Te Maru Now Back In Work With A. Murdoch

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27407, 21 July 1954, Page 5

Te Maru Now Back In Work With A. Murdoch

TROTTING

Te Maru. an outstanding pacer in the 1951-52 season, when he gained five wins and two placings for £3642 10s m stakes, is back in steady work again, a s »j :une with the Yaldnurst trainer, A.. Murdoch. The Sandydale stallion has not yet been required to do any really serious work, but he has thrived 2 n light tasks allotted him. So far he has shown no sighs of the soreness which has prevented him being raced, to any great extent over the last two seasons.

Te Maru has not raced since last August, when, after two unsuccessful starts he had to be put aside, as he was showing signs of soreness. In the previous season, he had only four starts, and he was once placed. That was in the New Zealand Cup Trial at Hutt Park, when he finished third to Johnny Globe and Young Charles. He failed to reach a place in the New Zealand Cup, which was won by Mobile Globe.

• T , e , Maru ’s wins as a five-year-old included the Smithson Handicap at the New Zealand Cup meeting, in which he beat Laureldale and Mobile Globe. In October, 1951, he showed a glimpse of his real ability when he beat Young Charles and Blue Mist in the President’s Handicap at Forburv Park, and paced the two miles in 4min 14 2-ssec. On the same day, he beat Checkmate and Jndigo in the Farewell Handicap. Earlier in the season, he dead-heated with Young Charles in the Wildwood Handicap at Addington. A rising eight-year-old, Te Maru has never been extensively raced, and, if Murdoch can keep his sound, he should have little difficulty in paying his way next season. He is a good type of stal“P n ,by Sandydale from Daisy Scott, the dam also of Daisy Gold, Daisy Bar, and Sandy Scott. He is raced by his Timaru breeder, Mr A. Woods, who has raced the other progeny of Daisy Scott with fair success. Unraced Horses Murdoch is also training a number of unraced horses. They include Radiant Orient, a rising five-year-old mare by Radiant Walla from Orient Girl, a U. Scott mare which left a smart pacer in Dual Flight to Red u 1 o- -Orient Girl, which was bred by Sir John McKenzie, traces back to the imported mare Nulgeria i A l r i?A ng three-year-old colt by Highland Fling from Mabel Dane is owned in Auckland by Mr C. S. Over. Mabel Dane was by Bill BJ from Evelyn Locanda, the dam also of Lynnworthy and Lynn Rey, both of which showed useful form in the Auckland district about 15 years ago. Two other maiden pacers in Murdoch s team are a three-quarter-sister by Blaydon to Blazeworthy, and a rising three-year-old colt by Dillon Hall from Night Beam. The lastnamed youngster is showing considerable promise. He is a half-brother to a P acer in Hyperbole, with which Murdoch won a race this season. Spring Festival, a rising seven-year-old mare by Springfield Globe from Harvest Festival Qualified as a pacer last season, but sne has been converted to the trotting gait. She will probably be seen out as a trotter early in the new season. rising four-year-old mare by Red £ light from Rosie Mac is a half-sister to a fair performer in Warren Grattan, lhe team is completed by a rising six-year-old mare by Grattan Loval from Gypsy Lee. _ spring, Murdoch will have the Red Shadow stallion. Red Flight, standing at his property. Red Flight has had very limited opportunities at the stud, and ms best performer has been Dual Fh g nt which is now in Australia. Queen s Flight and Happy Landings nave been other winners from a very small number of his progeny to race. r.i- the mares booked to Red *“ g ™ J» or n^F t season are Gold Device 'Gold Bar—Gay Lady) and Ulva (Silk Thread—Sympathy). Ulva is the dam of Elmdale and Sandy’s Selection. Half-Sister to Rupee Among the entries for the 1955 New Zealand Sapling Stakes is a filly by Fourth Brigade from Canister. Owned by the Tmwald trainer, J. Grice, she 1S lajnalf-sister to. the champion Rupee -Othergentries include a.half-sister to Sierra Madre and Santa- Amada; a gelding by Light Brigade from a brilliant trotting mare. Acclamation; a colt ? y J? gl 3t Bri S a de from a grand mare, In The Mood; a filly by Sandydale from

Rustic Maid (the dam of Chamfer); a colt by U. Scott from Gallant Maid (the dam of Crimea); a filly by U. Scott from Lightning Lady (the dam of Dresden Lady and Chandelier); a filly by U. Scott from Margaret Hall (the dam of Rowan Star); a filly by Light Brigade from Bel Hamed (the dam of Amen Ra); a filly by Fallacy from Protege (the dam of Brava); and a colt by Light Brigade from -Loyal Nurse (the dam of Light Nurse). J. C. Purdue’s Team J. C. Purdue, of Invercargill, is work-, ing a large number of young horses at present, and he has also recommissioned the trotter Recovery, a winner during the current season. Recovery is a six-year-old gelding *by Indianapolis. He may show useful form next season. A rising three-year-old by Highland Fling from Salamis is an outsized gelding. He is a half-brother to two smart mares, Lassococ and Sally Walla. A rising two-year-old filly by the Light Brigade horse Red Emperor from Barley Almond is a half-sister to a useful winner, Bronze Indian. A rising three-year-old half-sister by Swordsman to Recovery is also showing promise. A rising three-year-old- Josedale Grattan filly is the first of the progeny of Sierra Sue to race. Sierra Sue is a sister to Girl Black and a half-sister to Raven and Moko Boy. The Sierra Sue filly is owned by Mr H. Nichol, who has a three-year-old Dillon Hall filly being gaited by Purdue. The Dillon Hall filly will not be able to race in New Zealand as her dam, a Sandydale mare from Moko Child (the dam of Girl Black and Sierra Sue), was not registered.