ORELIO IMPRESSES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 4, 5 July 1938, Page 15

ORELIO IMPRESSES

YEARLINGS AT TAKANINI

(Special to the "Evening Post.' 5)

TAKANINI, July 4,

With over a dozen yearlings at Takanini being handled for spring racing, the ranks of. next season's juveniles in the north will receive plenty of support from this centre.

F. Smith has four very attractive youngsters of whom the most impressive at this stage is Orelio, a chestnut colt by Limond from Waterwings. This colt has such a great style of working that he looks as though he will gallop brilliantly, and the keenness shown in his work has brought him to an advanced stage in his preparation. He has yet to be really tested for speed, but indications are that he will go fast. He was purchased by Mr. T. inipey at the yearling sales for 1000 guineas. Gladynev, by Musketoon from Caviare, comes from a good family of winners, including Carinthia, Currajong, Fedora, Palustre, and Rona Bay, the latter being a rather unlucky mare in handicap events this season, but, nevertheless, a good winner. Gladynev is a very solid individual who is very hard to fault, and he looks a colt who will stand up to a lot of racing. Despite the fact that he is a December foal, the Foxbridge—Gazelia colt is particularly well grown, is a sweet mover, and seems likely to earn distinction for his young sire. Of Gazelia's family the colts only seem to be up to the required standard, the fillies in nearly every case being a mediocre lot. On the male side she produced Bunsby Gaze to Captain Bunsby, and this youngster also' appears to possess all. the attributes of a good galloper. A chestnut filly by Vaals —Iceball completes the quartet, and although not a very well-grown youngster, she boasts plenty of quality and has shown a good deal of dash in her work up to the time her preparation was interrupted by the development of a cold. A LIKELY TRIO. , W. Townsend has a trio of likely sorts to engage his attention, the first being a chestnut filly by Surveyor from Desert Fire who will be known as Miss Eureka. This filly has. plenty of quality and compares more than favourably with her relative Royevrus at the same age. Another Surveyor filly from the Day Comet mare Betty Comet will be known as Little Star, but she is as yet rather backward. The other yearling is Our Jean, a filly by Vaals from Big Bertha, but she has only been broken in a few; weeks. L. G. Abel, who came into prominence as the owner of Gay Talkie, who was sold for India in the autumn of last year, has rather a nice filly by Sargon from the same mare, Picture. Up to the present Sargon has - not figured among the winning sires' list, but this filly may be capable of bringing credit to him. He will be remembered as a good but unsound handicap performer, who did well in Australia and also in the Dominion under the guidance of J. T. Jamieson.. This yearling will be known as Gay Movie. E. Pope' will be represented by a smart-looking filly by Vaals from Marshland, the dam of Palustre, a bay filly by Lysander from Adi Vunivola, and a brown colt by Bronze Eagle from Silent Miss. The former is a very free i worker who has come to hand quickly, i and indications are that she will be 1 ready to acquit herself creditably j early in the spring. The Lysander filly, who has been named Lady Clare, is a half-sister to Saccone. She, too, will be ready early, as she was taken in hand in January. RELATED TO GAY . Three other local trainers who will be represented by yearlings are A. Tinker with the Foxbridge—Lady Marie filly, J. Cruse with a brown colt by Surveyor from Lucille, and W. H. Patterson by a bay filly named Hunting Cape, by Cape Horn from Hunting Moss. The first-named is probably one of the most attractive, fillies seen in recent years, and is confidently expected to prove one of the class performers of the year. She is a beautifully topped filly with- a splendid middle piece, and is a docile sort who has attracted much favourable comment. She is related to Gay Blonde. Hunting Cape is very neat; in fact, the neatest filly by her sire seen in the north. She is also a good mover, and although she has not yet been asked any serious questions, looks a likely sort to come to hand quickly. The Surveyor colt looks more like a rising three-year-old than a yearling, and rarely has one been seen of this size at this stage of the year. He is well proportioned, however, and is very solid and racy-looking. Saccone is now definitely booked for Australia, and the Surveyor gelding is due to leave for Melbourne a 1 the end of next month. He is owned by the Suva sportsman Mr. A. E. Pearce, whose racing ventures in the Dominion extending over a long period have not been attended with much luck. Saccone has shown staying capabilities in his races over journeys, and is considered to be in better condition than ever previously, with the result that it should not be long after his arrival in Melbourne before he is heard from. He has been nominated for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, which is rather an ambitious programme for a maiden performer. A. Quinlivan left for Hastings last week and took with him the Hunting Song gelding Huntsman's Chorus. He intends making Hastings his headquarters in future, and will probably take over Gaiwind and Royal Ace, who, for the last few months, have been under the guidance of his father. Inver is the latest to resume work after a • spell, the Iliad —Sunkissed gelding being in splendid order to undergo a preparation for spring racing. Tried unsuccessfully over middle distances last autumn, it would seem that Inver's best prospects will be in races not exceeding a mile.