TURF NEWS IN BRIEF.

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 142, 13 December 1933, Page 6

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF.

Keith \Ypitre has been definitely,., engaged to ride Rocket in the i Auckland Cup. He will also be on Brown Betty in the Great Northern Foal Stakes, but has not yet finally arranged his Railway mount, j ' ; - : . =■■,< <■•'■."■■ L. J. Ellis will be ,riding at the Auckland Summer Meeting,- at which /his engagements are likely to include" King's Knave in the Auckland Cup, Southdown in the Great Northern Derby, and Variant in her engagements. ,; .'. Contempt, dam of Silver Scorn, has proved not to be in foal this season. This is the second successive occasion on which she has missed, and.she has thus failed to produce since Silver Scorn was foaled in 1929. *..' ■-, '■; ;.\-"' .■ r \ ■'■•; Tatyoon, 9.0, has to be added "to the acceptances for the; PirOngia IHiirdies at. Te AwamutU' .on ; Saturday; Tondaleyd is an acceptor for the Waipa; Plate with 8.10, as well-as for the Pirongia Hurdles. Rereatu was scratched for the Railway Handicap at Ellerslie at 9 a!m. on Saturday. ' Gay Marigold was .withdrawn- fyom the same race at 2.5 p.m. on Monday, and Kiltowyn from the Christmas Handicap at 9.45 a.m. on Monday.Dombey, who was sent put favourite first time up in the Novice Stakes at Woodville on Monday and failed only by a short neck, is a three-year-old bay gelding by Mercian King (sire of Foreign Queen) from the Australian-bred Blague mare Silver Strand. He is held on lease by Mr. H.,E. Troutbeck, of Hawke's Bay, for whom he is being trained by Luke Wilson at Awapuni. According to southern, advice it is now possible that Great Star will be racing at the Auckland Meeting. He is still suffering from the effects of his poisoned leg,' ■but is otherwise quite well. He and his stablemate Grand Review executed strong work over two circuits at Riccarton on Saturday morning, sprinting a few furlongs in the middle stage of each circuit. Nightly and Rocket were companions in a useful nine furlongs the reverse way on the plough at Riccarton last Saturday morning, running the distance in 2tnin 2 2-Ssec. Nightly was going better over the final stages than in a previbua gallop during the week.. Rocket went smoothly all the way, and could have improved the time if required. Nightly " will • not be a starter in the Hororata Cup at Riccarton on Saturday owing to the risk of incurring a penalty for the Auckland Cup, the conditions for which provide that a winner of any race after the declaration of the cup weights may be rehandicapped. This was overlooked when Nightly was nominated for Hororata. However, he will be seen in action at the meeting, as arrangements are being made for him- and-Rocket to give an exhibitidn gallop during an interval in the programme. ■■

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