WON TEN RACES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20075, 23 October 1939, Page 4

WON TEN RACES

I. TINSLEY’S FEAT TRAINERS SUCCESS OWNER SCOOPS POOL TOOK £638 IN STAKES By “Trenton” The Poverty Bay Turf Club's meeting was concluded on Saturday and, although there was a substantial decrease in the “tote” investments, this could be accounted for largely by most of the races being dominated by one or possibly two horses and the scarcity of runners in the “open” events, as there was quite a good attendance.

Mr. N. Fitzgerald had a particularly successful meeting and was easily the leading owner. More successful was this owner's trainer, I. Tinsley, who also trains for the president, Mr. F. Tolerton, whose horse, Gay Mimic, won the open sprint each day. Winning Owners Only out of a place once in the two days, Mr. Fitzgerald’s horses won £638 in stakes, while the other owners to win over £IOO were Messrs. T. Fraser and F. Tolerton, who receive £l2O and £165 respectively. The remaining owners to share the stakes were:— Messrs. A. McDonald, £88; M. R. Moore, £BS: J. E. Svenson, £80; G. D. Jobson, £l6; I-I. Maude, R. McNiel, G. W. B. Greene and W. Wilson, £lO each; A. D. Bruce, C. H. Smyth. K. Mclntosh, and Miss M. Williams, £7 each; J. Paul, £5; H. Dods, £3. Successful Riders O. Evans was the most successful rider with five wins, while E. Baker ran him a close second with four wins. N. Cavaney. D. Craddock, G. Gilchrist and L. Cullen each scored a single success. Mr. Redstone won the event for gentlemen riders. Outstanding- Feat I. Tinsley headed the trainers' list by the proverbial “street.” On the opening day he led in six winners, a feat never equalled in the Dominion _ in recent years, if ever. On Saturday he was again to the fore and brought his total to 10. There is no doubt that Tinsley has some horses above the average in his stable and ideal conditions under which to prepare his team, but most of the credit must go to him for the excellent manner in which he turned out each of his horses. Not only did he win 10 races, but had a horse placed in 13 of the 14 events on the two days’ programme, and appeared very unlucky not to supply either the winner or the runner-up in the remaining event. This must border on a world's record, let alone a Dominion one. The only performance close to that of Tinsley which the writer can recall was when the late F. Stowe led in nine winners in two days at Wairoa in 1907. The ex-Gisborne mentor, D. N. Docker, had two wins, and A. McDonald and J. Svenson, Wairoa. one each. Unfortunate Although many people saw Gay Mimic drop back when approaching the straight in the Spring Handicap on Saturday, quite a number were not aware of the cause. Gay Mimic was in a handy position behind the leaders at this stage, and a dog ran out on to the course and caused him to shy and drop back to last. Under the circumstances, Gay Mimic did well to get third place, and later in the day made amends by scoring in the open “six.”