DEFAULTER PRAISED

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 256, 27 July 1939, Page 15

DEFAULTER PRAISED

Claims Of Bonny Loch “The new racing season is being looked forward to in xkustralia, for some great contests are expected when horses of the calibre of Ajax, Defaulter and Spear Chief meet, not to mention the rising three-year-olds High Caste, Reading and Bonny Loch,” said the Auckland sportsman Mr. C. M. Emanuel, who returned this week after a holiday spent in Australia. "The former New Zealander G. Price, who is now the leading trainer in Sydney, lias 24 horses under his charge, and I had the pleasure of inspecting his team,” added Mr. Emanuel. "Price has eight promising yearlings coming on. but the pride ol the stable is Spear Chief, conqueror of Ajax in the Rawson Stakes at Rosehill. Spear Chisf had just come in from a spell and he was looking in wonderful order. There is no doubt that he looks the part, and his connexions are sanguine that he will prove better than Ajax.” Regarding the general opinion of Defaulter in Australia, Mr. Emanuel stated he was ranked with the best who had ever come from New Zealand, and that his arrival was being eagerly awaited. Mr. Emanuel did not have the opportunity of seeing the leading two-year-olds. High Caste and Reading, but he was much impressed by Bonny Loch, who was regarded as being very unlucky not to win the Champagne Stakes, in which he finished fourth after being left at the post. His trainer was very confident of winning the Derby with him this year, and the colt certainly appeared to have all the qualifications. ‘‘One of the best performances I have seen for a long time was at Brisbane when Cooranga got up to win the Doomben Cun after apparently being hopelessly placed two furlongs front home,” said Mr. Emanuel. He was impressed with the racing conditions there and expressed the hope of having one of his own horses good enough to take over next year.