FROM TRACK AND STABLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 259, 30 September 1936, Page 6

FROM TRACK AND STABLE.

COMMENT ON OTAKI RUNNERS. 1 NEWS FltOM ALL QUARTERS. (By “Spectator.”) 3 1 Warchi was beaton only in the last stride or two by Hamarin at Marton, and j bis prospects look bright at Otaki. • Deficit, winner of the Wanganui . Guineas, is an entrant for the open seven furlongs event, and lias been awardod ’ 8.9. ' If Rustem goes to the post in the Kati- . liiku Hack lie will carry strong support. . In his last outing, at Foxton, he was beaten a head by Terry over five furlongs, with First Chapter a head aw;ay ‘ third. These three are all entered lor this race, and a good contest should result. Terry has gone up 61b, Rustem lib, and ■ First Chapter remains at 9.0. West Tor carried 8.6 in the Carnarvon Cup at Foxton, and has the same weight in the Ling Memorial. Fersen and Dungarvan both beat him at Foxton, and with these two out of the way he should bo dangerous next Saturday. GENERAL NOTES. Sunee was responsible for an excellent trial over a mile at Trentham the other morning, and lie is now to go north to contest the Mitchelson Cup at Ellerslie. He is also entered at Otaki. Santoft won in convincing style on the second day at Geraldine, and galloped away from Redolent at the finish. Santoft won so well that more success should come his way. Lady Golighty has joined the team of Mrs J. Campbell at Riccarton. She is a three-year-old filly by Lord \\ arden from Quality, the dam of Vintage and Lady Graceful. Arrownilla, a winner at Orari, is trained by J. Bryce on his private track at Hornby (Christchurch). It is some years since the veteran trotting trainer was associated with the success of a galloper. Desirable, the winner of the Wainui Hack Handicap at Geraldine, is a live-year-old mare by Paper Money from Bahama Girl, by Nassau —Kilkenny Lass, by Absurd —Pennon, by Corianda —Eulogy. The Woodend gelding Golden Lap was responsible for an excellent display when schooling over four flights of hurdles at Invercargill on Saturday. Two of Mr J. R. McKenzie’s mares have produced foals. Nyalio, the dam of Taxpayer, has a colt to Ga.lant Knight-, while a mare by Silk Thread from imported Loretta Napoleon, by Napoleon Direct from Cindy M., has a. colt to Great Bingen. F. Christmas has two promising young horses in hand. They are a Uuce-year-ola gelding by Dolomite from the Paper Money mare Miss Bradbury, and a two-year-old filly by Colossus from Glenluce, the dam of Red Heckle and Glenavon. Bonny Agnes, a two-year-old filly by Night,inarch—Uua Agnes, has joined C. Emerson's team at Riccarton. ihc filly t» a half-sister to Sweet Agnes. Like her relative at the same age, Bonny Agnes is on the small side, but may develop later, she has already done some work. J. Pike, of Melbourne, who retired as a jockey last autumn, purchased his first racehorse at a sale at Newmarket recently, when he paid 500gns for Kiglit of Love. She has just turned three years and gave great promise in the autumn, when she won three races in succession. She has been given plenty of tune subsequentiy, unci might provo a really .gooci proposition for her new owner. When a mare produces a champion it is not usual for her next offspring to bo even a useful sort of racehorse. There are exceptions to this rule, of course (says “Musket”), and Brazilian, who is haltbrother to that great horse Peter Pan, looks like being another. Owing to Ins second to Tuckerbox in the Novice Handicap at Warwick Farm, he was made favourite for the first division of a similar class of race at Randwick, and he won just as easily as his famous relative could have done. Anxious to get away smartly, lie broke through the barrier before it had been released, and went for a furiong before being pulled up At the second attempt, when the harrier was let go, Brazilian was actually last to leave, but at the half-mile was abreast of the leader, Punjab. A little later he shot through an opening, and after that the issue was never in doubt, Brazilian winning hard held by three lengths irom Scarlet Chip, the second favourite, with Sir Caledon a length further olf. According lo reports from the Caulfield track, G. Jones has two very smart two-year-olds going well for his patron, Mr W. R. Kemball. One is Lady Quex and the other Sunny Morn. They both showed up well recently in two-year-old trials. Lady Quex is by Lord Quex from Miss Wayward, by Coniform —Lady W ayward 11., the dam of Emporador. Sunny Morn is a colt by Siegfried from Enmity, by Cape Horn —Erinea, by Demosthenes. Lady Quex was bred by her owner, but Sunny Morn was bred by Mr R. 11. W. Holden, of the Mana Stud, Hawke’s Bay, and cost Mr Kemball 110 guineas at the lust Trentham sales. On breeding, Sunny Morii should develop into a great stayer. Nineteen years old and still going strong. That is the record of the well-known trotter Rock’s Image (says a Sydney writer). The gelding is probably the oldest horse racing in Syndey. Early in his career he was bought by Mr H. Owens, of Bathurst, for £SOO, but failed to win a race in his colours, and was given away. At the last Harold Park meeting Rock’s Image was narrowly beaten into second place. It is not unusual for trotters to run until well up in years. About a year ago Steamhanmier, who was 24 years of age, was successful at Victoria Park. Amazing Don, wlio is 15 years old, was a winner recently. He has several of his progeny racing, and only recently his five-year-old daughter Amazing Jewel was successful. Up to a few years ago trotters did not commence to race until about five years old, but now they are put into training younger. I