TRIMDON TRIUMPHANT

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 193, 30 July 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)

TRIMDON TRIUMPHANT

SECOND ASCOT GOLD CUP CHILDS RIDES A CLEVER RACE. * A “CERTAINTY” DEFEATED. London, June 17. Last year Trimdon snatched the narrowest of victories over Singapore in the Ascot Gold Cup. Yesterday, he again carried off the Gold Cup, winning a good race from the favourite,

Mrs Arthur James’s Salmon Leap, which was acclaimed as a foregone certainty, following a highly gratifying success recently in the Coronation Cup at Epsom. The Newmarket people felt sure of his stamina for this 2} mile event. However, the winner turned out to be Brig.-General Charles Lambton’s Son-in-Law—Trimestra] horse, traiped by L. Lawson at Manton. J. Childs rode him to victory a year ago and repeated that success yesterday. Childs is a master of long-distance riding, and his latest achievement was a particularly clever race. There were nine runners. A fear that the firm gound would be unsuitable to the six-year-old happily was not realised. He broke down on hard ground during last year’s Goodwood Cup, and to Lawson is due great credit for a marvellous recovery.

Trimdon made all the running. The field came down the straight so slowly that Sir Andrew, who had swerved at the start, was soon up with his corunners. Childs took the opportunity of making the running at his own pace. Nearing the straight the order was Trimdon, Sandwich, Salmon Leap, Nitsichin, and Parenthesis, wiim the remaining trio abreast in the "rear. Trimdon continued in front, and at halfway Sir Andrew raced up to the outside of Sandwich, the pair being about two lengths behind Trimdon. Salmon Leap made a move approaching the turn for home, and on the turn Sir Andrew and Salmon Leap were actually within half a length of Trimdon. Trimdon never faltered. Sir Andrew and Sandwich weakened, but the leader went on undisturbed, and, although Salmon Leap threw out a challenge in the straight, it was not stout enough to trouble the Manton horse, who remained in front to score an easy and tremendously popular victory. The Aga Khan’s Ut Majeur, who in coming from behind on the rails in the straight, had not had a great deal of room, scrambled home about a neck in front of Sandwich to take third place.

Trimdon is J. Childs’s second Gold Cup winner. He won on Solario in 1926. Bruledur, the French challenger . finished last. Backers who fancied Trimdon were delighted with his appearance on parade—his preparation had been timed to the minute. He had thus joined the select horses who have won the Gold Cup in successive years, the others since 1900 being The White Knight, Prince Palatine, and Invershin. Thrills and Surprises. The Ascot Stakes, two miles, was an exciting race to watch, particularly in the closing stages, 'and it ended in a

dead heat. The judge could not separate Mr J. Browne’s Son of Mint (Son-in-Law—Lamb Mint), and Mrs L. W. S. Long’s Sandy Lashes (Happy Man— Stetchworth Belle). 'The favourite, Mr J. Cooper’s Hoi de Paris, who had had an easy victory with inr-.n in hand at Kempton Park quite lately, came behind four lengths after the deadheaters. There were twenty-four starters. The lightly-weighted Sandy Lashes had run well at Newbury, and his chance was thought to be quite a good one. A hundred yards from home Sandy Lashes looked like scoring, but then Harry Wragg found Son o’ Mmr answering stride by stride, and with twenty or thirty yards to go he may have drawn level. W. Elliott, the little apprentice on the light-weight, continued to ride splendidly, and simply would not give way to the onslaught of the senior jockey. The trainer of Sandy Lashes, Mr Cundell, won the race in 1931 with Noble Star.

There was a big surprise in the Gold Vase, which Silvermere (The Winter King—Demurrage) unexpectedly won for his lady owner, Mrs C. Rich. Few had taken him into consideration. Mrs Rich bred her handsome horse. The victory was a further tribute to his jockey, F. Lane, who, after many seasons of moderate success, has struck a good patch. The three-year-olds had all the best of the argument. Brown Jack was favourite, but the weight was too much for him and also for Creme Brulee, while Jacopo also, failed to get into the first three. Latoi, who had not been out previously this year, proved himself a worthy Northern representative and held command of the field for three-quarters of the journey, eventually finishing fourth.

Foxhunter raced into the lead on reaching the line for home, and a hundred yards from the post the finish looked like being fought out by him and Taj Kasra. But Lane, riding much the same sort of finish as on April the Fifth in the Derby, came along and beat the pair of them. Sil-

vermere’s sire is standing in France. Silvermere’s dam has produced Silverstead and other winners. Aga Khan’s Udaipur. With Udaipur (Blandford —Uganda) the A(U Khan won the Oaks a fortnight u o j. With her he carried off the Coronation Stakes (one mile) at Ascot, and it is reckoned that she is the best three-year-old filly in the country. She beat Lord Woolavington’s Will o’ the Wisp in the Oaks, and had the Beckhampton filly unplaced behind her in the Coronation Stakes. .Will o’ .the Wisp was the leader turning for home, but she soon gave way to Pennycross, who proved no match for Udaipur, whom Beary brought to challenge half-way along the straight. Udaipur won in a canter by three lengths. Her name is being mentioned as a live candidate for the St. Leger. A two-year-old colt of whom great things are anticipated is Lord Woolavington’s Manitoba (Manna —Berystede). He won the Coventry Stakes (five furlongs) in a field of twelve, starting favourite. “Hotspur” remarks: “Why. I think the winner will train on is because there is such a lot of development still in him. He has fine physique of the low and level type of conformation, and he stands j on such strong and clean limbs. I have ' not seen a two-year-old this year I like better, having regard to what may happen in the future. He is by the Derby winner, Manna, from Berystede, the mare being one of Lord Derby’s breeding. She was evidently drafted from his stud and purchased by Fred Darling. Her first foal was not promising, and she was not taken over by the late Lord Dewar. Fred Darling continued to own her and mated her with Manua, the produce being this colt, Manitoba, but lie afterwards sold her to Lord Woolavington, who has the pleasure of being the actual breeder, though the mating was his trainer’s. Manitoba will go far.”