TRENTHAM IN FORM

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 81, 7 April 1931, Page 6

TRENTHAM IN FORM

NUMEROUS SUCCESSES

•WAIRARAPA'S FIRST DAY

In all other events at tie Wairarapa jßacing Glub's Meeting, yesterday there fcras excellent racing, and many of the finishes were very closely contested. Trentiani Stables had a good innings, supplying .winners with Ephialtes, Movietone, Courtlake, liineage, and Martian Chief. A meeting of the Judicial Committee j(vas called after the .'Perry Hack Handicap, and G-. Eidgway, the rider of Baskier, was itautioned to be more careful when riding Jioi-ses having a tendency to bore in. WIN AT FIRST RIDE. Tenterden gave the stable apprentice J. .Green a win at his first ride, when ho fepread-eagled his three opponents in the Newmarket Handicap. After some delay sit the start, caused by Bidgemount's refusing to go into line, a ragged dispatch ;fras effected, Portray showing out from Hunting Call and Tenterden, with' BidgemoTint some lengths away. Tenterden ran round to the lead before a couple of furlongs had been traversed, and after piloting Portray, Hunting Call, and Ridgemount into the straight came on ridden to the finish to beat Kidgemount by five lengths, Portray being half a length further back, and Hunting Call a wefl-beaten fourth. All the horses were ridden by apprentices, Portray and Kidgemount, apparently because their riders were better known, carrying most of the support, and Tenterden, as third favourite, being at a surprising price. The race needs little comment, as Tenterden, with the full apprentice allowance, outclassed the others. Even had Kidgemount gons off more satisfactorily he would not have won. '■-■. EPHIALTES WINS EASILY. Ephialtes, who will be remembered for the' huge dividend he paid when he won nt Carterton at his first start ,in the spring, again caught bettors by surprise in the Perry Hack Handicap, returning a. price approaching double figures. He was moving back when the tapes were released, and was one of the last when the field settled down, but he improved fast round the turn, and, after following Baskier, Kozan, Leyland, and Winsome Hind into the straight, came through approachingUhe distance and was going away to beat Kozan by a couple of lengths, Leyland being another length . and a half back, just ahead of Baskier and Winloch. Next were False Scent, Greymist, Winsome Hind, and Henry of Navarre. Mils was Ephialtes'. second success to Hate, but he has been an unlucky horse in many of his races. Though he carried 41b overweight he made light of his task yesterday. Kozan, a short-priced favourite, was beaten on the merits, for he was always racing near the' front. His rider, however, did. not appear to have liim galloping .too smoothly over .the middle stages, and this probably affected his winning chance. ' Leyland stuck on well, but Baskier, after being rushed along early, weakened in the straight. Winloch was a bad last after the field had gone a. furlong, but she finished with a rattle brer the final stages. ANOTHER FORTRENTHAM. Trentham-trained Movietone, who has not done very much racing, finished more fteongly than anything else in the Wnirarapa Nursery Handicap, and that enabled him to draw out to narrow victory in the final strides. Interlocutor, Ac\s, Dis.tortion, and Child Study led him into the straight, but he came through on the rail and forged up to beat Child Study by a neck, with Distortion, on the outside 'of the trio,,a bead away third. Foghorn, :yvh() "yrafl coirpled -with the winner, finished "over', several tired horses into fourth

place" a couple of lengths away, best of the others being .St. Roger, who ran greenly. - Distortion, who was a strong favourite, looked a winner turning for home, but he was carried out by Acis, and then later by Child Study and Movietone, who came over when they were clear of the others. With a better run Distortion might have won. Movietone is a bay gelding.by the Australian sire Moabite, from Marriage Bell, a half-sister by "Tea Tray to the champion of a decade back, Amythas. He was bred by the Auckland breeder, Mr. J. Gleeson, who sent Marriage Bell to Australia for service, and was purchased by Mr. W. R. Kemball at the 1929 Trentham sales for 350 guineas. Child Study, who was having his first start in a race, is the half-brother by Psychology to Royal Parade, and be carries the same colours, those of Mr. L. M'Kenzie. Richborough was left hopelessly at the start. A-MERITORIOUS VICTORY. Courtlike was 'responsible for a highly meritorious victory in. the Tuhitarata Hack Handicap. She missed the jump-out and lost several lengths at the start,.but she steadily crept up along the back and had run into third place half a mile from home.' The pace-making Master of Arts, Saltpot, Courtlike, and Cessation were practically in line, for home, with Jayson on the rail behind, and a desperate battle ensued over the final furlong. Courtlike showing true gameness to beat Saltpot by a head, with Jayson only a neck further away. There was a. gap back to Cessation, Appledbre, The Sun, Zephyrus, and Master of-Arts. Courtlike, who was second favourite, was set a big task when the field was sent away with her several lengths, back, but her rider (S. Gerrand), went about recovering the disadvantage in the only way in which it was possible to-do so.successfully. He allowed Courtlike to find her feet, and then made her close oh the leaders steadily throughout the rest of the race. Saltpot had every chance, but he apepared to stumble a short distance off the post and lost the lead to the winner. " Jayson went well, but Cessation, the favourite, ran somewhat patchilyi drifting to last after a couple-of furlongs had - been traversed, and then'berag rushed up approaching the straight;-. Zephyrus: was very.disappointing. . LINEAGE ROMPS HOME. Lineage proved the certainty for the Mai'tinborough' Handicap that' the betting indicated, and she registered the first success during the day for a favourite. She drew-No. 1, and led out from. Atholspear, Make Up, SStaghunter, and Billion. She had extended the break to three lengths at the straight. entrance, where Make Up had run up to second place ahead of Billion, Staghunter, and Atholspear, and over the rest.of the'journey she had to do little more. than : canter to beat Make Up by, four; lengths, with Atholspear racing up for third money a length away, well- clear of Billion, Staghunter; .'■ Belle Star, and Teheka: : ';/■' Lineage, as a result of her recent brilliant galloping, was always the public choice, but there was good money also for Atholspear.: and Belle ; Star. Lineage's victory, yas.probably the most easily achieved:, during1; the .day, and it is. doubtful if she . f was ever.:dping' her best. It was her first'three-year--old win, but as a two-year-pld'-'fch'e wontheiAvondale Stakes and the Sapling Stakes' at Woodville. She had no recurrence pf.last week's bleeding, and pulled up ah/host as fresh as-- though she had not raced. Make Up is returning to form, and he trill be worth, remembering for the winter. Atholspeear came too late, otherwise lie might have been second. Belle Star was disappointing, arid so. was Staghunter, vivho, however, showed good pace early; in the race. BETTTpRS AGAIN ASTRAY. The i Waipawa-trained False Scent, haying his second start during the day, again upsei bettprg in the Mokai Hack Handicap. He was sixth in the earlier race, and, with a different boy in the saddle,, made a much better showing in his second race.' Third behind Valueless and Ben Hur when the field settled down, he took charge half a niile from home, and was never thereafter in danger, beating Rotation comfortably by half a length, with Johneen- another half-length back third, followed by Lucretia,- Dermod, White Doe, and Tobaccoland. The most disapopinting showing in the race was that of. the favourite Tobaccoland, who was ridden by his "trainer (J. Young). ■ Tobaccoland,. was always chasing along at the back, and he was offered no opening in the straight, if that is what he was waiting for. Half a mile from home Rotation was last behind Tobaccoland, but thereafter he continued to improve, and hud the race been much further he would have won. Both Johneen and Lucretia came from well back in the straight. Valueless and Peep did- not finish on. TRENTHAM WINDS UP. Joie de Val attempted to win the Maiden Race from end to end, but when challenged inside the distance by Martian Chief, .another. Trentham-trained horse, she failed to hold hinv off and lost by a head after a-grim effort to retrieve the position in the final strides. It was possible,, however, that Martian Chief caught her _ rider' (L. Daly) unawares by coming up on the; inner. Manuiri, who followed Joie de Val,.Lady Ronald, Martian Chief, and Pat's Boy into the straight, .was half a length back third, with Lady Ronald a good fourth. Next were Retract, Pat's Boy, and Midnight Echo. Martian Chief is-a ;three-year-old chestnut gelding by Chief Ruler from Martianette, by Martian from "the Advance mare Equitas, and he is therefore closely related to Oratress, Oratrix, Concentrate, and Murihaupo. He developed strangles when taken to Australia in the spring of 1929, and it.is only comparatively recently that he has been brought back into training. As a yearling he cost- his owner (Mr. R. J. Murphy)' 575 guineas, and his only returns so far have been a second at Blenheim and yesterday's race. His price was a good one, and ended up a bad day for bettors. Joio de Val's lack of courage is the only thing that stops her breaking her maiden status, for she has speed enough. , Manuiri and Retreat are worth remembering.