RACING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19947, 16 May 1928, Page 18

RACING.

SEASON'S FIXTURES. May 17, 19—Wanganui Jockey Club. May 26—Amberley Racing Club. Juno 2, 4—Otaki Maori Racing Club. Juh*> 2. 4, 6—Auckland Racing Club. June 2. 4, 6—Dunedin Jockey Club. Jun» 16 —Napier Park Racing Club. * Juu» fcO—Hawke's Bay Hunt Club. Juno te, 23—Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. July 7—Ashburton County Racing Club. Jul* 10. 12, 14—Wellington Racing Club. July IS*—Waimate District Hunt Club. July 21—South Canterbury Hunt Club. 3 lily 26, 26 —Gisborne Racing Club. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. " Tnweia."—Exmoor (by Grafton—La Yivsndiere) is the only Australian-bred Itorsß that has won the Great Northern Race. Cynic (by Benry the First— Cy»wt»), who won the rnce in question in 1913, was bred in England. " Wanderer."—Gazt has not won a hurdle race since he scored in the Cei.'-'ry Hurdles run at Wanganui on M#v "*), 1926 At the Foxton meeting on Ja.i,o»rf 23 last Gaze won the President's Hnn-l'<'ttp (one mile and a distance), and at the Waipukurau meeting on April 9 he won the Ladies' Bracelet (one mile aind three furlongs). NOTES BY PHAETON. SATRAP AND HIS RECORD. The sale of Satrap to an Australian sportsman means the transportation of another New 7ealand-bred horse to Australia. In ti:e early oart of the present season Satrap ltd not achieved anything of note, but the autumn revealed a different horse, and, thonirh a defeat was registered against bim in 4 h«- Trentham Gold Cup contest, he was the o,ie responsible for the pace and was only Seaten by three-quarters of a length by St.iT Stranger in a two-mile journey covered in the record time of 3m 22Js. Thn-T. uerforinance showed Satrap up in the light of a stayer. Satrap can boast cf a stout ocdijrree, the leading lines of which read as follow: Sire: Paladin, by Polymelus (son of Cyficue) from Cesius, by St. Amant (son of St. Frusquin) from Abbott's Anne, by Rigtitaway (son of Wisdom). Dam: TVrsian Lilac, by Persimmon (son of >Si. Simon) from White Lilac, by Springfield (son of St. Albans)) from Eglentine, by dermit (son of Newminster). Up to date Satrap has contested 24 races lind his record stands as follows: UnFirst. Second. Third, placed. At 2yrs .. 1 1 0 3 At 3yrs ». 3 5 4 7 4 8 4 10 THE GEAT NORTHERNS. With the acceptance date for the Great Nort|.«c Uß still ten days o2 and the Wan-gan-ii meeting intervening, matters in connec.» imxi with the two big events set down for -tHouion at Ellerslie next month continue "ery quiet. For the Great Northern Hut-ilao 4beTfeldy can be cited as the actual favixicitw, but Wedding March has a good following, and a trio of others well discu.inert are Gaze, Pouri, and Mister Gamp. For the Great Northern Steeplechase, M»u>i«a is the one with probably most admirers, but Beau Cavalier is pretty well a C«"id a favourite. Wedding March and Wiltshire also count a good circle of admirers. RECORD-PRICED YEARLING. "Racing men are still talking about the huge price (G750 guineas) Mr. Percy Millti received for the chestnut colt by Saltdsh tium Weltea at the Sydney yearling sales," remarks "Cardigan," writing in the Australanian. "Cardigan" remarked: "The general opinion is that the colt is a magnificent individual, but that in the excitement of the sale too much money was given. I take tin altogether different view of the situation. I am not going to say that the SaliaHh colt is not worth the money—no one fcnows yet whether he will be a champion or a duffer—but if he is a duffer he would be dear at a third of the price—or any pfice—and, il he is a good horse, then, to the men who own him, he is as cheap as rags. Prize-momey is continually increasing in Australia, and. the colt only has to follow in the footsteps of other good horses and wm a, few rich two-year-old races and he will be a bargain before he goes to the post for the Derby. Mollison won more money than the Saltash colt cost in winning tii© Sires' Produce Stakes and Champagne Stakes at Randwick, and, while it takes a good youngster to win those races, there is no tellinjr that the Saltash colt will not be equal to the task." MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. * 'A pleasing item to hand from the Waikato is that the veteran Te Kara is training on satisfactorily and that he may be expected to fulfil his engagement in the Cornwall Handicap, which event, comes up for decision at Ellerslie on Julie 1, and in which he figures top -weight with 9.12. A southern-owned gelding engaged at the Auckland Winter Meeting that is viewed in it promising light is Black Duke, a five-year-old son of Balboa and Amata. Black .'Duke has raced very consistently, his record this season being as follows: -12 wins, twice second, and twice third in 24 races. Peneus, winner of the Karamu Hurdle Race at the Hawke's Bay meeting, is credited with developing much dash in his jumping and ho is ticked off as a horse likely to win honours in open company. Peneus, who was got by Boniform, was bred iy his owner, Mr. C. F. Vallance. The sum stated to have been paid by an Australian aportsman for the New Zealandbred gelding Satrap is -3000gns. Mr. J. S. Barrett, of Christchurch, bought Satrap when a yearling for 150gns, and, as the son of Paladia has won prize-money to the value ol j£23SO, he proved a good speculation to the Canterbury sportsman. When Gnze won the Century Hurdle Race At Wanganui in the winter of 1926 he was made th<» subject of much eulogy, and this waa t/*D justified, for he won his race in dashing atyle. While schooling at Ellerslie some little time after Gaze suffered a bad fall, and in a flash the rosy hopes expressed as to his prospects of winning further early distinction were shattered. Gaze was subsequently off the scene for a considerable period, r>ut though he has not placed anything of a jumping character to his credit in tho interval it can be said that he ha 3 not lost pace on the flat, for in the decision of tho Autumn Handicap at Hastings last month ha ran Vesperus to a neck for first honours. Gaze is not engaged at the Wanganui meeting, so that the arrival of tho All Black gelding at Ellerslie will have to be awaited in order to obtain a line in regard to his condition and his jumping ability.

In January last tha three-year-old Ark Royal wsi accorded an obituary notice in Wellington, which v;as accompanied by a photograph of the presumed defunct equine. Prior to the start for the Wellington Cup Ark Royal received a bad kick from the •English-bred mare Joy Bird, and the injury was viewed ho seriously that it was at one time thought the automatic gun would is.ve to be requisitioned. The injury Ark Koyal suffered, however, yielded to treatment, with tho result that he is still in the land of the living, and, what is more, strong hopes ars entertained that be will again be fitted to carry eilk. Ark Royal displayed form in_ the spring and the Dumedin Guineas is included among the «renta he captured. Subsequently he lailed in several races wtien he was expected to run well, but it is contended that, had b* escaped the kick from Joy Bird at flCrootbam last January, he would have taken a prominent hand in tho settlement tof tb« Wellington Cup.

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