TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 128, 2 June 1938, Page 13

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Though Lycidas is an acceptor for--1 the hack steeplechase !at Dunedin, he ' will not be a starter ow&gto his hav- ' ing developed soreness. , McHeath, who has won at his only ; appearance over fences, is Schooling \ particularly well at Wingatui, and is J expected-to add to,his record at the s Dunedin Meeting. 1 Owing to having contracted a slight ■ cold, Norseman has forfeited his first ' day's engagement at Dunedin, but ' there is a likelihood of his being seen , out later at.the meeting. . 1 Golden Ridge is now being trained > at Awapuni, and he is said to be shapi ing up to something like his promts* " ing form d! a. couple of seasons back. ' Owing to a recurrence of leg trouble, | Aero King has been put aside for a - lengthy spell. His best performance ' this season was at the Takapuna Sum- : mer Meeting, when he won the Ferry ; Handicap, 6 furlongs, carrying 9.0. Royal Fire, who stifled himself in the Grandstand Steeplechase at Wanganui, has recovered sufficiently to be sent across to 1 his owner, J. Fryer, in Victoria. Just prior to the mishap negotiations were in train for his sale. i The question of having a doctor on , courses on mornings when fast work ' and schooling is carried out was dis- | cussed by the Auckland branch of the Owners', Trainers', and Breeders' As- - sociation this week. The matter came up as the result of an accident at Te t Rapa, when R. E. Thomson 'was injured while schooling a horse. It was . considered that there should be a doc- , tor readily available' on three morn* . ings of the week when schooling is in t progress. ... , t The jumper Neil, who injured a leg , while contesting the Te Rapa Steeple--5 chase recently, was destroyed this week. Neil was a brown gelding by * Lucullus from Little Flower, and was i in his twelfth year, having been foaled "in 1926. He scored his last success 2 when he gained a surprise victory c the Mangere Steeplechase at Ellersne jlast month. ; ... . ■i When Riotous came to grief in the ' Waikato Steeplechase at Te Rapa last e Monday week, his rider, W. J. McDowell, received broken ribs. If recovered, McDowell will ride L. Knapp s fteam, which includes Riotous, Forest - \ Glow, Porotiti, and Hirangi, at the ), I Auckland Racing Club's Winter Meetjing.