POPULAR WIN FOR REDCRAZE

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27990, 9 June 1956, Page 6

POPULAR WIN FOR REDCRAZE

Remarkable Reception For Owner 'From tha Austra'tttn Correspondent -The Press’ BRISBANE. May 6. j 2-Irs J. B. Bradley, of Feeding, and her horse. Redcraze. won the acclaim of Bris-" bane's racing crowds at the Queensland' Turf Club's winter carnival. Redcraze was the star of the team, to be sure, but Mrs Bradley is an aecom- ■ piished public speaker and she got one: of the most remarkable receptions from the huge Brisbane Cup day crowd ever i< accorded an owner. Mrs Bradley had \ just received the £3BO gold cup won; by Redcraze. in a great race for the Bris- : bane Cup. The club's chairman. Dr. John Power. v 'and the Governor of Queensland. Sir John : Laverack. had spoken. The crowd was unprepared for the confident approach to: the microphone by Mrs Bradley. Proudly, she said in a firm,, full voice: ■ "Thank you, your Excellency, Dr. Power, i stewards of the club, and you, you warm- f hearted people of Brisbane, for your congratulations. I feel this gold cup is a 1 fitting memorial that a horse bred by my; late husband should win this "Brisbane I Cup.”

Developed Colic Red craze got to the post for the cup by sneer good luck. After winning the O'Shea Stakes at weight for age on Saturday, Red craze developed a bad attack of spasmodic colic. The trainer. Tommv Smith, said afterwards he had formed the opinion on Saturday night that there was little chance of Redcraze keeping the engagement. But by Monday morning the horse seemed back to normal, and dose stable followers bet heavily on him Although it was only by a long neck that Redcraze beat the three-year-old Caranna. winner on the Saturday of the Queensland Turf Club St. the victor?- was siznaued nearly half a mile from nome.

Uratoubtedlv Smith has got Redcraze in a racing condition better than ever Certhe gelding is a different animat from that which contested the fast yetbourr* Cup.

Smith now will let Redcraze winter in Brisbane and bring him back to racins m the sprma. - < .. w^ t ’ for " a * e even « wUi «« him for! the .MeS.-x>urr.e Cup which Smith won iast year with the,New Zeatancer Toparoa. To Remain in Brisbane John Mitchell wiH remain in Brisbane' with _K:ng_s Fair and attempt the Doomben Ten Thousand. Once more King’s I Fair was unlucky in a major handicap.. mushing third in the Stradbroke Handicap to Knave and Teranvan. In the straight King's Fair for a time, and when he did get through : Knave and Teranyan. fighting head and' head, were too far in front of King’s Fair. to catch. . The column last week commented on the sudden Improvement in Knave, and | suggested that he was on the eve of returning to form comparable with the bril-: iianee he showed at two years. His owner. Tom Lowry, made a late : da-h by plane to’Brisbane to see Knave i win. Like the Bradley’s, he bred Knave.' and. as he put it, this added spice to the; win. Thus another big Australian double has! gone to New Zealand—it is so common! now as to be no longer news. Doomben Favourite El Khobar won a comparatively unim- ■ portant three-year-old handicap, runnine i the six furionrs in Imin 124 sec. which was close to the Eagle Farm record for the distance. Weights for the Doomben Ten Thousand ■ are due next week, and El Khobar will pay the penalty for the win. It is a pity the stable had not been a' tri!®e more patient. El Khobar was handicacped at 7-6 for' the Stradbroke compared with 8-7 for Knave, also a three-year-old. He had been here only three weeks. El Khobar had a run to see if he was fit for the i Stradbro’-e. and being found wanting he ■ was scratched. The win last Saturday merely shower the colt up to the handicapper as one iof the best sprinters seen for some ; time. EL Khobar will never get into a sprin* here with 7-6 again. In fact, he is favourite for the Doomben Ten Thousand.

DEATH OF MRC.W. FIELDING

SUCCESS WITH JUMPERS

Charles Walter Fielding, who died at Christchurch on Monday, was well known in racing circles, and was a prominent rider before he left to serve overseas with the Ist N-ZJEF. A brother to the Wingatui trainer, George Fielding. Mr Fielding was attached to the Riverton stable of J. Thistleton, the Washdyke stable of S. Trilford. the Orari stable of A. Keeper, and the Wingatui stable of C. Christie. before he left to ride in the North Island. He was a successful jockey on the flat, but it was with jumpers that he made his mark.. He won the Great Western Steeplechase on Kia Ora in 1914, and on Heatherlea two years later. - JOCKEY APPEALS ON SUSPENSION W. L. AITKEN’S PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE (New Zealand Press Association) WANGANUI. June 8The Awapuni horseman, W. L. Aitken, who was suspended till June 30 by the Wanganui Judicial Cbmmittee on Monday, has lodged an appeal, which will be heard by the Wanganui District Committee at Palmerston North on Tuesday. Aitken rode Anticipate, winner of the Farewell Handicap, and was charged with causing interference to Saunter a furlong from the post. ' The stewards reversed the judge’s placings, awarding the race to Saunter, 'with Anticipate second. BROADCASTS AT WHANGAREI INNOVATION FOR NEW SEASON (New Zealand Press Association) WHANGAREI. June 8. Future Whangarei racing and trotting meetings will be broadcast. This advice has been received from the Minister in charge of Broadcasting (Mr R. M. Algie? by Mr D. N. McKay, member of Parliament for Marsden In a letter to Mr McKay, the Minister ; says that he bas reviewed extension of the broadcastHig service, and has approved the broadcasting by Station IXN of all future racing and trotting meetings held on the Whangarei course, from the opening of the 1955-37 season. The new season opens ca August 1.