RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22191, 20 November 1935, Page 13

RACING NOTES

BASING. November 234—Bay of Wands R.C, November 23. Levin R.C. November 23.—Southland R.C. November 30.—Ashburton R.C. November 30, December 2.—Tekapuna November 30, December 2.— Feilding J.C. Dec. 6, 7.—Woodville District J.C. Dec. 7, 9.—Dargaville E.O. Dec. 14.—Waipa R.C. Dec. 14.—Hororato R.C. Deo. 14.—Otaki Maori E.O. Dec. 26. —Waipukurau J.C. Dec. 26, 28.—Taranaki J.C. Dec. 26, 28, 30.—Westland E.O. Dee. 26, 28.—Dunedin J.C. Dec. 26, 27, 28.-—Manawatu R.C. Deo. 26. 30. Jan. 1, 2.—Auckland R.C.

INVERCARGILL TRAINING NOTES. A cold and driving rain made the conditions unpleasant for training operations at Invercargill yesterday morning when candidates for the Southland Racing Club’s Spring Meeting were given their final gallops (reports the ‘Southland News’). The course proper, with the flags out about 20ft, was available for galloping, and some smart efforts were recorded. The going was excellent in the early stages, hut became slow as the morning progressed. Great Shot (Baker) and Amelita (Taylor) ran two furlongs in 24 4-5, three in 37 1-5, four in. 50 2-5, and completed seven furlongs, in 1.32 1-5. Great Shot was responsible for the pace and finished too well for Amelita. Great Shot accomplished his task in great style, and it was a smart gallop in every way. The grey Songbird gelding (Humphries) and Thornton (L. Watt) ran two . furlongs in 26sec and completed four furlongs in 62 3-5. The former is shaping quite satisfactorily for the short time he has been in work.

Honest Maid (L. Watt) and Cough (Baker) beat All Humbug (Taylor) by six lengths in a mile gallop in 1.48 3- the last four in 54 3-5. Honest Maid was shading Cough at the finish with All Humbug stopping badly. June the Third (Humphries) jumped away from the mile post, and timed from the seven she ran two furlongs in 24 2-5, three in 36 4-5, four in 49 4-5, and completed seven in 1.33 4-5. She was stopping in the straight, but it was a good gallop. Waipounamu (Phillips) and M Nab (Barclay) ran six furlongs in 1.21 2-5, the last four in 55 4-5. Both were stopping. Ocean Singer (L. Watt) and Red Treasure (Barclay) ran six furlongs in 1.21 1-5, the last four in 55 3-5. The track was being cut up at this stage. Galleon (Taylor) and Young Sentinel (Baker) ran seven furlongs in 1.35 4- the last four in 55 3-5, both finishing well. lied Boa was restricted to slow work as were a number of other horses. JOTTINGS. The heavy rain which fell yesterday would be beneficial to the track _ at Forbury Park for next week’s meeting. Acceptances for the first day close on Jfriday at 5 p.m»

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TROTTING. November 28, 30.—Forbury Park T.C. December 7.—Te Aroba T.C. December 7.—New Brighton T.C. Dec. 26.—Ashburton T.C. Dec. 26.—Gore T.C. Deo. 26, 28. —Wairarapa T.C. Dec. 26, 27.—Westport T.C. Dec. 27, 28, 31. —Auckland T.C. Dec. 28.—Winton T.C. Jan. 1, 2.—Canterbury Park T.C. Jan. 4, 6.—Greymouth T.C. Jan. 10. —Reefton T.C. Jan. 18.—Timaru T.C. Jan. 25.—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. Jan. 30, Feb. I.—Forbury Park T.O.

If Gamble comes to Forbury Park next week visitors to the Spring Meeting will see one of the best-actioned four-year-olds ever started in Dunedin.

On the form Eighteen Carat has shown he should be in demand for the New River Handicap to be run at Invercargill on Saturday. Eighteen Carat is by Sungod from Pure Gold, and one of J. Walsh’s team.

On the second day of the Gore Meeting All Humbug kept Kemal Pasha doing his best for over seven furlongs, and showed he was returning to form. With only 7.5 in the Flying Handicap at Invercargill on Saturday he promises to be hard to beat.

No fewer than six of the 10 horses engaged in the Tradesmen’s Handicap to be decided at Invercargill on Saturday are engaged earlier in the afternoon. The singly engaged horses are Red Boa, Sailing Home, Last Link, and Horn’s Reef.

Steeton carried 7.11 in the New Zealand Cup this month, and has been handicapped at the same weight in the Southland Cup, to be run over a mile and a-quarter next Saturday; but taking a lino through the Gore form Amy Johnson should again beat her.

With no racing nor trotting meetings in the South Island during the first 13 days in December, it is unfortunate for both clubs that the second day of the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s Spring Meeting should clash with the Ashburton Summer Meeting.

Bracken, who is engaged in the W. H. James Cup on the opening day of the Forbury Park Spring Meeting, raced in Mr Barton’s colours at Addington last week, but at Forbury Park next week will race in the interests of Durbar Lodge Ltd., as Mr Barton’s lease has expired.

The Wanganui Jockey Club and Egmont Racing Club have been granted permission to change their summer dates. Wanganui will now be held on January 30 and February 1, and Egmont on February 13 and 15.

Cuddle demonstrated that there was nothing fluky about her win in the New Zealand Cup by finishing second in the Metropolitan with an additional 191 b

on her hack. She gave Vanestep an extra 91b and Argentic an extra 121 b and again beat them decisively..

When Wild Career (Balboa—Full Fling) ran fourth in the Novice Handicap on the first day of the Gore Meeting, he was finishing on very fast after being badly left. He will only have to jump out smartly in the Roslyn Trial Handicap at Invercargill on Saturday to be very hard to beat.

Impala has been a most disappointing mare, as she shows a lot of pace on the track, but rarely repeats it in a race. At Invercargill on Saturday she is to be tried out under a higher scale of weights than she has previously been raced at, and, as she has had a course of schooling over hurdles lately, she should do better.

The world’s record for two miles is 3min 19 2-ssec, made by Pradella (8.4) at Ascot, England, in June, 1906. The American record is 3min 21 4-ssec, made by Exterminator (9.2) at Belmont in 1920. In comparing American times with English and Australian, ,it must be remembered that their tracks are measured from the® rails, instead of 3ft out, and the horses are timed from a flying start. The actual starting point is a few yards in advance of the barrier, and it is from there that the time is taken

Soft Step, who established new twomile figures (3min 21 4-ssec) for Australia and the Dominion when winning his second Queensland Cup recently, has a' dash of New Zealand blood in his veins. He is a five-year-old entire horse by Spearfelt from E’en Step, by Eudorus (sire of Eurythmic) from Cross Step, by the Auckland-bred sire Stepniak. Spearfelt is joint holder with Windbag of the record for the Melbourne Cup, 3min 22jscc, and Eurythmic won the Sydney Cup in 3min 24s|sec, which until then had been beaten only once. Baron Edouard de Rothschild’s four-year-old Brantome sustained his first defeat in France, and the second of his career, in the Prix de I’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on October 6. Though he was travelling fast at the finish in fourth place, it was not possible to make any real excuse for him. The idol of the French Turf was running his last race. Unbeaten in 12 outings in his native land, it was confidently expected that ho would wipe out the stigma of his Ascot Gold Cup failure by securing the rich Longchamp prize. The race was run over a mile and a-half, and it was clearly demonstrated that Brantome is not the horse he was prior to his journey to Ascot.

At one period North Island owners held a commanding lead in the number of winners furnished for the New Zealand Cup, but during the past few years South Island owners have steadily reduced the margin, with the result that the list now stands as follows: — North Island, 27 wins and two deadheats: South Island, 25 wins and two dead-heats. The following is the full winning list: —North Island: Tirailleur, St. Hippo, Rosefelt, Impulse, Waiuku, Tirant d’Eaii, Seahorse, Ideal (dead-heater), Tortulla, Halberdier, Star Rose, Frisco, Downfall, Lady Lucy, Bridge, Midnight Sun, Sinapis, Indigo (dead-heater), Tangihou, Menelaus, Sasanof, Vagabond. Oratress, Scion, Rouen, Sunart, The Banker, Orati'ix. Cuddle. South Island: Tasman, Vanguard, Fusilade, Spade Guinea, Lochiel, Manton, Wolverine, British Lion, Euroclydon, Lady Zetland, Fulmen (dead-heater), Canteen, Grand Rapids, Noctuiform, Vice-Ad-miral, Warstep (dead-heater), Ardenvohr, Royal Star, Count Cavour, Ra-

pier, Chide, Nightmarch, Spearful, Fast Passage, Palantua, Steetoil.

Many racegoers have not yet become conversant with some of the finer points of win and place betting, and there were some illustrations of this fact at Kiccarton last week (says the Timaru ‘Herald’). In one race two horses, either or which would have been favourite as a single chance, were coupled. Naturally the combination was in warm demand, and for a long time was showing a prospective win dividend of about 30s. 'Their price on the place indicator hovered round the £1 mark and nominally it appeared that if they were placed badkers would merely get their money back. What was generally overlooked was that if both bracketed horses were placed, as seemed probable, they would each be credited with a third of the pool. This actually happened, the horses finishing first and third, and their place dividend worked out at 8s fid better than their win price. In the Derby, Kinnoull was such a hot favourite—he carried more than twice as much as the other five runners combined, and nearly seven times as much as any single one—that his place quotation was obscured, and it was taken for granted that it was less than £l. Actually it was better than his price straight-out.