SUNNY KNIGHT GOOD

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 123, 27 May 1941, Page 12

SUNNY KNIGHT GOOD

BRILLIANT SPRINTER

TRENCH LAW COMES RIGHT

A hack who brought himself very much into the limelight at the Eoxton Meeting on Saturday was the Gainscourt gelding Sunny Knight, the manner in which he won at his two starts demonstrating that he is a sprinter above the ordinary. When he carried off the scurry event under the big poundage of 10.8 he made his record read six firsts, two seconds, and three thirds in 17 starts, five of the' wins coming at successive starts.

Delayed Entry,

It was not till the current season that Sunny Knight made his appearance under silk, and he marked his entry by an immediate win in the Maiden Stakes at Napier Park, which was followed by a brace of seconds. At the time he had been in work but a few weeks, and when his form fell away the indications were that his early efforts had left their mark. However, he recovered his form once again at Wanganui last month, when he won the Landguard Handicap in hollow fashion, and he then added another brace of scurry events, at Waverley and Hawera, prior to scoring over six furlongs at his first essay on Saturday. Opens Account. It was at the Wanganui Autumn Meeting last season that Trench Law gave indication that he was a handicapper in the making, and in the following month he added the Taranaki Cup and the Paul Memorial Handicap at New Plymouth prior to taking the Silverstream Handicap at Trentham. That xwas his last winning occasion till he showed a return to his true form by winning the Foxton Cup on Saturday, but he should now steadily improve his record. Stake Returns. Last term Trench Law amassed the good figure of £1380 in stake-money, his Taranaki Cup victory giving him his most fruitful ■ return, whereas his three minor placings prior to Saturday had been productive of £75 only. Now is to be added the £200 he won for his owner, Mr. N. W. Nelson, in the Foxton Cup, and the aggregate should be advanced considerably before the season closes. An Exception. Gascony, the sire of Trench Law, was a class horse over sprint courses, but he never won beyond seven furlongs. Such was rather strange in view of the fact that he was a half-brother to Second Wind, a fine stayer, and was related to Bobrikoff, Finmark, Estland, Highland, and others. Trench Law seemingly gets his stamina from his distaff side, for his dam, Arbitration, was by the Birkenhead horse Tribulation out of the San Fran—Maude mare Mere Mere, a descendant of Cutty Sark through the very successful Ouida branch. Disappointing. Brought south from Rotorua to compete at meetings at this end of the island, Desert Tide won the Symes Memorial Maiden at Waverley at her first start on the circuit. -However, she failed at her two subsequent outings at Hawera, although she showed up for a period. Backers at Levm on Saturday installed her second elect to Sunny Knight in the Himitangi Hack Handicap, but she failed to begin smartly and was never within striking distance, although she put in some good work in the closing stages. This Tiderace filly, who claims relationship with the Desert Gold family, should improve. Promising1. The Marton trainer F. C. McHugh saddled up two candidates for the Trial Stakes at the Foxton Meeting, and one of the pair, Te Oriko, won very convincingly. The other, The _ Hawker, was promising to be also in at me death when he ran off at the straight entrance. His turn will come, le Oriko is by Wheriko from Musical Moment, dam of Golden Chest, Maestro, Colerica. etc., whereas the stablemate is the first of the progeny of the Cockpit mare Vivienne and is by the Australian-bred Bronze Eagle.