New Zealand Horses At Rosehill Races

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7271, 26 September 1933, Page 4

New Zealand Horses At Rosehill Races

CONGRATULATION 13 MINGLED WITH COMMISERATION.

While there is a good deal $w '.congratulation in the success of New Zea-land-bred horses at Bosehiil], much of I,he consequent complacency is nullified by the disturbing reports regarding Silver Scorn. In her first race in Australia, when big in condition, she raced below expectations, but nobody was unduly upset in Christchurch, for everyone know she would have to fine down to be the Silver Scorn that Dominion racegoers knew. In her second ■race, her dash .in the run home was remarked upon, but although apparently well situated at the straight entrance, she failed to gain a place.

Tho writer did not Tead anything hopeful into this performance at the time, and it is apparent, after her last exhibition, that tho filly who was a champion in tho Dominiton has quito failed so far to reproduce her form. Inevitably, tho case of Chide is recalled, and it i 3 too remarkable to be called coincidence that two young h.orse3 who were champions in the hands of one man have become failures (so far) in the hands of another. One can dismiss the change of climate as a serious factor in the roversal, and bring I,he problem down t.o the personal equation.

Such a state of affairs, unsatisfactory for the owner-trainer of Silver Scorn, must be equally unsatisfactory to her breeder and former owner. One can only hope that she will soon race into her real form, in the big mootings neaT at hand.

Blixten’s victory in the Bosehiil Guineas was a remarkable achievement that will bring him into as warm regard for the Melbourne Cup as there was for Peter Pan before the winner of last year was withdrawn. Ho won narrowly, but definitely demonstrated his superiority over Shakuni, full-brother to Kuvera, who ran second in the Hill Stakes to Chatham. The Hew Zealandbred Limareh was again third in the Guineas. Bay Tree and Deputy Buler "ran only moderately,” and Bay Tree's failure to display his fluent form of last month at Bicearton, where he won at a mile as oasily as at six furlongs, would probably be expensive. That, however, is not what we shall be hearing of Bay Tree. - - It- was very -pleasing indeed to see that Inflation has so soon justified the judgment of his party in taking his Awapuni work at. its face value anil getting the son of Paper Money over the Tasman. His success in the Camellia Handicap is a good augury. Cottesmore;s failure here is explained by a bad turn into the straight. His party has beon holding him in high rogard for'the Epsom Handicap, and there is no real reason for tho friends of Cottesmore to get cold feet. All the same, it would have boen nice to see

him show something of his New Zealand brilliancy. Oro, who won tho Spring Handicap in time a record for the course, was a topnotch two-year-old who failed to fulfil expectations as a Derby proposition, and in fact he fell a good deal below tho level of Kuvera. Now there will be inquiry for him in the big handicaps.