TO BE RACED

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 104, 26 January 1933, Page 13

TO BE RACED

Brother of Phar Lap

OWNER’S INTENTIONS

Cording Autumn Campaign

(By

"Carbine.”)

Phar Lap's yearling brother, the Night Baid —Entreaty colt, who was one of the unsold lots offered at auction at Trentham last week; is to be raced by Mr. Fred Armstrong, of Christchurch, who sent him up for sale. As no one would start the yearling at 500 guineas, the auctioneer said it was a waste <>£ time to go lower, and passed him Operation on Gold Mag. t Gold Mag, who won three races in Sydney spring, was to.be operated on at Hastings last week for his wind affliction, according to Mr. J. Hennah, his former owner, Gold Mag suffered from respiratory trouble when racing in Sydney, but for all that he proved to be a galloper above the ordinary. Joins Awapuni Stable. Mrs. A. W. McDonald, of Awapuni, will train the Pfiper Money Quadrilateral filly which Mr. J. S. Brunton, of Sydney, purchased at the national yearling sales. The filly was knocked down to Mr. Brunton for 110 guineas. For Sydney Races. The Wellington Racing Club has received the following entries for events to be run in Sydney during the autumn: — Sydney Cup.—Concentrate, Jaloux, Gold Trail, Antique, Princess Argosy, Volga Boatman, Inflation, Chock Say, Great Stag, First Acre, Tigerism, Speedmint. „ ~ Doncaster Handicap.—Azalea, Uoiti Trail, Miladi, Princess Argosy, Volga Boatman, Foreign Queen, Autopay, Inflation, Great Star. Warwick Farm Autumn Cup.—Concentrate, Gold Trail, Princess Argosy, Autopay, Inflation, Great Star, First Acre, Volga Boatman. Liverpool Handicap.—Volga Boatman, Autopay, Inflation. Important Aspect. Seatown was looked upon as a light of the past when he was offered for sale at Trentham last week. He was passed in because he was not wanted even at a nominal price. The day before the sale he hud made a poor showing in the Wellington Cup. The course was firm then. On the concluding day of the meeting he astonished everyone by winning after getting left several lengths at the start. The factor which gave him success was his bull-dog finishing run, but success would not have come to the old fellow had heavy rain not softened the course for him. There may be another race or two in Seatown yet —perhaps during the winter —but the most important aspect of his victory is the unpleasant light in which it reveals the other handicap horses. The handicap horses racing at the Wellington meeting were not high class, and the victory of Seatown was one of the happenings which emphasised the fact. Will He Go? Concentrate has been entered for ,the Sydney Cup, and the Warwick Farm Cup, to be run in Sydney in the Autumn, but after his poor showings at the Wellington meeting it is unlikely the trip will be undertaken with him. Concentrate’s form at Riccarton in the spring was very encouraging, his form at Ellerslie in the summer wtis fair, but that at Trentham was very poor and very disappointing. He will, need to make a tremendous improvement to win a race in Sydney. In Hospital. Mr. G. M. Currie, of Kai Iwi, is in a private hospital in Wellington, suffering from a face injury caused by a prick from a thorn. He is reported to be making good progress. Mr. Currie was unable to attend the Wellington races, but was present for a few hours at the yearling sales. Sure to Improve. ’ ’ Shining Gold is a South Island hack which made a good impression when racing at Trentham. Shining Gold is a four-year-old colt by Arausio from Gold Light, one of the best mares of the recent past. Though he appeared to be slightly unready, he ran good races at Trentham and should be a good proposition during the autumn.

Dollar Prince. B. Burgess has had Dollar Prince geldcd« The two-year-old injured a hock recently, and it was decided to have the operation performed while he was on the easy list. To a Correspondent. “Doubtful," Prihiatua: (1) £l/10/0 and £l/3/0; (2) £4/7/6 and £l/17/6. Owners Object. Queensland owners and trainers have lodged an objection against committeemen conversing with jockeys after the riders have weighed out for a race. This was one of the matters brought forward recently by a deputation to the new board of Queensland Turf Club stewards. Paganelli Sprints. I’aghnelli, who was a. winner during the holidays and is to race at the Takapuna meeting, has been sprinting well at Te Kapa. One of his efforts was half a mile on the plough in 49sec., the last three in 35 sec. Lady Greyspear Colt. The two-year-old colt by Night Raid — Lady Greyspear, who was paraded at Trentham along with the yearlings which were offered for sale, has been taken in hand by 11. S. Bagby at Takanini. Mr. J. L. Webb is the celt’s owner. Finished Racing. My Own has performed very badly since resuming racing. She was sent home after her failure in the Wellington Cup, and a Hastings report is that she will be sent to the stud. Taranaki Stakes. There is every prospect of a really good field contesting the Taranaki Stakes on February 11, according to information from New Plymouth. Present indications point to at least six or seven going to the post, and if this proves to be the case the club will be amply rewarded for keeping the race ou the programme. Carried 16.10. Very big weights have occasionally been carried over hurdles and the country successfully, but it is not often that the weight has exceeded 15 stone. Moonlight, however, won a match at Ivanhoe, New South Wales, in the ’nineties, carrying nearly two stone over this limit. Moonlight belonged to a Mr. R. Elliott, a hotelkeeper of the township, who was annoyed at a hostile demonstration hav-

ing been made against the horse when he suffered defeat at a meeting there through being kept too far out of his ground. Mr. Elliott asserted that he could have ridden Moonlight himself and won. This claim provoked laughter and ridicule, as Mr. Elliott appeared to be anything from 17st. to ISst. in weight. A match lor £5O a side, owners up, between Moonlight and his vanquisher, Cecilia, was arranged for the following day. All Ivanhoe turned out to witness the freak contest, and impromptu races were organised. The lowest Mr. Elliott could go to scale was 16.10, and Cecilia carried about 12.0. To the astonishment of onlookers, Sioonlight took the obstacles with the greatest of ease, and scored by twenty lengths.

Cuddle Improves. Cuddle, whose Ashhurst trip was cancelled, may race at Napier Park. She went nicely over five furlongs on the grass at Hastings in 64Jsec., never being extended at any part of it. She has improved since she raced last.

Big Drop. Tetratema’s brother, Satrap, who was one of the best two-year-olds in England in 1026, was bought at the end of that season for America for 75,000 dollars. The idea Was to race him at three years, and then send him to the stud. He did not stand training, and his progeny have given so little promise that when he was sent to auction in Virginia last month he realised only 4600 dollars, or over £14.000 less than he cost at the rate of exchange which prevailed in 1926. Still in Demand.

There are still plenty of buyers in England for horses possessing a chance of winning a fair race. Looking through the Newmarket sales list of last month. I noticed that the two-year-old gelding The Blue Boy (Gainsborough—Tetrarch Girl) realised 3800 guineas, and Breaffy (Buchan—Polly Flinders), a colt of the same age, 3100 guineas. According to the Jockey Club handicapper, Mr. A. Fawcett, neither is out of the ordinary, as, with the maximum for the Free Handicap, 9.7 —that being Myrobella’s weight—Breaffy and The Blue Boy were weighted at 8.1. BLOODSTOCK PRICES Recent Sales in England

ONE RECORD TOP FIGURE

Referring to recent thoroughbred sales in England, the correspondent of "The Australasian” writes: —

Tattersall’s winter sales realised 141,000 guineas, as against 163,000 guineas a year ago, when, however, the dispersal occupied an additional day. Prices were as low as five guineas in several instances, but reached four figures on many occasions. An unusual note was struck when the two-year-old The Blue Boy, by Gainsborough out of a mare by The Tetrarch, changed hands at 3800 guineas, for, although after two failures he won the Criterion Stakes at Newmarket cleverly from Scarlet ’Tiger, who is one of the fancies for next' year’s classics, and who was giving close on a stone, he is a gelding. The record price for one of the neuter gender was the 10,000 guineas at which Shaun Goilin, the Grand National winder of 1930, and then aged 10 years, became the sole property of a prominent Liverpool cotton-picker, Mr. IV. 11. Midwood, but that gentleman hail already owned a half-share, so that with nearly £5OOO as his portion of the Grand National spoils, he virtually bought out his partner for nothing. Some High-priced Lots. The Blue Boy was bought into the stable of Martin Hartigan, who took the following lot: Breaffy, by Buchan out of the Polymelus mare. Polly Flinders, at 3100 guineas. These, and still another two-year-old, the Solario filly Claudia, also a winner, which brought 1650 guineas, were submitted by Mr. Deane, the junior partner in Messrs. Tattersall’s, who not long ago announced that the ownership of racehorses was too much of a luxury for him in these days of higli taxation. Mr. Tattersall himself was also selling Inglesant, his solitary winner on the flat this year. Inglesant, by Gay Crusader, cost him 4000 guineas as a yearling, and was fairly successful as a three-year-old, but the head of the famous auctioneering firm was content to let him go for 510 guineas, and he is now in the Newmarket stable managed by Briscoe, whose principal patron is the wealthy Miss Dorothy Paget, and who, during a comparatively short period, has had quite a successful time. Top price of the week was paid by another woman who has become quite an enthusiastic patron. This is Lady Yule, who gave 5600 guineas for the four-year-old Pisa, by Blandford out of a Stedfast mare, and carrying her first foal, by Papyrus. This was one of the draft sent up by Lord Derby, and there were foreign bidders in keen competition. The worth of Lord Derby’s breeding stud may be conjectured when it is snid that at this dispersal of ‘‘spares,” in the shape of mares nnd fillies, five animals realised just over 11.000 guineas. Why Lord Derby Bought. The fact is, Lord Derby, no doubt aware of the failing fortunes in the long ago of several studs, where the same few lines of blood were held to until the fountain became dry, does not want to be surfeited, and, just to illustrate his desire for any new strain, or to strengthen one as circumstances arise, he bought a colt foal by his own horse, Schiavoni, and of the s.tmc line as Polymelus and La Fleche, for the modest sum of 350 guineas. . , The owners of French nnd Italian studs were in the ascendant among the buyers from other countries. Italy indeed is the most progressive among Continental nations interested in bloodstock, and her principal owner-breeders, such as the Marquess Tncisa and Signor Tesio, who have an ideally laid-out stud in the lake district not fnr from the Swiss border, come here annually. They now spend several thousands on young brood mares.