TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 77, 28 September 1938, Page 17

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Otaki acceptances are due at 8 o'clock this evening. First acceptance for the New Zealand Cup and entries for other leading events close on Friday. Early training hours will be resumed at Trentham next week.

Gay Hunting was slightly amiss again on Monday, and he is a doubtful starter at Otaki on Saturday. Both Dungarvan and Alunga are good horses first up, but Alunga may prove the better of the stable pair on Saturday, when both will be running in the open seven.

D. McCauley is still at Foxton with Siegmund and Mother-in-Law, but he will probably be returning to Trentham after the Otaki Meeting. ■

Master Hotspur has shown the most impressive form of the juveniles seen out in races so far this season, but Daniel Defoe may prove the Defaulter of the current term.

L. Dulieu, who suffered head injuries at the Wellington Winter Meeting in July, is riding work again at Ellerslie, but it is expected to be a while yet before he resumes race riding.

The former North Islander Round Score will probably accompany Lazybones and Rebel Mate to Trentham next month with the hurdle races as his objective. Prior to the Stewards' Stakes at Orari on Saturday, Ballad was sold by Mr. A. Waters, of Gore, to Mr. J. Walker, owner of Ilithyia. The Song Bird gelding will remain in J. Ross's stable.

A. G. Parsons, who was kicked by Milford when at the post for the Geraldine Cup, which he just failed to win on Wine Card, had to have his leg placed in splints and was unable to ride again at the meeting. At the Geraldine Meeting there was an unusual number of cases of horses racing under wrong colours. Two owners had to be debited with the compulsory fine on each day as a result of their jackets having gone astray. Petersham's win in the President's Handicap at Orari was a reward for consistency since he resumed racing after a spell. He was a minor placegetter at Waimate, Riccarton, Ashburton, and Orari before full success came his way.