TURF NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 130, 3 June 1937, Page 13

TURF NOTES

a half in even time; he is out of imported Mercedes, who was by Peter Chenault. 2min 43sec,-. from Esperanza, 2min 3Jsec.

Since going to Auckland in December Impostor has registered three wins and two places, all on holding tracks, so he has to be regarded as a winter prospect. L. O. Thomas has a two-year-old brother to Trevor de Oro well on the,way to becoming a racing proposition. He is built on more generous lines than Trevor de Oro. .

Esplendor's mile in better than 2min lOsec at Forbury should work. out at about 2min Bsec at Addington, and that would win a race or two from her,.Bresent mark. ■ ■ • . <3?

There are two descendants of the famed brood mare Thelma in the Sapling Stakes, King Axworthy and Horsepower. This maternal line includes Moana Tama, who won the two-year-old race in 1934.

Parisienne, now rising four years old, may be reaching her best form, for the modern method of developing early speed means that one of her years is practically a made racehorse.

One of the up-and-coming brigade is Toorak, who found the strength of the AH Age.Stakes field just beyond him. It is believed that soft tracks may trouble him.

Mr. G. Stanley informed the writer recently that Blair Athol will disappoint him if he does not reach the hest company. He regards the Rey de Gro pacer as the best horse he has ever Owned, and that is saying something. ■. . ■ The Canterbury Owners' and Breeders' Association has claimed the result nf the recent referendum on betting systems to be a triumph for singlepool. So few votes were cast, and the poll was so even, that the apparent public apathy could be taken to indicate that the majority of backers are content with win-and-place. The champion Victorian pacer Auburn Lad is finding it difficult to win in Sydney. He was unplaced in the Flying and Harold Park Handicaps, although he was close to the leaders at the bell during the latter, race. Tho New Zealand trotting gelding Great Way established a new State re-co:-d for trotters when he finished second in the Trotters' Handicap decided over a mile and three-quarters at Perth on May 12. He covered the distance at the rate of 2min 16isec to the mile. „ ... Since he won the Labour Day Handicap at the Manawatu Meeting Rockella has had a good rest, but he was in work at Claudelands before the last meeting. The Rey de Oro gelding, who was very successful last season, is now in A. Bryce's stable, and if he regains his best form should prove useful. The New Zealand-bred pacer Sunny Morn showed his first glimpse of form in Aiistralia when he ran a close second to Owyhee Dixie in the Gloucester Park Handicap, which was decided at Perth on May 8. It was a mile race for horses on 2min 13sec and faster. Sunny Morn was on the limit, and he suffered defeat by half a yard. Todd Lonzia, who early last season proved himself one of the best trotters in New Zealand by winning twice over a mile and a half in -3min 16sec and 3min 17 3-ssec, has been put into work after a long spell and is in the hands of T. Clare at Forbury Park. Even as a two-year-old Todd Lonzia looked a champion in the making, and he improved until unsoundness caused his retirement for a period.