AT USEFUL PRICES

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 141, 11 December 1935, Page 8

AT USEFUL PRICES

P. RIDDLE'S DOUBLE WIN

SPORTING BLOOD STAYING

(From "Vedette.")

SYDNEY, December 5.

The Moorefield Meeting on Saturday was most satisfactory for the extrotting trainer P. Riddle. He won the principal handicap with Celebrate, who previously was simply a milerl and then Windbird carried off the concluding event of a mile.

Although both horses were well backed by their party, they started at fair prices, particularly. Windbird, who appeared to beat a certainty on form. Celebrate was simply better class than the moderates who opposed him in the handicap, and the easy mile and a quarter course stood to him. Windbird was set a sterner task. Rose Gem forced him along in front until approaching the turn, but then Windbird went away and won easily. M. McCarten made no mistakes with the two-year-old Royal King at Moorefield. This youngster has been beaten in races through the inexperience of his rider, but McCarten made a great difference. Royal King was the winner from barrier rise. He is owned by the Trautwein family, of whom the principal, Mr. T. C. Trautwein, is at present contesting a case in the courts brought by the Federal Taxation Commissioner for arrears of tax amounting

NORMAN CONQUEST.

Palady and Norman Conquest were among the beaten division at Moo'-e----field on Saturday. Norman Conquest ran a fine race for third place with 9.6 in a flying welter, but Palady did not show up at all. Cockpen was unable to follow up his Kensington success with a victory at Moorefield, finishing up in third place to Celebrate. He was not too well handled, for A. Knox ran one of his few injudicious races, but he would not have beaten Celebrate in any case. Fernacre, who beat the welter sprinters at Moorefield, is one of the few instances of a horse's racing with the possibility of meeting some of his sons and daughters. As a young horse he was unsound, so was sent out to run with the mares on a station. He is still a big, gross customer, and difficult to train, but he sprints rather well.

F. McGrath has a weak team these days, including several New Zealand horses in Lone Raider, Deputy Ruler, Lady Ida, and Lady Eleanor. The lastnamed, who finished third at Moorefield, might win a small race before long.

Wild Dove, a novice winner over a mile at Moorefield, is a lightly-built mare by Lord Quex from Wild Pigeon. She has been racing freely during the last two seasons, but with moderate success.

A. Mclntosh has arrived back in Sydney and will superintend Sporting Blood and Bold Blood for their midsummer engagements at Randwick. Sporting Blood and his mate arrived back from Melbourne last week, where they had a short let-up subsequent to the Melbourne Cup Meeting. Sporting Blood has not been missed by the handicapper, for he shares with Silver Jubilee the post of honour, 9.4, in the Villiers Stakes, 1 mile, and is absolute topweight with 9.4 in the Summer Cup, 1 mile and 5 furlongs, and also topweight with 9.5 in the Tattersail's Cup, to be run over a mile and a half.

JAMIESON'S HORSES.

v J. T. Jamieson's horses have been held up in Sydney by the shipping strike. They were booked to leave for Auckland last week by the Wanganella, which is one of the vessels involved. The trainer and Mrs. Jamieson will leave for Auckland probably on the 20th. •

Norman Conquest -was backed as a certainty in the SJ-furlong ' Flying Handicap at Kensington, and duly arrived. At no stage of the betting was he at anything but a very cramped price. He has been a useful horse at Kensington, where he has won nearly all his races in Sydney. Prince Pombal, but for running wide at the turn, would have won the other flying division. From the turn Chemosh came from behind and defeated him, but if Prince Pombal had stayed on the rails Chembsh would have had no chance of obtaining his run. Chemosh delayed the start for ten minutes by refusing to go into the enclosure. He broke two bridles in the process, a third did not suit, and finally he went to the post and won in a fourth. Palm won a small race during the week at Kembla Grange, a hot favourite all through the betting. She is trained by Winooka's trainer, M. Polson.

Gallant Knight, ridden by M. McCarten, was produced again at Kensington, being top weight with 9.2 in a mile novice handicap. He showed no dash at all on this occasion, always being in the ruck. Limarch has gone into J. King's stable at Eandwick. King has easily the biggest team of all the Sydney trainers at his Randwick stables, and at Woodstock, some twenty miles from Sydney, he has between fifty and sixty horses in work. Very belatedly Cockpen has begun to show respectable form. He won the Kensington Handicap, being well backed into the bargain. He has had many changes of trainers, but now is with E. Hush, who has profited considerably with other people's discards.