THE TWO THOUSAND

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 100, 2 May 1929, Page 15

THE TWO THOUSAND

WOK BY MR. JINKS,

Australiau l'rcss Association—lgnited Service (Received 2nd May, 10.30 a.m.)

LONDON, Ist May

Following is the result of the TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES, a sweepstakes of 100 boys, with 2000 guineas added; for three-year-olds; colts 9.0, iillies 8.9. One mile. -Major D. M'Calmont's gr c Mr. Jinks, by Tetratema—False I'iety i Lord Astor's b c Cragadour, by Craig-an-Eran—Pompadour .. 2 Sir Victor Sassoon's b c Gay Day, by Gay Crusader—Silver Tag . 3 There were twenty-two runners. Won by a head, with a length and a half between second and third.

The result of the first of the classics, the race for the Two Thousand Guineas, was more or less true to two-year-old form. Mr. Jinks, the -winner, was one of the two outstanding two-year-olds of last season,-his rival being Costaki Pasha, who, if he started yesterday, failed to gain a place. This is all the more surprising when it is learned that many good judges expressed a preference for him over Mr. Jinks .when it came to racing over the- solid mile course at Newmarket. By Gainsborough from Cos, his breeding suggests stamina, rather than do the lines of Mr. Jinks, and possibly lie will haveIns rliiincu :it ljpsom and Doncastcr. An English writer, comparing tho pair, wrote: . Costaki Pasha and Mr. Jinks aro cast in different moulds, the one being of the lean and wiry type, and the other round and massive in conformation. The former could be given the palm for getting over tho ground with tho most elastic stride. Mr. Jinks, while a most resolute galloper, seems to make more of a "fuss" over his racing. Moreover, both in build and from his breeding, there is suggestion of him having speed in excess of stamina. He gives one the idea of being likely to repeat the exploits of his sire, Tetreterua, by winning the Two Thousand and losing the Derby Major D. M'Calmont, the owner of >Mr. links, raced that exceptional horso Tho Tetrarch, whose grandson won yesterday. Tetratema, the sire of Mr. Jinks, won the Two Thousand Guineas in 1920.

Lord Astor has earned an unenviable reputation with his colts as .an- owner of runners-up in important English races. Certainly he won the 1927 St Leger with a filly Book Law, but in the Derby he has supplied second horses in Blink, Bucban, Craig on Eran Tamav, and St. Germans, in tho last eleven years. The Oaks has been a more successful race, for he won with Sunny Jane, Pogrom, Saucy Sue (with his own filly Gadabout second), and Short Story. Book Law was beaten by Beam in the Oaks.- His ill-luck with his colts thus appears to bo sticking to him.

Concerning Cragadour, a two-year-old, ho made a good impression when produced first at Ascot, where he had Mr. Jinks doing his best to beat.him. Cragadour is lacking in stature, but that generally means early coming to hand, added a, London critic. On that account, therefore, he is likely to carry stable hopefulness in connection with the Two Thousand, while he is the won of a horse, who was a rather unlucky loser of the Derby, on which courso I could picture him putting in a lot of useful work after reaching the top of the hill. Ho should, by his build, be handy at turns and gradients which fall away from him.

, Gay Day, too, was solected on last year's form to prove worthy of inclusion with the best. He ran two fine races in the Champagne Stakes and Middle Park Stakes, and was unlucky in running in both races. Ho is stated to be a fine actioned colt, and in conformation ono of the best- of his ago.