FINAL DAY AT ELLERSLIE

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27374, 12 June 1954, Page 4

FINAL DAY AT ELLERSLIE

OKLAHOMA SELECTED IN STEEPLES “The Press'’ Special Service AUCKLAND, June 11. The Auckland Racing Club’s winter meeting will be concluded at Ellerslie tomorrow, when the main attraction will be the Winter Steeplechase, run over three miles for £3OOO. The field includes some fast, clever jumpers and a fine contest should result. Oklahoma, Probator, Penryn, Silver Blue and The Bat are expected to dispute the finish. Oklahoma is reported to have trained on well since he won the Green Lane Steeplechase on the first day last week, and he pleased in a gallop yesterday. Oklahoma has 9st 91b, Probator 9st 101 b, and Penryn 9st 41b. Oklahoma has often looked the part of a top-class steeplechaser, and he strengthened the impresion when he won last Saturday. He jumped smoothly, and ran the race (two miles and a half) right out to the finish. The Te Rapa three-year-old, Tri-bunal,-should win again, and his chance may be in the first leg of the double, the Visitors’ Handicap. Tribunal has made steady improvement since he resumed racing last month after a spell. He has Bst 61b. Noble Hero, Smoke Box and Highland Sandy are in form, and they will probably be Tribunal’s strongest opponents. A limit field -of 26 is almost certain in the second leg of the double, the York Handicap, of £l5OO, one mile. Elixir, Lyndomar, Te Awa and Sweet Wren are candidates with good credentials. Argument, a beaten favourite in the Cornwall Handicap, one *mile and a quarter, last Saturday, regained favour by a trial gallop on Thursday. With Bst 51b and No. 4, he may be hard to beat. Conditions, were very drying yesterday, the wea’ther being fine and sunny. If the good spell continues, the ground will be soft, but not bad for winter. Orakei Hurdles: First Home and Kitchener. Campbell Hurdles: Cotswold and Commission. York Handicap: Peter Boy and Rareka; Command Performer and Prince of York; Persian Valley and Crover; Merrywa and Refreshing; Bronze Sailor and Bracken; Paul Jones and Valwatha; Admiral’s Lass and Sir Peter. First Fitzroy Handicap: Kintruh and Northland’s Prince; Segwun and Terence; Trench Maid and Westland. Second Fitzroy Handicap: Piper Tom and Sagacity; Time Lag and Triomphateur. Seledtions:— 11 a.m.—Tamaki Steeples: Best Man, Wotan’s Gold, Great Power. 11.45. p.m.—Orakei Hurdles: Richchase, Bhlkoo, Fair I£osa. 12.35 p.m.—Visitors’ Handicap:*Tribunal, Smoke Box, Noble Hero. 1.20 p.m.—Winter Steeplechase: Oklahoma, Probator, Penryn. 2.5 p.m.—Campbell Hurdles: The McDonough. Cotswold, Silver Archer. 2.55 p.m.—York Handicap: Elixir, Te Awa, Lyndomar,. 3.40 p.m.—First Fitzroy Handicap: Steel Grey, Merry Legs, Narvik. 4.35 p.m.—Second Fitzroy Handicap: Keneu. Stanlen, Bandera. The double races, with form backgrounds and available riders, are:— VISITORS’ HANDICAP, Of £lOOO. Six furlongs. st. lb.

TODAY’S SCRATCHINGS Scratchin s issued yesterday for today’s meetings were:— Auckland York Handicap: Archbishop, Bransdale. Hack Steeples: Oklahoma. Manawatu Stewards’ Handicap: Earl Beatty, Sanford, Pretty Gold. Suburban Hack Handicap: Full Rate Winter Cup: King’s Pal. Mainlander. Maiden Stakes: Lady Dida, Golden Tor, Maori Scholar, Subvene. June Handicap: Kalonzo, Vai’s Boy. Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase: waffbourn. Dunedin Electric Stakes: Sun Up, Curvacious. June Hurdles: Conrad. Queen Elizabeth Handicap: Dissenter. Aidworth Handicap: Homeward Bound. QUEEN’S TRAINER FINED £lOO INQUIRY AFTER HURST PARK RACE (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 11. Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, the Queen’s trainer, was fined £lOO by the stewards of the Jockey CJub today after an inquiry into the Winston Churchill Stakes at Hurst Park last Saturday, Royce Burrows, the jockey, was suspended until July 3. In the race two horses trained by Boyd-Rochfort (Premonition, 8-1 favourite, and Osborne, 25-1 outsider, ridden by Burfows) finished first and second in a photo-finish. The Jockey Club’s official nptice stated that the stewards inquired into the riding of Osborne by Burrows. They ruled that Boyd-Rochfort "had neglected his responsibilities as trainer in not giving Burrows concise orders,” and they informed Burrows that they did not accept his explanation that the horse was hanging. The trainer has one of the biggest teams of racehorses at Newmarket, comprising 53 horses, including 16 belonging

1100 Tamavua (1) I. Medcalfe 9 12 1242 Noble Hero (14) 8 12 3100 Fair Viola (4) D. F. Cameron 8 10 0041 Highland Sandy (17) J. P. Riordan 8 10 2010 lanthe (15) .. 8 7 0000 Commander (8) K. Cunningham 8 6 0000 Tribunal (3) N. B. Holland .. 8 6 0403 Smoke Box (10) W. R. Hooton 8 2 1100 Lord Nelson (11) .. 8 0140 Chief Wren (7) 8 0 000 Duchess Sal (12) B. Hillis .. 8 0 0000 Lord Admiral (2) R. A. Barron 8 0 1000 Master Crest (6) 8 0 0000 Nonpareil (5) 8 0 0000 Nushka (16) .. •8 0 0400 Operashah (9) D. J. Wyatt 8 0 1030 Uncle Sam (13) W. J. Mudford ■ .. 8 0 YORK HANDICAP, Of £1500. One mile. 0000 Te £wa (19) 8 tJ 6 2310 Argument (4) J. M. Cappie .. 8 *5 0012 Lyndomar (23) N. B. Holland 8 5 1001 Sir Nicholas (1) D. J. Wyatt 8 5 1000 Curzon (8) 8 1304 Elixir (2) 8 3 2133 Ruthless Sal (30) W. R. Hooton 8 3 3000 Great Peter (22) ... 8 2 0000 Way In (27) 8 2 0100 Sweet Wren (26) 7 13 1020 Emphatic (15) K. Cunningham 12 3010 Prince Hiwai (7) Y 11 0010 Complicity (31) 7 9 0404 Thomastown (14) R. A. Barron 8 0110 Nimvir (18) 7 6 3400 0020 Peter Boy (3) J. F. Grylls .. Command Performer (11) 7 6 5 4042 Rareka (10) J. A. Gibbs 5 0040 Persian Valley <5) Y 0000 Crover (21) B. Hillis 3 0003 Merrywa (13) 3 00 Refreshing (25) R. Jury 7 3 0000 Bronze Sailor (28) 7 2 3110 Paul Jones (20) 7 1 Balloted out, with the right of rein the following order:— 2000 Bracken (29) 7 0000 Valwatha (9) 7 0 0000 Sir Peter (24) 7 0 0000 Prince of York (12) 7 0 0000 Admiral’s Lass (19) M. R Bender .. ■ Y o Scratched: Archbishop.