BUSIER AT TRENTHAM

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 46, 23 August 1939, Page 15

BUSIER AT TRENTHAM

TRACKS IMPROVED

JUVENILES FOR WANGANUI

With the promise of better weather that this week has ushered in, there is renewed activity at Trentham, but most of the centre's horses are backward as a result of the bad winter and not many of them will be racing during the next few weeks.; Only about ten horses will be attending the Wanganui Meeting in a fortnight's time, but at Foxton, Marton, and Otaki in the following.weeks there will be stronger representation. The tracks made a quick recovery after last week's storm and the going on the grass circuits yesterday morning was comparatively good. However, the plough has not yet been brought back into commission and most of yesterday's work was of an easy nature. Four horses from T. R. George's stable, at present under charge of the stable head man, P. Reardon, will make the trip to Wanganui. They are Dunaarvan, Might, and two two-year-olds, Beau Courier and Beechnut. Dungarvan and Might were worked over seven furlongs in lmin 38sec yesterday morning, taking 57sec tor tne last half-mile. Dungarvan looks all the better for his three, races m the south, and, though he did not improve there between his starts, as it was Ihoped he would, he has done well since. He had an enforced let-up early in July, which, along with the indifferent weather that followed, undoubtedly accounted for his failure to produce his best form. Might continues to thrive and it was at Wanganui in June where he won his last race, when upsetting his better-fancied stablemate, Dungarvan. BEAU PERE YOUNGSTER. Beau Courier is probably the most forward of the centre's juveniles. H the weather had not interrupted his preparation he would have gone across to Sydney for the Breeders Plate at Randwick. He is an all-quali y ha f- i brother by Beau Pere to Dollai Bin SSTftS* SSS3 5 =vt Bf ™ who may come early. He was-secured cheaply at the sales by George These two youngsters were sent three fuSongs togeWon .the inside g grass track yesterday morning and they ran tVlp Stance in 40sec. with tJeau Courier doing the better at the close. §eau CoSrier* has been in work since the autumn, so he might even yet be forward enough to make a bid 101 vie tO H B Lo^gan'will be running neither of his two-ylar-olds, the Hunting Song —Princess Elizabeth colt Lancelot and the unnamed Foxbridge-Fantastic filly, at Wanganui, but he will attend the meeting with Kena, Toper and Gothic, all of whom were racing during the winter. '. „ In a gallop yesterday morning Kena taishecTstnmgly to head off Toper at the end of seven furlongs in lmin 37, sec the last half-mile m 54£ sec, both horses working well. Kena was an unlucky horse in one of his starts at Riccarton and he is due for. an early return to the winning list. Gothic, who is still a maiden, has developed into a sturdy three-year-old, but he is still inclined to be nervous, and, when working with Siegmund yesterday morning, running his last three furlongs in 41sec, he wore a hood and blinkers, which may also be used when he next races. E. Simpson will probably produce Liane on the second day at Wanganui. This mare ran one really good race at Riccarton, but she spoiled her chance of finishing in the money by pulling hard. She did only threequarter pace work yesterday morning, with T. Young in the saddle to hold her, and it is expected that she will be easier to control next time she races. Gaylord, from the same stable, is not engaged at Wanganui, but he drew attention to his early prospects as a maiden by an attractive gallop yesterday morning over half a mile. With the worst of weights, he cleared out from Trench Law and cantered in five or six lengths in front after traversing the distance in 54sec, the best of the morning. Trench Law has not done much fast work since coming to Trentham and the gallop should help to sharpen him up. He is a well-made Gascony three-year-old who promises to win his share of races later on. OTHERS FOR DEBUTANT. The only other Trentham horses likely to race at Wanganui, in the Debutant Stakes, are two of D. McCauley's two-year-olds, Lady Govern (Leighon—Misgovern) and an unnamed Gustavo—Traction filly. These two have twice recently galloped three furlongs together, and each time the Traction filly has finished on the better, their figures yesterday morning being 39|sec for the distance. Lady Govern and the Traction filly are both chestnuts, the former a good colour with white on three legs, and the latter a liver chestnut, very much of the same colour and conformation as her sire, Gustavo. They are both shapely fillies, and until the recent trials Lady Govern looked the likelier to come early. However, the Traction filly, whose dam is no other than a half-sister to that fine all-rounder Ravenna (dam of Travenna and Alma), Overdrawn, and Bonnie Lake (dam of Mobile), must now E>e accepted as the better immediate prospect, and she has it in her favour as well that she is a filly whom it would be difficult to fault. McCauley owns the Traction filly himself, and Lady Govern is owned by her breeder, Mr. E. N. Cunningham. Dark Water, the three-year-old fullbrother to Roaming, remains in the Wanganui Guineas field, but it is unlikely that he will be taken up for the race. The members of H. A. Telford's fairly numerous team are now • all working regularly on the tracks, but the only one to go above half-pace yesterday morning was Dainty Sue, who ran her last half-mile in 57sec. This mare did not do as well as she might have during her spell, but she has thrived since resuming work. An additional member of this team is the three-year-old Heroic—Ashtar gelding Cornaro, a 1000-guiriea yearling whom Messrs. P. G. Harkness, D. Caro, and P. Reid, of Hamilton, the owners also .of. Bryce Street, secured for 250 guineas at the Higgins dispersal sale last month and have left with Telford to train. Telford will first race his horses this season at Marton, ar>d it is likely that his two-year-old Solicitor General— Sweet Charity colt Absolve, who is one of the most promising youngsters at Trentham, will make his debut there. The other juvenile member of the team, . Globe Trotter's full-brother Enrich, is also a fine stamp of Jcolt who should develop on similar lines to his relative and might even turn out a better performer. The Papyrus—Tan-Belle colt who was bought in England some months ago by Mr. T. Coltman and is now with Telford has been ppttering about since his arrival, but he will shortly be set aside for three months or so and then brought into serious work about Christmas time. He i? a real quality youngster and he is not green to the

racing game, as he had a run in England prior to his sale. J. W. Lowe has Yours Truly back on the tracks, and the horse sprinted three furlongs yesterday morning in 39isec, which revealed that he has not suffered from his enforced let-up early in the month. Sunee, Good Sun, and the two-year-old Blue Border (Myosotis— Peciinia) are also among the daily workers. Two novice hurdlers, Debham (J. D. Ahipene) and Great Bramble (L. T. Nesbitt), were given a further school yesterday and each jumped well. They went over two fences together, then Great Bramble did four more alone and Debham three more alone. Except that Debham jumped high at the first, they schooled like experienced horses. Debham is better'than he has been for some time. Prior to the school he galloped three furlongs with the four-year-old Colsan Maid, a ponified full-sister to Quilp, and he beat her home by half a length in 40sec. Among other horses noticed working on the tracks yesterday were Boomerang,. Trebor, Lady Drake, Ruling Star, and Acrobat, who have not raced for some time. Boomerang has done par-1 ticularly well since resuming after his lengthy spell and he is likely to be nominated for open events round the province during the coming month, j Lord Cavendish still has a cold hanging about him. and, as he showed poor i form on winter tracks, he may not be produced again till the going becomes firmer than it is likely to be during the next month or two. Trebor is not yet working fast, but he will be set on j more serious tasks shortly, as he is to be nominated for the New Zealand Cup in November, in which other j entrants from the George stable will j iprobably be Peerless and Might,