RACING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20362, 17 September 1929, Page 7

RACING.

jgps| SEASON'S FIXTURES. * ftot« mber 21—Aahburton County Racing i-K Club. g ptembar 21. 23—Avondale Jockey Club, glptembcr 26, Ji— Oeraldine Racing Club. fLjteWber 23-Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. October 2-Manawatu Hunt. October s—Kurow Jockey Club. October s—Napier Park Racing Club. 5. 7—Auckland Racing Club. October 10. 12—Dunedin Jockey Club. Club. October 19—Mostcrton Racing Club. October 24. 20—Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 26. 28—Wellington Racing Club. October 28— Wavorley Racing Club. ••'October 28—Wttipftwa County Racing Club. ■ October 23-Wail«ito Hunt. October 23—North Canterbury Racing Club. : "/ October 28. 80 >-Gore Racing Club. November 2—Carterton Racing Club, iijjovetnber 2 Banks Peninsula Rncing Club. November 7, 9—Whangarei Racing Club; November 9. 11. 13, IG—Canterbury Jockey 1 Club. ■vjfovemher IG, IS—Waikato Racing Club. ".November 23. 2a—To Ivuiti Racing Club. November 30, December 2—Takapuna Jockey ■I Club. ' LAUGHING PRINCE. HIS ATTRACTIVE RECORD. BY PHAETON. When Laughing Prince came home 'hird to Rapier and Nightmurch in the decision of the Awapur.i Cold Cup last March iome wero inclined to think that the Australianbred horse was or. the downgrade. Flis Connections evidently formed the same view so far as that particular period teas concerned, foi the gay chestnut was eased up. That was a wise course, end with Laughing Prince scoring victories in his two initial races at five years old in decisive stylo he furnished pointed evidence of being right back to form. By winning ihe New Zealand Eclipse Stakes for the third year in succession the Australian-bred horse has left his mark on that raco attractively. So far Laughing Prince has contested 39 races and his record stands as follows: UnFirst. Second. Third placed. At 2yrs .. 3 I 2 3 At 3yra .. 5 22 8 At 4yrs .. 4 3 3 1 At syrs f/ .. 2 0 0 0 14 6 7 ia Since he was bought by Mr. T. A. Duncan (t two years old Laughing Prince has won prize-money to the amount of £7475 and two gold cups each of the value of £IOO are pleasing souvenirs of the exploits of the chestnut horse to grace the sideboard at Mr. Duncan's home. PROMISING HORSE. CASHIER, THE CONSISTENT. Cashier's perfonnances at three years old were marked with such consistency that his future wa3 invested with a good dash of interest. The son of Paper Money was produced at Wanganui last Thursday, when he opened his four-year-old career by defeating a good field in the Marangni Handicap, in which he carried 8.7. Cashier only raced on two occasions as a juvenile and then he was not called upon to carry silk till the autumn. With this considerate treatment it will be quite in order to find the bay gelding standing up well. Up to date Cashier has contested IG races ord his record stands as follows: UnFir3f. Second. Third, placed. At 2yrs . . 0 0 0 2 At 3yrs .. 5 4 1 3 At 4yrs .. 1 0 0 0 ,641.5 Cashier is engaged in the New Zealand Cup with 7.13. but the fact of the distance for that eveht extending to two miles may affect the son of Paper Money, for the staying quality is not the strong point with that line. Still it may be a3 well to fear in mind that Cashier won over 12 furlongs •t three years old. CEREMONY IN AUSTRALIA. , / , A SMART PERFORMANCE. 1

In contesting his first race in Australia on the dth inst. the New Zealand gelding Ceremony ran unplaced, when much was expected from him, in a five-furlong event. At an interval of a week Absurd's son completely reinstated himself, when he won tho Tramway Handicap (seven furlongs) ct Randwick, for he carried 7.1 and was timed to run the distance in v the fast time of lm 24{s. Matters ma 7 now be said to shape promisingly for Ceremony to pay his way well in events near at hand. A GOOD FOUR-YEAR-OLD. NIGHTMARCH'S BRILLIANCY. Admirers of Nightmarch. who • have expressed the opinion that the sou of Night Raid can be expected to acquit himself well *t four years, have good reason to hold that view. In the decision of the Spring Handicap. run over a mile and a-auarter at Randwick last Saturday Nightmarch via called upon to carry P.l, and he scored an easy victory, defeating a field of 21 in the fast time of/2m ss. Mr. A. Louisson made » good speculation when ho bought Nightmarch at tho back end of the colt's two-year-old career for 1000gn3. Last Beason Nightmarch won prize-money to the amount of £3590, and, with another £OSO added as the result of his victory in the Spring Handicap, his winnings under Mr. Louisson's «plour3 is raised to £4190. KICK OFF, THE VETERAN. RACING AT ELEVEN YEARS. The victory registered by Kick Off in the Higg-ie Handicap at Wanganui last Saturday marked the success of a veteran of the lace track. Foaled in 1918, that means Kick 03 is now in his eleventh year. Kick UH'b name, it is interesting to relate, figures amon? classic race winners, for he scored in the New Zealand St. Leger of 1922, r.nd at four years old he won tho double. Egmont Cup and Taranaki Cup. Something then went amiss with the brown gelding. He wa3 o5 /the scene at five years old, and at six years old he only contested two races, finishing unplaced in each. Three seasons then elapsed before Kick Off was again raced, and at 10 years he figured in three events, once third and twice unplaced being the record against h.s name. The veteran opened his eleventh year by running second to Haverin? in the Seafield Handicap and followed that up by defeating a field tf a dozen in the Higgio Handicap (1J miles) in the good time of 2m 8 3-os. A perusal of Kick Oil's performances shows that he has contested <tX races and his record stands as iall'iws: Nine wins, six times second, r ine times third, and 17 times unplaced. Kick Off has been raced throughout by his breeder, Mr. J. S. McLeod. NEW ZEALAND DAY. RECENT WINNERS. From what Tias trickled through over the air in regard to the speculation at Tattemll'a meeting held at Randwick last Saturday, /New Zealanders had a good opportunity to reduce the banking accounts of the Sydney pencillers, as Ceremony, Nightmarch and First Acre, who till scored victories, each stood at a remunerative rate of odds. When tho full details of the speculation come to hand it may be anticipated that tho. New Zealanders a good day outside the Question of •ta&B-njoney. *'. X.