SUBSTANTIAL LEAD

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 109, 1 February 1941, Page 17

SUBSTANTIAL LEAD

W. J. Broughton Heads Jockey’s List BEAU REPAIRE’S FUTURE (By St. Simon.) W. .1. Broughton, champion jockey iu New Zealand for the past two seasons, has a commanding lend over oilier jockeys at the end of I lie first hjllf of the racing season. Broughton rode only single winners at the recent Wellington and Auckland meetings, but his aggregate of 41 wins is 12 ahead of IL N. Wiggins. .1 he performance of the leading apprentice, D. AV. Redstone, in riding 24 winners is a good one and other apprentice boys well up on the list are S. Waddell, N. H°''/ aril. A. Midwood, AV. ,L Mudlord. L. A . Dye and L. W. Hare. , The leadin', positions, not including Thursdav’s racing at AVairoa, are as follows:—W. J. Broughton 41. 11. N. Wiggins 20; L. J. Ellis 2<>; B. 11. D. AV. Redstone 24; P. Spratt 21; C. 1. AVilson IS ; A. Jenkins 18 : S. AA aiklell 11 : G. R. Tattersall 10; N. Howard lb; A. Midwood 15; AV. J. Mudford l.»; K. W. McTavish .15; E. V. Dye 14; P. Ajkins 14; L. AV. Hare 13; G. Cameron 13; W . F. Ellis 12; P. Burgess 12; R. G. Howell 11 ; K. Chote 11; C. G. Goulsbro 10; H. AV. Hibberd 10; A. Messervy 10; 11. I. Stewart 10. Middle Park Plate. Monetary, winner of the Nuitsery Handicap at Trentham, is likely to be a goon favourite for the Middle Park llate, six furlongs at Bicuarton today. He wi 1 carry the full penalty of 141 b,, making his weight 5.9. The last two-year-old to win the race with the full penalty was AVild Chase in 1930. Monetary s owner, Mr. AV. A. White, won the Middle lark Plate with the Australian-bred Emissary in 1935. Going to the Stud. Beau Repaire, sold last week lor 000 guineas to Mr. J. Nash, Tangititeroa, will not race again aud will commence stud work next season. Beau Repaire is a four-year-old by Beau Pere Irom the Franklin mure Modiste IL dam also ot Royal Chief. He won the Wellington Racing Club Handicap 12 mouths ago ana was second, beaten narrowly each time, iu the Avondale Cup, A.R.C. Summer Cup and A.R.C. Mitchelson Cup. He broke down in the latter event and has not raced since. Related to Landmark. Sanction, winner of the Champion Hack Handicap at Pahiatua on Monday, is a half-sister by Philamor to the Great Northern Hurdles winner, Landmark. The dam, Consultation, was 24 years old when she produced Sanction, who was her last foal. The Philamors have not been a successful breed in New Zealand, and Sanction's form has to date been very moderate. A Good Winner. , Mr. G. J. Barton, Dunedin, and his Australian racing partner, Mr. W. Balloch, Melbourne, have enjoyed a good run of success with the A r eilniond gelding All Veil, who won the valuable AVilliam Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday. 'i’lie stake earnings of this horse would have been considerably larger had ho not clashed with the 'freak sprinter Auric’s Star, and it was All Veil who forced Aurie’e Star to his six furlongs record of I.S 2-5. Wooflvile Mooting. „ The Woodville Jockey Club 6 Gup meetIng will be held on Saturday and Monday, February 22 and 24, the profits, being devoted to patriotic purposes. Entries lor all events close with the secretary. Mr. AA r A. Lyon, AVoodville, on Monday, h ebruary 10, at 8 p.m. SALE OF HORSES More For Australia Since the national thoroughbred yearling sales were held at Trentham last week, several yearlings have been disposed of privately by the auctioneers. Messrs. AVright, Stephenson and Co., Lid., and Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd. Sales made are as follows: , . Brown filly by Gjiuenum—Kaimuo, Mr. J. A. Mitchell, Longburn, 200 SU Bav S colt, Theio—Tudor Wench, Mr. A. G. Hodder, AVellington, 150 guineas. Bay colt. Buffies —Veloee, Mr. M. J. Bradley, Pleasant Point, Ta guineas. , Bay colt, Solicitor-General— -I’ ortu " 10 ’ Mr. D. G. Casey, Edeudale, laihape, 100 guineas. , Bay colt, The Greek—Roscrami, Mis. F Brough, Tauherenikau, t>o guineas. Bay lilly, Mr. Standfast—Wee Agues, Mr. D. Lourie, Turakina, 125 guineas. Brown colt, Foxbridge Love Story, Messrs. Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., as agents, 280 guineas. Bay colt, Foxbridge—Lady A\ hirlwind, Sydney client, 400 guineas. The total number of purchases tor overseas was 16 lots. Of these two were bought bv .Messrs. AVright, Stephenson and Co.,’Ltd., for Indian clients. Jbe Spiral—Geuesta colt was seeyred for 000 guineas on behalf of Mr. A. who lias been racing his half-brother, Lail Story, by Posterity, in India with much success. t . Mr. F. 11. Mehta, also ot Bombay, who purchased two colts at last year’s sales, secured the Mr. Standfast —Fiery colt for 200 guineas. Iu addition to the 16 yearlings, two of the brood mares, Du Barry with a colt foal at foot by Phalerou Buy, and which had been mated with Coronach, and Confiscation. muted with Hulaudshar, were purchased on behalf of Mr. AV. J. Smith, the owner of Beau Pere. J. T. Jamieson also secured Lady AVbirlwind, mated with Foxbridge. The yearling colt from this mare has just been sold privately for shipment to New South Wales. , , „ Purchases at the sales on behalf of Australia total 6080 guineas. In addition George Price has secured privately the brown colt by Phnleron Buy from Hunting Lodge, which is a brother to. Final Victory, with which he won the MacArthur Stakes at Rosehill this season.

A number of the purchases are remaining in New Zealand to be broken in. The remainder will be shipped to Australia in due course along with two Bulandshar colts owned by Mr. K. J. Watt. These were bred by the owner concerned from two of his mares which he sent over from Australia.