ENGLISH HORSES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 December 1924, Page 7

ENGLISH HORSES.

——— -■ PURCHASES FOR AUSTRALIA. Australians launched out at last week’s December sales at Newmarket. Shortly after Sir Samuel Hordern reached England he told me he mighe buy something towards the end of the year, and he has carried out that intention, though, accordiag to cabled news, he has had partners in his ventures. Moabite, who was knocked down to him at 6000 gs, is five years old next month, and is a brown son of Phalaris and Whitewash (by White Eagle). It is not stated whether Moabite has been purchased more with a view to stud purposes than racing, but, if he is quite sound I suppose he will be trained. Early this year he was third with 8.4 in the Liverpool Cup, then won the Nothlingham Spring Handicap, 1£ mile, with 8.12, and subsequently finished third with 9.0 in the Belgrave Handicap, H mile, at Chester. I do not know what he has done since, but he was weighted at 8.4 for the Cambridgeshire, the three-year-old Salmon Trout having top weight, 9.3. Bolet Satan, another , purchased by the Hordern syndicate, is a rattling stayer. He is a five-year old chestnut horse by Nimbus from Biella, and carried 8.1 when he ran second to Charley’s Mount in the recent Cesarewitch. He also had that weight when he had a two miles and a furlong race at Doncaster in September, It is probable he has been bought to have a cut in for long distance w.f.a. races before being retired to the stud.

Presumably Mr. J. E. Brien will also race the three-year-old Spalpeen (Tracery—Scotch Rose, by Your Majesty), for whom he gave 2400g5. This season Spalpeen won the Newmarket Spring Stakes, lj mile, and the Midland Breeders Foal Plate, 1J mile at Birmingham. He i s a colt for whom Mr. w. Allison always had a good word, and he was somewhat disappointed when he did not get closer than eighth (just behind Salmon Trout and Obliterate) in the Derby. When Spalpeen arrives, we shall have two of this year’s Derby winners in Australia, the other being Mr H. White’s Tippler, who is being trained at Randwick. Messrs Clive Baillieu and William Clark gave 1800 gs for the two-year-old gelding Porch (Clygad—Wedding Chime), who won recently at Newbury and Alexandra, Early in the season, torch was also placed in a couple of races. He i s to be shipped in January and will probably be another ‘for R Bradfield to prepare for a Caulfield or Melbourne Cup. Others being sent to Australia are Dry Toast (winner of a City and Suburban} Lamb’s Laugh (Black Jester — Lamb Mint), Running Wild (Son-in--11 cky Girl), and King Beaver (rhe Tetrarch—Mandola). Each of the last-mentioned quartette lias raced this season, and while Lamb’s LauMi and Running Wild are two-year-olds. King He aver vis three. T-he~ latter is a'gelding so in his case the Tetrarch blood will not benefit Australia.