DUNDEE SANDY WON £17,345

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26713, 23 April 1952, Page 4

DUNDEE SANDY WON £17,345

VETERAN UNLIKELY TO RACE AGAIN The veteran Grattan Loyal gelding, Dundee Sandy, probably had his last race when he finished out of a place in the Easter Handicap at Addington ?? He is to be sent home to his Nightcaps owner, Mr B. Rushton. Dundee Sandy was one of the biggest stake-earners in open class, and he was also the oldest horse racing !? class. He carried his years * , y until the recent meeting at Addington, where Tie did not hold his condition as well as usual. Nevertheless, he raced well, and was an unlucky fourth in the Rattray Handicap at Addington on March 29. In that race, his stablemate. Maori Home, won from Johnny Globe and Burns Night. It was Maori Home’s first placing for about a year, but he was unlucky on more than one occasion. , P,undee Sandy has been trained at Addington by V. Alborn for most of his successes. During a career extending over almost nine seasons, he contested 114 races for 14 wins, 33 placings ana £17,345 in stakes. Dundee Sandy did not start racing unt*l he was a five-year-old, and in four starts he was twice first and placed at his Otner appearances. After two wins at Addington as a six-year-old, he was left with R. j. Humphries, but not long after the start of the next season he was transferred to V. Alborn’s team. He remained there until recently. As an eight-year-old, Dundee Sandy won five races, including three at the Dunedin Cup meeting and the J. H. Williams Handicap at Addington, ifl whicn he beat Countless and Knave of Diamonds. Although he did not win a race as a nine-year-old, he amassed £2lOO from seven placings. He finished fourth in the Grand Final at the inter-Dominion championships at Epsom, behind Emulous. Lovai Nurse, and Knave of Diamonds. He also finished third in the Dunedin Centennial Trotting Cup. He failed to win as a 10-year-old, but the next season he returned to form on the second day of the New Zealand Cup meeting, when he beat Checkmate and Lady Averil in the Ollivier Handicap. He was beaten by a neck by Captain Sandy in the Auckland Trotting Cup. On the third day of the Auckland meeting he beat Single Direct In the President’s Handicap. He was once placed in nine starts last season—a second behind Aqua Lady in a two mile heat at the championships. Although he was working as well as ever this season, he was set a difficult task in his races because of his long handicap mark. He is a 13-year-old gelding by Grattan Loyal from Cutty Sark, by Rey de Oro from the Bellfashion mare. Fashion Queen.

19'3 Championships .The 1953 inter-Dominion chamionships will be held in Perth on February 18, 21, 25. and 28, and the programme will be released at an early date. Advice to this effect has been received by the president of the New Zealand Trotting Conference (Mr A. L. Matson) from Mr J. P. Stratton, one of the administrators of trotting in Western Australia. Level Best

When the Josedale Grattan mare, Level Best, broke and almost fell at Addington recently, she suffered a cut above an eye, and she had to forgo her engagements at the Dunedin meeting last week. She was withdrawn for the second day of the meetings’ but it is likely that she will be on hand for the Canterbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting next month. Now at Templeton The Southland-bred gelding. Hallstand, which has not shown any form for some time, has joined J. B. Pringle’s team at Templeton. He is a nine-year-old gelding by Dillon Hall from Parasol, by Sungod. He is a half-brother to Brown Cloud. Hallstand has not won for about three years, and his recent efforts have not suggested an early return to form. Ashbtftton Prospect Radiant Diamond impressed when she won twice at the Greymouth Trotting Club’s meeting last week. The Radiant Walla mare looks to have more than average ability. She will not be without prospects .in the Allenton Trot Handicap at the Ashburton County Racing Club's meeting on Saturday. She is out of Blue Diamond. by Jack Potts from a Happy Vcvage mare. Useful Race

Fourth Brigade, which was having his first race for almost a year, looked on the big side when hfe was paraded for the Victory Handicap at Forbury Park last Saturday, and under the circumstances, his third wae a useful effort. The half-brother to Fantom, one of the finest trotters ever raced hi New Zealand, should be improved by the run and it will not surprise If he wins the Railway. Handicap at Forbury Park this week. Promising Trotter Enfilade, which until recently was raced as a pacer, has shown considerable promise as a trotter, and she 'ooks as though she will prove more than useful. She did well to finish third to Volo Petrex and Tambourine in the City Handicap at the Manawatu meeting last Saturday. It will not surprise if she does better in the Awapuni Handicap on the second day of the meeting. Enfilade, which is trained by J. K. Hughes for Mr W. Hosking. is a four-year-old mare by Light Brigade from Harvest Gleam 'the dam also of Red Sea), by Jack Potts from Solon Wrack, the dam of Man Power, Maalesh, Jan Marie. Lady French, and others. Deaths of Horses The deaths of three high-class trotters. Beverley Volo. Bomber, and Blue Horizon have been reported to the New Zealand Trotting Conference. Beverley Volo, a 10-year-old mare by Lusty Volo, struck form three seasons ago for the Belfast trainer, C. S. Donald, and she included the Telegraph Handicap at Addington among her successes She was raced by Messrs G. E. Thompson and A. H. Todd Bomber, winner of the 1943 Dominion Trotting Handicap, was a brother to two other useful trotters in Rerewaka and Mosquito. Blue Horizon is one of the greatest trotters ever produced :n Soutnland, and if he had remained sound there is no doubt he would have graduated to a much tighter mark for his Dunedin owner. Mr H. M. Allan, who paid a big price for him. Blue Horizon won against pacers in Southland. He had his last win in 1947, when he beat Casablanca and Mistydale in the Ashburton Trotting Cup.

CONTROL OF ADDINGTON COURSE A special meeting of members of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club was held last evening. The following motion was passed:— ‘■That this meeting approves the proposal for the taking over and control of the Addington course by a separate body representing the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club and the Canterbury Park Trotting Club, and authorises the committee to execute all documents considered necessary to carry the proposal into effect." Additional Manawatu Acceptors Lady Dictate (13) and Manu Parrish (16), both on scratch, are additional acceptors for the first division of the Feilding Handicap on the second day of the Manawatu Trotting Club’s meeting on Saturday—(P-A.)