RACING

Evening Star, Issue 25849, 20 July 1946, Page 9

RACING

HEWS AND VIEWS [By Observer.] FIXTURES. July 27.—Avondale Jockey Club. July 27.—Napier Park Racing Club. July 27.—Christchurch Hunt Club July 27.—Bangitikei Hunt Club. August 3, 10, 17—Canterbury Jockey Club. August 10.—Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. August 17.—Dannevhke Racing Club (at Hastings). , August 17.—Paikuranga Hunt Club. Reminder. Handicaps will appear on Monday for ■ the Chrktchurch Hunt meeting, and acceptances will close on Tuesday nt / s'p.m. In Sydney. 'The Christchurch sportsman, Mr D. McFarlane, who races Amorlad, Foxchase, and Palm Bearer, is at present in Australia, and- it is reported that he intends' purchasing a good class horse to bring home with him. . Clastic Entries 'Due. Entries for the Dunediu Jockey Club's future classic events close on Monday. The races are the McLean Stakes, .to bo run in October, the Champagne Stakes, which will be decided in December, and the Dunedin Guineas" which ,will be staged at the spring meeting in 1847. Leading "Sir*. The progency of Jack Potts have now won - 930 races in 13 seasons. The •takes accumulated. amount to £288,136, of which £53,763 has been won during the current season. The preyious record amount credited to any •tand&rd-bred sire was held by Logan Pointer with £229,076. Quartered at Ricoarton. ■ Platform and Air Ace have returned to RiccartoU after racing at North Island meetings and will remain under the care of G. Elliot till after the Grand National meeting. Both horses raced well in the north although they failed to win, "and their turn may come at-Iticcarton next month. Consistent Hurdler. Blue Title, who is one of the early fancies for the Grand National Hurdles, will be ridden at Riccarton by J. Chaplin. Blue Title has won four races during the season and has not been.-out of a place in his last right starts. A sound stayer and a proficient jumper, the Lord Quex gelding is one of the best hurdlers in the north..at the present time. Improvements at Addington. Improvements carried out at Addington mentioned by Mr C. S. Thomas, president of the New Zealand Metropolitan" Club, at the annual meeting, were the new entrance for horses, the filling in of the lake, the' , erection of xt siren to, warn .the public of-protests, etc., the new three-sided frames for, holding the numbers of placed horses,-, an extra loud speaker, and- the inclusion, of Dominion records in the race book., The Monarch's Good Record. The Monarch's win in the Winter Hurdles at Awapuni last Saturday marked his fourth success in his last six starts and in one other start ho finished second to Endurance at the ■ Manawatu • winter meeting. The Monarch has come into favour for the Grand National Hurdles and will be brought south in time to compete at the Christchurch Hunt meeting where he holds' an engagement in the Longbeach Hurdles Leading Trainers. The Mataniata trainer. G. Cobb, has trained 32 winners for the se.iaou and has now established a. clear lead on the trainers' list from T. E. Pankhurst, of Invercargill, who has 27 jioints. A. E. Didham. the leading trainer for 'Otago, is third, with 25. while others with high scores are W. J. McDowell 23, C. J. Thomson 21, G. \V. New 21. H. A. Telford 20, .1. J.' Waller 20, L. Knapp 19. P. Smith 19, J. R, Cockrane 17, D. P. Wilson 17, G'. W. B. Greene 17. and H.. A. Anderton 16. Totalisator Figures. Up until mid-June, ju9t over £13,000,000 had been put through the totalisator at race meetings in New Zealand this season. Of this' amount, Auckland province was responsible for £5,000,000. The Wellington district was responsible for £2,000,000, Canterbury for £1.400;000, and Wanganui district (which includes Mniiawatu) for £1,237,000. These .figures do not include trotting meetings. The Government's take was about £1,300,000. . ~ : ; Purchased in Australia. A recent arrival in Southland is the' 'five-year-old stallion. Golden Royal, who . was purchased in Australia a short time ago by Mr H. H. Booth, of Invercargill. It is intended to race Golden Royal in New Zealand, and he will be put into training shortly by Mr Booth. He has won a few showring classes in Australia, but apart from these appearances he has not ra'ced. He is by Royal Again, who has been' represented by winners at both gaits, from Chrystal Voyage. "• Winter 1 Cup Top-weight. Swift Quarry, the top-weightifor tins Winter Cup, has. won three races this season for £2,600 in stakes. In bis . ' first seven starts Swift failed to collect a. stake, and it was at the Hawko's Bay meeting in April that he gained the winning list, after running second to Ario in the Cup a week v , earlier. This success was followed by a win in the Foley .Memorial Handicap afthe Avondale meeting on April'27, and "oil the same course (Ellerslie) ho won the Autumn Handicap on May 4 with 8.13 on his back. The three races won by Swift Quarry were run over a distance of a mile and a-half. Double* Tote. Support for the installation of the doubles totalisator was forthcoming at • meeting of the Takanini branch of the Owners, Breeders, and Trainers' Association. The following resolution

was adopted unanimously and forwarded by telegram to the New Zealand liacing Conference: " That this branch .gives whole-hearted support to the Racing. Conference in action destined to .promote the establishment of improved investment facilities. It considers the establishment of a doubles totalisator, publication of dividends, and the telegraphing of investments to the totalisator would largely diminish off-course betting, with resultant advantages to the racing fraternity and an increase in revenue to the' Government.'' Related to Hunting Song. It is an interesting fact that Privet, dam of the good Defaulter old Deprive, is related in male line to Hunting Song, five times leading stallion in the Dominion, and likely to play an important part for many years in the development of thoroughbreds in this country, says an exchange. Privet's sire was Rizzio, which was one of the progeny of a mare named Signorinetta. which gained fame in England through winning both the Oaks and Derby. Signorinetta's dam, Sighorina, was one of St. Simon's first crop of foals. . Signorinetta had only four foals which reached the racecourse, but one of her sons was Riznio, the sire of Privet, which was exported to Victoria. One of her daughters was Pasta, which produced at the stud Hunting Song, eventually sent to New Zealand, .