RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23449, 14 December 1939, Page 9

RACING NOTES

[By St. Chib.]

RACING. , Deesmber 16.—Waip» Racisg Club. December 83, 86. 87.—Dunedin Jockey Club. _ . December 83, 86, 87.™Manawatu Rectos . 20.—Wsipukurau Jockey Club. December 86.—Weetland Jockey Club- ’ December 86, 27.—Taranaki Jockey Club. ■ December 26, 28, January I* B.—-Auc*-land Racing Club. „ . December 30, January I.—Wairarapa : Racing Club. , _ ~ December .30, January I.—Grey mouth • January I.—Hawke'a Bay Jockey Club. .. , _. , January I,—-Waikouaiti Baciog Club-

AT WINGATUI THIS MORNING Training operations at Wingatui were carried out under pleasant and very dot conditions. The sand track and centre of the course proper were available to trainers, and both were very fast. Made Money and Roseman were sent six furlongs, on the sand track and took Imin 19sec, the last four in 53sec. Palencia, Rondini, and Irish Colleen took Imin 6sec to run five furlongs, after running the first two in 24 4-ssco. , Combat was sent six furlongs by himself and registered Imin 18sec. the last three in 39 4-ssec, , Nightwings, Pink Robe, and Gusterina were sent a mile and a-quarter, but there was no pace on until after passing the seven furlong post. Gusterina was pulled up after running five furlongs, and Pink Robe Jed until a few lengths from the post, when Nightwings easily ran up to her. Pink Robe was first past the post, the last six furlongs taking Imin 23 3-ssec. The two-year-old brother to Palencia ran three furlongs alone on the sand in 43sec, and is improving with every gallop, Pilot’s Love and M'Heath were ridden out to run five furlongs on the sand in Imin 6 1-osec. Norseman had Hanlon’s measure at the end of seven furlongs on the sand in Imin 31: 4-6 sec, the first two furlongs in 26 3-sseo and first four in 52 4-sseo. Mosgiel and a stable-mate ran six furlongs on the course proper in Imin 21sec, the first two faking them 25 3-osec. Sir Aymas, Dalrymple, and Exult ran five furlongs in Imin osec, and there was little -the first-named pair at the finish. : » , Oiir Empire ran six furlongs alone on the sand track iri Imin 21 3-ssec. Night Pal sprinted three furlongs pn the course proper in 37 l-ssec, and was doing it comfortably all the way. Half and Half took Imin 26 l-ssec to run six furlongs on the sand, after taking 39seo for the first two. Lady Constance and Taxpayer sprinted fast down the straight on the sand. High Glee easily held Very Happy, over fiVa furlongs on the sand in Imm 5 44toec„;Abe first, twft 2g,3jSseo, r; TfeayennSt t(D.i,'HßmiU)iiumpe»ithe two schooling fences along the back twice, giving a good exhibition each time. : ■ JOTTINGS Handicaps Due, Handicaps for the Wyndham, Waikouaiti. and Oamaru meetings are due to-morrow. Al| Black’s Record. From 1914-15 season to the end of the 1936-37 season it is estimated that All Black sired 570 winners (234 in New Zealand and 336 in Australia) of races worth £181,094. Working Well. Throe horses trained at RivertonDark Flight, Peony Rose, and the two-year-old by Philamor from the latter’s dam—have been working well, and are expected to race well at Wingatui during the holiday meeting. Inquiry for Heidelberg.

An Australian has asked Mr P. H. Nicholson, who holds Heidelberg on lease from Mr P. Greenfield, to put a price on the Lord Warden gelding, but be states that his horse is not for sale. Rider for Travenna. 0. Ridgway has been engaged to ride Travenna in the hurdle race on the first day of the local meeting. Ridgway rode Travenna when he won the hurdle race on the second day of the Geraldine meeting. Two-year-olds Scarce, Triah Colleen is the only two-year-old in serious work at Wingatui at present, and this morning shaped well in » five furlong gallop on the sand with Palipira and Rondini. They ran the first two furlongs inside 25sec,_ and were together at the post in Imin 6sec. Too Much Class. The field Dark Flight beat in the Members' Handicap, six furlongs, on the concluding day of the New Zealand Cup Meeting was a much better class one than he is sot to meet in the Federal Handicap next week, and though he will hove 9.0 to carry, provided he is fit and well, should not have •much difficulty in holding off the opposition. dare Summer Programme. The programme for the Gore Racing Club’* Summer Meeting, to be held on February 10 and 12, has been issued, and the stakes amount to £2,250. The two principal races each carry a stake of £2lO, and will be run over a mile and a-quarter on the first day, and a mile and a distance on the second day. Not Won a Race for Two Years. Last Link, engaged in the Otokia Hurdles, with 9.7, still shows -signs of the injuries be sustained to his legs when he came into contact with a fallen horse in the hurdle raoe at the local spring meeting. Last Link has not won s race since he heat a good field in the Port Cooper Brush Hurdles on the third day of the 1937 Cup Meeting. Should Turn tha Tables. When Spanish Lad won the Flying Handicap at the Southland meeting ho carried 8.7 and Flagman 7.0, a difference of 15lb, In the Federal Handicap Spanish Lad is_ called on to give Flagman 261 b, This increased margin is a let for a two lengths beating on heavy going, and Flagman should be able to tarn the tables if he i* fit.

TROTTING. .December 16.—Timaru T.C. December 26,—Ashburton T.C. December 26.—Gere T.C. December 27, 29, 30.—Auckland T.C. December 29.—Reefton T.C. December 30.—Reefton T.C. January 1. 2.—Canterbury Park T.C. January 4, s.—Greymouth T.C. January 13. —Cambridge T.C.

January I. —Wyndham Racing Club. January 1, 2.—Btratford Racing Club. January 1, 2.— Marlon Jockey Club. January 2.—Oamaru Jockey Club. January 2, 3.—Southland Racing Club. January 6, B.—Reefton Jockey Club. January 12, 13.—Vincent Jockey Club.

Ronsard Mares. Some sires seem to transmit their merits to their daughters rather than to their sons (says the ' Australasian '). Ronsard is shading well in this respect. Others—the great Heroic, for example—produce comparatively few females of racing note. Others, again, such as Cray Lothario, spread their qualities evenly between their sons and their daughters. Will Be Fancied, Southern Sail, who is engaged in the Trial Handicap, to be run on the first day, with 8.3 to carry, has had only one race to date, at Gore last October, and she shaped very encouragingly in finishing third to Mondello and Heidelberg. The' three-year-old half-sister to Sailing Lady has made good progress in the interval, and she promises to play a prominent part in the novico races at Wingatui at Christmas.—' Southland News.' Well Divided Fields. The combined nominations for the Otago Handicap and) Waikouaiti Cup total 60, but 13 of those engaged in the former are not in the Waikouaiti Cup, and 19 engaged in the latter race have not been nominated in the Dunedin Handicap. Horses nominated for the Wingatui race and) not in at Waikouaiti are Sovereign Lady, Passaform, Dictate, Sailing Lady, Spanish Lad, Boswell, Swordstick, Peony' Rose, Mona's Song, Parquet, Made. Money, Ohirp, and Doubleack. Those in the Waikouaiti Cup and not in the Otago Handicap are The Wrecker, Montessa, Wild! Career, Gay Parade, Kilrobe, Ferriby, Dr Duthie, High Glee, Lockit, Wardress, Pink Lad, Half and Half, Willie Win, Sir Hugh, Master Dingle, Balmenter, Twenty Grand, Travenna, and Pink Robe. Of the 15 engaged in the Wynd&am Cup only Wild Career, Boaform, Roseman, and! Auctor are not engaged in the Otago Handicap.