HORSES HELD UP

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 257, 28 July 1939, Page 15

HORSES HELD UP

Effect Of Bad Weather

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Good Fields For National Rehearsals (By The Watcher.) Dungarvan, Lord Cavendish, Lustral and Might were to have been shipped south last night, but on the advice of the Union Company regarding the weather outside the trip was postponed, lhey will go tonight if conditions improve. The weather has seriously interfered with training at Trentham since the recent race meeting, and it culminated yesterday morning in the course being completely covered in snow. Padishah’s Chance.'

The Homeby Steeplechase, on the programme of the Christchurch Hunt Clubs annual meeting tomorrow, will attract wide attention, as it is practically an all-National field, only one of the eight accepted, Unde Jim, not being in the National. Padishah's schooling display on Wednesday will probably have the effect of making him a pronounced favourite. and if he is to have a chance of winning the National he must run well tomorrow. The journey is a mile shorter than the National, but all the big fences in the main race have to be jumped so an excellent line should be obtained on his prospects next month. It should be a first-class contest for the opposition includes Power Chief. Slayer, Gold Wren, Cottingham, Burwood and Manawatn. All. with the exception of Cottingham, are good jumners. and even he inny show better form over the bigger obstacles, with a bit of pace on. The National winner is very frenuenfly absent from the Homeby Steeplechase contest, but tomorrow’s race should provide a valuable trial for those that are engaged. The Hurdlers.

Of the 14 acceptors in the Longbeach Hurdles, Mount Vai. The Surgeon, Jewish Lad and Emmeline Girl are the only ones not in the National hurdles, and here again the running should be n good guide to the main event. The northern form of King Rey and Aussie Ra will be measured against the brilliant jumping of Travenna and others. Travenna. on the way he won the Sydenham hurdles last August, should be a powerful National contender. Neither the steeplechase nor the hurdle winner will be liable to rehandicap.

Winter Cup Trial. Brabazon Handicap running has alwavs given a good lead to punters for the Winter Cup, though it. has usually been for places in the big mile rather than for an actual win. Travenna was a double winner in 1930. Encaged this year are the dual Cup winner Catalogue. Dictate, who won in 1937 and wns run-ner-up in the Cup. and Alma, wh n won last year, and ran third in the Cup. Other Cup horses engaged in the Brabazon tomorrow are Dungarvan. Haughty Winner, Nightcalm. Trench Fight. Fleet Street. Lord Cavendish, Spanish Lad. Yours Truly. Rov Bun, Waitaka, Night Dress, and Gay Rebel.

Form to Follow. La<lv Montana, who in bracketed with Gay Chou, is the only Winter Cup candidate racing in - the Open Handicap at the Manawatu Hunt meeting at Awapuni tomorrow. hut Old Surrey. Linne. Tide waiter. Hunting Mint and Cuisinier nro engaged in other leading events at the Grand National -meeting, so it will be an

interesting race. Two years ago Catalogue prefaced his first Winter Cup success by a win over seven furlongs at Awapuni in July though it is true he ran badly later in the same month at the Rangitikei Hunt. Last year in the Open Handicap at the Manawatn Hunt success weut to Pukeko (incidentally a stablemate of Lady Montana and Gay Chou), and Catalogue was second Ihe form of this pair later at the Grand National meeting was good, Catalogue winning the Winter Cup and Pukeko the Heathcote Handicap. Disturbed.

Disturbed who has gone down to Riecarton, is fairly confidently expected to make a bold bid for Grand National liurdle honours. He won the Century Hurdles at Wanganui' over two miles with a good display of jumping and stamina, and there is little doubt about him being nn unlucky runner in the Vv inter Hurdle race at Trentham. won by Curie. There may be a doubt about Ins form being up to National class, but he should be a good prospect for a race at the meeting. Brackets at Awapuni.

Brackets on the card for the Manawatu Hunt Club's meeting tomorrow are Gay Chou and Lady Montana in the open Handicap, and Petrarch and 'Nightrunner in the. Manawatu Hunt Cup steeplechase.

For Combined Hunts. , Hunters are beginning to make their appearances in the stables of New L lymouth trainers preparatory to the combined Taranaki and Egrnont-M anganui Hunt Clubs’ meeting at New Plymouth at the end of next month. S. E. Cleaver has three. Civic Reception, Golden Dawn and Glenthawn, H Dulieu has Ohahga and Glenvane. and T. H. Flyer Bimbo. It is probable that there wi be additions. Indications point to excellent fields for the hunters’ events at the meeting.

Sale of Notium. , „ . Mr H. B. Gibson has sold Notium to Mr. J F. Kiley, who successfully raced Te Htiia, who met with an untimely end on the eve of the Egmont winter meeting.

Rabble Leased. Rabble has been leased by Mr. D W. Spencer to his trainer, C. C. McCarthy. Sydney Jockeys’ Premiership. A Press Association cable message from Sydney states that, riding two winners at the Kensington meeting on Wednesday, M. McCarten took the lead m the jockeys premiership. E. McMemamin and W. Lappin each piloted one winner. In the final allotments two dead-heats will oe taken to equal a win. The Moorefield club will present the winning jockey with a silver cup valued at 50gns. after the last race on Saturday.

Mares for Grange Stud. Mr. A. K. Firth, owner of Royal Chief, is sending Elegy (Posterity—Damaris) to be mated with Phaleron Bay. Other bookings to the Phalaris horse include a New Zealand Cup winner in Oratrix (Kilbroney—Oratress), Horomea (dam of Mittie), and Cocoanut (dam of Rulanut). The Chief Ruler—Chelae mare Limulus. a Wellington Stakes winner is booked to pay a viwit to Broiefort. Habit ('lhespinn—Cowl), who is in foal to Broiefort, will pay a return visit to the Blandford horse. Lady Cavendish, dam of Golden Hair and Lord Cavendish, is also booked to Broiefort, and another mare is Wyndale (by Rossendale from "Kilbreeze, by Kilbroney), who is in foal to Dink.

Rider for Haughty Winner. C. G. Goulsbro- has been engaged to ride Haughty Winner in the. Brabazon Handicap tomorrow, and also in his National engagements. This is one of the rides that L. J. Ellis had to relinquish, and-the connexions of the gelding are fortunate in being able to secure Goulsbro, who went south on Wednesday night. Sydney Gallcper Destroyed. A Press Association cable from Sydney states that the racehorse King’s Head

broke a leg while running in a paddock of his owner’s property at Bathurst and was destroyed. King's Head, a seven-year-old gelding by Bullhead from I'ern Tree, was a good and consistent performer up to a mile, bis greatest success being in the Epsom Handicap at Randwick last October, when he carried 9.4 and won easily. Other successes included the Villiars Stakes and Randwick Stakes, one mile, and the Liverpool and Chester Handicaps, six furlongs. He ran second in the Doncaster Handicap last'year. Nearly all his racing was done in Sydney. King s Head, who won his first race as a two-year-old, first carried the colours of Messrs. Manley and Foster, .and then he was secured by Mr. E. A. Haley, who found him very profitable.

Answers to Correspondents. “0K.,” Wesfown: (1) £2/11/6. (2) £l/4/-. (3) £B/13/-; £3/1/-. "Wager,” Rangitikei: £2/3/6.