SPORTING PALOMINO SHOULD BE A GOOD WINNER

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 February 1947, Page 5

SPORTING PALOMINO SHOULD BE A GOOD WINNER

Four Successes To Date This Season Palomino has had throe starts on the West Coast circuit to date for two wins and a third, and in the race in. which, she had to be content with the minor money she had none the best of the running. The daughter of Solicitor-General and Charmeuse won so decisively over the mile of the Hannan Memorial at Omoto on Saturday that she will be one of the prime fancies if She is produced in the principal event at Hokitika on Saturday. She is owned by Mrs. J. Freitas, of Greymonth, and. is trained by 11. Wilson at Ricearton.

The dam of Palomino, Charmeuse, is by Paladin from Charmilia, by Charlemagne 11-Armilla. by CastorNecklace, by Musket-Locket (imp.), by Thunderbolt. Charmeuse previously produced Ferriby and Blue Silk. Charmilia, the grand-dam of Palomino,' was a good producer, among her progeny being Malmsey, Charmalaine, Verden, Charlotte Corday'and Fascinator. Charlotte Corday is the dam of that good horse, Corday, and Malmsey has produced among others Wine Card, Lady Derby, Foxcatcher and Malvasia (the dam of Royal Tor). Charmeuse won the Great Easter Handicap at Ricearton in 1931. Palomino thus comes from a good winning family and she should soon extend her record in better company than she has so far met on the West Coast.

The daughter of Solicitor-General had three starts as a two-year-old and ran second at the last of them to Revolte at Ashburton. This term she has had 11 starts for four wins and two thirds, two of the victories being at Omoto and the other two at the C.J.C. New Zealand Cup meeting at Ricearton before Christmas.

Change of Stables. The South Island pacers Castlebar and Lady Spray, who did not reveal their best form at the Auckland Trotting Club’s February meeting, did not return to Canterbury. Lady Spray, trained at Addington by J. Purdon, has been placed in. the care of H. Purdon, who trains Noble King at Glen Eden. Lady Spray, a well performed mare in the South, is a full sister to Sprayman, and like the latter and their dam Krina, is a grey. Castlebar, whose form this season has not reached the promise shown earlier, has been acquired by a patron of D. Cook’s stable. Castlebar in spite of his good condition did not handle the right-handed track satisfactorily. The maiden trotter King’s Ransom, by Brilliant Globe from Worthy Crest, dam of Hillcrest, is now a member of L. F. Berkett’s team. Jack Daly, a speedy but unreliable young trotter, by Worthy Belwin from Kewpie’s Guy,' has come North and is being trained by E. E. Cressey.

Fresh Lustre. The versatile Bamble Song added fresh lustre to an attractive record this season when he accounted for the Storev Memorial, main event at the Waikato Racing Club’s meeting at Te Rapa on Saturday. It was a thrilling finish, and three horses flashed across the line practically on terms, _ with Bramble Song gaining the verdict by a narrow margin from Battle Royal, with Foxwvn practically on terms in third place? Bamble Song went to the front because none of the other horsemen was prepared to take up the running, and it was this factor that

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brought success. He was kept going at a nice pace and then ridden out when first Battle Royal and later Foxwyn came at him. It appeared as if Foxwyn’s rider was too confident in his mount’s ability to overhaul the six horses in front of him, and at the end he just could not bridge the gap. Foxwyn looked a good thing beaten. Plans for Lawrence. ■

It is reported in Melbourne that Lawrence, former weight-for-age star, may be sold to come to New Zealand as a sire. The Lawmaker horse broke down in the L. K. S. Mackinnon Stakes in November, 1945, after a brilliant career. As a three-year-old he won the Caulfield Guineas, C. F. Orr Stakes, V.R.C. St. Leger, and C. M. Lloyd Stakes, and in the following season won the Memsie and Caulfield Stakes, besides being second in the Caulfield Cup with 9.3. He was awarded top-weight, 9.6 in the 1945 Melbourne Cup, but did not go to the post. Third on End.

The easing of the track certainly made a great difference to Hunting Camp, at Te Rapa, for he gave none of his five opponents a look-in over the final stages of the open sprint and he won in fast time. He soon got to the front, and, while he was not permitted to run himself out, he was three lengths to the good at the home turn and finished generously. This was Hunting Camp’s third win in succession in open sprints on his home track.

Though Cornish Note is now an eight-year-old and won his first race at the Kumara meeting he has done little racing. The son of Inflation and Cornish Belle started racing only this season, and has had, in all, eight starts. He finished encouragingly in the hack race he contested at Omoto on Saturday, ancF he may have prospects of earning some more money before the circuit concludes.

Consistent. Miss Mercury started twice at the Omoto meeting for a second over seven furlongs and a failure over a mile. At the Kumara meeting .she ran another second, also over seven furlongs, and it would appear that the best chance of her securing a major prize is over the shorter journey. She finished attractively in each of the two races in which she was placed, and she will not be neglected if she is produced in the Miners’ Hack Handicap at Hokitika on Saturday. She is due for a winning turn.

Reminder. Acceptances for the Westland Racing Club’s first day will close at 9 o'clock to-night.