with the secretary (Mr L. D. McKenzie). ’Phone 262, Geraldine. Stakes been increased for this meeting to

Wellington Cup The handicaps published yesterday for the Wellington Cup will be read with interest. As could only be expected, Kindergarten heads the list with maximum weight allowed, 9-9, and his naif-brother. Golden Souvenir, is next on toe list with 9-1. or 131 b more than he vict °ry in the New Zealand Cup ana 51b more when he was unluckily 5® a t®. n m the Auckland Cup. There is no ~? abl A ll ? 1 Gol den Souvenir has the best credentials of the remainder of the field xor a two-mile race, and with his generimpost, brought about by Kinder--a^en-s Inclusion in the field, it would be oimcuit to go past him. Longsword has come down gradually in the handicaps—he nad 9-6 in the New Zealand Cup—and his erwnce will no doubt be kept seriously in X Vnancial has come under notice Tn ® J. ast few weeks, and his recent ® nt 2* les him to his sudden rise in the „ Expanse won the Auckland Cup *u 7 " B, and now has 8-4. Irish Note is on Jie same mark, and no risk has been w 7 th h . im - He « also in the Tele.graph Handicap, and the shorter race may be selected for him. Royal Lancer is an interesting entrant with 8-1. He ran -econd to The Joker in 1943 with 9-3, but u.”;™ ™ to anything like that form can oardly be expected at this stage. Foxran second to Lambourn 12 months on2;u Carrying B_3 - and has been given “omer opportunity with 7-12. He showed x bis °l d form at Waikouaiti, and an ,- e ,lr ack at Trentham should be at dlng - he wiU he prominent. Miss y J eads well with 7-2. or 21b more when she ran third in the Aucktao j and 21b less than when she ran second m the Racing Club Handicap at wL 531116 “ceW- On the same mark is Front, which proved himself a l a f« s , three-year-old by his three h„? s , at wmgatui. He is a natural stayer, thil -°! s not mak e appeal in a task of ditiJ lature - There are several in the 7-0 ?toL SlOll i capab l e of making bold showings a two-mile journey, and the best of Tnn? 1 b ® Authentic, Catterick Bridge, -S. dlan Gold . Night Robe, and Silver Rod. ls ® very indication that the field hahi w a very strong one, and will proril,°!y b ® somewhat unwieldy, unless a umoer °f the lower division are missing on the day. The race is thus full of posinniTUes ’ and the early favourites may Goiden Souvenir, Financial, Miss Medley, and Longsword.

Steeplechaser Dead dea th has occurred in Wanganui of ’-janon Call, one of the best steeplecn?se I F s °* recen t years. bay gelding by Hunting Song from iqJn On TT Sain t. Clarion Call was foaled in and , He was bred hy Mr G. C. Glenn «» was a gift to Mr George Grace, in c.”? 3 ® colours he won two Grand National tho®Rtechases. the Homeby Steeplechase. pJL Wa nganui Steeplechase three times. Steeplechase twice, and several trliS 1 races under big weights. He was Morris throughout his career by L. G. A Creditable Placing I ®Jyccarton-trained Cipher was proment.from the early stages of the Two♦hZ r u° ld Handicap at Invercargill until urirt- 1716 turn, where he was carried out *„°® and he finished in last place. A the race was the performance Pal - a welding by Man’s Pal from ppfjf’ b y British Empire from Grand by Martian from Lady Lucy. He had f F Om 10 to 15 lengths at the start, but ul a J° m ®d the field at the home turn, hut out wide entering the straight on to fi,i second place, a ie ngth from Faithful Pal. B Producing yr>fl ainly because she was considered by o Z/ y men to have become barren, ® 01 Australasia’s most famous brood in Passbook, was sold some time ago v. J-oowoomba, Queensland, for £2O. She bpni Smce Coaled a brown colt to Malt and is in foal again to Marcondis, iho eing Queensland sires. Passbook is fUiri of Beaulivre, winner of a Caul-inaJ-bp and a Doomben Cup. The matPassbook with Malt Denis is intero- , g > the mare is now 18 years old, 10 years senior to Malt Denis.