KING'S CUP TROPHY

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 107, 7 May 1936, Page 13

KING'S CUP TROPHY

SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S TURN

Following the autumn carnival, vacing has been on quiet days in Victoria and New South Wales, with the Imore important .fixtures in Queensland and South Australia. The Brisbane Cup Meeting was concluded last weekend, and" during the next week the main interest in Australian racing will be centred in the South Australian Jockey Club's carnival, which will open at Morphettville on Saturday, and will be concluded the following Saturday. . At' this meeting this year's King s Cup will be decided on the final day.

The King's Cup, for a trophy formerly presented by the late King George V and now being continued annually by King-Edward. VIII, is contested in rotation in the six Australian States. It is run over a distance of 1£ miles, and the stake attached to it is usually £1000.' in ; adidtion to the gold cup. valued at £100. New Zealand-bred horses m Limerick, Phar Lap, and Second Wind have already won the race, and the Dominion has always been represented in the race, the field for this year including Master Brierly, Cape York, and The Riff from New Zealand studs. ■ .

• The Cup was first run at Flemington in 1927, when Spear Maiden, with 7.5, beat Eridanus, 8.11, and Bombard, 7.10, in 2min 32Jsec. In the following year, at Randwick, Limerick (9.5) won from Valparaiso (7.5) and Winalot (8.6) in 2min 32£ sec. Valparaiso made amends in 1929 at Brisbane, beating Royal Flavour (8.0) and Guncraft (7.1) into the places, the time being 2min 30isec. The great Phar Lap carried "the maximum weight (9.5) to victory at Morphettville in 1930, when Nadean (8.2) and Kirrkie (7.10) dead-heated for second place, the time being 2min 34sec. In 1931 the King's Cup was decided on the W.A.T.C. course,; an outsider in Roseburn (7.0) scoring from the New Zealand-bred Stealth (7.8) and Beaunilly (8.3) in 2min 36isec. Hobart was the .venue for the event the following year; when Second Wind, with 9,5, beat Billy Barton (7.0) and Poidale (7.0) in 2min 35 2-ssec. Kuvera (8.6) won in 1933. at Flemington from Flail' (5.6) and Shadow King (8.9) in 2min 33sec;- • and in 1934 at Randwick Rogilla (9.3) beat Peter Pan (9.5) and Kuvera (8.9) in 2min 32sec. Last year the race was decided at Brisbane, and Serlodi (8.1) won from Regal Star (8.0) and Neptune (7.0) in 2min 383 sec.

.The first acceptance for this year's race was headed by Hall Mark with the maximum; 9.5. ■ Following Hall Mark are Burlesque, 8.11,- Master Brierly, 8.10, Amalia, 8.9, Break Up, 8.8, Marabou, 8.7, Alinura 8.6, Petit Fils,-8.6, Yultewirra 8.5, and Art, 8.0. The remaining 22 of the 32 first acceptors are weighted below 8.0, Cape York and The Riff having- the minimum, 7.0. Master Brierly is considered unlikely to be on hand y and Marabou and Art are also expected to be absent from the final- field.

On the first day of the meeting, on Saturday/the main event is the Goodwood Handicap, £600/6 furlongs, for which the first acceptors included no Dominion-bred horses. Th* S.A.J.C. St. Leger Stakes will also be contested on Saturday. The Adelaide Cup, £1500, 1 mile and 5 furlongs, will be decided next Wednesday, the field for this race at first acceptance being similar to that for the King's Cup.