RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22026, 11 May 1935, Page 9

RACING NOTES

RACING. Mav 13. —Nelson J.C. May 17, 18.—Southland ' R.C. May 17, 18.—Marlborough R.C. May 18.—Ashburton O.R.C. May 18.—Wanganui J.C. May 23, 25.-Te Kuiti R.C. May 25.—South Canterbury J.C. May 25, 27.—Dannevirke R.C. June 1, 3. —Otaki Maori R.C. June 1,3, 4.—Dunedin J.C. June 3,5, B.—Auckland R.C. June 8. —Foxton R.C. June 13, 15. —Hawke’s Bay J.C. June 15.—South Canterbury J.C

Ashburton Nominations. The Ashburton County Racing Club lias received very satisfactory nominations for its meeting to he held on Saturday, May 18,»the total for seien events being 129. Horses for North. H. Rama has arranged to leave for the north early next week with tree Air, Horowlienua, and Tooiey Street, who will be raced at the Te Kuiti Meeting on May 23 and 25 before going on to Ellerslie for the Great Northern Gathering.—Christchurch ‘ Press. Royal Limond, D. O’Connor will leave for the North Island on Monday with Royal Limond, who will be raced at Wanganui on May 16 •and 18, and at the Te Kuiti Meeting at Te Rapa on May 23 and 25. Present intentions are to continue the trip to Ellerslie for the Great Northern Steeplechase Meeting.

Change of Stables. Mrs E. I. Eriedlander, who owns the promising two-year-old Fine Art, has transferred her other gelding, iortlight, to Mr B. F. Spiers, ami the chestnut has entered N. C. Price s stable at New Brighton. Portlight is no champion, but in Price’s care (says the ‘ Press ’) he may improve on his previous performances. Ran Well. i

Riotous had his first race on Monday at Eginont since he hurt himself at Riccarton last August. He was big in condition, but, nevertheless, ran ' er> prominently, and lasted to get second, money to transact. Riotous jumped in his usual brilliant style, and all gomp well (says “The Watcher ) with him he should be hard to heat m leading cross-country races tins wmtex.

Legatee as a Stayer. Sydney. papers have had very little to say about Legatee’s form at Randwick but “ Pilot ” remarks that in the Sires’ Produce Stakes Legatee finished strongly to gain third place, ami upheld New Zealand opinion that he was likelv to stay. It is looking a long way ahead, but‘all going well he seems bound to be one of the fancies for the Australian Jockey Clubs Derby.

At Washdyke. The programme for the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s .May Meeting provides for six galloping and. two ti-otting events, the former comP«smg: Levels Hurdle. Handicap, of WOsovs. lira; Claremont Stakes, of lOOsovs, for two-year-olds and upwards that have never won a race exceeding SOsovs in value, 6f; South Canterbury Handicap of ISOsovs, 14m; Craigmore S+ienechase, of 120sovs, about 2Jm, SSSSTtb* Handicap, of lOOsovs. In, and 35yds; and Farewell. Handled, of 120sovs, 6f. . Nominations for all events will close at 8 p.ra. on Monday. Not Impressive. The Egmont Winter Meeting is usually looked forward to each year to provide a line on future jumping events the form being particularly valuable as a guide to the Great Northerns. It cannot be said, however, that the racing last week-end was especially illuminating in that respect as neither of the hurdle winners, Lady Spy and Ruaform, is in the Great Northern Hurdles, nor is the double steeplechase winner, Transact, engaged m the Great Northern Steeplechase. . There were Great Northern horses in the fields, but their performances (says a Wellington writer) did not suggest that they will be dangerous at Lllerslie without phenomenal improvement. Another Attempt.

A report from Auckland states that Ammon Ra, who was the best of his year as a three-year-old, and winner of several of Australia s leading events, is to be placed in work again, following a long absence from the race track. The Limond gelding developed bleeding trouble towards the end of his Australian racing, and a recurrence of this trouble on Ins return to the dominion led to his being spelled. W. J Jarvis hopes to get the former champion back to his condition again, and his future prospects will create much interest at Takanim, where lie really began his career under J. t. Jamieson. One Thousand Guineas.

Mesa, the winner of the One Thousand Guineas last week, carries the colours of .the French owner M. Pierre Wertheimer. She did no pacing m England as a two-year-old and the only engagements made for her there this season were the One Thousand Guineas and the Oaks. Last season she won two races in France, the second being the Poule des Foals, of 98,420 fiancs, seven furlongs, at Deauville. Slip was third to Pampeiro (by Blenheim, owned by the Aga Khan) and Corrida in the Grand Cntermm, of 156,600 francs, one mile, at Longchamp, and second to Tulifer in the Poule de Deux Ans at Chantilly. Akuna's Owner. Mr J. J. Leahy, the owner of the Sydney Cup winner, has extensive pastoral interests in Wew South Wales. One of his properties is Ardsley, a few miles out of Bathurst, where ho maintains a fairly extensive stud with feuverado and Air Balloon at tho head of it. lie also had Archery, the Tracery horse, whom he purchased at the dispersal sale of the Burnside stud some years ago when J. B. Reid sold out. Mr Leahy paid a high price for Archery, who, however, hardly realised expectations as a sire. As he sired Akuna, however, Mr Leahy has no reason to regret purchasing him. Fallingbrook, tho dam of Akuna, was bought by Mr Leahy at the Arrowfield dispersal sale in 1924. She was the dam of the Metropolitan winner. Polycletan, who was also trained by D. Lewis. As Mr Leahy was a patron of Lewis’s at the time, it is easy to see why he bought Fallingbrook,

Racing Prospects in England. A very optimistic note was struck by the majority of English papers regarding the opening of the present flat racing season. “ The promise of the new flat racing season is distinctly good; in fact, it should start much better than usual.” That is the view of Gordon

June 20, 22.—Napier Park R.C. June 22.—Ashburton R.C. June 29.—Oamaru J.C. June 29.—Levin R.C. TROTTING. May 16.—Marlborough T.C. June 1, 3. —Canterbury Park T.C. June I.—Waikato T.C. June B.—Ashburton T.C. June 22, 24.—Auckland T.C,

Richards, the champion jockey, given the ‘ Daily Mail.’ It is a view shared by the great majority of those in close touch with all matters connected with the turf, .whose well-being is one of the most sensitive indications of the economic life of the country. The improved prices at the seasonal blood-stock sales, the quality of the two-year-olds of 1934, the better weather conditions in which training preparations have been carried out, with their promise of bigger fields, are all factors in this spirit of reasoned optimism with which everyone approached the opening of the new season at Lincoln. Resembles Nightly. According to “ Pilot,” the Night Raid—Valicare gelding, The Raider, who was a good winner at the recent A.J.C. Meeting, greatly resembles Nightly, and the veteran critic tips him to make a good stayer. As a two-year-old The Raider was looked upon as a Derby hope, but he disappointed, becoming rather unreliable. He was gelded, and now he is showing something like his real form. He had been unlucky when Tatyoon and Bachiau defeated him at Roseliill, because between them they squeezed The Raider near the winning post. As Tatyoon afterwards won at Warwick Farm, form pointed to . The Raider winning the Biranganbil Handicap at Randwick, for which he was one of the favourites. He did not give tilts others a semblance of a chance, as he took the lead at the start and remained in front to the finish, winning very easily. Sir John, who was favourie for the Doncaster almost from the time the weights were declared, cut up badly. Ho lias been a great disappointment to Mr Moss since his two-year-old days.