NOTES AND COMMENTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 96, 6 April 1934, Page 2

NOTES AND COMMENTS

SURVEY OF RECENT RACING. (By “The Barb.”) Kimbo on three different occasions this season, when appearing to have a gift of a hurdle race, has fallen. Last Saturday at Hastings he was outjumping all others by two lengths at each fence, so that when ho was in front at the last hurdle he certainly appeared a winner, but lie fell. He has now been handicapped as though ho had occupied a place. o * » Owner-trainer J. M. Cameron was not in the least impressed with Goshawk’s showing at Hastings and it is most likely that the Magpie gelding will be relegated to the paddock. Although Million won the Riverslea Hurdles last week she was a little lucky. Her jumping was not as good as it is generally and at most of her fences she was inclined to run them down. With the above recent ftee she may be a better mare on Saturday. * » Cotsfield was made a little too much use of over the middle stages last week-end, and it might be better policy to leave him alone until the end of a race, as he impresses as a horse with but one run. ss a e Ex Dono is one that should run an improved race next up- When Kimbo fo l nn Saturday the Acre ncldinr wax

interfered with and this prevented him from being closer up.

Takiri showed little promise at Hastings and was never in the first half dozen, but improved considerably by Waipukurau, albeit the company there was even inferior to that at Hastings. Takiri impresses the writer as one likely to later develop into a useful hurdler, as his dam and great dam were.

Royal Becord, despite being on the sick list for a week previous to the meeting and doing nothing else but trot and canter two days before the meeting after three days walking exercise, won the Maiden at Hastings He is a light-fleshed horse and may never reach above useful second-class company.

Life Saver, an undergrown runt measuring about 14 hands, is not likely to be seen much longer on the racing track; in fact, I believe it was her ono and only start last week. Tho Hymestra marc may bo used for polo from now on.

MeHeath, a fine big gelding by Lord Quex from Polly Peachum (a half sister to Bunnymede, Haasay, My Own and Co.), is disappointing. At Hastings he was never going smoothly, while at Waipukurau he never looked likely to finish in a place.

The two and three-year-olds seen out at Hastings with the exception of Lavina were only so so. This filly jumped her 9.6 like the lady she is to win going away by the best part of six lengths and it was most unfortunate that she was injured in the hack six. She was in a very bad way for three or four days, bu- is gradually recovering, and to-day was able to put a little weight on her injured limb. It is difficult to say just now how long she will be out of work, as her shoulder also has been injured.

Peggy’s Joy is fair, but not just quite good enough. She has now been second throe times in succession. At Waipukurau she did not handle the undulating track as well as tho three-year-olds and had the race been run on a flat track -may have been first instead of second. She has thrived on the racing and her trainer fully expects her on Saturday to be at the very best of form.

All the starters in the juveniles al Hastings -and Waipukurau were fillies and unless The Khedive starts on Saturday tho same will occur again.

The reason for Mrs. Campbell’s Shirred Bibbon being withdrawn from Hastings was that she was sufferini: from a cold, a fact that prevented at least another ten from making the acceptance. • • • Peter’s Pence was not started in the Maiden at Hastings last Saturday on account of suffering slightly from shin soreness, but he has recovered a little and the big chestnut may have his first race this Saturday. Ho is well and gallops most promisingly, so that ho will bo expected to put up a good fight. ft • * De Trop, as reported in the “Tribune” prior to the Hawke's Bay meeting, is a good galloper and considering she was having her first run and in work only about ten weeks her owner has every right to be confident as regards the future. • ft • The Cup runners at both local meetrtirga were not exactly Cup class. Nevertheless they furnished sterling contests. Aesculus’s win in the Hawke’s Bay Cup was most popular. Ho ran about his best race to date, and was ridden a very “heady” race by T. S. Fanning. Over tho early stages ho never troubled him at all, allowing his mount to become thoroughly balanced before making any effort whatsoever. Half a mile from home ho asked him to improve his position, which he gradually did to eventually win after a great finish. This Night Baid gelding has been very disappointing and maybe the tactics adopted by Fanning are the correct ones with him

Slippery was far from himself over the meetings. In one Cup he took no part at all, while on Easter Monday he was last to cross tho finishing line. In the Flying at Hastings he was certainly second, but at no part was he going like the Slippery wo know.

Cuticle, in her first attempt at a middle distance, was found wanting in stamina, and maybe a mil© is just as far as she will manage. At Waipukurau she forfeited her engagement. rr re .. Blue Boy was a big disappointment, and it is most difficult to explain his failure, as just when he was expected to come on he began to stop, to finish a very moderate fifth. He looked in the best of racing condition, and pulled up as though he had just accomplished ordinary pace work. K Highgrader, for a hurdler, ran a capital race in tho Hawke’s Bay Cup, although at the business end he was not there. This Saturday he will in all probability compete in the mile hack, ft * ft Sylvan Doll ran a fair race at Hastings to weaken over tho concluding stages, übt at Waipukurau she ran t.wo great races to run second in both the Cup and tho Flying, to suffer defeat narrowly on both occasions. This mare apparently goes better for J. Leach than anyone else, as he put up 91 ovetbweight, and then she ran ever so much better than when carrying the minimum. What a good and consistent horse Gainsfid is. He has done a fair amount of travelling and racing since tho New Year, yet stands up to it all m grand style. Third in the Hawke’s Bay Cup, after putting up a great fight all the way over the last two furlongs, and then on to Waipukurau, to annex that trophy, which made the owner, Mr Wattie Wilson, a very : proud and happy mao, as this was the i first racing trophy he has ever won. i Gainsfid has been most consistent, as! in his last ten starts ho lias been six ! times first, once second, twice third | and only once unplaced. MARTON JOCKEY CLUB NOMINATIONS CLOSE TO-NIGH'I Horseowners and trainers are reminded that nominations for all events of the Marton Jockey Club’s autumn meeting will close with the secretary, Mr Arthur Way, to-night. Friday. April 6, at 9 o’clock