NEWS AND VIEWS

Evening Star, Issue 26137, 26 June 1947, Page 4

NEWS AND VIEWS

fßy Observer. | Fixtures. June 28.—Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club. June 28.—Greymouth Jockey Club. July 5. 12, 19. —Wellington Racing Club. July 12.—Waimaie District Hunt Club. July 19.--South Canterbury District Hunt Club. July 19.—Manawatu Hunt Club. July 19. 26. Avondale Jockey Club. July 26.—Christchurch Hunt Club. July 26.—Rangitikei Hunt Club French Success. In France the recent success of Pearl Diver and Imprudence in the Derby and Oaks in England has been hailed as a sensation. Some competent judges claim that these horses are not the best of their age in France, and the Derby winner was actually rated twelfth by one expert. Dhoti the Leading Sire. Dhoti .(Dast.ur— Tricky Aunt) is the leading sire in Australia this season with 26 winners of 45 races worth £33,288. The former New Zealand stallion. Mr Standfast, is at the head of the list in Queensland with £10,912. His progeny include Te Tana and Gay Stand, winners of the Derby and St. Leger respectively. Failed to Show Up. Battle Dance, a warm favourite for the Winter Handicap at Hastings last Saturday, was never in a winning position after being badly placed over the early stages. Northern reports statp that he raced well below his best and covered a good deal of extra ground. He has dropped out of his engagement at Hastings this week and his next appearance will he at Trentham Active Again. Prince Shad is being hacked about by his owner. Mr F. C. Christie. Oran, and he may be tried again.. Now eight years old, the Paper Money gelding has been off the scene- for over two years, and his prospects of being a paying proposition do not look particularly bright. Unsoundness has always been a big handicap to him. although when at his best his form was of a higli order , 1 Sound Again. Fading Light, who was showing great promise in her schooling tasks before going lame, is hack in R. Wilson’,s stable again. Evidently she had only ricked herself, as after a few days’ spell on her owner’s property she was sound again. A five-year-old mare by Defaulter from the good steeplechaser 'Aurora Borealis. Fading Light shaped well in the little racing she had last season.

High-priced Colt Dead. A rising two-vear-old colt by Neptune from Honeste purchased by Mr W. S. Goosman, M.P., for I.OOOgs, received fatal injuries while playing in a yard at Te. Rapa on Saturday. Mr Goosman has been a frequent purchaser of high-priced yearlings at the Trentham sales in recent years, hut they have not all turned out profitable propositions. Batal and Foxstar are two of his team which have shown promise over; hurdles this season Hadrian Destroyed. When Mallow fell during the running of the Flock House Handicap at the Itangitikei Racing Club’s meetiug at Bulls on Saturday and brought down Hadrian the latter broke a leg and was destroyed. An inquiry was held into the occurrence, and it was found to be accidental. Hadrian was a six-year-old gelding by Tlieio from Gasper, bv Gascony from Parley, bv All Black from Pourparler, a sister to BobrikofF. He was raced by the Levin trainer, C. F. Mora, ami had won two races this season. Second Success. Lalla'Meer was registering her second success when she won the _Wa knnui Handicap at Ashburton on Saturday, her first win being in a novice race at a non-tntalisator meeting. La 11a Meer has been racing since she was a two-year-old, and has been placed on only a few occasions. Her best performances have been on soft tracks and with conditions to suit her she was runner-up to Miss Medley in the New Zealand Oaks in 1944. A week later Miss Aledlev won the Canterbury Cup. beating Golden Souvenir. Lalla Meer is a five-year-old mare by Vermeer from Lalla Qnex, a ford Quex mare. Unlucky Hurdler. Lord Broiefort came in tor solid support in the Holds Hurdles at. Ashburton on Saturday, but he was soon out of the contest meeting serious interference, when Kosciusko. Rubble, and Sphere fell at the first hurdle. Lord Broiefort-’s onlv sneoess over hurdles was at the South Canterbury meeting in Jnlv 1940, when he won most impressively He was sent out favourite for a hack hurdle race at the Grand National,n month later, hut in that event t'e fell over another runner and did not recover from the fall de-i-ig the remainder of the senso'h. H« was thought + o bp. nearing form' "e-din when he had f'm wsfertune. to crash into the rails at Washdyke dur- ; ng the running of a hurdle race in Mav of last year, receiving ininries which kept 'dm id 1 " for nenrl<- a vear Now six ven-s old. Lord Broiefort resumed racing recently with a couple of outings on the flat, hut when put to hurdling a"ai" las< Fortune was nrmin ""ainst him He ’s engaged in ffle tVuifcr Hurd’ec nt rfrpuniouth on and bis nrosneets look exee.lent in such a weak field. -■V-'.-t'nq Stalls. Starting stalls we'e used Ini Mm | fust time in the Dominion when the

Hawke’s Bay ,looker Club inaugurated this system at Hastings on Saturday. In all* 23 stalls have been erected at the seven furlongs harrier, and they were in use for events run over this distance at the week-end. The field for the Horetaunga Handicap went into the stalls as if they were nothing new, and after a couple of minutes' delay the whole of the 14 starters went away in a perfect line. It was not so good in the final event, but there was some measure of excuse in this instance, as several inexperienced horses were paraded, savs the Wellington 1 Evening Post.’ The stalls allow 3ft Gin for each horse, and are 14ft long. The uprights are of wood, and are padded on each side. Naturally, each horse has a stall of his' own. Commenting after the final event- on Saturday. the starter. Mr L. G. Morris, said he was very pleased with the results of the first test, hut it would be unfair to uritieisp until after the sppoikl dav’s racin'*, when no fewer than four races would ho decided from the seven fur’ongs harrier. At the moment s t:v i: iT> -!■>’!. ■ fie ••rmmencl I lie"' ’"ul •' ■ ii'-fit ‘•fc would be invaluable if given a fair trial.