JUVENILE CLASSICS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 60, 8 September 1938, Page 13

JUVENILE CLASSICS

AVONDALE FIELD

ORELIO AND BEAU REPAIRE

With the Debutant Stakes decided at Wanganui- on Saturday, the waywill be payed for the first of the season's two-year-old classics, which will be the; Avondale Stakes at Avondale and the John Grigg Stakes at Ashburton on Saturday week. For the Avondale event no less than 32 ■youngsters 'remained, in the race at the 'forfeit:'- At Ashbtirton the field at forfeit was reduced to 10. These two events, along with the.Debutant Stakes, will afford, a tangible idea of what the Strength of the juveniles this season is "likely to be. It seems as if the year will again be very strong with its two-year-olds. . 'Seven,of the horses in the Avondale Stakes are also listed for the Debutant Stakes. • They are Algerian, Beau Vtfe, Biddy -Girl, Kobi, Silver Bat, . Silver-Stick, - and Varimond, and reference' has already been made to them. It .may .be of interest at this stage to consider the credentials of the remainder of the possible field. ( HIGH-PRICED PAIR.

-One of the best-bred youngsters in .the 'field is Orelio, a chestnut colt by 'Limond. from 'the Absurd —Sea. Elf mare Waterwings, hence-a full-brother to the Derby winner Agrion and to the A.J.C. Metropolitan winner Waikare. At the "January- sales he cost Mr. T. • Impey, of Auckland, 1000 guineas. He is trained at Takanini and is stated to have impressed track-watchers in his early work. Another' well-bred one is Beau Repair c, who is a brown colt by Beau Pere from 'the imported Franklin mare .Modiste 11,. hence a half-brother to the New Zealand - Derby winner Royal Chief.' ' Royal Chief was the first and he is the second of his dam's foals to live: " Atthe:Westmere dispersal last • year' Modiste' 11, with her foal, was sold to go to Australia for 600 guineas, /and Mr. R. T. Reid secured the youngster when he visited Sydney at Easter for 950 guineas: ■ ' ■ ■ As winner-of the juvenile parade at, the recent Pakuranga'Meeting, Noble Fox" may be one of those in favour. He is a black gelding by Foxbridge from the . Valkyrian—Glacier mare Lady • ..Lulu, a full-sister to Valkon, and he -.will be'raced "by his breeder, Mr. L. W. Davis, who won several races with ' - the. dam.

" Third -in the Pakuranga parade was Hunto, who' is also engaged at Avondale. ' "Hunto is a bay colt by Hunting Song frpm the All Red—By-By mare Dodo, Jaence he is a full-brother to Requiem, Red Hunting, and Beauly, and a half-brother to Call Again. He will be raced in.partnership by his breeder, Mr. G. Carrington, and the Te Rapa trainer A. Winder. 1 Gay Movie is a bay filly by the Catmint horse Sargon out of the St. Amahs—Shower Gold mare Picture, hence she is a half-sister to Gay Talkie "(sold to India), Speedfast, and Master Musk. She will carry the colours.of Mr. L. G. Abel, of Takanini, who raced

..Gay Talkie. .■ . . ■"■ y- ■■:< .: __ . "Anopheles, a brown filly ...by. yaals from the Valkyrian—Malaria mare V Marshland, is a half-sister to the ; use- ■ ful Paliistre. She is owned, by her breeder, Mr. H. Reid Bell, of Auckland. Two unnamed youngsters by Vaals in the field are a chestnut filly out of ' «i Agrion's- full-sister White Wings, hence a lull-sister to 'Bright iWingsv and alsoowned by her •breeder Mr. W. Schol-. lum;' and- a chestnut filly out of the Thurnham--Juahnai'-mare Thuranna, a half-sister to Subdivision arid Run and likewise -owned "by her breeder, Mr. J..G, Gallic, of Auckland; s ; FROM A GOOD FAMILY. , ■■■:'■ Royal Tray is a bay filly byTea_Tray out of the Lucullus—March mare Royal "March, hence she is a half-sister_to On Parade and Royal Appellant. She 1 will carry the colours of her breeders, - Messrs. H. T. Bowmar and G. A. Dodd, °fßeSdS' Noble Fox, the Foxlaw horse Foxbridge, whose stock will be racing the first time this season, is represented by Foxsen, Karatoki and Greek Queen.- Foxsen is a biack filly .out; of • the- Whirlwind—Serita Thurnham mare Senorita, a half-sister; to Markmint and 1 Speed Mint.and the dam also.of Senacre.' She will be raced by -her breeders. Messrs.. : J.; Grant,, of -.Rotorua,. and A. Miller,''of Hamilton. Karatokr is a brown colt out of the Lapidary—Lady Rewa- mare Miss Rewa, a close relative of Potoa, ana he will also/be raced by his breeders, Messrs. H. W. and T.^C. Wilson, _of Ngaruawahia. Greek Queen is^ a filly •out of the useful. Lucullus— Holymond mare Exaggeration, and is owned by Mr. N. Gragas, of Te Awamutu. Bonny Gaze is a bay filly by the Limond horse Resinous from the ' Gazeley—Gleam mare Gazgleam, and she will run in the interests of Mr. R. S. Ferguson, of Te Awamutu, who . bought her from her breeder, Mr. b. H. Jones. . . ,',''- Hunting Cape is a bay filly by Cape - Horn from the Hunting Song—Pandemos mare Hunting Moss, tracing* back to Manto, and she is owned by her breeder, Mr. J. A. Grant. Meliora 'is a chestnut filly by Barribury from the Lord Quex —Lovematch mare Teels,. a full-sister to Motere and Liai- • son. (dam of Quadroon and Florence Mills), and she is a gift.to Mr. A. R. Kay, of Te Awamutu, ■■■ from her breeder, Mr. H. H. Pharazyn. Little Star is a bay filly by Sur-veyor.-out of the Day Comet —Opal mare Betty Comet, dam also of Gay. . Opal,- and she will be raced by her. 'breeder, Mr. R. H. Townsend, of Eureka. War Lord, a half-brother by -%6vd Warden to Scratchmere Scar, ■Snd trained by H. Telford at Trentham 'for Mr. R. Edkins, of Brisbane, appears to have been left in the forfeit : ■by mistake. ■■.'",■,'■ •, ' *- Sir Lysander, who, is held on lease by Mr. T. H. Melrose and Mrs. F.. M: ■ Reilly,. of Hamilton, is a brown colt by Lysander from the Arausid— ; Gootyn mare Queen Arausio, a sister , : "to Sabatini. RELATED TO TE HERO. , Mayfair, owned by her breeder, Mrs. , • S. T. Reid, of ijamilton, is a brown . filly by Hunting Song out of the Whirlwind—done mare Lady Whirl- , .wind, and she has good breeding to , commend her, as Clone is a full-sister , to Pihaola and Prodice (dam of Gallio \ and Te Hero) and a half-sister to ( Ammon Ra. , There are four Australian-bred youngsters in the field. Dark Legion is a bay colt by the Son-in-Law horse ! Dark Fox out of the Legionnaire mare Our Legion, a half-sister to Dark1 Chief .' (A.J.C. Summer Cup and second in .< Sydney Cup) and to Clever Fox « '(A.J.C.1 Anniversary Handicap), and J 'he was bought for 70 guineas at the Easter sales by Mr. A. D. Potter, j of Auckland. Buccaneer is a bay colt t ,by the Son-in-Law . horse. Constant £ Son out of the' Linacre—Miss Arlington 1 mare'Girton Girl, a full-sister to Acre ( and dam previously of Oration (by ,-PaVitheon), Kalem, Kagal, and Tena- ± cious, all good winners, and he was \ , secured for 450 guineas at the Easter j ' sales by Mr. M. J. Moodabe, of Auck- j land. i The two other Australians are un- j • named. One is a brown filly by the c -Philaris horse Silverburn out of the Bernard mare Fern Bird, whose dam • (Gang Gang) was a Jialf-sister to T Brayton, the dam of Historic, Tarle- f ton; Royal Box, etc., and she has been t. leased by Mr. W. T. Bailey, of Ash- j hurst,, to Mr. C. W. Merrylees, of T Hawera. The other is a brown filly s by Pantheon out of the Magpie mare *: Lady Cardelle; a useful performer and closely related to the crack Adelaide : filly Hegemonic, and she was one of . Mr. W. H.- Maria's fairly regular* pur- x chases at the Sydney Sales. c • Another unnamed youngster in the r -list is a bay colt by Hunting Song out -% ot the Lucullus—Miss Alicia mare d Lucky Alice, a descendant of Ouida. a This colt was nominated by Mr. G. A. r