ELLERSLIE TRIP ABANDONED

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27201, 19 November 1953, Page 4

ELLERSLIE TRIP ABANDONED

BREAKDOWN BY ASSEMBLY

OVERBOARD TO RUN IN DUNEDIN CUP

A trip to Ellerslie for the Royal ' Auckland Cup meeting was planned . for Overboard and Assembly, but |: these arrangements were abandoned• * when Assembly broke down after ■ winning the Dwell Handicap on the ? i second day of the New Zealand Cup meeting last week. 1 Overboard will now do his holiday . racing at Wingatui, where the Dun- s edin Cup will be one of his main a missions. Later he will race at the Royal meeting at Trentham. : Overboard finished hack racing by ’ winning the Otaio Plate at Riccarton • J last Saturday. His form has not been ; solid, but he should develop into one ■' of the best young stayers at Riccarton.: He is not a boy’s horse and some difficulty may be found in getting a I suitable’ light-weight horseman fori 1 him in the Dunedin Cup. But if he can be ridden to the best advantage i he will be a light-weight prospect. < Assembly’s breakdown was bad luck for Mr J. B. Douglas-Clifford and his trainer, A. Cults. but it may not bei serious enough to keep him out of; racing for the rest of the season. This Royal Commission gelding was a cred- ’ itable third behind Privy Council and . Hush Money in the Welcome Stakes i and was not seriously tested to win | the Dwell Handicap. This was his | second win in three starts. J. S. Shaw will take Vaiescure and Kingship north for the Auckland Cup S i meeting. Vaiescure ran two very good races av Riccarton. finishing fourth in the New : Zealand Cup and third in the Metropolitan | Handicap- After his hard race in the cup • he did not show much cash in the Canterbury Cup on the second day of the meeting. but he recovered quickly to follow Hutton and Ketledrum home in the Metropolitan. Kingship attempted to lead all the way in the-Members' Handicap, seven furlongs, last Saturday, but weakened slightly to finish close up sixth. He has great speed, which he shows to the best advantage on firm tracks, and he should pay his way on the northern trip. Gold Scheme was not nominated for the Roval Auckland Cup, and his next big mission will be the Royal Wellington Cup at Trentham in January. The reverse going at Ellerslie was not expected to suit the New Zealand Cup winner. Gold Trend, a two-year-old half-brother to Gold Scheme and Personality’, had the first race of his career in the Pioneer Handicap at Riccarton last Saturday. Gold Trend’s placid behaviour m the birdcage and at the barrier marked mm out for attention. He finished eighth. Gold Trend is by Gold Nib. He resembles Personality more than Gold Scheme.

NOMINATIONS

GREYMOUTH CLUB Nominations for the first day’ of the - Greymouth Jockey Club's spring meeting’ on November 23 are: — NOVICE STAKES, of £120: five furlongs and a half.—Rohan June, Hurry Up. Seascrape, Brave Warrior. Cortez, Lamaja, Miss Metric, Mr Pip. Yorick. Silver Sandal. Gold Deal, b g Kairee—Periwinkle, Air Comfort. The Way. Goldwatha. Eastward Ho. Blonde Peak, Aglow, b g Treasure Hunt—Periwinkle, Teresa Gamba, Swift Passage, Judo. Jolly Miller, Claredawn, Tireless. London Lights. Airspin. Royal WarrantSTEWARDS’ HACK HANDICAP, of £150; one mile.—Miss Sunshine, Go.d Stage, Scrum. Winning Gold. Fortemint, Lights On, Farleigh, Freddy, Demand,; Elsie Mary, Ideal Robe, Blonde Peak. ■ Double Paper, Peter Bruce. Gamblers; Gold. My Friend, Swift Passage. Judo. Devastator. Owlsway. ■ MAWHERA HANDICAP TROT, of, £150; 3mm 17sec class; one mile ana three furlongs.—Blacksmith, Captain Cash. Charlotte Belie, Dusky’ Diamond. Erin McCov, Gold Blaze. Gremlin. Heritage. Kerryman. Kingsdown Grattan. May’s Surprise. Notary. Paladin. Queen Jess. Rolling Stone. Sandy Rey. Sedate. Stylish Grattan. Vanola HANNAN MEMORIAL HANDICAP, oi £300; one mile.—Roving Robin, Marut. Gold Stage. Misty Range. Roanne, Robbie. Convair. Prim Lady, Entrancing. Modem Times, Escalado, Embargo, Shamus. Localisten. Dashing, Whitecombe Jack, Quarry. Turbulent. . FLYING HACK HANDICAP, of £lo0; six furlongs and a half.—Jesse James. Algaro Winning Gold. Harmony Gay, Eastern Friend. Blue Bird, Atlantic Queen. Teal. Okaruru. Convair, Tara wingee. Super Maru, Silver Sandal, Ideal Rooe, Accountant, Goldwatha, Miss Meteor, Roval Scroll. Our Treasure. Teresa Gamba. Mv Friend. Swift Passage, Judo. Little Gem. Easv Wav, Master Penfold. Mildeur. METROPOLITAN HACK HANDICAP, of £175; one mile and a quarter. —Gold Stage, Lights On, Wise Belie. Sovereign Salute. Elsie Mary. Prim Lady. Kandahar, Gambler’s Gold. Weewyn, Devastator, Owlsway, Kind Wish, Royal Invader. KAIATA HANDICAP TROT, of £150; 3min 17sec class; one mile and three furlongs- Captain Cash, Charlotte Duskv Diamond. Erin McCoy, Gold Blaze. Gremlin, Heritage, Kerryman. Kingsdown Grattan, May’s Surprise, Notary, Paladin. Queen Jess. Rolling Stone, Sandy Rey. Sedate, Stylish Grattan, Van°OTIRA HACK HANDICAP, of £150; seven furlongs.—Miss Sunshine, Canyon Maid. Scrum, Winning Gold. Eastern Friend, Teal. Goneaway. Miss Metric. Demand, Double Paper, Tarawingee. Super Mam, b g Kairee—Periwinkle. Accountant, Kandahar, Peter Bruce. Adowa, Super Duper, My Friend, Swift Passage. Judo. Jolly Miller, Claredawn, Blue Star, Tireless, Incredible, Mildeur. •

RETIREMENT OF MR A. B. WILLIAMS Mr A. B. Williams, of Gisborne, who has owned many outstanding horses over many years, has retired from racing. He has given his Grand National winner. Bandmaster, to Mrs Duncan Holden, of Onga Onga. on the condition that he is not raced, and Montanic. a brother to Bandmaster, has been leased to Mr J. H. Jefferd. who prepared those horses to carry the Williams colours. The best horse raced by Mr Williams was Ranine, which won the Auckland and Wellington Cups and weight-for-age races in New Zealand and Australia. Rapine was a great stayer, a superior horse to Star Stranger, which also won a Wellington Cup tor Williams. Cylinder won the New Zealand Derby, the" Riccarton Handicap, and the G. G. Stead Gold Cup at Riccarton for Mr Williams 23 years ago. masterly riding by Hector Gray contributing to his defeat of Nightmafch in the Stead Cup.