RED JESTER FOR RICCARTON

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26560, 24 October 1951, Page 4

RED JESTER FOR RICCARTON

CANDIDATE FOR N.Z.

DERBY

Red Jester, the only runner capable j of challenging the champion Main* I brace in the straight in the Harcourt J Stakes at Trantham on Monday, will t be brought south to Riccarton for the 1 New Zealand Cup meeting next ‘ month. The main mission for this attractive Red Mars colt will be the * New Zealand Derby. j Red Jester’s finishing run on Mon- » day was menacing enough to make S Mainbrace’s jockey, G. F. Hughes “go * for the whip” near the furlong. After < that Mainbrace was in complete com- * mand of the position, but there was J great merit in Red Jester’s effort to finish only two lengths and a half ! behind him. The others could not , make Mainbrace gallop. The third ; horse. Garno, was about 10 lengths , behind him at the finish. On Saturday, Red Jester ran Noble t Prince to a long neck in the Welling- ( ton Guineas. ( , Noble Prince will probably also race I at the New Zealand Cuo meeting. * His meeting with Red Jester, as well : as several other good three-year-olds ? in the New Zealand Derby, will be an f attraction. c Noble Prince has been unbeaten in 9 his three starts this season. He is I expected to run out the Derby dis- j tance solidly. He showed great gameness to lead all the way and then s stall off a solid challenge from Red s Jester over the last furlong of the ( Wellington Guineas. Smart Sprinter Keith, a stablemafe of Mainbrace, was ; an unlucky second to Sports Post in the ( Awatea Handicap at Trentbam on Satur- j day, but he had better luck on Monday, When he decisively won the Nainai Han- i dtoao. Keith was not bustled early, but ranged un to the leaders on the turn and finished 1 with a solid run, beating Lord Milling by two lengths. Lord Milling had finished ’ third in the sprint on Saturday. 1 Keith is a four-year-old entire by Brer 1 Fox 'son of the champion sire Foxbridge). 1 His dam is Miss Eureka, which is by Surveyor from Desert Fire, by Diacquenod < from Cross Fire, by Camp Fire. Desperado’s Good Effort The Defaulter gelding. Desperado, a i three-year-old brother to Detract and . Travesty, outclassed the hack sprinters at Rangtora on Monday. He finished brilliantly after having five hones in front ; of him at the straight entrance. It was : the second success of his career, but his first this season. In some of his earlier races this season he was not easy to keep str .ght. but at Rangiora that fault was not apparent. ■ Desperado, like Travesty, is trained at Riccarton by K. J. Thomson for Mr H. < D. Greenwood. Trapeze, dam of Detract. Travesty, and 1 Desperado, was got by Ringmaster from I the imported Merry Miss, a daughter of < Son-in-Law. 1 Australian Sires J The imported stallion Midstream was the leading sire of winners in Australia J during last season, according to figures prepared by the Bloodhorse Breeders’ As- , sociation. Midstream was represented by ' 24 winners, which won 56 2 races rnd ' • £64,944 in stake money. St Magnus second on the list, was represented by 37 , winners of 81 races and two dead-heats i for first, and £44,196 in stakes. s Magpie, also imported, was the leading i sire of brood mares. 1 The honours among the sires of win- 1 ners were evenly distributed. This was ' mainly because Midstream stands in New South Wales: St. Magnus stands in Victoria; the third horse. Powerscourt. in South Australia: and the seventh horse ; on the list The Buzzard (imp.), in Queensland. Among the leading division. Dhoti (imp.), was the sire with the greatest number of individual winners, and the neatest number of races won. Dhoti sired 47 of the season’s winners, and between them thev won 97 races and dead-heated in three others. Judged on stake money, however, rhoti was only fifth on the list, with £34,447. Geld Nik Filly Sola A yearling sister to the top-priced Gold Nib—Cairness filly, bought by a Melbourne owner at the last National tales, has been sold at a high price to the CaM» fornian owner, Mr J. de B. Wrack, who | bought the brother to Shannon at the last ; Svfney sales.* i She is to race in New Zealand as a two j and three-year-old, and win then be sent ( to the united States, where she will < eventually join Grecian Gem. Beau Gem’s . three-yeer-oid sister, at Mr Wreck’s Santa Barbara stud. 1 The sale was arranged by the manager ( of the bloodstock department of Messrs j Wright, Stephenson. Wellington (Mr C. K. ; Cairnass is by Tiderace (an imported • ported Lora w<uex xrom iron* Tressady. Although she is unraced. she is related to many fine winners. She is a half-sister to Caithness, whWi wpn ths New Zealand Oaks and the C J.C Metropolitan Handicap, and a half-sister to two grand stayers. Tidal Wave and Yours Traly. TtS^ Wive A My Own. won eight races, including the Great Not them Oaks, CJ.C. Metropolitan Handicap, and the AU.C. Autumn Handicap. She was a sister i to ftaaaay (four wins), and a half-sister i to Runnymede (five wins), and Simba 1 (six wins). Simba gained fame as the ] horse which was alleged to have been i “rung tn” at Flemington. i The third dam. Tressida. won five races Bee. ancestress of Amounts, Garrio, Baw- 1 bee (A J.C. Breeden’ Mate), and Adrift < (Oakteigh Plate)L The*Luxton starting stalls were used , for the first time at Trentham at the ] J which are mobile, were used for the , starts of all races and proved satisfactory, : P®Tfra(roa£os*ljF U* UjNB Uin< OCsWWI | Several owners and trainers’were an- 1 thusiashc about the stalls. One leading < jockey was not quite as liberal in his t praise, but he said they were the beet be fetaSS 4 Mn7tWBI *> *» with in New ' particular interest was taken in Main- J brace’s behaviour before the start of the barrier strand and leaned up against the • padded piping which doses in each stall at the back, but opart from that he gave < no trouble, and jumped out welt r Mainbrace has Met much of the high- < spiritedness he showed at the barrier last t season. When he finished racing last season, a Luxton stall was erected out- ■ side his box, and he had to walk through it when he left the box. Pearce Handicap Success Golden Coronach had a track to his liking at Trentham on Monday, when he easily won the Pearce Handicap. The four-year-old son of Colais showed exceptional ability at the Wellington winter meeting. He had his first success in open company in the Heathcote Handicap on the second day of the Grand National meeting, when he beat a strong field over nine furlongs. Lord Azure and Statesman were the minor place getters., Golden Coronach was a good fifth in the Wainul Handicap on the first day at Trentham, when the track was easy. He did not race on the second day. but in the Pearce Handicap on Monday he handled the heavy track with much more th'e °J^u" lt favourite, appeared to have a second-to-none chance when he reached the front in the straight, but Golden Coronach swept pest him inside the last furlong, and beat him by two Beau, one of the leaders into the straight, was two lengths further back, Wingatui-trained Brutus did best of the South Island horses, and finished fourth, throe lengths behind Young Beau. Goldeiti Coronach will probably have fewer opportunities to race on heavy tracks during the next few months, but even on firmer going he should continue to do well. He was the second foal produced by Golden Mias, which la by Bulandshar from Mlnnikin by Grand Knight from Minsk, by Martian from Stephanie, by Stepniak. This is too family established by fitrenua, CM et Whose descendants was the good stayer, Gladynev.