GENERAL NOTES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 76, 11 March 1933, Page 3

GENERAL NOTES

Solomon, who, starting an odds-on favourite, scored a not too easy win in the two-year-old event at Te Rapa on Thursday, was got by Chief Ruler from Hukapapa. Ho is therefore a halfbrother to fair performers in Catkin and Sargon, both by Catmint. He wes bred by Dr. E. H. B. Alilsom, and runs in the colours of Mr W. Al. Taylor, by whom he is trained at Ellerslie. • • • New Zealand blood is not represented in the big o vent, the Tustralian Cup, to bte run at Flemington this afternoon, but Air Keniball has the Chief Ruler— Kilteel- two-year-old gelding Aletro engaged in the valuable Australian Stakes. One of his castoffs, Rulanut (Chief Ruler —Cocoanut) is an acceptor for the Farewell Handicap, as arc also Gay Song and the Okawa-bred Alienist, who has won a good few races in West Australia. Lyrical, who proved a great disappointment to her connections at Napier Park, had further bad luck on her journey home by float from the meeting, getting down in the box. It is, however, hoped that she has suffered no injury beyond a few superficial abrasions.

The smart Hawera filly Golden Hair is reported to be getting through her work in an attractive manner, and to be very fit. Her next appearance will be at Trentham, in the Champion Two-year-old Plate, and this vastly-improv-ed filly will add a lot of interest to the event.

Taking into account his two successes at Te Rapa last Thursday, K. Voitre now needs only twenty-five more winners to reach the century this season. L. J. Ellis, who is second on the winning jockeys’ list, had his fortieth success for the season on Atetal Bird at Alotukarara on Saturday.

Among the riding engagements announced for the Thompson Handicap next week are A. H. Eastwood on Alartian Chief, and D. O’Connor on Gay Crest. Gay Crest was successful in the race last year, when he was ridden by H. Gray. Cricket Bat, who was second last year, will probably again be ridden by A. E. Ellis, whose term of suspension expires this week.

An appeal has been lodged by Air I!. J. Murphy, who recently purchased Croupier, the racehorse which has been the subject of much litigation, for the removal of the balance of the horse’s term of disqualification. The appeal will be heard in due course by the Racing Conference appeal judges.

Craigavon, who was formerly in F. D. Jones’s stable at Riccarton, is now racing in Sydney, He was produced at Kensington recently in a mile welter handicap. He carried 8.5 and, after striking trouble early, h e finished particularly well to run the top-weight, Tortoni (9.7), to a neck.

A year ago Ramo won the Peninsula Cup, which proved to be the first of a sequence of four successes on end. with the Great Autumn Handicap included. He was a disappointment when he resumed racing in the spring, and when he again succeeded in the Peninsula Cup on Saturday it was his first, win this season. He is a resolute galloper when at his best, and he stays well.

Cutts Brothers, who arc at the head of the winning trainers’ list in the Dominion, continued their successful run at Motukarara last Satvdov. They had two horses at the meeting, these being Silent Flight and Rebel Song. Th e record of the Riccarton trainers now stands at nineteen wins for tho season, with places on thirty-nine occasions. Nine different members of their team have won races, and the earnings in stakes to date total £4865.

The brilliant pacer Bed Shadow, the best horse of his age yet seen in the light harness sport in the Dominion, is to be submitted to auction on Friday of next week in Christchurch. Red Shadow holds the Auckland and Forbury Park track records for a mile and a-hali’, and his record for tko miles is 4.18 2-5, which is believed to be a world’s record fsr a pacing stallion. The son of Travis Axworthy is only five years old, and is a likely winner of the next New Zealand Trotting Cup, as his present handicap is 4.24.

In the opinion of a Alelbourne writer, the Grand Knight—Rachel filly Frimsol, owned and trained by H. B. Lorigan, is a remarkably smart youngster, and should do well at forthcoming meetings. She was beaten by only half a head in the Alma Stakes at Caulfield by Kuvera’s brother, Shakuni, for whom au offer of several thousands was recently refused.

The one-time Dominion rider Ashley Reed met with a painful injury while riding Chief Alate in the first division of the Alma Stakes at Caulfield. The colt drew No. 1 position at the barrier and as soon as he jumped off he hung over the rails. Heed’s foot became jammed, his riding boot was cut through and his toes were cut. After treatment .Heed was able to fulfil later engagements. Reed had only recently reresumed riding alter recovering from an injured arm, « * Possibly Peter Pan will have his first autumn outing in the Randwick Stakes, a mile weight-for age event, to be run at City Tattersail’s Aleeting in Sydney next Saturday. If the Pantheon colt reveals a retention of spring brilliance, and the owner decides to run him in the Sydney Cup, lie is almost certain to lie the pre-post favourite for that race. a « • Advanced age is not an insuperable barrier ' success in jumping events. Exbournc (Blanklev 11. -Silver Shell), who is well on his way to being 17 years

of age, recently romned home by six lengths in the Haig Steeplechase at .Mount Bambier, South Australia.

Waltzing Lily, winner of the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington last Saturday, was scorned by experts in the yearling sale ring ,and was afterwards discarded by a trainer as useless and declined bv others because of a peculiar action. Yet. in suite of such treatment, she has become nne of' Victoria’s best sprinters. Waltzing Lily, much like Eurytlimie, has an action of swinging outwardly her off foreleg. It may not be orthodox, but it certainly did not affect Eurythmic, and so far Waltzing Lily has not been handicapped by it. Gradually this filly has improved from a qui'c c-uma-c t»o year-

old to a first-rate three-year-old sprinter. She won the Standish Handicap at Flemington on January 2 in I.IOJ, a course record, this race being sometimes considered a good test for the Newmarket, and following that success she easily won the William Reid Stakes, six furlongs, at Moonee Valley. In the latter race she lost ground at the start, and then nearly fell through slipping on the sodden ground. In all Waltzing Lily has started 15 times, and has been unplaced only on four occasions. She is trained in Melbourne by her owner, S. Smith.