NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1931, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS

BY. " KANOATIEA."

.TWO-YEAE-OLD FORM

SEASON ;ffl PERSPECTIVE

CLASSIC: POSSIBILITIES

'rhc'lirb-ycav-qids have' had h memorable .struggle among themselves this season for ' supremacy,.but iibw. that' all-, juvenile vailing of account is completed it is possible ■.to take a-ie'typspeatiyc glance at the position, and to ,-uolo Icad^jig; viiglits towards ■ next season's-'clussies. ..■ ;. ::..-■ • The two most outstanding youngsters have; without .doubt' '.been' - Aihmoii Ka; (Limoiid—Hyadcs); -and • Bronze Eagle them it ' is difficult to. discfirainajc/beqause Amraoii Ha'was sold to Australia '."before Bronze ■ Eagle came on to ih'?-scene,' -and a true ' line as to their respective' "merits at their . best ias not been afforded. Ammon Ka heads the stake winners, and;.he may just-1 ly.be accounted the.season's best; but as ■it-is no longer necessary to-.consider, him . for next season's classics we may.pass him ' by and acclaim Bronze" Eagle-as the horse that goes into winter retirement with brightest prospects; for next -Season's big three-year-old -prize's-/ ■'■'■■-' •'' '■•' •. ■ Several '.Am ye earned move:-, than the .£.1505 that • Bronze :J''agle ■lias ..amassed in stake winnings, but his career-was short, and .he won four j>ut.- of his iiye races, in- ' iHiiding..the':- Greati.Northcrii: 'Champagne ■'Stakes.and:the All-Aged'SLakes at Avon-. dale:"- lie- was' only -once hard pressed to' succeed,"' and -that- vois by-older horses atAvondalc, on -heavy going. 'He is one of the best two-year-olds seen out in. recent years, and.'-at present .lie.-..makes by far ■ the most convincing appeal among the probable 'contenders"for next season's classic honours. .\JIq has '"also, been "entered for the"Australian, classics,; but;.if ho remains:in Dominion ownership,'-he/ 'may race .at •Kan'dwick---in '•■ th'c-' sprfiis-Hnd return in . titffO:".£<* the New Zealand-Derby, as Hon•.mujr did-in::Ml2a;:i;-5.:•.-.;"■ -v:;ir:.' - ■ '■• -.-.■it--is hardly necessary ;%<x. make further -note on Ammon: lla, -who' is-;now # listed as- premier two-yeaivoll. :of-Australia, be''caiise of his A.J.C. "Kire'sV.Pr'Qduce Stakes win, which brought" his season's earnings ■'to ' £8336. ■There' has been no actually first-class youngster-in ther: Commonwealth this season,- unless..one-sprang, into being in Tregilla's half-brother, Burwood, who' - accounted-for. Movie Star-, and Ammon Ea .(.initial A-.J.C^-Champagne .-Stakes. It is .td".no.te.."lhat;Ailrimon Ka. and •Bronze' Eagle IVerc :ib.btlrotoMted at Taka-; ■•'•nihi-, ;and-tHat-.irt ;the - latter the Auckland province has ■promise-of 1 as worthy a .■.classic.'representative next season as Kara- .; poti;.has:.been .thisisenson.'::' :■-" :. ■■:;■"•■■ -MDyiE:STAR'K;ct^iM. ; ■ JVTany hold claims to." occupy; the niche :next to Bronze. Eagle iri'the hall of juve■nile -fame*; "but probabjy 'the one best entitled is'Movie--Star (Lord Quex— , Painted ■' Screen), "winner-'of the A.J.C. ■Breeders'i Plato. :a;n.d of: the A.R.C. Cri'.tenon- 'Handicap,- ttnti-.-yictpr;; of Ammon : !Ka .(thbugK himself ."boatpn..-.bjr Burwood). ' iii -'tfio.;A..JVCV.."Cliampagne '.Slakes. Both ': Jfovie'Star. ftn(l':.Aninib.nJ.Ra. .carried the ■full penalty '(lOlb)_' f ia "tire ias.tf-uamed. race, ■ bo that-the-fornier's.eitort was a lirst-elass ■..one. .Movie: Star's'lines/however, are not those of a: true.stayer, and;.he may tind trouble-with: the. /distance of>'the longer classics.--: He.-was bcaterrintQ.-.fourth place 'in the Sir'.cs': Produce Stakes,--after being with: the leaders, from .^ic'start,, and. this, further'suggests that; his best races next; - season?iriay ' be' at sprint or middle distances." The' £Si 7 hc/won-jn Sydney rc-V. ccntly brings. :his-stake"Winnings for the . season to exactly. #3000,"of wliich^£263o .'.was'collected, on ; Auslraliaiir soil. . : ■ Others "who".rfl'iijc'v.evy-.npai-'ly, if not as Rood; as. ir.ovie'Star 7>r'e'. K'a" P.oupee, Gold--en .Wingsi High Comedy, and Cricket Bat*. -; ■' Tin. Polip'ee "(Tea Tray^Dancing Doll) did . :hcr racing mostly in-the qarly part of the Reason, and the races she won were, the "A.R.C.. Wejeonie .:Stakest and the -W:R.C. . AV.ellesley Stakes, -her- .stake -winnings : ■.ain.o.untHig t07."£2(i7,0..~..5he. is:, the year's best filly, biit .hete litee/Jing.does not sug'gciit that.she will;'eve'r excel.beyond purely- sprint-••distances; :- Sh.tr" jftay even be ''tr6'ubled-in-i|ext-year's:oafe for there are jEome: promisirigi-iilliGS -among 'this season's ypjtngstersj':.-.?.:;' ■". •'-■ i.'-"--'/; •- Ciqldqn:.Ayjngs:(Lackham'7r-M.cgalo) is another whp wo iL probably; not- develop into . a'.distaiicc .performoiv' .Sane, -who remem;'ber.' Megald coiild' ever .expect; to-find one of her offspring.' mdrp.than a/simon pure sprinter: ■ Golde'ri Wings has been, decidedly unlucky not to have been more successful'than'he'has been" this-season, and .-■hiß has 'earned every:-pehny-of the £1240 ■ that stands-to. his:.season!a:.credit. His principal -success.-.rwas '-in;, the;.-A S :J>C. Cham.pagne Stakes at Easter,- but-ho had .won ' three, handicaps' previously; '.'., H.igh" .Cb'Tn.cdy. .(Leigijto'n^Comedienne) has shown strong eytdence of staying ability in -His" later rates-this' season, and, al- '■ tliougli his- ree'oi:d is. not- as attractive as some, he may be-found doing:'better than many/next season. -■■•His principal win was -in the Manawatu..' Sires' -Produce Stakes, seven furlongs, and among-those he-coin-"fartably defeated"w.ei'6...Cricket Bat and ' Golden Wings. With his. ..Success at To Kapa: on Saturday" rhis"seasoii'B' earnings - totalled £682 10s. ' ■•■•-:-' ' >-'- ■'■"> The-claim of'Grickefc Bat- (Winning Hit —Equipment)'.to -be I'tfCkoh'sd' rt'mong the ■ likeliest, stayftifc. prospects' ahead for next season rests principally .on his defeat ot ICightinarch- in-tho C.J.C,' ChaJJeuge Stakes, spveu".'furlong.^, biit. prior" to "that ho had ran several; good races. . His'"breeding is along definitely staying1 lines, and a Derby preparation is almost certain, to be given him. •" Hi&' winning's this-sease-ii-amount to £740,. all :of .which has beeif'earned during ■the last sisc.-.weeks.--Th(3'.tQtal,jnight have • been-better:-b.ut.for,a-fall;he-had- at Trent..ham" in-January',' W-liicli'.'.caused-his being ; Jeased.'up" and~ii.o.c 'iaced]lor' several weeks. ;-'. OTHEBlpbssi BlUfTlis. ' While ■those nieiitioned n'VayVhave proved /'themselves: '.best -o£.:tlie -seasaa^s younger brigade.oh performances; :there: jare others ■ who must- bo included, amojig^.the ,-possi- - biliti.es for classic, bonpurs next: season. ': Among, them arc: .-The.!southerner Fair AVeather (AVeath'cryane-:-'Vict6ry' ' Bond), winner of all- the. principal"juvebije races in. ptajjQ,".biit".b.n.'s!ibw-jngß""at' Riccarton ■ and"Trentbam deftnitcly; ..beneath top .class,' and '.unlikely -to stay; - , : Baroscope (Weathcrvane —FortrixK' a'-"-fait-''performer -in handicaps, and who shoulff go beyond sprint-'-distances; Tea- Chat-"(Tea Tray — ' Philomela),' winner .-oft.the C.-.RteWclcomc •Stakes, but. unlikely to stayr-Easier Time ." .THljjntination—Gamboliux), ; a-.-good win-.;-.-ner of ; hnndi<xi.V)s, antlj-, one wiUi definite •'■ staying? possibilities; ;-xVspian . (Thespian— Aspic), a likely stayer, the best, of whom ■Jjas. probably-not bcea seen.;- Gallant Fox '■""(Hunting Song— Smoli'o -..Coiicer.t), whose best ■dist.incn-wiir'pi-O'b.ftljly. beHli.e sprint; (Jhief -.lewb] .(l.'hief /Ku.Ter—Spa^igle), a fair Ijaiuficap winner, -and •■n-li'o's.hoiilfl be a-blp to .nt:iy,' being very atoiitiy- bred on ii'he- tiiiiii'K'siclc'; -Solvent- (Diucquenod— Currency), one of. the best:of-the fillies, a lid" w-itii: certain possibilities'up' to middle ■ "distances;.. King- ■•Colossus". " CGolossus — Queen-Elizabeth), .winner; of.vtho Avoudalc Stake's; and-.bred.to stay; Esteem.(Pombal /—Eulogy):,-'one .who .may makG;CQ(i£iderable improvement, as lie comes from a family :that. has .had: cojisidarable. .classic.'.success; " 'Kichbor.ough . (Chief. Rule.v^-Ko'se!late), not likely to. be. a real".'staler, :btit;;shovil.d be •good at shorter tH'stanccs;- Hj'iiit'the Slip- ■ per (Leiglitpii-"Golden .'Shoe), who may never' reach: the-first Hampden ' (Tea-'-Tray'-^Kilcalm),. more likfely'-to excel '. at. middle'" distauees;: ■• Soloist-•.(Hunting ■ Song—Lucelia), .'.who ■• has : distinct possibilitiea,' particwlafly -.at. sprint- -.distances; and Peter; Jackson ■: -. (Nigger- MinstrelLeft),, who-sho.uld.be able-to compass the longest distances.' .;..... .. -~ '■-.'- Even; with .this. enum.ej;ati.ori;. the.- list of two-year-old; winners is by no 'means' complete, but few of those vrhcr'.are not mentioned can ho'rie'stly be' l-ega'rded as'classic prospects. However, among those who have not filled";a ■winning- berth there .are some whs may do..ninth b.ett,er..nejct season, and wlio. may well: take:.-i .prominent part in some "of. the/ prin'c'ipftt "tlirifrycar-old .Contests and ill, .•gopd.-..ha'iidica'iis." This group .includes .the"..Jrigli-jirjcc .. "Qralorian (?luntinj,'-- '■.■ - Sciiig—"'Ovatjcssl,-■ ..V Cypress I'Cimon'd—Cyrn'c'ric)." Brazanna (Brazen— Manila). View Halloo (HuntinK Song— Halienn), Distortion (Chief Ruler—Ter-

mination),. Zeebrugge ... (Winning Hit— Bravo Droil), arid Gay Court (Gravidcourt —Polonaise), -. .Gyprc'es,- /ecbruggc, and Gay Coui;t make special appeal us potcntinl stayers, and it will surprise ii' this trio does not, develop into more v Ulan useful form.. .';