TRENTHAM TRAINED

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 56, 4 September 1945, Page 10

TRENTHAM TRAINED

TWO HALF-BROTHERS

OWNER'S BETTER FORTUNE

After a rather lean period last season, the Trentham owner-trainer W. H. Hume started off the current term in promising fashion at New Plymouth on Saturday by winning races with Cramond Bay and' Golden Kea, two half-brothers. The elder of the pair, Cramond Bay, who is by Phaleron Bay from the Quarantine mare Horomea, promised to go far as a juvenile, but an injury interrupted his early preparation. He did not race as a two-year-old, and had only two outings at three years. His first win"'was in the Woburn Hack Handicap at Trentham in July, 1944, but thereafter he was troubled with muscular rheumatism, and his record suffered. However, he has been galloping better lately, and his win was a fitting reward for the time and patience given "him by his trainer. Great Family. During her racing days Horomea was a grand performer, particularly when the ground was soft, and since going to the stud in 1930 she has been a very fruitful maiden, for of her earlier progeny, Terry, Mittie, Lady Tinkle, and Deolali were good winners, although unsoundness brought the activities of the last-named to a premature close. Providing he keeps sound, Cramond Bay should go much further, and Golden Kea is likely to build up a good record for himself. The latter is,by defunct Golden Eagle, whose few representatives on the Turf have been doing well. Atrocious Day. An official of the Taranaki Jockey Club stated on Saturday that he could not recall a race meeting held on the course under such atrocious conditions as were experienced at the hunt fixture. In the circumstances, the turnover of £30,493 was most satisfactory, for in order to rea.ch the totalisator backers had to wade through mud and to contend with the weather. Two Successes. Winner of the second division of the Weraroa Stakes, Gayanne showed her appreciation of the track conditions at New Plymouth by appearing later in the day to take the concluding event. In each instance she paid double figures, but in view of her record such was not altogether surprising. She had only two starts at two years, but in the next two terms she had 20 outings for a second and a fourth. Howeyer, the fact that she is by Saleve, an imported sire by Spion Kop (winner of the Derby and Grand Prix de Paris) and great-grandson of Carbine, Suggested that she would improve with age. Gayanne is unfashionably bred on the dam's side, for she is from Camphos, a mare by Bisdgne from an unnamed Camp Fire matron. However, the pro-1 bability is that the grandam was a thoroughbred, for many Taranaki mares were not registered. Incidentally, a younger half-sister, Golden Ash, filled third place in the first division of the Weraroa Stakes. Long Overdue. Brought south for the Wellington Winter Meeting just over twelve months ago, Bettermusk received some quiet suport in the Trial Plate, but the chestnut gelding did not run up to expectations. He has travelled and has raced up and down this island without any material reward, but an overdue win came his way in the role of hurdler at the Hunt Meeting at New Plymouth on Saturday. Being by Musketoon, he is at home in heavy going, and his natural pace enabled him to turn the conditions to profit. Great Family. Winner of his division of the Weraroa Stakes at New Plymouth, the success of Golden Kea ,was not unexpected, for the son of Golden Eagle and Horomea had run a very satisfactory race in the Trial Plate at Trentham in July. That outing was expected to improve him, and he was an ante-post favourite for the maiden event at the Hawke's Bay Hunt fixture. However, he did not go through with the engagement, although actually at the scene. Sound Lines. Although he won only one race at two years and one at three years, Bueno, who took the Waihi Hack Handicap at-New Plymouth on Saturday, should go much further in the game by reason of his breeding. He is by Battle Song from , Honeste, by the Limond horse Honour from Lucinda, by Martian from Lady Lucy, one of the most successful families in the Dominion. Unfortunately, Battle Song has been allowed to go out of the Dominion, and the loss of the Spearmint blood might well be regretted. Possibly some breeders were disappointed in the early failures of Battle Song's get, but his lines clearly indicated that his stock would need time. Bold Bid. The first of the progeny of the Humbug mare Hispania, Young Jim did not win out of his turn, but as a four-year-old he scored twice over a middle distance in the hack ranks. A half-brother by Ninth Duke, who races as Young Trent, started off his racing career more promisingly by opening his account as a three-year-old, and he commenced his four-year-old activities with a second in the Waihi Hack Handicap at New Plymouth on Saturday. The indications are that he may yet improve on the family's rather indifferent record. Liked the Conditions. The rain-affected track at New Plymouth suited the Croupier gelding Leybourne. The way in which he scored in the hack grade at Trentham indicated that he would carry his account further in the upper grade, and he justified the opinion of his trainer in the open sprint at New Plymouth. At Trentham he raced to the front very early, but it was not till the straight was reached on Saturday that Leybourne took command. Further successes should lie ahead. Sound Bracket. Backers of El Santo in the second division of the Weraroa Stakes at New Plymouth secured a place dividend through the bracketed mate, Second Seal. Nevertheless, El Santo was not altogether disgraced by running third. Second Seal is a product of Revelation and the Pombal—Caste mare Belle Caste, a half-sister to Rational and closely related to Veilmqnd, who is now doing well as a sire in Australia. Bought at the 1944 National Sales for 250 guineas, Second Seal did not race as a two-year-old last term, and his debut suggests better things ahead. Classy Three-year-old. Last season Royal Gem proved himself one of the best, if not the best, juveniles racing in Victoria, and the indications are that he is in for another good term, for he won the three-year-old handicap on Saturday. He is a fine advertisement for the muchdiscussed Dhoti, who. had two starts after his arrival in Australia from England for one second. That placing came in the Kaita Handicap, six furlongs, at Moonee Valley, when Aurie's Star beat him a neck. French Gem, the dam of Royal Gem (winner of the Oaks) was by Beau Fils, the Son-in-Law sire who got Belle Silhouette and Waltzing Lily.