SEASON'S FIXTURES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20366, 21 September 1929, Page 9

SEASON'S FIXTURES.

ft < September 21-Ashburton County Racm® Club. September 21, 23—Avondalo Jockey Club. September 26, 27—Geraldine Racing Club. Soptember 28—flnwke's Bay Jockey Club. October 2—Manawatu Hunt. October s—Kurow Jockey Club. , October s—Napier Park Racing Olnb. October 5. 7—Auckland Racing Club. October 10, 12—Dunedin Jockey Club. October 17, 19—South Canterbury Jookey Club; October 19—Mastorton Racing Club. October 24, 26—Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 2G. 28—Wellington Racing Club. October 33—Waverloy Racing Club. October 23 Waipawa County Racing Club. October 28—Waikato Hunt. Octobor 28—North Canterbury Racing Club. Ociobpr 29. 80—Gore Racing Club. November 2—Carterton Racing Club. November 2—Banks Peninsula Racing Club. November 7, 9 —Whangarei Racing Club. November 9, 11, 13, 16—Canterbury Jockoy Club. November IG, IS—Waikato Racing Club. November 23. 25—Te Kuiti Racing Club. November 30, December 2—Takapuna Jockey Club. - • ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. " Weka," Whangarei.—Te Kara was fivo years old when he ran a dead-heat with Muraahi (six years old) for the Auckland Cup of 1923. " Catmint," Thames.—l. Last Beason Prodice contested 12 race 3 and her record at that stage of her career was as follows: Four wins, twice second, twice third, and four times unplaced. 2. Prodice carried 8.5 when she won tho Takapuna Jockey Club Handicap (nine furlongs), I " Aussie."—Explorer won three hurdle races over two miles at the A.R.C. Summer Meeting of 1921-22. Ho carried 10.8 in the Grafton Hurdle Race, 11.8 in tho Now Year's Hurdle Race, and 12.3 in the Auckland Hurdle Race. Tho timo recorded in tho last-named raco was 3m 40 3-ss. Explorer was eight years old at tho timo he recorded tho winning performance narrated above. • —————————— THE FORTUNES OF RACING. NO ROYAL ROAD. BY PHAETON. That there ia no royal road to succosa in racing is a fact long since recognised, and, in the success of Trigo. in this year's Derby and St. Leser the Bamo is once more emphasised to a marked degree. The Irish sportsman Mr. W. Barnett, who bred Trigo, it is stated, has never ewned more than a couple of mares, and his sole nomination for' tho groat classic events on tho English tnrf this season wa9 Trigo. Well, now, in considering the victories registered by Trigo, the fact has to bo recognised that a sportsman with but one ntring to his bow, as the saying goes, furnishes the colt equal to beating t!ae select of groat studs owned by prominent men. Just to furnish a further spice of interest to the Question, the Aga Khan's nominations can be cited. The Indian noble, who breeds horses and also buys freely at tall figures,, nominated nine horses for the St. Leger and not one gained a place. Six of tho nine ho nominated wero privately bred and the other three

1 which figured in his nomination were 5 bought at auction at tho following figures: Aftab (by Papyrus—Sundart), ll.OOOgns; Ganga Singh (by Spion Kop—Racketty Coo). 5200gns: and Buland Bala (by Bland- , ford—Saffian), 5000 gas. 1 NIGHTMARCH IN AUSTRALIA. FAVOURITE FOR METROPOLITAN. The New Zealand cqlt Nightmarch, it is stated, was recently made the medium of such solid support for the Metropolitan Stakes as to point to the movo in bis favour foR the- big,race -set-down for decision on October 7 emanating from the proper connections. The distance of tho race in question'is a mile and five furlongs,-and as Nightmarch, with 0.2, is called npon to carry an impost 21b. in excess of vreifht-for-age, ho will require to be all that he is estimated to be in order to win, for tho field will, probably bo a strong one. At last advices Nightmarch was at the head of the quotations for tho Metropolitan. The New Zealand horse is engaged at. the Rosehill meeting to-day, and should he contest tho Hill Stakes, which iB run at weight-for-age over a mile course, a lot o! interest will be centred in his performance. 'THE NEW ZEALAND CUP. WILL THREE-YEAR-OLD' WIN? In a reference to tho three-year-olds engaged in the New Zealand Cup " Sentinel." of the Otago Witness, who has probably seen more of Pink Coat than any of the critics, pens a good word for the chestnut colt in the following terms:—"Pink Cont fills the eye as just tho sort to emulate the deeds of Manton, Eurociydon, Seahorse and Noctuiform and land ' the triple crown.' He shapes liko a stayer and is bred on the right lines to get n. journey. Tho son of Hunting Song won his first fcur races and suffered his only defeat when Silver Paper beat him in the Challenge Stakes, run in lm 24 4-5, and it was only in tho last few strides that tho older horso had tho colt's measure. Red Edna, the dnm of, Pink Coat, was got by All Red (two Auckland Cups) from Edna May 11. (a good winner in Australia), by Playbill (halfbrother to Castor) from Puritan, by Posi-

tano (siro of four Melbourne Cup winners and dams of two more) from Wood Nymph, a sister to Martini-Henry, a winner of tho Melbourne Cup and Derby." MISCELLANEOUS .ITEMS. ENGLISH-BRED HOYLAKE. Hoylalte is expected to make a reappearance) under silk to-day, tho Ashburton Handicap, in which he figures with 8.11, being the event selected for him to start on his five-year-old career. AWARERE AT SEVEN YEARS. In the season of 1927-28, at which period he was ranged up with the five-year-olds, Awarere acquitted himself much better than when a year older. Now tho chestnut son of Swift Flight has another year tacked on to his age, and at seven years old ho is ranged up with the veterans. Awarero is down for an engagement at Avondalo today in the Flying Stakes, and with tho handy burden of 7.s'opposite his name ho should be able to take a hand in tho finish. NEW ZEALAND-BRED GOLDMINER. Included in tho batch of yearlings sent Across from New Zealand to Now South Wales in tho autumn of 1928 was a brown colt by Paper Money from tho Bczonian mare Secret- Link, and when submitted to auction he was sold for 150gns, Tho colt, who is known as Goldminer, wound up nt two years old by scoring three auccessivo victories, and, aB he openod hia three-year-old career with a win, his future is viewed in a very promising light. STEWARDS ACTIVE. The stipendiary stewards officiating nt Australian meetings have been spurred to marked activity by reason of tho motiy , accidents recorded of Into in racing, and any jockey taking a chance by cutting in runs a big risk. In a recent race at Caulfield J. Daniels, a leading jockey, -vaa adjudged to have transgressed tho icules, with tho result that ho was "suspended for three months. As that puta Daniels out of commission during all the big meetings in tho spring, the penalty is a sevoro ono to him. ; ■ : BJG CUT IN PRIZE-MONEY. Roturua at/ .the Port Adelaide. Racing Club's mcotings last season having shown n. marked decrease, the committee of that body decided on a large reduction in prizemoney. and the stake ottached to tho Port Adelaide Cup has beon cut down from £ISOO to £2500.