KILONSA VERY FIT

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 148, 25 June 1938, Page 22

KILONSA VERY FIT

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(Special from "Early Bird.") AUCKLAND, This Day. General Ruse ran out of hacks when he won the Carbine Plate and he was scheduled to make his first appearance in the open ranks at Tc Rapa today, when he was opposed by a formidable field. However, he promises' to make a fine stayer and has won three races under varying conditions. Solomon was a surprise winner at Tauranga, where he met a field mainly composed of hacks and had little difficulty in defeating them. He is now to return to hurdle racing, in which department he has had some experience. Two and a half years ago he made his debut in the jumping ranks when he won the brush hurdles at Thames, but his effort on the second day at the goldfields centre was in direct contrast to his winning effort, for he went over the outside rail and dropped his jockey in a creek. The three-year-old filly Airam made a reappearance at the recent Bay of Plenty Meeting and made a fair showing, although something better could have been expected if she was to justify the trip to Trentham next month. Little has been seen of this filly under winter conditions, and her outing at Te Rapa today was in the nature of a trial to see if it was worth while sending her south where mudlarks are in their element. It is against her that she is erratic at the barrier and in consequence generally has to concede-her opponents a start, a concession that is usually fatal where the class is good.

Kilonsa did not receive the best of luck in the running in her two outings at Ellerslie this month, otherwise she may have returned to the winning list In the Cornwall Handicap she had to go outside several horses for most of the journey, and on the final day it was practically the same state of affairs. She was right up with the placed division and her two efforts yielded a third and a fourth. She is under orders for Trentham, and her prospects cannot be ignored. This mare has never been in better health. Twelve months ago the Waipa Racing Club held its Winter Meeting on the Te Awamutu track, which is a turning one and in striking contrast to the Trentham course, yet the form disclosed proved invaluable a fortnight later at the Wellington Meeting. For instance, Tudor was runner-up in the open cross-country event and Then finished third In the Wellington Steeplechase; Enge won the open seven and later dead-heated with Ponty in the mile and ran away with the Parliamentary Handicap; Chang finished second in the minor steeplechase and then won the Matai Steeplechase; Merlal, unplaced in the open seven, finished second in the sprint at Trentham the first day. As there were about twenty Trentham entrants raced at Te Rapa today, the form may prove instructive.

YEARLINGS AT TRENTHAM During the past fortnight the number of rising two-year-olds under preparation at Trentham has been further increased, and there are now 25 youngsters in the various stables. A full-brother to Sigurd, ) another brown and much like his relative, has joined Up with H. A. Telford's team, at present under the charge of the head man, H. Clout. This youngster is by Siegfried from the English-bred Grand Parade mare All Bright, and he is ! owned by his breeder, Mr. W. Higgins. T. R. George's team has received two additions. Morning Mist, a bay Ally by Irish Lancer from the Martian— Trichas mare Flying Mist, a full-sister to Cuddle's dam, is owned by Mr. R. J. Murphy, but she will probably be sold at the sale to be held during race week next month. An Iliad—Countersign filly, thus a full-sister to Drachma, is being broken in for her breeder, Mr. R. Stewart, of Wellington, but she is not to be hurried. A. Goodman is breaking in three more yearlings. Valsome is the name that has been claimed for Mr. A. H. Demler's bay gelding by Valkyrian from the Shambles mare Fearsome, who belongs to the same family as the New Zealand Cup winner Royal Star and the Auckland Cup winner Miner- l val. For Mr. A. McKenzie, the owner of Sunbeam, Goodman has a chestnut filly by Defoe from the Gasbag—Dominent mare Switch On, a half-sister to The Haka (a winner in South Africa) and closely related to Wotan, Gaine Carrington, etc.; and a brown gelding by Pink Coat from the Weathervane— Stardancer mare Sundancer, a halfsister to the Auckland Cup winner Starland and to Spotlight, the dam of Argentic. s