PALM BEARER

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25161, 17 April 1947, Page 4

PALM BEARER

RACING

FROM AN AUSTRALIAN FAMILY Palm Bearer was the only three-year-old in the field for the Great Autumn Handicap on Saturday and she beat her I older rivals in attractive style. The Great Autumn Handicap was first run in 1874, and three-year-olds have won 24 times. Merrie England has the weight-carrying record among them, as he had 9-1. while Kilboy had 8-10, Nightmarch 8-5, Tauramai 8-5, Welcome Jack 8-4, Bon Ton °’ 4 ’ boomerang 8-2, and Bruce 8-1. The hgntest weight ever carried by a winner of the race was 5-13, this being the burden of Lady Emma. She also won the Dunedin Cup twice; and she was the aam of Lord Rosslyn, another winner of the Dunedin Cup. - Palm Bearer was sold at the 1945 sales at Trentham for 600 guineas, her buyer being Mr John Porter, of Akaroa. She was placed in F. D. Jones’s stable at Riccarton. She made good progress, and after the death of Mr Porter, the filly was purchased by her present owner, Mr D McFarlane, of Christchurch. He decided* to leave her with Jones, and the filly has done all her racing under his management. Palm Bearer had some good two-year-old performances. She won at her first three starts, the Spring Nursery Handicap, and the Pioneer Handicap at Riccarton followed by the Dunedin Champagne Stakes, while she was third and then twice fourth in her other three starts at two years. This season she raced without success (though placed on several occasions) until last week. She was tried over different distances, but chiefly in sprints. The change in her form really dates from the Oamaru meeting last month. She was unplaced among the sprinters on the first day, after which she ran second at a mile and a quarter. Then came Riccarton last week She opened the meeting by finishing strongly in secfnHj?.the Sockburn Handicap, nine ♦u r^°2s s ’ .after which came her wins in the Dominion Handicap, one mile and a quarter, and the Great Autumn Handlcan. one mile and a half ci,. / has n °w, Kone into retirement, but established r "epufation as a good staying filly. Coronach, the sire of Palm Bearer, was the best of the three Derby winners k>s Hurry On. while he also won the St. Lefer and £48,225 In stakes. He is the only English Derby winner to come to Australia or New Zealand. He is the sire of winners in England and other ElSvn world of nearly £140,000. Hurry On has had other sons at the stud hL a( Sj W 4v. Zeal ? nd : Huntin « Song having whi?J: d r?i e winning sires’ list six times, wmie Defoes sons include Defaulter, a ners 18 S * re that iS leaving hosts of win-

dam ’ 5 0c 2, anut ’ was an Australian-bred mare bv The Nut from non ,a A?hin Si r r Bonita, by Meds™ L.r,T< A!bi re r. by Sn| cndor from the imported mare. See Swallow. The Nut is sire nt' Art n 1 ° Wn ’? Ncw Zcaland as the * marc that had a long list of foals, the oldest of them being Valadore. the dam of ’ Kindergara C mo??K Golden Souvenir. Cocoanut is st.m ot fami 'y that has had great stud success In Australia. Her dam daushte? F,m St M ,0 T| PP e canoe. whose F . Moon - was the dam of Don Moon, winner of 11 races, including tie Doncaster Handicap. Nauta’s dam n °£Se p dWs »,„ to Ne s o b m.Xe of th A o^ x XL J^™wTn e e S r *‘t »Z p mlle u welght-for-.ee event.lldeim?le e< »nrt thb G G s,ead G °'d Cup one XnXe lta a k U erSiee'’ hl,e W “ thb du^L M eXy Ca G7 a^ mr ;! b X m m V t ' ba ’D>mCm 1 . Cha 'PP a Sne StakS and DuSdm ner of thL h V ,ra ? rand i,au,tls Winc A New Zealand Cup. CocoaSuler wmt f ° a L 9' 1 , King - by chiat ♦h!* e wr “ Aus tralia. where lie won brnfh^r rt w Q ue ® n sland Cup, while his brother, Rulanut, also won in Australia the^TitJjSn^nn o w® 29 mlnion la t®r to win L.uoZx omi ?j Handicap. At the stud Rulanut sold a number of winners. Work of Jumpers Some jumpers gave interest to the work at Riccarton yesterday morning. a «ompanied Gay Fort over eight hurdles. Both horses went with fn5 at t d t Sh snd5 nd ,helr exh lbltion of jumping, fast and straight, caused mueh favourable comment. They will both race over hurdles at Washdyke. wenl ovef four hurdles by himnmv SaV ® ? b exceptionally good dis play for a novice. n Orses ’ ®, ach . going alone, shapea very well over the brush double. They Sd E J" tU f m ' Rout and Open Cast, three candidates fo; steeplechase honours later Nelson

J. A. Cox will leave to—day on his wav to Nelson He will take the‘two-year-oliZ «S P ,!?? b ?' a s Peedy Paper Slipper fillj, that is engaged in maiden events. In Work

has turned work witn Ol g a s Choice, after a spell of about six months. He has recovered from his lameness. and if he stands up io a preparation he should be seen to advantage among the hurdlers at Some of the winter meetings. Resting

Diameter, the winner of two races last week, is having a spfell, and will not du any more racing till next season. He is a Defoe three-year old and he has been given plenty time. Judged on his form last week, he may develop next season into a very good horse up to a mile and a quarter.

Valuable Stakes The Brisbane Amateur Turf Club will stage another £lO,OOO sprint at Doomben this year. It Will be known as the Doomben Ten Thousand, and it will be run on July 5 over seven furlongs, less 93 yards. The stake will equal the Melbourne Cup prize. Last year the club put on the first £lO.OOO sprint in Australia It was called the T. M. Ahern Memorial Handicap, and it was won by Bernborough. The Doomben Cup will be run on JUly 12, over 11 furlongs, less 22 yards, and it will be worth £5OOO, added to a £2OO cup. Ashburton Racing Club Nominations for both days of the autumn meeting close with the SeCretarv, Ashburton, To-day (Thursday), the T7th instant, at 8 p.m. Advt.