FROM TRACK AND STABLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 201, 15 July 1936, Page 6

FROM TRACK AND STABLE.

MAINE AT RICCARTON. (By “Spectator.”) The Mbyte Iliiidicap winner Maine has already gone to Kiccurton and will be attached to J. S. Shaw’s team until ,7. M. Cameron goes south at tho end of the month for the final days before tho Grand National meeting. Hungarian was withdrawn from the Winter Cup at 1.15 p.m. last Saturday. Tic may do some racig in Auslraiiu during tile corning seasen. Four years ago Billy Boy won the Grand National Steeplechase with 11.3. He is to make another attempt on the big Kiccurton event again next month, and he should give a good account of himself. Mustang raced quite well in the M’hyte and Parliamentary Handicaps at Trontliam anti should do better still if taken to Kiccurton, where one of his engagements is *i the M'inter Cup. Mr \V. R. Duncan, who rodo Royal Papa to victory in the Duke of Gloucester Cup at Marion last New Year, will be on Cottingliam in next month’s event at Riccarton. As the result of representations made at tho Wellington meeting the minimum weight for the Duke’s Cup has bem reduced from 11.0 to 10.7.

M'ith anything like a decent start on Thursday Peter Jacksm would have won the Parliamentary Handicap, states a Taranaki writer. When the harrier failed to act properly lie was one of tile chief sufferers, lie was flying into fourth place and is due to win soon.

'l'ho right money went ii on Ngatiraliiri in Iho Woburn Handicap at TrcntJiam, but the l’otoa gelding did not enjoy the best of passages and when Burgess found he could not win he did not knock iris mount übount in the concluding stages. Ngaliruhiri, however, looks well and should make amonds before very iong. line Riccarton-trained horse Doubly Shot i.bulled fourth in the Whyte llandica)) and sixth in the Members’ Handicap, and looks an early winner. The Agrion gelding suffered a bad chock in tho first furlong of the Members’ Handicap that put him off his balmce. A maiden /that should show early improvemint is Mittic, who was prominent most of the way in the Novice Handicap at Trentham. She is rising three years old and is by Lackham from Horouiea, and is entered for the maiden event at the Manawat-J Racing Club’s winter moeliig. l’unchestown was not taken to Trentham on account of the stale of tho track. He is in fine fettle mil will have a race at Washdyko next week, and another at tho Christchurch Hunt meeting to sharpen him up for the Grand Nutional Steeplechase, in which he ran seen id to Valpcon twelve months ago. Chile broke down during the running of the Trentham Hurdles, and this inny mean the end of him for a lengthy period, lie is a brother to Limond’s first Derby wimer, Agrion, now a successful sire m Western Australia. Some ot Chile s hurdle form has been good, but lie lias suffered for a long time from unsoundnoss. the Foxton mentor, A. Wright, has made a good jumper out of Battleground, and ho should win races with tho Acre gelding before very long, says the Tara-

naki Herald. Battlegromd, who carries tire same colours Fine Acre and others have dene with success, would have won a raco on one of the opening days with an ounce of luck, but his turn will' conic and he is one who looks capable of a big improvement. . Manawatu’s victory in the Maitai Steeplechase was his first over comtry, and the first time he had carried to tho front the colours of Mr F. Armstrong, Akitio, who bought tho Acre gelding early in the year from Mr F. S. hiaston, for a price stated to be 350 guineas. With £2lO as the winner’s share of that race and another £9O as the rumer-up in the July Steeples, he has already nearly recouped Mr Armstrong for his outlay, and as he is just seven years old, he should, with ordinary luck, prove a very cheap horse In 53 starts to date, lie has won nine times arid has been 20 times placed, securing £1226, of which £650 has been won this season.