FROM STABLE AND COURSE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 293, 8 November 1934, Page 10

FROM STABLE AND COURSE.

(By “Binocular.”)

The Romeo —Bouvardia gelding- Silver Jubilee gives indication of being above the average class of hack, and he should win again.

The Spring Nursery at Riccarton yesterday witnessed the downfall of Silver Sail and another two-year-old, Xinoull, came into the limelight. Kinoull is by Top Coat from Lady Links (dam of Last Link) by King Mark from Links. The progeny of this young sire are showing a lot of promise. Silver Sail, the victor over Symcony at Riccarton, was bought at the Trentham sales by her owner-trainer, T. Hobbs, of Uamaru, for 140gns. Tea Kettle, the dam of Silver Sail, never raced, • but is well enough bred, being by Tea Tray from Nuit, by Absurd from Afterglow, by Demosthenes.

Whereas on the opening day at Riccarton Tree Air won the Brush Hurdles from start to finish, the Kilbroney marc, with her additional poundage, was kept further back yesterday and she was never dangerous. Revision, on the other hand, displayed considerable improvement and, in a close finish, won narrowly from Monastic. The field, .with the exception of Coll, gave a good display over the brush fences. Red Sun was thought by many to hold bright prospects for his success at Riccarton yesterday, but after being in the lead in the early stages of the Brush Hurdles he drifted and was well beaten at the finish. The Australian Sun gelding lias been proving himself to be a very erratic customer and has been a bad proposition for backers.

Scratchmere * Scar made many friends when he won a race at the Grand National meeting, and he confirmed the good opinion by the style in which he won the Apprentices* Handicap at Riccarton. He looks like being another of the good Hunting Songs. His dam, Vannachar, is by the staying sire, Martian, from the Birkenhead mare Samisen, a brilliant sprinter. Backers at the Avondale meeting who were content to take the shorter odds on the place-machine on Saturday suffered severe blows when two winners, Galilee and Solarium, paid less than £1 on the placctotalisator. Even the prices paid on the win-machine were reminiscent of days when Gloaming was carrying all before him. Haut Monde, who was expected to play a jrart in the finish of the two-year-old races at the Riccarton meeting, was unable to take his place in the Welcome Stakes field, having jarred himself on the previous day. The trouble is not. considered to be serious and hopes are entertained that he will be able to compete on the final day. Braw Lad, who previously raced in the interest of his breeder, Mr T. Crozier, was recently purchased by Mr J. V. Herlihy, owner of Ventrac, and the gelding raced in his new colours at Riccarton.

The result of the New Zealand Cup for 1934 revives and proves the truth of the old racing axiom that a horse can give weight, but not distance or a start in a race unless the horse with the advantage is much inferior. It also shows the folly of tying down riders to strict orders, without recognising the possibility of the fact that the. race may be run totally different from preconceived ideas. The “iron horse” First Acre is again in training (states an Otaki correspondent), being in The hands of Kohe Webster, son of'' the owner. The young mentor is also handling a two-year-old by Acre from Moutoa Lady, a three-year-old by Lord Quex, and a three-year-old by Gascony. The New Zealand two-year-olds were beaten in the Maribyrnong Plate at Flemingten, though the Limond colt, Golden Promise, ran a good race to finish second. The winner; Bimbilla, was bred in New South Wales by Messrs L. R. and T. B. Payten, and she cost 300 guineas as a yearling. She is one of the . first crop of foals by Excitement, by Hurry On (sire of (Hunting Song and Lord Warden), his dam, | Stefanova, being a daughter of Glass Bell, | half-sister to the Derby winner, Captain [ Cuttle. Croucal, the dam of Bimbilla, itraces to a New Zealand family.. She is ' by Magpie from Padelma, by Robadil from Celerity, by Seaton Delaval from Monsoon (sister to Pampero, also to Mist,

the dam of Vladimir), by St. Glair from (sister to Euroclydon, a New Zealand Cup winner). Celerity had an unusual career. She did some racing early, and then went to the stud in Australia, .returning to the turf after sho had a foal to win good sprint races, including the Oakley Elate.