THE RACING WORLD

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 184, 2 May 1933, Page 13

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NOTES AND COMMENTS

Some Junipers for Egmont

(By

"The Watcher.”)

Several New Zealanders who have been in Sydney for the Easter racing returned home yesterday by the Monowai. Included in the party were Messrs. J. Donald, N. E. Aitken, H. F. Wood, 11. Martindale, O. Cox, and G. Jones. Mr. Donald brought back a yearling filly by Rossandale which he purchased at the sales. He expressed the opinion that the sales were a decided success. Good prices wpre obtained for the pick of the lots, particularly Pantheons, Heroics and Constant Sons.

Won With Autopay. Messrs. Aitken and Wood returned with Autopay. They were disappointed with their horse getting left in the Doncaster, but recouped their losses the same day on Bayacre, while on the second day Autopay’s win was very profitable. As in the Thompson Handicap, he came from the rear with a paralysing run. He raced sourly on the two concluding days and has had enough for the time being. He will he spelled and brought in again for the spring racing. Back For More Horses.

G. Jones, private trained to Mr. XV. R. Kemball in Melbourne, brought back Posy and Dovelike, who failed to stand training and will be sent to the stud. Jones, who has won 22 races in Victoria, will return on May 11 with seven of the young horses of Mr. Kemball’s that have been prepared for the trip by Mr. Kemball’s trainers here. Jones is looking well and is much improved in health, but Mrs. Jones, who remained in Melbourne, is far from well. Golden Hair. 0. Cox brought back. Golden Hair. He says that the filly probably went over at the most difficult period of the year, but sftll the same he thinks she is not far below Australia’s best. She got badly left in the Champagne Stakes, her second start. She may return in the spring. Railed Home. Also on board were La Moderne, First Acre and Bayacre, who were railed home later in the afternoon. Interesting Hurdle Race. Chief Link will be an interesting competitor in the hurdle race at Hawera tomorrow. His flat racing form is distinctly above that of the average recruit to the hurdle ranks and to-morrow he has a weight that should trouble the other runners if he handles the obstacles at all well. In his schooling displays he has shaped satisfactorily. A good line will be obtained to-morrow on the prospects of Chief Line and High Faintin’ ns hurdlers, as they will be opposed by Callamart, who represents the best class.

’Chasers at Egmont. Of the six acceptors for the Egmont Steeplechase to-morrow the stable of A. M. Wright claims two, Okopua and Fine Acre. On Marton form they will both run prominently. It is a race that hurdlers have frequently won without previous cross-country experience, and if Fine Acre should win he will be following in the footsteps of Nukumai, whb had never previously run in a steeplechase. ’ Copey should be getting into something like form now, although his showings in public have not encouraged the belief that he will win to-morrow. Jayson raced very well at Marton for a first cross-country experience, but he docs not look like reversing places with Okopua. Hard Gold should be better suited by the softer track now, and Jen is a possibility, though his hurdle race at Hastings the other day was extremely moderate. The "ground there, however, was very hard. Day Lass’s chance does not look good. Wright’s stable looks certain to supply the favourite. ,

For Australia. Mr. Hazlett's team to leave for Australia on May 8 will comprise Ruling Light, Shining Gold, Gold Ray, Irish Chieftain, Paris, and the two-year-olds Sir Simper, Dazzling Raid, and Kindly Light. They will be raced in Melbourne, and if circumstances warrant will go on to Sydney. The plans provide for the team being in Australia for seven months at least. F. J. Mackay will be in charge, and will be accompanied by two stable jockeys. Mr. Hazlett will follow about a week later, and proposes to spend two months in Australia. Ruling Light was galloped on at the start of the Great Easter Handicap, but apart from one leg filling slightly the effects were not serious.

Silvox Impresses. The lease secured by Lieut.-Colonel Stafford, of the half-brothers Rebel Song and Silvox Is working out very profitably. They are sons of Toti dal Monte, who is by Gay Lad from Trcbclli If, an imported mare by Thrust from Dramatica by St. Simon. Autopay is a son of Trcbclli 11. Silvox, at his only other start, was runner-up in the Dunedin McLean Stakes. He won at Washdyke on Thursday in the style of a good horse and if he trains on a good deal can be expected from him. Silvox is by Silverado, sire of Silver Scorn.

Slow in Coming Back. Gustavo was doing good track work at Ricearton prior to the Easter meeting, but he has so far failed to show any form in a race. He had two outings at Timaru last week, in the sprint the first day and over a mile on Saturday. In both cases he failed to run on, and it looks as if he will be some time in coming back to anything like form. Being a stallion will make it harder for his trainer to condition him, but now that the tracks are softer it will give him a better chance. Still Unsold.

It was reported at Washdyke on Thursday that there was more than one good offer available for Princess Argosy, but Mr. J. M. Samson was not disposed to treat until after the Teschemaker Handicap. In that race she tried to win from end to end, but the increased burden prevented her from gaining a big advantage, while she was in trouble a furlong from the post, though she struggled on gamely to finish fourth. Bodosto’s Owner.

I’rincesse de Feucigny-Lucigne ct Coligny, owner of Ihe Two Thousand Guineas winner Rodosto, is a member of one of the families of the old Savoy aristocracy (“Ancicnne r aison seigneuriale de Savoie”). She engaged two of her horses for this year’s classics, Rodosto being entered in the Two Thousand and in the Derby, and Madame Putiphar in the One Thousand and in the Oaks. Neither is in the St. Legcr. Promising Hurdler.

A promising novice to the jumping game was seen out at South Canterbury

last week. This was Gold Knight. lie was beaten only in the last few strides on Thursday, and won on Saturday. Gold Knight is a G-ycar-old gelding by Paladin from Rainbow Gold, by Absurd from Commerce, a Stonyhurst-bred mare by San Francisco from Safeguard, whose progeny included Stronghold, Broadsword and Fleetfoot, three brilliant gallopers, all by Clanranald. Aladdin at Wanganui. The southern hurdler Aladdin is a very interesting nomination for the principal hurdle races at the Wanganui meeting this month. It is a good opportunity for his connections to race him cu route to the Great Northern meeting. Safety First. When Peter Pan won the A.J.C. St. Legcr last month, he paid more on the totalisator for a place than he did for a win. Bled Again. Martian Chief bled after his race at Washdyke on Thursday, but in his case experience has shown that the trouble does not affect him seriously. He finished fourth in the South Canterbury Handicap on Saturday.

French Success. The victory of the French colt Rodosto in the Two Thousand Guineas last week was not the first success scored in the race by a French-bred colt, but we have to go back 56 years for the record. In that year Count Lagrange furnished the winner, Chamant. Twelve years previously Count Lagrange, who was verypopular in England, owned a great colt. Gladiateur. who won the “triple crown.” the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby and St. Legcr. So great was the feeling over Gladiateur’s Derby win that many Frenchmen called it. the revenge for Waterloo. Rodosto will not have the opportunity of registering a like performance on English soil, for, although he is engaged in the Derby, he does not figure in the St. Leger entries. Four Races: Four Jockeys. Autopay had four different riders at the Australian Jockey Club meeting. J. Munro had the mount in the Doncaster Handicap, in which he was left at the post, and T. Webster was substituted on the second day, when he won the La Perouse Handicap. Webster was suspended later in the day. and W. Duncan was his pilot when he played up at the start of the All Aged Stakes, while ns a wind-up M. McCarten rode him into third place in the C. W. Cropper Plate. Aiguille. . The Gisborne trainer J. W. Nixon had an unfortunate experience on his trip to Auckland for the Easter meeting. Aiguille suffering injuries on the boat which prevented him from being at his.best. Rather than risk further trouble, Nixon will remain at Ellerslie with Aiguille, who :s expected to race well in the chief flat events at the Great /Northern meeting early in June. Nixon's former charge, Good Hunting, who remained with 13. J. Benge at Trentham after the Wellington autumn meeting in March, has been sent up to G. W. New, at Awapuni. Ran Below Form Expected. Nightmare carried the confidence of her party in the principal flat event at Marton on Wednesday, but she was well beaten, her performance being very disappointing. She looked particularly well, but prior to the race exhibited distinct signs of a stubborn mood, getting rid of her jockey before the preliminaries. She. afterward ran as if she were disinclined to do her best. Another disappointment was Spearful who, on his earlier form, looked very likely to win once soft, tracks were encountered. Spearful failed so conspicuously under conditions to his liking that the chances' are he is feeling the effects of hard tracks. Answers to Correspondents. “Mug Punter,” Levin.—£3/4/6.

ENGLISH RACING The One Thousand Guineas WINNER AMERICAN-OWNED By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. I»ndon, April 2S. On the fourth day of the Newmarket second spring meeting the .following was the result of the ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES, a sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, wi.h 1000 guineas added; second 10 per cent., and third 5 per cent, of whole stake; for three-year-old fillies, one mile. T>r,/->n’v IV Woodward's b. or br. f. BROM N BETTY, by Friar Marcus—Garpal. 9.0 Ahn'-mb' W. M. G. Singers br. g. 1< UR TOR, by Apelie—Leighton Tor. 9.0 •• - Lord Lonsdale’s ro. or gr. f. MY KOBELLA. by Tetratema —Dola- • Twenty-two started. Won by half «t length, three-quarters of a length between second and third. The winner. Brown Betty, was bred by Sir Alec Black and sold for 1600 guineas to Mr. William Woodward, chairman ot the New York Jockey Club, for whom she is trained at Newmarket by Cecil Boyd-Rockfort. Her dam is by Ihalans. Last season Brown Betty was one of the smartest two-year-olds in England, wnnnin"’ four races and running second twice, earning £4I9S in stakes. She was rated third in the Free Handicap at ‘be close of Hie season with 9.3, the crack M.vrobella being lop with 9.7. r J he race last week has made it fairly clear that Mjro bella will not stay, a fact which was generally claimed by sporting writers. Tetratcma’s stock are not in the habit ot doing so, but it would no doubt be a surprise to find her unable to maintain her supremacy up to a mile. The second horse, Fur Tor, was named only toward the end of the season. She ran twice onlv. under the description of the Lois l '" ton' Tor filly. Tn each case she ran third, and the second time it was in the Champion Breeders’Foal Plate. won by Brown Betty, who was giving her 111 b. It is thus' fairly obvious that Fur Tor has made substantial improvement between seasons. The first two of the great English classics have thus gone to foreigneis, the winner of the Two Thousand being owned in France. —"The XX atelier. FIXTDKES. May 3, 4—Egmont II.C. .May 6. B—Nelson J.C. May 6 —Amberley lt.C. May 12, 13 —.Marlborough K.C. Mar 12. 13—Southland ltd'. Mav 18, 20—Wanganui J.C. May 20, 22—Te Kultl K.C. (al Te Kapa). May 27—Woodville District K.C. .Mav 31, June 1. 3—Dunedin J.C. June 2, 3—Otaki Maori K.C. June 3, o, 7—Auckland K.C. June 10—Foxloti K.C. June la, 17—Hawke's Bay J.C. June 17—South Canterbury J.C. June 22, 24—Nattier Park K.C. June 23—Egmont-Wanganui II.C. June 21 —Ashburton County K.C. July I—(lninaru J.C. July 3—Dnnnevlrke Hunt Club. July S—Wainiate District H.C. July 11, 13. 15—Wellington K.C. July 22—Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. July 22—South Canterbury H.C. July 27, 29—Gisborne K.C. July 29—Christchurch Hunt Club.

FORBURY TROTS

First Day on Thursday REVIEW OF THE CARD

(By

“Overcheck.")

The Forbury Park Trotting Clubs meeting opens on Thursday, and as acceptances are available, opportunity has been taken to give au early review of the fields engaged. The acceptances arc very satisfactory, and given line weather an enjoyable day’s sport is assured. The programme is as follows: — BAYFIELD HANDICAP, of 100 SOVS.; unhoppled trotters; 3.48 class. Due mile mid a half. Beatrice Bingen scr Paul Bingen .. 24 Clipped Wings scr Fernlee 36 Coreopsis ... scr Gyrate 60 Orphan Bingen scr Golden Bingen 72 Sansaveno .. scr Teviot Downs 84 Olson 12 Olson should account for all those in front of him in the Bayfield Handicap, and the trio that appear likely to trouble him most are Gyrate, Golden Bingen and Teviot Downs. Gyrate usually races well at Forbury, where he has registered two wins and a third this season. Golden Bingen won at Wyndham in March. Teviot Downs gave Silk Coat 48 yards at Winton in December, and defeated him bya head. A repetition of that form should give Teviot Downs a chance, but the public may prefer to reply on Olson and Gyrate. DOMAIN HANDICAP, of 100 sovs.; 3.39 class. One mile and a half. Chiming Wave scr Dolly Derby . 12 Faneburn ... scr Erin’s Chance 12 Pelet- Mitchell ser Golden Harvest 12 Rollicking John Appear . 12 Wave ser Lilian Bond .. 12 Ruin scr Guyziah .... 36 Sea Mist scr Nelson's Sure scr Fortune 48 Whitstone ..scr Of the scratch section in the Domain Handicap Ruin and Sure may receive most support. Sure won at Gore in February, defeating several of those now on the same mark as he is on. Ruin ran second to Guyziah at Ashburton last month, being defeated a head, and registering 3.23 3-5. Guyziah was then conceding Ruin 12 yards, whereas he now Ims to concede 36. Lilian Bond is a good filly, and she appears to me to have the best chances of those in the second hail of the handicap. Favouritism may lie shared by Ruin, Lilian Bond and Sure. BEACH HANDICAP, of 120 sovs.; 2.18 class. One mile. Ayr Lass scr Priceless ... scr Black Shadow scr Rare Pronto . scr Child de Oro . scr Red Spur .... scr Elite Bingen . scr Sunbloom .. scr Erin's Princess scr Suncross ... 12 Great Thought ser Belle Lorrimer 24 King’s Cup .. scr Gumdiggcr . 24 Belle Lorrimer handicapped as a pacer. In the Beach Handicap Ayr Lass, King’s Cup and Red Spur should give their supporters a good run for their money. Ayr Lass won at Winton in December in 2.15, while at ‘Wellington in March she won over 10 furlongs in 2.46 4-5. At Timaru in March King’s Cup, Rare Pronto, and Red Spur finished in that order in the Wai-iti Handicap, the latter conceding the other pair 24 yards. On that form Red Spur is sure to be strongly supported now that he is on the same mark as the others. Possibly Rod Spur will carry most of the money on the machine. VICTORY HANDICAP, of 120 sovs.; 3.16 class. One mile and three furlongs. Blue Mountain Chenwood .. 12 Queen scr Golden Direct 12 Highland King scr Just Shnndi .. 12 King Mac .... scr Young Frank . 12 Lena Thorpe . ser Lord Leslie .. 24 Quite scr Ayr Lass 48 Waress ser In the Victory Handicap Waress, Cben-

wood and Golden Direct make the strongest appeal. The first-named has raced consistently, and at Addington in February ran third in the Juvenile Handicap of'lo furlongs, registering 2.47 2-5. Chenwoocl has a record of 3.22 2-5 at 12 furj longs, while Golden Direct went 3.23 3-n when he finished second to David McElwyn at Auckland in December. Possibly Waress and Golden Direct will carry the bulk of the Money. RITCHIE MEMORIAL HANDICAP, ot 300 sovs.; 4.32 class. Two miles. Gold Tinge ... scr Belinda 24 Harvest Child ser John Noble .. 24 Ngingongingo . scr Neeo.ro 24 Roddy scr Sir Guy 48 Todd Lonzia . scr Gold Tinge meets Ngingongtngo ant Roddy on the same terms as she did when she defeated them at Addington on the first day of the recent meeting, and so she is sure to have a large following in the Ritchie Memorial Handicap. Todd Lonzia will probably be carried off Ir.s feet, and once he breaks his chance will irspoilt. At Ashburton John Noble showed good form by finishing third to Nelson s Fortune and Lindbergh, heads separating the thrte of them. Belinda is a good stayer, and if she moves off properly she may be found contesting the last 50 yards. Gold Tinge. John Noble, and Belinda arc the likely favourites. ST. CLAIR HANDICAP, ot 140 sovs.; unboppled trotters; 3.33 class. Gue mile and a half. Edith Vovnge . scr Merce Bingen . 36 Lough Guv .. scr Kolmar 48 Mr. Penalty .. scr Garner 60 Belle Lorrimer 36 , Lough Guy in the season J9oo-ol had quite a good record, but be has) been off the scene for a long time. If be is produced in good racing trim he should go a good race, but those present may prefer to support those with recent form to their credit, namely, Garner. Kolmar aud Mercc Bingen, who all finished in the money at the recent meeting of the Metropolitan club. RENOWN HANDICAP, of 120 sovs.; 3.23 class. One mile and a half. Checkers ... scr Automatic .. 12

Denver City .. scr Bay Admiral . 12 Jolly Wave ... scr Gumdigger . 12 King’s Cup ... scr Lily Harold .. 12 Red Spur ser Prairie King . 12 Suncross .... ser Probationer .. 12 Aristotle .... 12 Taxpayer ... 12 The Renown Handicap should he a good race as there is only 12 yards between the front and back-markers. The contest bears a most open appearance, but Jolly XVave. Red Spur and Probationer are lilcgjy to share favouritism. FLYING HANDICAP, of 150 sovs.; 2.47 class. One mile and a quarter. Editor ver Tarndalc ... scr Gunfire s<’r Tempest .... scr Harvest Child ser Morning Sun ~ scr Meteor ser Roddy 12 Great Author . sir Belinda 24 Tactless ser . Sir Guy 36 Tempest, Roddy and Belinda may be the popular selections for the Flying Handicap. These horses have all been racing consistently, and a winning turn for each should not. be far away. Roddy perhaps, will be the actual favourite. FORBURY REHANDICAPS By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, May 1. The following rcbandicaps have been declared for the first, day of the Forbury Park trots: —Domain Handicap, Sea Mist (pacer) 12, Golden Harvest, IS; Victory Handicap, Chenwood 48.

BEST YOUNGSTER

Hall Mark Establishes Claim Hall Mark established his claim to be regarded as the best two-year-old ot the season by winning the Champagne Stakes (says a Sydney writer) , The race was a replica ot* the Sires’ Produce Stakes, as it resolved itself into a match between Mai(>of Orleans and Hall Mark over the last' furlong. In the Champagne Stakes Hall Mark met Maid of Orelans on I<>lb. worse terms, as she escaped a penalty, and for that reason it was generally assumed that Maid of Orleans would succeed, particularly as the distance was a furlong shorter. Maid of Orleans was drawn wide out at the barrier, and she was rather unruly. But when the machine was released she was one of the first to begin. She, however, did not lead in the early stages. Moa Lap got to the front almost at once, and Maid of Orleans and Leila Vale were together immediately behind her. Half a mile from home Hall Mark had only three horses behind him. Duncan drove him along, and had him among the leaders at the home turn. Moa Lap and Leila Vale dropped back and left Maid of Orleans in charge. Hall Mark steadily closed on Maid of Orleans, but a hundred yards from home the filly was going just as well as Hall Mark. For a time the issue hung in the balance, but approaching the post Hall Mark was going away from his opponent, whom he defeated by a short head. Burlesque came home well and defeated the others. Veliandtif and Leila Vale showed speed, but they lack stamina. . Golden Hair was never a possibility. and did not do nearly as well as she did in the Sires’ Produce Stakes.