SPORTING

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1942, Page 12

SPORTING

TRAINER RETIRING

F. TINSLEY GOES FARMING

(By "Binocular.")

Owing to the restrictions on road transport and the fact of Gisborne' having no railway connection that centre is probably worse placed for training than any other place in the Dominion. This nas influenced Ivan Tinsley to relinquish his position as trainer to Mr. E. N. Fitzgerald, a post he has held for six years. He is setting up as a farmer at Greenmeadows, and later on may acquire a horse or. two. Tinsley won more than 100 races for Mr. Fitzgerald, his record including a Mitchelson Cup with Small Boy and a Takapuna Cup with De Friend. j Come Solid. The Southland galloper Anglo-Irish is racing more solidly now than formerly. He was going well at the finish of his race at Gore, and there is no reason why he should not manage the Dunedin Cup journey. Ranks High. High Caste now occupies ninth position on the list of big stake winners, with £35,652. Another £267 will place him above Windbag, who is eighth on the list. Actually, it only requires another £3078 to carry the Dominionbred horse into fourth place. Only Phar Lap, Amounis, and Gloaming would be ahead pf him. Owner Passes. *.' The death occurred at Wanganui recently of Mr. W. Jury, a keen' supporter of racing. Two horses he successfully raced were Fernden and Korokio. Mrs. J. P. Hoare, of Palmerston North, a daughter, has had her colours carried to victory recently by Theolateral and Squeers. Lacked Speed. Royal Chorus, who contested the open sprint at the Gore Meeting, was beaten for early brilliance, but over the last couple of furlongs he put in some great work and was one of five who participated in a blanket finish. The experience should be beneficial. Linked Up. Nightward, who has not raced since the Wanganui Meeting in September, has rejoined P. Atkins's team. A son of Nightmarch and Praise, Nightward had five starts last season. as a two-year-old without doing better than a couple of thirds, but bred as he is he should make good. Well Related. The Solicitor-General filly Eviction, who made her debut at Gore, is a half-sister to Last March, Grand Finale, Dismiss, and Gold Boa, all of whom possessed pace. Eviction is a member of D. P. Wilson's team at Wingatui,' and more should be heard of her. Stay Short. The hurdle horseman I. Rohloff, who resumed race riding at the Ashhurst Meeting after a period in Australia, intends returning to Victoria. He will leave before the end of the month. Knee Trouble. The brilliant Clarice has been suffering from knee trouble, which was responsible for her recent failures on the Taranaki circuit. There is no question about her brilliance, and he* turn will come later. Promising. Manpower, a half-brother by Man's Pal to Night Eruption, is showing-im-provement with racing, and his fourth in the Electric Handicap at the Egmont Meeting was an encouraging effort. Night Eruption took some time to strike her real form. Further Afield. One Trentham trainer, E. Simpson, was operating at the Egmont Meeting. After being beaten over 8£ furlongs on the first day, Flying Hawk upset anticipations by taking the Nolan Cup, 9 furlongs, on Saturday. The dividend he returned was an excellent one. The win was certainly overdue, for he had been in the money on five successive occasions. Carried Further. Small but Good. The Thomond—Warzone mare Star Zone was turned out in good order for the Ashhurst Cup by her young trainer, A. R. Parker, of Awapuni. She was in the picture for the greater part of the journey, but was weakening at the close. There is a possibility 'of her being put -to hurdling, a role in which her dam made her name. Rider Claimed. Ari' earlier engagement, although the rider had been under the impression that Golden Tide (who dropped out) was the animal he had been claimed for, resulted in P. Burgess having to transfer from Wildfire to Kinsman, a stablemate of Golden Tide, in the highweight event at Otaki. It was, happily for the Trentham horseman, a winning mount. Later in the day he rode Kevin, one of the'dead-heaters in the Ohau Hack Handicap, and finished up by taking the scurry event on a member of his own team, Soutane. Good Family. Because of an accident to Curry, Mr. J. D. Ormond, who had offered the filly for auction on behalf of the patriotic fund, replaced her with an unbroken two-year-old filly by Bulandshar from Main. This youngster created interest when brought into the rostrum at Stortford Lodge last week. She was given a start at 50 guineas and was finally knocked down for 75 guineas to Mr. Boyd Dunlop, Irongate. Brought straight out of the paddock she appealed as a well-developed youngster, and, being a full-sister in blood to Burra Sahib and Curry, she might repay her new owner well.

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