SPORTING

Hawera Star, Volume L, 7 August 1930, Page 9

SPORTING

RICCARTON TRACK WORK. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 7. The weather was fine for training work at Riccarton this morning and the tracks had improved since the previous day. The inside trial grass? was open and was in fair order. A large number of horses were worked, but the proceedings were not exciting, few going at top save in sprints. Radiao did a. working gallop once round. Owl’s Flight and Imitator covered lialf-a-milei in 543-ssec., while Hurlv Burly sprinted up the hack. Aberfeldy did seven in 1.36 3-d, Nightclew accompanying him over the last half-mile. Full Feather and Semper Paratus ran six furlongs in 1.21 2-5; Toxeuma seven in 1.39. Battle Colours beat Subdivision easily over six in 1.23. Grattus easily lan half-a-mile; Rational II and Arikinui covered half-a-mile in 55 1-osec. . Gasrage and Miss Bradbury ran five in 1.53-5; Nightmareh half-a-mile in 512-osec. ; Appeal half-a-mile in 52 2-ssec., and Gustavo and Hounslow the same distance in 54 2-ssec. King’s Jest jumped two hurdles moderately at a low pace and two more in good style.

HAWERA TRACK NOTES.

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Local trainers are getting ready for the Taranaki hunt meeting at the end of the month, nominations for which close on Monday next. Hawera stables will be well represented. ' Orazone ran two .good races at Palmerston North. The racing should benefit her considerably and tfie mare can be looked to perform better under a Jighter scale of weights. J. fryer, by scoring 29 wins, heads the list of Taranaki trainers for the past season and also, runs a dead-heat for second place among the trainers of the Dominion. This is the third successive year that Fryer has headed the list for his province, thus performing the hat tricii; also, his score of 29 winners constitutes.' la rec/ord 'for a Taranaki trainer.

Pikimai. after winning on the first day of the Palmerston North meeting, was unlucky to. be brought down on the Saturday througfi another horse running across him. A couple of jockeys in the race were questioned, but no action was taken.

Mr. S. Langford’s Potoa—Maggie Paul mare, Peg Black, has been placed under R. Brough’s care to prepare for her future racing. Peg Blacit displayed plenty of speed last season, but her behaviour at the barrier invariably lessened her chance of success IV itn an improvement in this respect her trainer should not be long in leading her in a winner.

Havering, judging by his appearance when lie left here, will strip a very lit horse lor the Winter Cup on Tuesday next, and it is doubtful if the Quin Abbey gedling was ever in better condition to take on a big effort. He is a master of weight and can handle heavy going. His prospects of success certainly look good. His gallop with Richfield on Saturday over six furlongs in 1.19 i, after a slow first furlong, was quite good, both horses carrying over nine stone. Richfield is a vastly improved horse this season and lfis performances will be watched with interest. He may not be equal no winning the Epsom, but when pitted against their secondrate milers Richfield will he found — all going, well with him —giving plenty of impudence. Dick Brough’s team, Orby’s Choice, Peg Black, and the Shillinglee and Campfire fillies, are doing road work preparatory to resuming track work. Airtight made a wonderful recovery from the injury sustained hv him at Trenth'am and his trainer has sent him down to the. National meeting lor tht concluding ilavs there. Gowanlea and Mount Shannon are holding their condition, only doing light exercise. The pair are ready foi serious work when required. Latakia, who has been spelling at Ills owner’s place, is to resume work at an early period. Green Linnet has thickened out during her let-up. She is being kept at steady pacing at present. This mare should do her owner-trainer furthei good .service this season. J. Brown has a select team ot eight in active commission— Silvermine Chief Link Awaken, Tenacre, Biflex, Whirl, Son o' Mine and the five-year-old mare Silver Rule. The latter, it will be remembered, was a brilliant tvvo-yeai-old, but developed bleeding propensities On account of this she was re-, tired to the stud, but, failing to breed, it has been decided to give her another try out. Silver Rule has grown into a beautiful- looking mare and. providing her old ailment does not recur, can he looked on to fulfil early promises. THIS MORNING’S WORK.

The tracks were again sloppy this morning and all pace work was con-

fined to the sand track, which provides good going with plenty of rain. There was no fast work, but the usual number of horses were out doing useful tasks.

W. Pine has Ngawhine looking well and working with plenty of dash. This mare lias not bled for some time now and her owner may be rewarded for his patience. Tentcall, Calamine, Homewood and the Lackham youngster performed pace work.

C. Jackson had Partaga’s halfbrother, Gasfield, and Inali’s -youngster -out; J. Brown, Silvermine, Whirl, Bifiox and Son o’ Mine; while M. Conway gave Pikimai, Maidos, Miss Sheff and Gasnapper useful tasks. Bonogne pottered about on the inside. J. Fryer’s first- lot included Kiosk-, Mt. Shannon, Mendip, Prince Desmond and a couple of two-year-olds. O. Cox had the first half of his youngsters out; also his filly Kilting, the latter doing half-pace work. Mendip was the only one of Fryer’s team to do fairly fast work. Son o’ Mine went at half-pace twice round.

Airtight made such a wonderful recovery from his injury sustained at Trentham last month that his trainer decided to let him take his chance at Riccarton next week, and he was sent down yesterdav in company with Havering, the Winter Cup candidate. Richfield was also on hoard the train, on route for Sydnev. Jockey Harry Mills received a nasty spill on Tuesday morning through his mount becoming frightened l and throwing him on the bitumen road. He sustained a hasty cut lip ar.d a severe knock on the head but, luckily, nothing more serious.