RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21519, 18 September 1933, Page 2

RACING NOTES

—— [By St. Clair.]

RACING. Saptsmber 21, 23. Wanganui Jockey Club. September 21, 23. Geraldine Racing Club. September 30 Kurow Jockey Club. September 30. Napier Park Racing Club. October 5, 7.—Dunedin ’ Jockey Club. October 6, 7. —Otaki-Maori Racing Club. October 14.—Masterton Racing Club. October 14.—South Canterbury Jockcv Club. October 14, 16.—Avondale Jockey Club. October 21, 23.—Wellington Racing Club. October 1 21, 23.—C0r0 Racing Club.

BREEDERS ARE WORRIED. Breeders of high-class thoroughbreds in England have a particular problem to face at the present time. It has been caused chiefly by the great success and consequent predominance of the produce of three horses, Phalaris, Bayardo, and Son-in-Law. Daughters and grand-daughters of these horses are returning yearly to the big vstuds in large numbers,' and suitable mates have to be found for them. The field of choice in such eases has become very limited, because nearly all the most successful stallions of the day arc sons or grandsons of Phalaris, Bayardo. or Son-in-Law. Colorado (by Phalaris), who heads the, list of winning sires so far this season, is dead, but Manna, who comes next, is also by Phalaris. Manna’s son, Miracle, is now at the stud : Pharos, by Phalaris, is in France, but has sired several high-class horses, who arc in England, including Cameronian, now himself a stallion. Gainsborough and Gay Crusader, who aro high in the winning list, were sired by Bayardo, and Solario, one of tlvo fashionable sires of the time, is by Gainsborough. Son-in-Law is still going strong in spite of his twenty-two years. His sons Foxlaw and Winalot are at present among the twelve leading English or Irish sires. Five of the best racehorses who are to begin their stud careeor next season —Dastur (by Solario). Firdaussi (by Pharos), Orpen (by Solario), Trimdon (by Son-in-Law), and . Limelight (by Pharos)—each comes from one of these predominant strains. The services of Fairway (full brother to Pharos) and Bosworth (by Son-in-Law) are being widely used by the leading breeders. Both these horses belong to Lord Derby, who also bred Swynford, Phalaris, Pharos, and Colorado. This position has occurred before—it frequently arises where breeders strive to obtain certain qualities or characteristics for competition and cultivate intensely the most successful strains. AN AMERICAN CHAMPION. His success in the Arlington Handicap added 10,000dol to Equipoise’s stake winnings, making his total about £59,000, and places him in fourth position to Sun Beau, Gallant Fox, and Zev in the list of stake winners in the United States. Equipoise may meet Winooka, and, according to American exchanges, is such a champion that it is only a matter of remaining sound and retaining his form for another season for him to displace Sun Beau as the world’s greatest stake winner. ' If Winooka and Equipoise should meet the Australian star will suffer ho dimming by comparison with his rival as an individual. According to his pictures Equipoise is rather a small and ordinary-looking animal, but lie seems to be a galloping machine of the best sort.

Describing the race, an American turf authority says: “ The race was in the Equipoise tradition. R. Workman let him move along at good speed from the start, in order to obtain a good running position fairly close to the pace of Dark Secret. Gallant Sir was a close second, Watch Him third; both lapped on the leader at the end of the first quarter. Larranaga was ab-ut two lengths back, with Equipoise lapped on him. Watch Him, owned by Mrs John 1). Hertz, had gone by Gallant Sir before a half-mile had been covered. Equipoise, now third, was under a stout pull, and Workman did not let the Whitney horse have his head until seven furlongs were finished.’ Then suddenly, in the stretch, as Equipoise felt the rein slacken, •'up lie went, past Gallant Sir, then past Watch Him inside the last furlong. Never a whip touched the champion, as he galloped easily to the finish, a length and a-half ahead of the lightly-weighted Watch Him, a son of Fair Wind. Five lengths farther back was Gallant Sir, with only a nose advantage over Plucky Play, ’ his stablemate. While Equipoise was running the last quarter in approximately 24 l-ssec, a remarkable feat, Gallant Sir had lost ground steadily. “ The time, 23, 47 1-5, Lll 4-5, 1.37, 2.02 3-5, track fast, was four-fifths of a second slower than the track record of 2.01 4-5 set in 1931 by Sun Beau, carrying 1261 b, 9 less than Equipoise.” JOTTINGS. Acceptances for the first day of the Geraldine Meeting close this evening at 8. Handicaps for the first day of the D.J.C. Spring Meeting are due next Monday, and owners will have to accept before they see their horses race at the Kurow Meeting. The well-known sprinter, Palermo, has been blistered and turned out on hie owner’s property at Pukerau in the Eastern District. ■ The ‘ Southland News ' reports that the nine young horses by British Empire being handled or worked in Southland are all colts or geldings. Rod Boa has been brought back from Washdyke and it is understood that ho will be given a good spell. Mr J. Graham’s three-year-old gelding by British Empire—Golden Queen has been named British Star. Two hurdlers in Rational 11. and Nightcap gave very poor exhibitions in the hurdle race at Ashburton on Saturday, and appear to have turned sour on the game. Southdown looked well when stripped for the Fairfield Hack Handicap on Saturday, but any chance he may have had was spoiled by the wretched start. Ho never got near the loaders, but was finishing on well. When Shatter followed Chrysology, into the straight in the Ashburton Handicap on Saturday he looked all over a winner, but then quit, and only Martian Chief was behind him at the winning post. Shatter might bo a good horse if he wore genuine.

Cleaner made Sweet Agnes do her best for over six furlongs in the Ponscroft Hack Handicap on Saturday, and is now beginning to show tho form expected of her as a thrce-yenr-old. She is engaged at Geraldine next week and should show up better over six furlongs. At a meeting of the Winton Jockey Club held on Thursday evening it was decided to increase the stakes from £BOO last year to £I,OOO for the forthcoming meeting. It was also agreed to again include an open steeplechase event for each day’s racing. Mr A. L. Canter was appointed handienpper. Nightly, who was meeting Southdown on 151 b better terms in tho Fairfield Handicap on Saturday than on the concluding day of the National Meeting,

TROTTING. September 30. Mel liven T.C. October 7.-New lirigbton T.C. October 14. —Waiitalo T.C. October 21, 23.—Auckland T.C. Octobu 21, 23.—CrcTHioutb T.C. October 23. —Oamsru T.C. October 28.—Wellington T.C. November 7,9, 10,—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. November 23. 25.--Forbury Park T.C.

looked to be the best of the meeting at Ashburton, and though ho won he had nothing to spare from Royal Amphora at the finish. Nightly is engaged in the New Zealand Derby Stakes, and is from Muriel, a marc owned and -raced by Mr R. AetonAdams. Rebel Song registered a smart performance by winning the Spring Handicap on Saturday, as be has not done a groat deal of work. Ho started a hot odds-on chance, but only beat Cnrlingham by a good neck. The latter, too, has not done much work since the National Meeting, and promises to ho hard to beat at Geraldine on Thursday in the Squatters’ Handicap. Chrysology very nearly secured a good stake for his owner at Ashburton, and after making the running all the way was just beaten half a head by Cricket Bat, who was conceding him 281 b, in the fast time of 2min 5 l-ssec. The race should do Chrysology a lot of good for his engagement at Geraldine on Thursday. Sweet Agnes. Doiran, and Heather Glow dominated the betting on the mile hack race at Ashburton, and they finished in that order. There was only a short head between Sweet Agnes and Doiran at the finish, but the latter had to cover a lot of extra ground across the top turn, while Sweet Agnes had a good run all the way. Doiran has been suffering from kidney trouble, and was somewhat short of work, so must bo credited with running a good race. Ho is engaged in a seven-furlong race at Geraldine on Thursday, and Saturday’s race should sharpen him up. Many people who saw Tea Garden apparently cantering in front of the field in the hurdle race at Ashburton thought that there was no pace on and the riders of the other horses showing bad judgment in not going up to a maiden hurdler instead of allowing him to set a pace that would suit him. But when the time of the race was posted, 3mm 13 l-ssec, these critics realised that there had been no loafing on the road by the winner, and that the others could not got up to Tea Garden at any stage of the journey. He gave an excellent exhibition of jumping, and was well handled by W. Pascoe, who has taken kindly to riding hurdlers. Gardenia, Ten Garden’s dam, is by Bomform from Maltegarde by Charlemagne 11., from Annabello by Lionel, from the Musket mare Anna. Tea Garden is owned by Mr E. Hay, in whose name. Hounslow, the winner of the last Grand National Hurdles, races. Upset, the only horse that ever defeated Man o’ War, was represented by a good winner in America recently. His two-year-old son, Ding Bin, had a runaway win in the thirty-second renewal of the Cincinnati Trophy at Latonia, for which he started at 15-2, R C. Dawson sent Salar to Ireland to contest the Oaks at the Cnrrngh in July, and, starting equal favourite with Spy Ann, she \Von by half a length. Salar is a chestnut filly by Salmon Trout, whose half-brother, Salmagundi, is at the stud in New South Wales, and her dam is Saffian. The totalisator was used for the first time at Goodwood (England) on July 25, but the turnover of £35,345 16s was far short of that put through on the opening day at Ascot, when the machine bandied £55,759 18s. Of Goodwood’s total £13,587 14s was invested on the Stewards’ Cup. Backers of the successful pair in the daily double at Hurst Park on July 23 received the nice return of £137 Cs for a stake of 10s. Hot Fight, winner of the first leg, was at 4 to 1 in the ring, and Bunch, the second winner, was a 10 to 1 chance. Big dividends are not always paid, however, for at Liverpool a few days before a favourite and a second favourite scored, and the combination of tho Mellowness filly (2 to 1) and Lone Isle (5 to 2) returned only £6 Is.

When a number of leading pockeys met ’with accidents at the barrier in England a few weeks ago it was suggested that risk of injury might be overcome by placing webbing between the strands of rope, thus preventing the horses from getting their heads through the tapes. This experiment is to bo tried out by the Jockey Club at the first October meeting at Newmarket, Trainers of many of the good horses seemed intent on smashing records for seven furlongs in their work at Randwick one morning early this month, but after several had made unusually smart time, Burlesque came out and ran the journey in a tick under 1.27. It was the fastest seen for many a day, and gets close to Gloaming’s record for the middle grass, 1.25, made thirteen years ago (reports the Sydney ‘ Referee ’). Alfred (“ Tiny ’’) White, who was at one time reputed to bo the richest jockey in England, died at Newmarket at the end of July at the age of seventy. White narrowly beat Fred, Archer in the Cambridgeshire in 1880, when they rode The Sailor Prince and St. Mirin respectively, and that defeat was taken so much to heart by Archer that it was believed to be the chief cause of his taking his own life. After trying his hand at training, and losing a Jot of money, White returned to the' saddle, but his sight was then so weak that for some years he rode in smoked glasses. He was blind at the time of his death. H. 11. Telford was said to have a likely Derby colt in Coonband (Baralong—Golden Cello), says the Sydney ‘ Referee,’ but after Saturday’s racing at Caulfield he is likely to bo better represented by Break Up. Telford ran both colts in the Memsie Stakes, and Break Up caused a big surprise by running second to Waltzing Lily and finishing a head in front of Hall Mark, who was conceding him a stone. Break Up is by Dignity (son of Gainsborough) from Lido Lady by Red Dennis from Kuarangi, a Comedy King mare; so there is no lack of staying blood in his pedigree. Lady Nairno, the dam of England’s champion two-year-old, Colombo, has been a very uncertain breeder. When purchased by Sir Alec Black for 6,200 gs in 1926 she was in foal to Lemonora but produced dead twins the following year. In 1928 she slipped twins to Phalaris, and in 1929 she foaled a filly to the same sire. This youngster afterwards named Lady Phalaris, was a failure on the racecourse, and is now at the stud in France, Tier next foal was Cawdor, and then Colombo, but in 1932 she was barren to Hurry On Now she has a full-brother to Colombo at toot, and has been mated with Singapore,