TURF NEWS IN BRIEF
The only racing next week will be the Otago Hunt Meeting on Saturday. Entries for the New Zealand Cup, £2000, 2 miles, are due on Iriday WAft"escallonia hedge has been planted round the scraping sheds side of the course at Trentham to replace as it grows the wattle hedge there at PlMr n J. H. Greenhead's lease of i Erination,' which expired on . the eve of the Grand National Meeting, was extended to January 31 next. The two-year-old half-brother by Defoe to Meamea has been named Sir Crusoe. He is highly thought of and will be raced by his breeder, Mr. N. Clout. , . „ , Cuddle's mate for her first -season j has been definitely selected as Croupier, who is-also owned by Mr. X.. J. I Murphy, though he is leased at the stud by T. R. George. Cuddle has been out in the paddock for several; months at Trentham and is at present j very much in the rough. i Messrs. B. V.. E. H.. and V. B. Carruthers, who will race Dampier, have registered their colours as canary, emerald green sleeves, purple cap. The Gay Shield mare Gay Sheila has finished racing. She left by the iWanganella on Wednesday for New Zealand, where she will be retired to the stud. At the end of June the Phalaris horse Sickle was at the head of the list of leading sires in America, with 24 winners of 52 races with £31,000. Sickle was the premier sire in 1936. Mr. N. Grafas will be represented in the Avondale Stakes by Greek Queen, who is by Foxbridge from Exaggeration, a mare by Ludullus from Holymond, and sister to Holly Lu. The Auckland-owned mare Airam has been placed on the schooling list. %A. E. Ellis had sufficient riding over fences at Riccarton last week to become qualified for events this season restricted to hurdle and steeplechase horsemen. The Australian-bred four-year-old jMoonraker has had a recurrence of the knee trouble that affected her in the early part of last season, and Mr. H. D. Greenwood has decided to retire her to the stud. Moonraker, by Rionscup from the Magpie mare Voleuse, was purchased by Mr. K. Austin in Sydney for Mr. Greenwood.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 44, 20 August 1938, Page 22
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TURF NEWS IN BRIEF
Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 44, 20 August 1938, Page 22
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