Racing G.N. CHAMPAGNE STAKES

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28835, 4 March 1959, Page 6

Racing G.N. CHAMPAGNE STAKES

Promising Gayfair Not Nominated

(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND. March 3The eagerly awaited meeting oi Gayfair and Wakatere tn the Great Northern Champagne Stakes, at Ellerslie on March 28, Will - now not come off. as Gayfair, through an oversight, missed nomination for events at the . Auckland autumn meeting. , Meanwhile, Wakatere continues to thrive, in his training at Takanini and this morning he ran three furlongs effortlessly with his stablemate. Commodore Roberts, in 39see. It is probable now that Gayfair will have his next start in the Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes, at Awapuni. on March 21. Although he has been troubled recently with a skin disorder. Gayfair Is - evidently pretty well himself. because he moved well today with Goldmyth over half a mile in 49sec.

Sailor’s Guide Put Aside

Sailor's Guldk, victim of an Injury to a foreleg in December, is being rested for several months.

Members of a syndicate which bought him after his International victory at Laurel, hope to see him racing later in the year.

Siren For False Starts

A siren placed about a furlong past the starting point will in future be used for false starts in races at Riccarton.

The siren, which Is portable, was inspected at Riccarton yesterday by officials of the Canterbury Jockey Club and several jockeys. It will be tried under something like race-day conditions on March 12 when there will be barrier trials for two-year-olds and maidens.

OWNER

Registered Colours As Undergraduate

The oldest racehorse owner m the world, according to J. Falr-fax-Blakeborough, in the “Sporting Life" (London), is William Lorenzo Christie, who reached 100 years last December. “He gave up riding and hunting two or three years ago, but he still attends fixtures of the Bedale Hounds.” says the article. Mr Christie registered his racing colours while he was an undergraduate at Oxford, and in them he rode winners in six countries. Some of his victories were scored in western Canada, perhaps 75 years ago.