LOCHWOOD BACK

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30369, 19 February 1964, Page 4

LOCHWOOD BACK

Preparation For Winter

"The Press” Special Service AUCKLAND, Feb. 18.

The 12-year-old steeplechaser, Lochwood, continues to bear up well in his preparation for another winter campaign. Plans are for him to resume racing at the Waiuku non-totalisator meeting on Saturday.

Lochwood has not started since he won at Waiuku a year ago. He went amiss when well on in his preparation for the big steeplechasing events of last winter. In the winter of 1961-62 he took a notable cross-country double in the Wellington and Riddiford Steeples at Trentham.

Lochwood is one of a fair sized jumping team which B. L. Hillis is preparing at Takanini. Young Ray. which returned just recently from a spell, Big Talk and Emsie are others.

When a six-year-old during the 1961-62 season, Big Talk showed great promise with four firsts in seven attempts. It was just after he won the G. W. Vercoe Steeplechase at Te Rapa in May of 1962 that he broke down. Big Talk has not started in the meantime. Having been allowed plenty of time to recover from his injury he seems a good chance to come back to form. The last time Emsie raced he finished fourth over a mile at Avondale on August 31. The time before he won the Harris Hurdles at the Pakuranga Hunt races. Young Ray, a seven-year-old gelding, joined Hillis’s stable in the early spring but he had to be put aside after a couple of starts when he developed a leg weakness. After being blistered he has returned to training in excellent order. At his best, Young Ray was a useful sprinter in wet ground. Before the tracks hardened he showed considerable promise in his training as a jumper.

Boundless At Takanini

"The Press" Special Service AUCKLAND, Feb. 18.

The well performed Riccarton three-year-old, Boundless, is being quartered at Takanini until it is time for him to go south for the New Zealand St. Leger on March 14. He is in the care of his trainer, J. R. Shaw.

Boundless ran unsuccessfully in the Royal Waikato Cup last Saturday. Before returning to Trentham, where he won the Gloaming Stakes last month, he will contest the Franklin Cup, a middle distance, at Pukekohe on February 29.

Darby Munro Loses Leg

(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY, Feb. 18.

The famous former jockey, Darby Munro, had one of his legs amputated in the Waverley War Memorial Hospital, Sydney, Last night. Doctors at the hospital said today Munro's condition was “satisfactory ... as well as can be expected.” Munro, who gave up riding horses to become a traner, about six years ago, is a diabetic. Complications in the circulatory system developed recently and, in spite of extensive medical efforts, amputation of his leg became inevitable.

Trophy Given For Westport Event

(From Our Own Reporter) WESTPORT, Feb. 18.

A trophy has been given by Mr C. W. Neville, the former Greymoutti sportsman, to the Westport Jockey Club for its race meeting on May 9 and 11. He will also forward a photograph of his champion, Dalray, to be hung in the president’s room. , \