RACING FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 68, 29 September 1928, Page 23

RACING FIXTURES.

October G—Carterton R.C. October 6—Kurow J.C. October 6. B—Auckland R.C. October 11, 13—Dunedin J.C. October 13—Masterton R.C. October 20, 22—Wellington R.C. October 20. 22—Gore R.C. I October 20, 24—Walkato R.C. October 22 -Waverley R.C. I October 22—Walkato. Hunt Club. • Reminders, Nominations for the Wellington Racing Club's Spring Meeting and forfeits for the' Wellesley Stakes are due on Monday at 9 p.m. Nominations for the Masterton Meeting close on Monday at 9 p.m. Improvements at Trenthain. The Wellington Racing Club is going ahead with the new stand in the outside enclosure, and tho building, when com pleted, will, be of similar outline to those iv the paddock enclosure. A ramp in rear will lead up to the top seats, and there will bo an ample terrace of con crete stc^s in front of the stand. Taken altogether the building will compare lav ourably with Trentham's other assets, and. will complete the equipment of what is, no doubt the most up-to-date race course in this part of the world. Tho building of the stand will take about eighteen months to complete. Metropolitan on Monday. Monday next is a general holiday in Sydney, and big crowds will journey out to. Randwick to see the Metropolitan decided. The two-year-old colts and geld ings have their first race iv New South Wales also on Monday in the Breeders' Plate. The Shorts (six furlongs) :s nearly sure to see Cimabue a runner, and New Zealand horses are nearly sure to be engaged in the Grantham Stakes (nine furlongs for three- and four-year-olds), and Squatters' Handicap, one mile and a quarter. A Pleasing Performance. Zeuxis registered a brilliant performance in winning the RuakapuUa Handicap at Geraldine. He is a long-striding horse, and he could not act round the turns, the result being that he was a long way in the rear in the early stages. He still was nearly last at the entrance to the straight, where he put in a surprising run, which landed him a comfortable winner. This was his first success, but he is a good galloper, who will add to his record very considerably this season. He is a five-year-old gelding by Sarto from Glenluce, but has done very little racing. The New Zealand Cup. Recent racing has suggested that* quite a number of New Zealand candidates are very forward. Set Sail and Pink Note, who had a good battle in the Geraldine Cup on Thursday, are both handily weighted in the big two mile event. At 7.13 and 7.7 they are the heaviest weighted horses who have won. Lady Desmond, Bisox, Hoylake, Beau Geste, and Prodice have all won races, too, Bisox being the only horse to date to earn a rehandicap. Lady Desmond unfortunately was lame after her win at Awapuni. Prodice scored very impressively at Avondale, and although a two mile journey may be thought too much for her, she is well forward and will not lack condition. Added to those named is Oratrix, who has been placed iv Australia. Although, as is usual every, year, the class of the Cup field was decried, it will be surprising if the lightweight brigade is not a numerous and formidable one this year. In.point, of fact, it might be much too good for the horses at the top of the handicap. A Useful Horse. 4 The ex-New Zealand trainer Maurice M'Grath, who trains Kalloni, the medium of two very successful plunges in Sydney during the early spring campaign, tells a good story of how he escaped from an awkward position at Randwick. Kalloni has one malformed forefoot which causes him to move very cramped for a lew paces after he has been standing m a stall or a, box. At Randwick at Tattersall s Meet; ingl just .prior to the race in which Kalloni was being backed for a fortune, M Grath in the horse's stall noticed a Melbourne professional racegoer waiting for him. Just at the time he did not wish to have to discuss the horse with outsiders, so stayed in the box. The "Go to the post" bell sounded, and M'Grath had to send the horse in to the birdcage. Kal'oni obliged by being more sore than usual. "He almost fell on his nose at the first step, and just hobbled out of the stall. Tbe "head took one look, satisfied all was not well, and went away to find a freer goer. By the time he was out of sight Kalloni was stepping out with the. best. What the punter's feelings were when Kalloni spreadeagled the field can be imagined. In passing, it might bo said that rumours were so rife about the identity of Kalloni that the A.J.C. stewards made a formal inspection. The horse, formerly trained at Randwick, showed such a vast improvement after his spell and training in Victoria that this was the origin of the wild stories. A Successor to Windbag. Though he has not yet found a successor to Windbag in his stable, G. Price, the Randwick trainer, continues to turn out his share of winners. He is superintending a rather strong team just now, and (says a Sydney paper) his prospects for the spring look bright. Perhaps Price has hopes of The Dimmer developing into a horse of good class, even if he does not reach the Windbag standard. There is room for improvement in The Dimmer, who is bred the right way to stay. If there is real meyt in the colt Price can be depended upon to discover it, for he is always thorough in his methods. From season to season Price, since settling at Randwick, has had a good deal of success. The Dimmer is in the Melbourne Cup, and it looks as if he might be fancied for that event despite a failure or two recently in Sydney. He is a solidlybuilt three-year-old who certainly should play his part well, while his breeding, by Spearhead from Afterglow, is good enough for anything. Odds and Ends. Arikiwai was something of a puzzle at Randwick. He would be lame after working, but apparently recovered again in a little time. He is to have a spell. G. J. Pine is keeping the three-year-old Noteworthy going in useful tasks.- It is. unlikely, however, that he will be required to fulfil his engagement in the Dunedin Guineas. He is not quite up to classic form, and he will be restricted to easier company in the meantime. Countersign has developed trouble in one of her forelegs, and E. Scoullar has found it necessary to stop her work. She has been blistered, and will be given a spell for a few months. Among the two-year-olds in E. J. Ellis's stable at Washdyke is Pink Coat, by Hunting Song from Red Edna, by All Red from Edna May 11. The youngster, who is owned by Mr. J. M. Samson, is very tall and overgrown. He has been thickening out and improving during the last few weeks, but he will not be seriously trained until the approach of the autumn. J. Lambess asked The Fox to race once only at Avondale. The Romeo gelding failed to go the early pace set by the sprinters, but he was running on nicely in fifth place at the finish. The Fox will probably win sprint races, but it is more likely that his best performance in future will be recorded at distances beyond six furlongs. Pukerimu, who showed such good form at the June meeting at Ellerslie, is still spelling. ■ First Prince, formerly trained by C. Morse, is now under P. P. Neagle's charge. F. Davis is at Ellerslie with the two-year-old Clever. The hock ailment that prevented her from starting at Avondale has greatly improved, and she will be quite herself again when the A.R.C. Welcome Stakes comes up for decision. The Ellerslie trainer J. Williamson has a very useful team in work, tbe star performer being Corinax. , That horse is training on nicely jp view of later spring handicaps, and several other members of the team will make their presence felt before long, The Lover, Bombarder, Pompeius, and Vallar being among the number. Waving Corn showed smart form when she ran second to First Raid in the Ohapi hack Handicap at Geraldine, and again on the second day. She is a three-year-old filly by Solferino from Rosalita, and she shapes like being useful. The fivefirrlong course was not quite far enough to ahow. her at her best.