TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Issue 26, 31 January 1935, Page 10

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

The Wanganui, Wairoa. and , fforbury > Park Meetings will be concluded on Sat- , urday, when the Matainata Meeting1 will also be held. Hutt Park handicaps arc due on Saturday, and acceptances wil) ■ close on < Tuesday next. The betting arrangements at' the meeting will be the same as at the last meeting. Wotan, the half-brother to Game. Carrington and Peter Jackson, will be ridden by L. J. Ellis in his first race at Wanganui on Saturday. The youngster if well forward, and he w going to improve fast as soon as he has experience. .Good judges in Taranaki are picking the three-year-old Fersen to win one at least of the cups on the autumn circuit this year. One has seen enough of-him to believe that he is a true-blue stayer. Imperial Spear is reported to be working very nicely at Riccarton at present, and it would Dot be surprising ,if his name appeared on the .winning list again very soon- He has continued to do' well' since bis good form on the - West Coast, at the New Year. -, Only three of Hunting - Song's stock came under the hammer last week. It v understood that most of bis' stock' have been sold privately. . ••■ The Greyspear gelding Poniard has'been purchased by Mr. M. Ford, of Winton, and has joined A. E. Did ham's stable at VVingatui. Mr. Ford formerly owned' the pacer Prairie King. . ■ ' ' A. Ruesell, whe was in hospital for some weeks as a result of a fall at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, has returned to Riccarton. It i* unlikely, however, that he will resume race riding,for some time yet. " ■';'■-. Gold Trail is again working regularly ' at Hastings; and she has been 'accomplishing her tasku in good style.', ■■> She has freshened up- well and should be' in fine form to race in the autumn, • when ri»e will probably compete in Sydney.. The two-year-old Hororata is booked, for a trip north next month to contest the i Taranaki Stakes, end she will be- accompanied by Copyist, who will compete-ia the sprint handicaps at the Taranaki | Meeting. Mr. Ken Austin, the managing director of the Elderslie Stud, contemplate*, » short trip to Melbourne. He expects to leave next month, and will .attend- the Victorian yearling sales. * <", ■ R. W. King has Silver Ring in the best of health at present. His next' appearance may be made in the James Hoclett Gold Cup, and hia later racing this seaßon may be done in Australia. Although a trip to Melbourne was contemplated, the programme is subject to modification, and it if possible that it will be restricted to the Sydney meetings. The Ashburton Racing Club intends put* ting on a fixed-weight race for two-year-olds. ■to be known oe. the John Grigg Stakes, to be run at the Spring Meeting in September. The stake ha* been fixed at £250. of which £190 goes to the winner. £40 to the second. horse, and £30 to the third. The -ace will be run over four furlongs, colt* and geldings to carry; 8.5 ftn4 fillies 8.0. , ...- j .<-..■.'-