FERRY POST BACK

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1939, Page 23

FERRY POST BACK

SYNTAX CHANGES STABLES

(Special from "IrvingtoiiV)

CHRISTCHURCH,: Nov yiHrri

Usually a. solid trotter arid a good; beginner, Syntax, has performed ly in his recent, outings, and, hieMias! been handed over to J.-Pringle} tor bd trained: He is not outstanding, but at his best he has the. abiUty' W win; a race or two*.- ' •"-..• ■•';',' '''"'■ '•.'>-.->;: .'W

Smile Again, a-.recent winner 'rid Southland, is a-sister-to Grand Mogul; She has. been in work at /Washdyke; under P. Gallagher for a lengthy period,-and, although she has not made rapid headway y she is expected to show considerable improvement with! age and experience.-"; ./.;.. ;:\-

■ F; C. Dunlevey has decided to -set up as a public, trainer, and has relinquished his -position' asprivate trainer 'to Mr, J. R. McKenzie's : "3oydoh Lodge" team. During his comparatively short. period as a trainer Dunlevey has compiled .an- outstanding record with all types of horses, and he is not likely to want for patroiiage.' ; ' ..••' After, a fairly lengthy period in-the paddock, C. S. "Donald has' recommlssioned Ferry Post, and it will' hot" be long before this good pacer is again seen in public. At his best he is well above the^ average, but to date his progress has been hindered by unsOundness. ■ ■■•:,.■',•■ ■ . ■■ '

Bush Laddie, the outstanding young trotter of last season, has been back in work again for some-little-time, and it is expected that he will make his next appearance rat .the approaching Forbury Park' Meeting.: Now a four-year-old, he is regarded as likely to reach a tight mark at an early age." E. Carlyon is handling.an attractive type of two-year-old filly by Calumet Axworth, a sire whose first local crop of foals is now putting in an appear-, ance on the tracks. This filly, a pacer, hag plenty of size and quality, and, although she has not'been asked to do a great deal to this stage of her education, she has attracted favourable attention. ; , ; ;:

The four-year-old half-brother, * by Nelson Derby, to Moana Tama has returned to the tracks after a short spell, and he is building up well in condition. To date he has proved a difficult gelding to handle, but he appears to be coming to hand well wi^h time,'and is moving along much more attractively than formerly. . /..--•:

Although beaten in his last two starts, Siege Gun* will be in popular demand if he is taken to'the Forbury Park Meeting neyt week, when he will; find several classes tosuit,;hiin.; While not yet as reliable as could be wished, he has a great turn of speed and is'settling down well with,racing. ■ .;