FOR DERBY AND OAKS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 4

FOR DERBY AND OAKS

STANLEY HOUSE HOPES

(From "Tha Post's" Representative.) . LONDON, 20th December. . 'Lord Stanley, :son and; heir, of ithe Earl of Derby, made, a speech to. a v company of Lancastrians. \Vheu referring to- the nest "flat" season he made the interesting prophecy that he' would win the Oaks and his father would win the Derby. , Students of the Turf immediately looked, up the entries for these classic events, and .they found. that Lord Derby has three horses ■ entered for the Derby—Hyperion, Highlander, and Thrapston—and that Lord Stanley's only nomination for the Oaks is Versicle. A'ersicle won four times out .of six. during the summer, arid .has been placed on *■ the Sst 101b mark in the Free Handicap. Hyperion in ■ the Fuee' Handicap is-weighted at 9st, which is 7lb below the top weight, the flying Myrobella. Ho won three of his five races. ■'Warren Hill,". of .the "Sporting Life," remarks:— • . . ... "A Lancastrian myself, I am % naturally closely interested in the racing fortunes of the; House of Stanley, which has done so much to. maintain that county's' snorting traditions. If is a wonderful-breeding stud'which Lord Derby Has built up, and which, being overstocked in certain-lines, ca», command' such prices for 'spares' as were -realised at last week's sales.. Being now.. resident at Newmarket, I naturally take a still closer interest .. in animals which carry the 'black.jacket, white cap,' and such of these as - will be three-year-olds in little more than a fortnight include a few of distinct promise. It;had been otherwise twelve months. ago. ' ■ "If my memory^ is not-at fault.; Lord. Stanley, when speaking at.a similar function, prophesied the Derby victory of

~ RACING FIXTURES. .February 1-Tapariu! R.C. February ]~ 2—Esmont It.C. February 2. 4—Wairoa R.C. February- 4—Mataraata R.C. ■- February. 0, ll—Xaraqnkl J.C; - ■ February 9. U—Duncdin J.C. February D, Xl—Poverty Bay T.C. ■ February 10. 11—Marlborough R.C. • rohruary-11; J3—Kotorua R.C. - - ■:■ l-'uSruary 16—Tolosa Bay J.C. February 16. 18~^yan(:aIlui J.C. " February 18—Clifdeh'R.C. - " February IS—Canterbury J.C; •■ February 22, 23—Woodvllla District J.G. February 22, 23—Gore R.C. February 23—"Vyalrarnpa R,C. February 25, 27—To Aroha J.C. ' March I—Bangltikel R.C. Srarqh 2. 4r-r?(apier Park R.C. Marctl 4 —Bank3 Peninsula B.C. ' . , Jlarch r:c.

Sausovina, It }$ now on a group of three that he bases next season's hopes with re-. gard to the premier classic. .-♦.' . "Even Hignlandei 1, whom Mr. Fawcett has placed near the foot, of the Free I Handicap, is mentioned favourably by. the ! owner's son. But I do not see' that the senior-official, compiler has taken a-'liberty.: From -having ■ shown some promise at one of the July-meetings here, Highlander fell away to a plating level; and appearances were that the wilL to race was not in him. . . ..-''.'.... . :■'■.;

"Thrapston- reads.much better. This son of Gay. Crusader and Bythorne is a nice colt, and one could wish to have seen more of him. His tw"o appearances in public brought him an official mark of Bst 41b, 101b below Hyperion, who is- the other Derby candidate mentioned by Lord Stanley. -, -' - "Thrnpstpn, with greater opportunity, might have 'gained a higher, place iv • the Free Handicap, while that of Hyperion might hnye been ;lpwer: had ho not turned out'for- tho Dewhtirst• Stakes.'. Poorly-run race although that, was, it .spoke rather favourably, of .the .winner's distance possibilities, ~ and, jalthough Mr. Fawcett has allowed for the fact that Felicitation was not perseyered with for long against the suddon and sustained attack of Hyperion,, I have; previously ventured reasons why I would much .prefer : tbe Jatter of the two in the Epsom test: . . . ■

"Put-the two. on a perfectly . level stretch, however, and I doubt Hyperion would beat the other at evens, granted the conditions yielded a true test."