THE RACING WORLD

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 309, 24 September 1943, Page 11

THE RACING WORLD

TRAINER’S RECORD Morris’s *3OO Winners

(BY

St. Simon.)

In the 14 seasons in -which lie held a trainer’s licence, L. G. Morris, who retires from active training this week, saddled up 30!) winners, lie was three tunes third on the list of winning trainers, and in 10 of tlie 14 seasons he finished in the first six, a first-class record winch matches in excellence his successful career as a rider.

Milestone of Progress. Receipt is acknowledged of a booklet containing the spring, summer and mittsummer programmes of the Auckland luieing Club. It includes also the clubs classic entries for the season and tables of the previous winners of the main events staged each year at Ellerslie. An interesting item is a table which shows the progress the Auckland Racing Club has made since the 1879-80 season. That .year rue club gave £3350 in stakes, its activities being confined to a summer and an autumn meeting. The total last season was AuO.OjV. but this is not the largest sum the club has given in a single season. The peak was reached in the 1921-22 season when £<3,»uo was disbursed.

A Wet Season. Little notice is likely to be takeu of tlio early two-year-old results, as this has been one of the wettest seasons for several years and in most districts the preparation of two-vear-olds is behind the usual schedule. Two-year-olds make rapid progress as soon as the weather becomes warmer, and there is the average amount of sunshine, and what happens in juvenile racing at this part of the year may have little bearing on the big summer contests.

Dunedin Guineas. Though a held of seven remains in tne Dunedin Guineas, with Man’s Pride evidently left in by mistake, the southern classic should provide a good race, llie favourite is certain to be Koyal Might, winner of her last two races. None ol the progeny of Francolin to race to date has been anything more than a sprinter, but Royal Flight ran out the seven furlongs of the Grigg Stakes at Ashburton satisfactorily, and she may manage the mile at Wingatui, though it is a more dilh; cult course than Ashburton. John o London, Langue d’Or and Invulnerable are likely improvers to give the Soutliland filly a testing over the Wingatui mile. At the Grand National meeting Invulnerable impressed as the type of three-ycar-old likeiy to stay well, and he was not very backward at that time.

Dpping Schooling. . Epping, a surprise winner on the tlat at the Hawke’s Bay Hunt meeting, was bought bv Mr. J. Gallagher with the object of making him into a jumper, and he is now being schooled over hurdles at Hastings.

Interesting Recruit. Noble Fox is an interesting recruit who has been entered for the hurdle race at the Hawke’s Bay meeting next week. His family is no-t in the Stud Book, but his dam, Lady Lulu, is by Valkyrian, who gained his greatest success a<s a sire of jumpers.

Starter For Napier Park. • The Napier Park Racing Club has appointed Mr. L. G. Morris starter tor its spring meeting at Greenmeadows on November G and 13. Win is Due.

The Hastings trainee K. Cooper was unlucky not to open his account with Ozel in the Trial Handicap at Marton on Saturday. and tins mare should soon make her way out of maiden class. Ozel is a four-year-old mare by Broiefort from Phrosa, and cost her owner. Mrs. E. Selby. 320 guineas as a yearling at the 10-11 sales. Phrosa (Limond Cowl) is a full sister to Mask and the Masquerader, and half-sister to Rational, The Monk. Veil (dam of Vellmond). Curtain (dam of Smoke Screen), and Habit (dam of Black Robe and Soutane), a family of high-class gallopers.

Lohb of Brood. Ahtrc. Mr. A. E. Butson, Southland, who bought a number of high-p.riced mares at the Trenthani Winter Sale, bus had the misfortune to lose Fabric, which he purchased for TJOgns. The sister to Veihimnd (Limond —Veil) produced.a filly by Ringmaster last month, and when being handled at the stud recently reared up and over backward, breaking her neck. J’ortnnatel.v Mr. Butson’s loss is protected in part by insurance. The foal is being reared bn a foster mother. \

ifift.v-six Classic Winners. The victories of Balfron and Gulf Stream in the Avondale and Wanganui Guineas bring the total number of classic winning three-year-olds, purchased at the New Zealand National Yearling Sales as yearlings up to the extra ordinary number of 50. In the 14 years since the sales commenced, during which period yearlings bought there have been eligible to race in the three-year-old classics, they have won in Australia and New Zealand an average of four classic races each season. This is a wonderful achievement, and must be accepted as -substantiating the claim that the national sales’ catalogue provides the highest percentage of classic winners of any sale held throughout the world. Last year the best included Lord Chancellor, Indian Princess, Alethea, Representative, Foxhaven, John Gay and Boulder Dgm. Ten Winners From Ilis Dam.

Battk; -Song, who will be strongly represented at tlie national sales in January, and whose first runner, Martial Song, deadheated for the Debutant 'Stakes at the AVangaiiui meeting, is one of ten winners from the Hurv On mare. Cradle Song. The latest winner from this famous brood mare is AA*ood Cot. a two-year-old colt by Bois Roussel, who won the AVillingham Stakes at Newmarket in July from a field of 21. AVood Cot defeated Dancing Goddess, by Hyperion, and John Peel, by Foxhunter, in effortless style with three lengths to spare. The race was over six furlongs. Battle Song himself was 4i high-class stayer, winning the Irish St. Leger, one mile and three-quarters, by eight lengths. The shortest race won by this descendant of Carbine was at a mile. His brother, Hill -Song, was ;i:lso a groat stayer, but other progeny of Cradle Song scored as two-year-olds. His half-'brother, AA’ood Cot, is highly regarded in England. He was 'bred and is raced by the lion. Peter Beatty, who won the Derby with Bois Ro.ussol. Answers to Inquiries. “Constant Reader,” Palmerston North: £l/14/6 and £l/5/6. . - “Perplexed,” Fahiatua: The Geraldine Cun resulted: Guhdi il. Hotch Polch 2, Trench Law 3; (2) £2/111/6 and £H/8/-; (3) £6/7/6. _ “Poutatau,” Levin: (*1) £6/7/6; (2) £1 14/6 and £l/5/6; £l/14/-; £3/4/-. “A.AAL,” Lower Hutt: (1) £B/18/6 and £3; (C) £2/15/6; (3) £2/5/-.