RACING NEWS

Evening Post, Volume 50, Issue 50, 27 August 1926, Page 5

RACING NEWS

(BY i'VEDETTE.")

RACING FIXTUEES.

August 28—North Taranaki Hunt Club. September 1, 2—Alarton J.C. September 4—Otago Hunt Club. September 4—Manawatu Hunt Club. September 9, 11—Wanganui J.C. September 15—Danuevirke B.C. September 16—Danuevirke Hunt Club. September 24, 25—Ashburton County K.C. September 24, 25—Napier Park R.C. September 25, 27-Avondale J.C. September 30, October I—Geraldino K.C. October 2—llawkes Bay J.C. October I— Kurow J.C. October 7, &—Wliangarei K.C. October 8, 9-otaki Maori R.C. October 9— Oamaru J.C. October 14, 16—Dunedin J.C. October 16—Carterton R.C. October 23, 25—Wellington R.C. ■October 25-Waikato Hunt Club. October 25—Waipawa County R.C. October 23, 25. or 25. 27— Waverley R.C. •October 25—North Canterbury R.C October 25, 27-Gore R.C October 28. 30—Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 29, 30—Masterton R.C. October 30—Banks Peninsula R.C. October SO, November I—Thames J.C.

■ Nominations for the Danncvirke Hunt and Racing Club Meetings close to-night at 9 p.m. -Handicaps for the Wanganui Meeting are not due -until next Friday. There will be a few fresh horses at NewPlymouth to-morrow for the Jtorth Taranaki Hunt Club's Meeting, but in the 'main the horses engaged raced at Hawera on Wednesday. That form should be a. fairly reliable guide, and from the appearance of the weather the track should be in good order. If at all decently ridden, Katapiko should warrant a short price* being accepted about his chance in the Lepperton Huntera* Hurdles. Tamakana and Banjuke, who finished in front of him on Wednesday, will be absentees to-morrow. Young Thurnham if ridden by A. M'Donald, may be hard to beat, although at Hawera he raced over the steeplechase fences. Sea" Comet may be the best in the Hunters' Steeplechase, while the distance (two miles) should suit Suveilah and Grey Dawn better than the half-mile longer

NOTES AND COMMENTS

course they covered on Wednesday. Although one hesitates to recommend Gaillard, the chestnut ran a very fair race at Hawera on Wednesday, and in the Stratford' Handicap to-morrow he may improve a little on his third place. Of the other Kawera runners, Bonogne's form was best. There are one or two fresh horses, one of these being Enare, ;' who has been sprinting exceptionally well on the track at Hawera. He is one that may spring a surprise, for it is noteworthy perhaps that 0. Cos has left him in in- • stead of Lady Desmond. . In the Hunt Cup, form points strongly V" to. Lupineel and Gilgai. In the Waihi Hack Handicap one cannot get away from the form of Te Karere and Monaghan, but an Aucklander in Wenday has shown fair form on Northern courses, 'and judging by her track work she is very ■'well. •■■ -Most of those engaged in the Hunters' ""• Flat will have raced earlier in the day. . S.ea Comet, Young Thurnham, and Fair ■"^ Abbey m;.' do best. There is some uncertainty about the con- " 'dition of a number of the runners in the • Urenui Hack Handicap, quite a number ■'- ■of whom did not run at Hawera. Erin-go- ; bragh was one of these, and he should show up with 9.4. Monaghan and Vivo „ both read well also. 'Any attempt at all to form an opinion ■•■'• of the OpunaKO Scurry without being on !.'..J.the spot would be ridiculous. On the way home from Hawera the op- •, portunity was taken of renewing acquaint- ... ances with Mask and Lysander, and mll specting tlieir two-year-old companions, ■ -Coyent Garden, Thaw, and Damaris. The „ ...quintette were produced on the track at .'.Wanganui yesterday' morning in the pre--■.•sence of their owner, Mr. G. M. Currie. .ar.d L. A. Pine, the stable jockey, and trainer W. Rayner, did the riding. Ly- - -samler has done well through the winter, „.iind has developed as a high-class colt ■ would be expected to. Whether he will V"bV a.Derby proposition remains to be seen, „.,,..but. he should run out a good mile. Mask ia now the ideal handicap horse, and.if .. _he does not do exceptionally well this ...season it will be indeed surprising. After cantering once round, Mask (Ray- ' ncr). and Lysander (Pine) broke away at , ",,'the seven furlong post, Mask having the ' inside running. Rayner kept him up to Ilia work—lie is a sluggish worker—and the /;;j)air;ran together to the straight, where '•'•Lysander drew away to win under a pull '"' by two lengths. The track was in good order, and they took 3S'/isec for the first three furlongs, the half-mile was covered in 50sec, and the full distance in lmin 29 sec. It was a very satisfactory piece of work on the part of both horses. Lysander sweated a good deal, and did not pull up quite as well as Mask, but he was oti'liis toes more before the gallop. Gavent Garden (the Absurd—Cherry Mart gelding) with his trainer up, and Thaw (Limond —Melting), then appeared. They trotted round to the half-mile post _ and strode homo in 49see, the first three ~ taking 36seo. Thaw ia probably the more forward, but the Absurd gelding is a solid customer and a good mover. He ' ■'-•: will run probably in the Debutante Stakes v ...in Wanganui. . ". Damans, by Limond from Pennon, is "a fine filly, and no doubt will be the best of the bunch later on. She is still fairly ■backward, due to receiving a slight but 'orily superficial leg injury. She has done practically no fast work yet, but showed ■that she has all the family speed by sprint- , ing two furlongs with Pine up, in 25 4-ssec, -; She gets do-., a to her work like a greyhound, and looks sure to be first-class. Civility looks fine and lusty after her racing at Riccarton, and sprinted five furlongs in lmin lsec at Wanganui yesterday morning. F. Lind has a three-year- ._•■ old half-brother by California to Civility who looks like proving a very useful horse • - He is still in the elementary stages, but should soon have his name amongst the winners unless appearances are very deceiving. -Kiosk is being kept up to the collar by W. H. Dwyer. The three-year-old still makes a noise, but it does not inconvenience him, and in the early spring he should have all the best of it with the local three-year-olds when it is considered that he. was racing in Australia for the most of the winter. Star Area is doing steady work, and is due to make his first appearance at the Wanganui Meeting. Dwyer has a useful looking two-year-old by Nassau from Culross who should turn out w.cll if given a little time. Apparently a patient policy is being adopted. Diamond Ring looks better than she did at vVellington, and at Wanganui yesterdny morning she ran half a mile with Alarm in oOsec. Alarm is a maiden plater who shows a fair amount of pace. Diamond King is to run in the hurdle races at the Marton Meeting. > Puwhero has gone slightly amiss, and his trip to Australia has been cancelled, .■. alt least for the spring. He may go over : in the autumn. .-'.'t \ Ban juke is a long way from being a champion, but he was a "Gloaming" in •;.' i the hunters' hurdle field at Hawera on " ' Wednesday. He appeared to be going only about three-quarter pace throughout, so ■ some idea can be gained from the quality (?) of the opposition. ""■',■ Pikimai, who raced in hunters' company at Hawera, carries tho Nukumai colours, but it is no compliment to the champion hurdler of last year. Subjection apparently .is not the reformed character it was thought he might be. In the Waverley Hack Handicap at Hawera he was pulling double for three furlongs, and then he started to drift back from a good position. When he turned for home he was nearly last with his ears laid back and advertising to the world that he had had enough of racing for that day. For some reason there -were quite a number of sore horses at Hawera. This was rather surprising at this period of Young Thurnham certainly looked a cut above the opposition he met f.t Hawera, and providing he keeps sound he should do well for his owner, the Hawera trainer, J. Fryer. He has been oif the scene for a " long time, and his second on Wednesday was quite a good effort, all things con- ■ sidered. "•• The Flying Handicap at Hawera on • ••■Wednesday was a most interesting contest in many ways. Although' some re- • : ports have been made to the contrary, it

■ was obvious to those who saw the.race that in all ways things did not 'work I out according to plan. O. Cos produced the three-year-old filly Barryander (Martian—Per Anna) at Hawera, but a mishap at the barrier prevented her from showing what she could do. After being a long last away she had run up to a handy position at the end without being knocked about. She is a useful-looking filly who should at least pay her way. Tea Time, who is amongst the trial platers engaged at Marton, showed a good deal of pace in two-year-old races in the Auckland province last season. Barometer should win a good middle-dis-tance handicap early in the season in the North. He is a better horse always with the sting out of the ground, and apparently is well forwafrd, considering his good showing in the open sprint event at the Pakuranga Meeting. For some reason Barometer always returns a great price when he leads a field home. King Emerald, who led the field ot sprinters in the open event at the Pakuranga Meeting for the greatest part of the journey, is still a maiden. Some people have queer ideas of placing horses. Koyal Tea appears to have made a good impression when he followed Lilah home in the Denham Court Handicap at Warwick Farm. He shifted about at the end, but he was racing against a thoroughly seasoned and older opponent. He is selected by "Pilot" to get some of the stake money in. Australian three-year-old races. Unless Koyal Tea has improved a good deal since going to Australia he will not have much chance with Limerick. At his best in New Zealand Koyal Tea was only a good second-class in the two-year-old brigade. . According to "Pilot," Rapine has not looked better 1 on any of his previous visits to Sydney than he does this spring. Rapine is in the Warwick Stakes next month, but at a mile he may not be sent to race against Valicare and Windbag. Koyal lea is a possible starter in this race. Vahcare continues to be the star sprinter on the tracks at Randwick and runs the best five furlongs of the morning with regua"nythe seven furlong three-year-old handicap run at Rosehill last Saturday, Rampion, 9.13, was at the top of the.nandican and others weighted were LimericK 9 9 Joy King 9.7, Reonui 9.1, Subdivision 7'll None of these started in the race. Star Stranger, 9.0, was nest to M"." 110 ,' 9 2 in the handicap in which he finished second, Mountain Prince, the winner, havine 82. Boaster, the Epsom iavounte, who had.dead-heated a week earlier, was top-weight with 10.1 in the Carlingford Mile won by Limerick, 8.5. Count Cavour had 9.5 and^unnymede 8.11 but it is unlikely that they were starters On the weights the performances of both btar Stranger and Limerick were decidedly xeaSThiDgC.J.C. handicapper, Mr. J E Henrys has declared in rather marked feh on tot outside a select few the class in the New Zealand Cup is not, higb, by any means. Rapine has earned the mas-. mum weight of 9.6, and by the appearance of the handicap it seems that he would have received more had the weightadjuster been unrestricted. Count Cavour awl Star Stranger are assessed as well be-, low weight-for-age form, while good gallopers of the past, Loughrca, Roseclay, and Ngata fall short by a good deal ot the Rapine standard. Few will quarre with this, for the Martian gelding showed <reat form last autumn. There are so many light weights who are proved gallopers that there will be plenty of early fancies. If some of the horses engaged are up to Cup standard, their owners certainly cannot complain of the imposts allotted. No fewer than 28 are on the minimum, i . Centrepiece looks none the worse ior Jus recent racing, says a Christchurch exchange. He should be in good order for the spring meetings, .it which he may add to his winning record. Rivalry continues to move freely in her track work. She is very forward, and this will be in her favour for early spring meetings, at which some of the other horses may be at a disadvantage. The three-year-old filly Zarisee, who showed useful form more than once last season, has done well lately, and she should pay her way early in the new season. Paperchase has been galloping freely in her track work, and if all goes right with her, she should win good races as a three-year-old. She has plenty of speed, while she comes from a family that has improved with age. Paper Boy who scored very nicely in the Cashmere Plate at Riccarton, is doing very well on the Southern track. Being forward he should pay his way during the next month or two. His stable-mate Crossbow has also gone on the right way. J. M'Combe sprinted his two three-year-olds Power (Tractor —Glenledi) and Credit (Paper Money—Formless) at Riecarton yesterday. Power gave his mate a start, and caught him, but both pleased the critics.

The speedy Bachelor, who as a two-year-old was backed for pounds, shillings, and pence at Trentham, and missed badly, is doing good work again at Riccarton. He goes fast over a short course.