NEARLY £20,000 IN STAKES

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26263, 7 November 1950, Page 6

NEARLY £20,000 IN STAKES

Beaumaris Cost £335 As Yearling OWNER’S JUDGMENT AT SALES

Now the winner of £19,568, Beaumaris, which won the time-honoured Canterbury Cup in a manner that thrilled patrons at Riccarton yesterday when the Canterbury Jockey Club held Its second day, cost his owner, Mr J. S. Shaw, £335 as a yearling.

"He is a rtal stayer, and the race was run, to suit him," said Mr Shaw after he had led Beaumaris out of the birdcage and sent him back to his stables at Riccarton. “The pace in the early and middle stages of the New Zealand Cup on Saturday did not suit him."

A romance of sale-ring luck la woven round the purchase of Beaumaris by Mr Shaw. When the Beau Hepaire—Mabel Rose colt, bred by Mr R. Comer, of Ruawai, was paraded in the ring at the Trentham sales in 1948, he did not attract much attention, although his dam, an unraced mare, wks a half-sister to Pensacola, a New Zealand Derby and Canterbury Cup winner which was raced by the late Miss Helen Sutherland, a sister of Mrs Shaw, in partnership with Mr Harry Edginton. of Invercargill. Pensacola, unfortunately, became unsound, and although sent to Southland to have softer tracks, he failed to regain his form.

But it was not alone the close relationship to Pensacola which made Mr Shaw bid for the Beau Repaire colt. Mr Shaw has probably been the biggest commissioned buyer of yearlings lor New Zealand and Australian owners at the sales. He knows thoroughbreds, and when he is asked to buy i;e studies conformation, type, and character, as well as family records.

The bidding for the colt was between Mr Shaw and Mr W. H. Dwyer, the Wanganui trainer, and the auctioneer knocked down the colt to Mr Dwyer for 300 guineas. “I thought it was my bid, but Mr Dwyer said 'No,'" said Mr Shaw yesterday. “I asked him if he wanted the colt for anybody, and again he said ’No.’ I offered him £2O on his bargain and he accepted. Beaumaris was bought by me in the sale ring and booked to my account by the auctioneers.”

Judge of Yearlings The judgment of Mr Shaw in buying yearlings has been unexcelled in New Zealand. He bought Defaulter for 170 guineas for Mr H. D. Greenwood and he won the New Zealand and Great Northern Derbies and a small fortune. Just before Defaulter began his great career Mr Shaw returned to the trotting sport, in which he had been a notable trainer and driver, as a stipendiary steward. On his return later to the racing game he bought Pensacola as a yearling for 250 guineas and the New Zealand Oaks winner, Salutation, for 220 guineas. That great stayer, Bruce, was bought for 170 guineas by Mr Shaw for Mr J. Scott Ramsay, who began his business career in Christchurch, and another great buy was Piccolo for 55 guineas, the horse later being sold for £l2OO, after which he won races. Mr Shaw also leased Idle Jest, which had an easy win in the New Zealand Oaks

With a big team in work, Mr Shaw is recognised throughout New Zealand as a master trainer and judge of horseflesh. His home and stables at Riccarton have been described as the bast-kept racing establishment in New’ Zealand, and the pleasure which he obtains in winning good races is shared by all in the racing sport who appreciate integrity, sportsmanship, Knowledge, and ability. The only regret Mr Shaw had yesterday was that some trophy was not given with the Canterbury Cup. a race in name only. He was doubtful whether Beaumaris would start in the Churchill Stakes next Saturday, but the classic distance horse is booked to race in the Foxbridge Stakes at the Cambridge meeting. A Distinguished Family The Lum’s win in the Apprentices' Handicap yesterday rounded off a distinguished list of successes for the Mosgiel owner-trainer, Mr D. P. Wilson. with progeny of the Tea Trav mare. Kerbside. All but ofte of her progeny have wen races at Riccarton. Prize Rin? won over the flat and hurdles. The Hob won the Stewards’ Handicap on Saturday and Hearth was also a flat winner at Riccarton. The only one of the family not to win at Riccarton. was True Mate, which, however. w.on at Motukarara. True Mate is the dam of Home Circle, which finished strongly over one mile and a half yesterday. Kerbside died when foaling.

The Lum is wcU named, the name meaning a chimney. Mr Wilson raced his granddam, Kerb, which was racing about the time Roseday, a fine stayer, was being trained for Mr Jack Richard-' son. in more recent years better known as a trotting owner. Mr Wilson, who conducted an hotel in Dunedin while training for some years. <s now living privately but he has 10 horses in training at his private track at Mosgiel Park. His greatest stake winher was Frances, by Bulandshar from Trivet, a daughter of Kerb, and another Trivet progeny, The Grate, won good races. Black Duke was a horse which won a big amount over a long period of racing for Mr Wilson, who has found Riccarton a happy hunting ground. Successful Racing The reversion to racing on Monday as the second day of its metronolitan meeting by the Canterbury Jockey Club was successful. The attendance was good for an off-day, although the falling-off from Cup Day attendance was most marked on the outside enclosure. The totalisator handled a total of £110.852 10s (including £B5ll 10« on the doubles), against £102.341 on the second day—a Saturday—last year, when the weather was showery. The last occasion on which racing was held on a Monday at the Cup meeting was in 1941, when £44.195 10s was invested. In the days gone by. the Derby was the feature race on the Monday, the Oaks being run on the Wednesday. The main attraction yesterday was the Canterbury Cup. and patrons were given a grand exhibition of pace and staying by Beaumaris in beating The Unicorn, which was given its name because of two small horns on its head. For several years now. the oldest weight-for-age race at Riccarton has provided racing spectacles and yesterday’s race had all the qualities which make classic racing distinctive. The sterling performance of Pierre in winning the Heathcote Handicap had the crowd cheering. Pierre is a South Island owned and trained horse. He was bred at Mount Wanaka Stud, his dam Ciareneeuse being by Clarenceux from Bon Bord. which was also the dam of Count Cavour, who became the record stake-winning handicapper when he was raced by the late Mr J. S. Barrett. Pierre has a liking for Riccarton. on which course he has won his best races.