GRAND NATIONALS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20641, 13 August 1930, Page 9

GRAND NATIONALS.

STEEPLECHASE EVENT.

iifIURORA BOREALIS WINS.

fjjORNEROFF RUNS SECOND.

IOXEOIA'S WINTER CUP.

.JAST MCE TO ON TOP.

[US TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] , CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday.

•; The Grand National Meeting of tho Canterbury Jockey Club oponed to-day. The'weather was fine, hut overcast. Tho attendance was average and tho track <ft-as very soft after tho rain. Tho totaliShtor handled £42,565 10s, compared with £62,086 10s last year. Following are/tho results:—

HUNTERS' HURDLES HANDICAP, Of £250; miles. II. El worth's gr g. ;6yrs, by Thurnham—Margo, 11.i (A. S. Ellis) 1 S—STAR STRANGER, 11., W. J. Holmes', 9.4 (I. Tilson) . . .. 2 '4—GOLD MINT, J. Black's, 9.13 (D. ,O'Connor) 3 .Ako Started.—l Airforce, 10.S; 3 Akbar, jj.s; 7 Bladon !>.O, car. 9.0; 6 Peterette. 9.0. : 'Neck; 10 lengths, l'oterctto was fourth, liffle, 3m 27 2-ss.

TRIAL HURDLE HANDICAP, ■ Of £C00; 1J miles, 1-LLYN DHU. C. F. Vallance's br g, syrs, by Kilbroney—-Black Lake. 10.13 (A. McDonald) 1 S—PARIS, W.'-T. Haslett's, 9.7 (G. Demp-* stcr) .. 2 it—GAY FASHION, C. White's, S'.l (G, ltobb) . . .. 3 Also Started.—2 Zippor, 10.13; G Deluge, 9.3; 7 Rigoletto, 9.0; 5 Exide, 9.0, half-a-length. Delugo was fourth". Time. 3m 21 4-ss.

CASHMERE PLATE, Of' £250; 6 fur. I—RASOULI,. C. Boyle'a b g, 4yrs, by ■ Bernard—Gipsy Warning, 9.11 (H. Goldfinch) . . J 1 LADDIE. A. J. Toxward's, 9.11 (H. Gray) 2 I—CHARMEUSE, G. Hall's, , 9.11 (D. " O'Connor) ' 3 Also Started.—9 Swiftray, 11 Miss Bradbury, 12 Golden Pennant, .9.11; S Shatter. 3 Painkiller, 7 Sleipner, 6 Kakara and Riri bracketed,/'2 Gustavo, 10 Appeal, 13 Lambert. U Brumal, 9.0. Two lengths; two lengths. Kakara was fourth. Time, Ira 17 3-5s

JUMPERS' FLAT HANDICAP, Of £250; 1J miles. S—WEST5 —WEST DOME, «I. A. Gear's t g, 6yrs, by Balboa—Lady Lowburn. 9.0 (E. Mackie) .. .. * 1 S(—ABERFELDY, R. W. King's, 10.8 (I. Tilson) .. 2 6-MEMBO, D. Jones', 9.1 (A. S. Ellis) 3 Also Started.—l King's inthia, 10.3; 2 Fine Aero, 10.3; 7 Troilus, 8.3; 8 Shipshape, 9.0. Three lengths; two lengths. Shipshape Fas fourth. Time, 2m 45 3-ss.

NEW/ZEALAND GRAND NATIONAL ' STEEPLECHASE, Of £1G00; i 3} miles. I—AURORA BOREALIS,' F. R. Waller's, br in, Gyrs, by Day Comet—Rangiata, 11.1 (11. Dulieu) 1 3—CORJiEP.OFF, C. F. Variance's b g. Ciyr*. by Danilof—Nieppe, 9.0 (A. McDonald) .. 2 Ii~OMEO, A.-Ljle's be, aged, by Quaiitri-' tine—Muniti'oness, 10.11 (L. Jarvia) 3 /; Also Started.—G. Snowfall, 10.9; 2 Matu, / 30.5p 7 Wharhcliffe, 9.11 (fell); 5 Kapuna, 9,1! (fell); 8 .Valveß, 9.0 (fell). Five lengths: four lengths. Snowfall was ft length "away fourth. Time 7m 21s.

ENFIELD STEEPLECHASE, Of £250; about 2 miles. % a-RApIAC. P. J. Conn'tt blk g, aged, by Absurd—Cintra, 10.11 (H. Anderton) . 1 st-TAB AM OA, W. T. Hazlett's, 9.4 (G. •k :■ Dempster) . . 2 4—KAIKAHTT, yv. F. Parkinson's, 10.3 v!..-. (D. O'Connor) , . 3 Also Started.—2 Diana's Litd, 0.13 (fell); .. S Double Soult, car. 9.1 (fell); 6 Parader, cnr. 9.8}. »' Six lengths; 10 lengths. Time 4m ss. / . WINTER CUP, pi £750; 1 mile. S—TOXEUMA, F. Ormond's b sr. oyrs, by Arrowsmith—To Aupaki, 11.5 (A. ■ E. Ellis) 1 E—NANCY LEE/R. W. and R. McG. Todd's br m. aged, by Lucullus—Flagship, 10.1 (J. Barry) 2 E—havering, j. m. Corcoran's ch e. syrs, by Quin Abbey—Dreamer, 10.11 ;; (H. N. Wiggins) 3 __Alao Started.—6 Black Duke, 10.11; 9 full Feather, A 0.5; 17 Teri, 10.3; 7 Taboo, 10.1; 1 Staghunter, 9.12; 2 Best Friend, 9.10; 10 Pride, 9.9; 13 Blimp, 9.6; 13 Royal Opera, 9.4; 1 Arikinui, 9.3; 13 Starshooter, 9.2; 15 Ranelagh, 9.0; 14 Black Mint arid Royal Game, 9.0, bracketed; 16 i • 3 ' 19 Rascal, 11 Topere, 9.0. . : Three lengths; two lengths. Ranelagh was / fourth. Time, lm 465. AVONHEAD HANDICAP, 9f £250; 7 fur. <J~ON TOP, >G. McMillan and D. R. Revell's ch g, 4yra, by Surveyor— To Moti, 9.7 (H. Goldfinch) '. . . . 1 4-PORTRAY, 11. T. Hume's, 9.12 (G. ludgway) .. . . . . ..2 1 S—DESERT SONG, M. G, Louis3on's, ?.U (A. E 7 Ellis) 3 Also Started.—s Semper Paratus, 10.5; 8 lotoaform, 10.3; 6 HounsloW, car. 10.1; 1 Hunting Call, ]0.2; 13 Fortalice, 9.9; 12 iulolo, car. 0.4; 7 High Gear, 9 Dumblanc, 14 Graitfl Acre, 9.1, 10 Rapina, 11 tompris, 9.0. a J Hunting Call was fourth, lane, lm 335.

' NOTES FROM EVERYWHERE. [ TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP. / -! A* L, EHis scored his second Winter Cup ■ucceas when he rode Toxeuma to victory jcalerday. Hi 3 previous win was on SolJerite in 1927. x. An Australian jockey, G. Clark, who intends to follow his calling in the Dominion, arrived from Sydney by the Maunganui yesterday. For the past couple of years Clark "as been riding in (lie East, but had to ; '®. We 011 account of health reasons. ■Foxcurna is the second horse owned by IHo Ormond family to win the Winter Cup. The Into Hon. J. D. Ormond, father of Mr, F. Ormond, who owns Toxeuma, won with idealist in 1907. Idealist was ridden by ' • Jones, now the trainer of Limerick. ■Tho New Zealand-bred gelding Jemidar, |hy Martian—-Ayah, won the Goodwood Handicap, lj miles, nt tho Goodwood, Perth, 'Meeting on August 2. It was Jemidar's (first win since lie scored in tho Perth Cup •on January 1, 1929, and he started at / 'double-figure odds. It is stated that Joniihas bcetiyii difficult horse to train, which Would account for bis long absence from ihe winning list.

The Irish Derby, ran at tho Curragh on •funo 23, was worth £4llO, and was easily / (Won by Rock Stur, by Sherwood Starr. The f&vourito, Seo'r, was unplaced, and Christopher Itodin, who won at, Ascot a fow days ®arlier, could only got third. M. Boary j*cnt over to ride Arrs. Edgar Wallace's Adlom, but his luck wa3 no better than pi the English Derby, his mount running fco where. McDonald has a good record in this Sear's principal steeplechase cvonls. Ho tho Groat* Northern Steeplechase and • the Winter Steoplechaßo at Ellerslio on ; ro:a Boroalis, was second on Aurora in iht Wollington steeplechase and V''jeeottd $n Cumeroif in the Grapd National klecpl««iv.»»4,. Hi-, would have ridden j Aurora BotmUs affftin yesterday if Cornoroff, Lwho i 8 trained by his wifo, had not otarted.