VICTORIA DERBY BAY

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 119, 16 November 1933, Page 10

VICTORIA DERBY BAY

NEW ZEALAND SUCCESSES

(From "Vedette.")

SVDXLY, Novcmbei 0

Derby Day at' Flemington was remarks able for. the, success of the visitors.. Visit 1' ing riders w.Oji all • six races,-and . ICo\y: Zealand horses were well' to the. fore : with wins froai ■Golden Hair and; Pasha. ■, .;. Tlie spirit'of the meeting,"too/was ext eellenf, betting brisli; 'interstate; and overseas .visitors pientiful,' ; .:and; ;qu.itfi "a.real return to ■ the''Me^boU|ne s.Cup atmosphere; of the bright .:•" 'V;; " ';:y '■'■ "■ (xaine. Cari'ingtdni.:although, .beaten by Rogilla .in-ihe;Melbp,urue Stakes, ..put up., a sound, .p'erfornia'nce .and.'1- kept; Rogilla; going right.; to the,post; '[".p'}.i \:'-\'? ,~ - ',-.V Coi^mcttping' with .tlie "first feyeiii, Golden Hair's': sne'eess" in' .the Wa'k¥ful Stakes',, backeis did well. Expeneuccd tiaineis considered the filly'a Moonee Valley win a high-glade effort and would not hear ot her defeat on Satuidaj. It -was ,piactica!l> impossible to back her at tho finish. Wcbstei rode her quietly ,eailj. and not until the turn vas leached was she within stuking distance of the leaders. Down the stiaight she put in an oik, and although Vanance, udden by veteian R. Le«is, challenged, she i\as going comfoitably at the finisli. Pasha's gamene--s, a little Juck, and steeling a straight eoui;f-e won for,him the Muiibyrnong Plato. Carijing 9.3,^ including a 71b penalty, he was not one\of the smartest away, but he tan tluouglf into a., handy position about half-waj. Keeping up his i un while Aztec was boring out. and being held stidight by Sun Clad, he won by the nailowest of margins fiom A/tee. The lattei vent more kindly over th,c •,final furlong, and although photogiaph? show and some people declared he had won, he vab placed second by a head to Pasha. It must be said tho photogiaphs were taken at an angle. The fom starteia m the Melbourne Stakes provided a spin ted lace. Piko on Game Cauington tiied to po away with the lead, but D. Mumo on Rogilla would not peimit it. Thej laced away in company, with Kuvcia two lengths back and Oio chopping astern. The fn"st half-mile was mn in 50% sec, so theie was no loiteiing. Over the last halt-mile the pace was a ciackei with the two leaders two lengthsahead ot Kuvciu, who had been joined b> Oio. Pike on Game Carrington i\as the fiir-t to become uneasy, and Munro dLo^e Rogilla along with hands und heels to maintain a slight ad\antage to the post, tunning his last half-mile m 47% sec. Despite reports that, Rogilla had not done well, he satisfied all critics both before and after the race.

Uaid on Rogilla's great ■win came Hall Mark's smashing Derby yictoiy. With only two hoises behind him at the turn, he almost bolted a^\ay in the stiaight to win iby five lengths. His performance satisfied those who doubted his staying ability. The Feincloof colt Palphar made pucticady all the lunmug and defeated all except Hall Maik. Miramond's thud was a big surprise, but he had a lcmaikably good mn on the rails m third place all the uay and plugged on to secure the minor prize. This compensated in some meusme £oi Limaieh's inability to iuii.

The disappointment, ot the Deiby \\as the failure ot Blixtcn. Bhxtcn was back with Hall 3f.uk eaiJv but inoxcd up on the outside in the btiaight. He made .i short urn and actually passed Miramond but' awakened .ignin. Mn.unond beating him tor thud place. J. Scobic'i. m\->teiv folt Tuvento alMj shaped pooily. Bieak Up;'caiiVJng the Phar Lnp coloms, knocked up some distance fiom home. On form, facty, and figures Deimid appeaied the complete certainty for1 the Cantak Stakes, but after having every chance, perfectly placed tin oughout, he missed a place altogether. That is racing. He was a hot fa\ounte, van anted by his form a ,week eaiher in the W. S. Cox Plate, when he was the first hoi se to catch raid beat Chatham, only to go under in tho last few strides to Roprilla. The race went to Vahcare's daughter Carefree, winner of 142 pony races. ' She sailed up on the outside in the straight and coming through- between Brave Boy and Dermid nearing the finish went on and won from J. Holt's pair, Whittingham and Gordon's Leap. Movie Star faded right out at the finish. ' , , Bailey Payten, who trains Carefree, scored in the concluding event, the Hotham Handicap, with Pretzel, ridden by T. Webster, who thus won the first and last i aces on the programme. Webster kept Pretzel further up to his field than previous ridcts and also saved ground on the turns. Pi'ctzcl looked like winning easily until Mr. \V. R. Kembair.s Greenhorn challenged, but when Webster drew the whip on Pretzel ho bounded right away again. As Pi-afzel ran his last half-mile hi 479i>see, he is certainly in better ordei' than ever. Greenhorn rim a i cmarkably good race and flioulcl certainly be an asset rather than a liability for the Xew Zealand owner.