FROM STABLE AND COURSE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 44, 19 January 1935, Page 10

FROM STABLE AND COURSE.

(By “Binocular.”]

Otauru King lias developed tendon soreness and he will be an absentee from irentham.

Mata Hari, 8.4, was omitted from the list of weights tor tho Ruaiva Handicap at tile Wairoa mooting.

Imamint was lame after working at Lllerslic as a result of over-reaching and striking ono of her front tendons.

Dark Red, who claims an engagement in the Apprentices’ Plate at Trcntham, is the only progeny of tho shy-brooding Wellington Gup winner Red Ribbon to have lived. , , Tiger Gain is reported to be getting through serviceable work at VVaipukurau in readiness for the Ashhurst Cup. lie has not raced since the Wanganui spring fixture, so ho will probably require a race or two. . Sweet Agnes, who went lame during tire Auckland meeting, has made great improvement since returning to Riccarton. However, she is to be given a spell and is unlikely to race again until late in the season. An addition to E. C. Rat- s team at Ellcrslio is tho aged gelding Tho Sun, by Sun Cure —Persianello. A few years ago this horse won sovoral races at this end of tho island, but his recent form has boon disappointing. Ho may be tried as a hurdler'. . The two-year-old filly Flcctwind, by Whirlwind from Judge’s Box has rejoined F. Gilchrist’s team at Ellorslie. Earlier in the season Flcctwind displayed an abundance of speed in private, but disappointed in her races. Prince Acre is stated to have finished very gamely under pressure when fie won at the Thames meeting. So .far he lias not won beyond six furlongs. but longer races should not trouble him and further successes should come his way. Coronis, who was returned a winner at Thames, has taken some time to conic right, but her performances at Ellorslie and Thames point to (he daughter of GayShield continuing to pay her way in open company, into which tho win at Thames carried her. Wahinc Roilii was considered to have been most unlucky in her race on the second day at Thames, losing a dozen lengths at the start. This filly, in the opinion of one northern writer, is considered one of tiie most likely improvers seen out. at the country meetings. One of the most handsome horses in work at Matamata is stated to be Shining Spear. 'Phis half-brother to Valuation is shaping well, and although he has not been in work over two months gives the impression he might show up at any time. Mrs J. Campbell has taken in hand at Riccarton a half-sister to Vintage. The filly, who was broken in by her owner, Mr D. W. Westenra, is described as by Polazel or Night Raul, ami she will race under tho name of Lady Graceful.

Game Carrington, who won the Caulfield Cup and dead-heated for third in the Melbourne Cup last season, was paraded at a recent, meeting at Caulfield after a spell at, Kismet Stud, Sunbury. He will shortly start on another preparation. It is probable that the Wingutui trainer S. G. Ware will take a small team to Australia after the Dunedin Cup mooting. Tho trip mainly depends on how iris two-year-olds shape when they arc asked a question. One of them, Desert Chief, is a brother to Gold Trail, but has been growing too much to comc c oar]y. Abdication, an entrant for the Wellington Stakes, is a two-ycar-okl half-brother by Chief Ruler to tho Wellington Cm winner Stanchion and to Prostration. He is owned by itis breeder, Mr J. D. McDougali, a brother of Nightly's owner. He had one start in Sydney in the spring. Nothing of a serious nature has been required of Ruling King of late, though lu will bo in good cider the next time lie i asked -to race, writes “Whalebone.” lie lias had a few outings in fiat events since the spring, and that will serve to keep him right for tho coining jumping season. When raced over hurdles last season Ruling King displayed marked promise, and lie should be a good proposition during the' winter months. --

The latest track work of Putin Park lias been encouraging, for the Australinil-bred gelding is sprinting as well as ever, comments a northern writer. He is also hardening in condition, and a couple of races should see him at his best again. If capable of revealing his past form. Puriri Park will have to be reckoned with at the autumn meetings. Ho is due to make his reappearance in the Dovonport Handicap on the concluding day of the Takapuna meeting. The day C. Richards redo his 200th winner in England this year he did not benefit backers. It was at Derby, and, after failing on each of his five previous mounts, ho finished the day by winning on a short odds chance. Although an easy first in the winning list, Richards has been very costly to fellow this year. The filly To Uira, a full-sister to Pilar Lap, and who is now on her way to England, has boon purchased by Mr H. E. Morriss, who won the Derby in 1925 with Manna, and has this son of Phalaris standing at his stud, Banstead Manor, Chcvely. It is a coincidence that To Uira should be going from Eldorsiio to the property which Mr J. B. Reid, formerly of Eldorsiio, bought and used as a stud in England. Colombo, who claims an engagement in the Wellington Slakes, is a three-year old black gelding by Paper Money from the Vareo marc Halina, and ho is thus a fullbrother to Best Friend, a winner of the Whyte Handicap, and a half-brother to Solferitc, winner of the Winter Cup. Ho is also closely related to Compris, whose colours ho will carry. 'The Sporting and Dramatic Review refers to a well-known and popular sporting writer as follows:—“Returned sportsmen train the Stratford New Year meeting speak in glowing terms of the starting of Mr D. J. Guinoy (“Watcher,” of the Dominion), who was making his debut as a starter. He bad a fine command over the boys and it is prophesied that he will secure a wide range of patronage from other clubs. It will occasion no surprise to find Mr Guinoy occupying a prominent position in starting affairs with many clubs during the next few years. He certainly possesses the noecssary qualifications for the positions ho aspires to.”

Sir Joseph Bohinson, Bart., the wellknown South African sportsman, has completed the purchase of the throe-year-old colt, The Khedive, by Chief Ruler, front Egyptian Eiowin’, and intends to race the colt at the Takapuna meeting on January 26. The Khedive, who was bred and raced by Mr J. ,M. Cameron, of Hastings, will remain in that trainer’s care until he is shipped to Capetown in February. This is the fifth purchase made by tho South African magnate of Now Zealand thoroughbreds.

.Most racing clubs stage rnues in which the prize includes a trophy tor the winning owner. Many events carry presentation whips for the winning jockey. Seldom however, is the trainer remembered. The Moorcfield Racing Chib, one of the Sydney suburban clubs, lias decided to put on a £SOO race at its March meeting for which only horses owned bv their trainers will be eligible. The event will be known as the Trainers’ Cup. King Baralong, a gift horse, is one of the middle distance finds cf recent months in Brisbane (says an Australian writer). Eight months ago be was a maiden, and since then be has won £I7OO in prize money for J. Douglas, of Sandgate, who races and trains him. Originally King Baralong was a yearling purchase made by Mr J. Cameron, who owned Noel Soldat. Douglas did remarkably well for Mr Cameron with Neel Soldat, and when that gelding was sold in Sydney twelve months ago, Mr Cameron made Douglas a present of King Baralong, as a mark of his appreciation and to compensate Douglas for the loss of the best galloper in his string. Up to that .stage King Baralong had dene a good deal of racing, but he began too slowly to win against the large field? competing in short-distance maiden and trial events. His first win was scored at a mile in novice class, and since then he has won nine races, one of his best efforts being when lie defeated Piccolo and Brown Force at weight-for-ago at tho Queensland Cup meeting. King Baralong is by imported Baralong from Ilalladale, a lialfsister to Rcdfern, who was a very useful sire for E. A. Haley, ilalladale is by Prince Galahad .from a mare by Ladas from Red Wing, by Callinulc.