TROTTING Addington Stakes Up By £l200 Next Month

Press, Volume C, Issue 29554, 1 July 1961, Page 4

TROTTING Addington Stakes Up By £l200 Next Month

Stakes for the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s national meeting at Addington on August 18 and 26 have been increased by £l2OO to £14,600. This was announced last evening by the president of the club (Mr J. K. Davidson). The club hoped to make further stake increases during the season but it was intended that trotters and slow-class horses would benefit more than those in "so-called feature races," he said.

The club was operating to a schedule of stakes paid during the 1959-60 season and any increases would be made on a percentage basis of the schedule, with stakes built up to the nearest £5O. said Mr Davidson, Any alterations in stakes would be made after taking the class and distance of the races concerned into consideration. The Christchurch Handicap, the main race for trotters on the first day of the meeting, will be run over 10 furlongs

under invitation conditions this year. The limit for the race will be 2inin 51sec. but horses assessed at 2min 52sec may start. The stake this year will be £950. compared with £BOO last year when the limit was looser.

The Winter Handicap, which will also be run under invitation conditions, will carry a stake of £llOO on the second day of the meeting This race will be run over 13 furlongs, with a limit of 3min 43sec. but horses on 3min 44sec may start. Last year the race had a limit of 3min 44sec and the stake was only £B5O.

Stakes for trotters were increased considerably for the last New Zealand Cup meeting and it is unlikely there will be any substantial changes made when the cup programme is framed for next November. The stakes

paid for the national meeting for fast-class trotters are about the same as were paid at the last cup meeting The Louisson Handicap will again be the feature race for pacers on the first day of the meeting. The limit for the race is unchanged at 3min 35sec for 13' furlongs, but the stake has been increased from £l2OO to £l3OO.

The National Handicap, the main race for pacers on the second day of the meeting I last year, carried a stake of (£l4OO. This has been increased Ito £l5OO but the limit is unj changed at 4min 26sec for ; two miles. I The slow - class trotters’ i races will each have a limit ’ of 3min 49sec for 13 furlongs. I the same as last year. The | stakes have been increased Iby £5O to £550 The sprint races each day have had their stakes increased by £5O to £950 and the limits each day remain at 2m in 45sec for 10 furlongs. Most limits for other races have, not been changed but most stakes have been increased by about £5O a race. One exception is the Canterbury Challenge Stakes, a race for three and four-year-i olds, run over 10 furlongs The stake for this race is unchanged at £BOO. Drove Programme The Sydney trainer. L.; Hartley, who is spending the; winter in Queensland, re-1 cently drove the programme! at a Redcltffe (Queensland! meeting Hartley's winners were Jewel Dillon (twice). Pine Scott. Lola Cole and Jeffrey Belmont. Guest Speaker The Templeton trainer, C. C Devine, who returned on Wednesday after campaigning False Step in the United ' Spates, will give a talk on his visit at the annual meeting of the New Brighton Trotting Club next Thursday

' The club will show its new . film, "Punters’ Paradise." latter the meeting. Top Sires Noble Scott (U ScottWidow Volo) and Highland Fling (U. Scott-Queen Ayesha) were the leading sires at Harold Park during the present season Noble Scott’s progeny gained 18 wins and earned £14.945 in stakes. Highland Flong’s progeny gained 17 wins and earned £12.445 Wirrason. the sire of Apmat. was third with five wins and £9985. followed by U Scott with 12 wins and £6755. James Scott was the leading stake-earner for the season. with £10,680. followed by Apmat with £8725. Lew s Hope with £6285. Sparkling Pearl with £4910. Don Ngaree with £4465. Amazing Vale with £4430. Battle Hing with £4lBO. Heroic Action with £3790, and Colohel Scott with £3605 Don Ngaree. Battle Fling and Colonel Scot.t were bred in New Zealand. J. C. Caffyn headed both the trainers’ and drivers' lists He had 28 driving successes. three more than were credited to P. J Hall. M. Adams. H. R Alley and L. C Chant shared third place with 14 wins.

Caffyn had 24 training successes' Hall again being in second place three wins behind. M. Adams was third with 15 and H. R Alley and L C. Chant had 13 each.