SYDNEY TURF NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 63, 16 March 1933, Page 8

SYDNEY TURF NOTES

EASTER TIME'S INJURY

(From "Vedette.")

SYDNEY, March 10.

Horses arriving for F. McGrath from New Zealand have not been lucky. Tigerism went sore just after.his arrival, and now Kaster Time, who arriveU op Tuesday, injured a stifle on the steamer. He was in quite a bad way after being disembarked, and will' be out "of commission for some.little time. Orapai, on the contrary, travelled well, and has done some useful pace work at Ran'dwick already. H. B. Lorigan, all being well; will receive the .highest-priced yearling sold at the yearling sales in Melbourne this week;. This is a colt by Verbius, sire of the Sf. Leger winner, Oratory,, purchased by Mr. F. H. ; ■ Robinson' for 550 guineas. Mr. Robinson is the owner, of Mabsie, trained by Lorigan for a short period and a winner twice and/ once second in three starts; Lorigan did riot stay in Melbourne for the Flemington Meeting, but returned home with the two-year-old Frimsel, who looks particularly ..well. Disinterested judges who were at ■ Caulfield say that Frimsel was unlucky not to win- one racej for ShakunL certainly came over on to her at a critical stage, and there would have been every justification, for a protest being upheld. ■" ""'":'■•'' ' ■

Forestry, Lavington,' and • Waratah are all working. along, satisfactorily , at. Rand-t wick, and are ready.; for -early racing. : •The ex-New':: Zealahder, Mr. George Tancred, did the ' bookmakers an unexpectedly good turn at Canterbury Park on Saturday when his Heroic thvee-year-old, High Degree, then still a maiden, won a first division of an open highweight sprint at any old price. To most of the bookmakers he was a "skinner," and no one was more surprised than his owner. He was followed home by the Thomond gelding Ephialtes, who ;also showed considerable i improvement in form.

Like High Degree, Diamond de Rouge is trained by T; A. Williams. The Hunting Song'three-year-old-ran quite a fair race, always prominent, and finished fourth. L .-■ :. . ' •

Mr. G.M.^Currie's cast-off, Covent Garden, once Southern- Cross, and now Croix dv Sud, has slipped down the scale and now is unable, to show any pace in moderate company. He.wag one of the well-, defeated ones at. Canterbury Park last Saturday. ;. '.■;■'• .' . '.'':. ■ ; More than usual interest has been shown here in Hector Gray's second escape from life disqualification. In the. absence of first-hand knowledge of the facts of the case, it is -unfair; to1 criticise the appeal judges; as is being done freely here, but it is pointed outithat the third body re^ [versed completely^-■-.the' -findings of two:

bodies, one of which was completely au fait with the case—the-stewards of the club.

Peter Pan, than whom no horse is watched more at Randwick, is commencing to show something of his real form on the track. So far "~ smartish half-miles have been his tasks following on solid pace work. He is sprinting quite well too. He will probably have his first race on Saturday week at City Tatteisall's Meeting at Randwick, in the Randwick Stakes, a mile weight-for-age event with penalties.

Blisten is doing good work at Randwick during G. Price's absence in Melbourne. The Night Raid—Receipt colt is a contented fellow and one of the quietest juveniles in commission. He looks like proving another really good' Night Raid and a good horse later in his career.