MIGHT’S CUP

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 185, 4 May 1936, Page 15

MIGHT’S CUP

First 9st. Win . For Years NOTES AND COMMENTS Horowhenua For Marton (Bx The Watcher.) Might is the first nine-stone winner ?! the Nelson Cup since Ceylon in 1913. It was S. Wilson’s third success in this event. He rode Black Mint in 1932 and Colossical in 1934. A Good Innings. T. George trained three winners at Nelson on Saturday—Sky Pilot, Mignt. and Brown Pearl—and according to all reports Acceptable should have made a fourth. This Week’s Racing. . . There will be three meetings this week, at Egmont'on Thursday and Saturday, Marlborough on Friday and Saturday, and Amberley on Saturday. The Nelson meeting will conclude to-day. Riccarton Pair. . Horowhenua is an interesting entry for the open flat events at Marton next wee.,. Last winter Horowhenua was in good form, winning on the concluding day of t Auckland meeting, and then taking flip Whyte Handicap on the opening day at Trentham. His stablemate, Horotiu, is Also engaged at Marton. Good Fields at Egmont. Excellent acceptances have been received for the opening day of the E-mont Racing Club's meeting on Thursday, the smallest field numbering eight. There aye good fields in both jumping events. Sy A%"”™t. ! e ft», Sj.W that at the Moorefield races Retrieved ran second in the Juvenile Hand.cap for fillies; Sir Walter was unplaced in the Brush Hurdles; Cherry King unplaced m the Brighton Handicap, and Norrnan u,n " quest unplaced in the Flying V elter, ,

gelding, Cynical Kid who developed lameness at an. interesting part of his career, and has since been accorded treatment at his owners place, is reported to have quite recovered and is working soundly again. He has had two outings in the hunting field this season, and has been entered for the Great Northern Steeples.

N.Z.-bred Winner. Capris, the winner of the thousand pound stake at Brisbane on Saturday, is owned by Mr. C. M. Emmanuel, of Auckland, and is trained at Sydney. Capns is a four-year-old mare by Captain Bunsby from Charfe, by Luculhis.

Another Start. The five-year-old Marcus Cicero (Hunting Song—Oratress), who was taken to Australia two seasons ago by C. Emerson, will shortly go into T. R. George s Stable. Marcus Cicero won as a two-year-old, but disappointed on his Sydney trip, and he has not raced since.

Adelaide Hurdle Winner. An interesting item about the Austral - ian racing news is the win of Tenterden over hurdles at Adelaide. Tenterden, now an eTght-year-old, is by Chief Kuler from Roscllate. and was bred at Westmere by Mr’; John Donald. He did. his racing here in the Elgar livery, being trained by W. Moroney. Some of his form was really good class, and he' won the Wellington Stakes as a two-year-old, but he did not always produce that standard. He may make a name for hmiselt at the jumping game.

The Royal Stud. . It is cabled that the King has decided to close the Royal Stud at and fhe brood mares are to be transferred to Hampton Park. The Hampton Court stud was famous in Queen Victorin s day. It was there that the Derby winner, Sainfoin, was bred, also the great ma're, La Fleehe. Queen Victoria had little interest in racing, and tbe yearlings bred at Hampton Court were sold annually. John Porter was able to buy Sainfoin on behalf of one of his clients for 550gns. Le Fleehe cost Baron Hirsch 5500gns. He was well rewarded, for La Fleehe won the One Thousand Guineas, Oaks and St. Leger. She was beaten a head in the Derby. The Sandringham stud was formed in 1877- with the idea of breeding better class horses than were then carrying the Royal colours. One of the first Sandringham mares 11, bought on the advice of John Porter for OOOgns. She was the dam of Persimmon, winner of the Derby and the St. Leger; Diamond Jubilee, Two Thousand Guineas, Derby and St. Leger; and Florizel'll, a first-ela&s racehorse and sire of the Derby winner Volodyovski.

Closely Related. Fairway, sire of the winner of the. Ope Thousand Guineas and the Two Thousand Guineas, Is of interest to New Zealanders, inasmuch as he. is related closely to Phaleron Bay. who is lociited at Mr. John Donald’s Westmere stud. Answers to Correspondents. . "Gammon,” Wellington.—(1) (2) £3/7/-. (3) 18/G. (4) £4/4/-.