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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21414, 11 February 1933, Page 9

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KARAPOTI IN INDIA RAJPIPLA GOLD CUP VICTORY INTEREST IN FUTURE CAREER The announcement of a victory for the Auckland-bred gelding Karapoti in India makes very pleasant reading. The event was the Rajpiplti Gold Cup at Bombay, arid, although one needa to know the weight carried and the size and class of Ihe field to aaeens properly Ihe value of the performance, the far( that Karapoti ran the mile in 1.30 4-5, only one-fifth of a second outeide the course record, indicates that he has become thoioushly acclimatised. Therefore his career will bo followed with much inI crest. One of the great races of India is the Viceroy's Cup, ono mile and three-ciuarters. run at the Calcutta meeting in December. Karapoti has already shown ability to stay that distance, having won the Great Northern St. Leger, while in Ihe Trenthum Gold Cup, two miles, he was beaten a lensth by Nightniarcli. with Star Stranger four lengths away third. The K ing-Empercr's Cup. one mile, is also run hi December, and a win in either of these important events would be a fine advertisement for New Zealand bloodstock, besides forming a fitting reward for the purchase last March of Karapoti for -000 guineas and Heremia for 1300 guineas. The Hajpipla Gold Cup was in 1925 won by the great horse Orange William, four times winner of the King-Emperor's Cup and three times winner of the Viceroy's Cup. lie van what may fairly bo described is the race of his life, his many successes in the Indian classics, notwithstanding. His previous appearances that season had been in weight-for-age events, but the Rajpipla Gold Cup is a handicap, and Orange William at 10.13 was set to give a cood horse like Plymouth Rock no less than 3tib.. Swithin 421b.. and Wasp 50lb. It was striking testimony to the faith of the public in the old horse that with 10 runners they made him favourite, and ho showed his appreciation by winning by a length from Plymouth Rock, a magnificent performance. Orange William v.a? bred in England, by King William from Countess Lena, and was foaled in 1317. The value of the stake was £IOOO, excluding the gold cup. Karapoti is not the Gist, New Zealand-bred horso to iace in India. Apologue, by Phoebus Apollo, who won the Melbourne Cup in 1007, was bought in Melbourne in the hope that he would win the Viceroy's Cup. but the climate in India was apparently not to his liking, and, as far us we know, ha clid not win a race there. Master Delava!, winner of the Auckland Cup in 100 G. ran third in the Viceroy's Clip of 1900. Soul tline, by Soult, distinguished himself in Australia in the autumn of 1009 by winning the Caulfield Futurity Stakes and Newmarkoft Handicap, and ho subseauently raced with success in India. Crenides. by Demosthenes, who won the Great Northern Guineas in 1919, was transported to India, but he failed to score any important successes. Mevmin, by Absur.d, who was the leading two-year-old in New Zealand in the 1920-21 season, was bought, for 3000 guineas, but, a3 nothing was heard of him after being sent to India, it seems as though he was a complete failure there. The Monk (Absurd —Cowl) was more successful and won the Mayfowl Cup. one mile, at Calcutta. Karapoti's companion, Heremia, has also been a winner. PAG AWELLI'S GOOD RECORD A CONSISTENT PERFORMER By winning the Zealandia and Anniversary Handicaps, 6even furlongs, at Takapuna under the respective imposts of 9.7 and 10.7 in fast time Paganelli furnished pointed evidence that he is wearing remarkably well in his ninth year. Paganelli made his debut on the turf in 1920 and has contested no fewer than 89 races, many brilliant feats being down to his credit. Although it, could be argued that a lesser distance than a mile was more to his liking, he registered a good performance at four years old when he won the Thompson Handicap, one mile, under R. 12. running the distance in 1.39. Another doughty performance to his credit, although it was marked by defeat, was the bold bid he made for victory in the Canterbury Stake 3 in Australia, when he ran Amounis to a short head. Following is a statement of Paganelli's performances:— Unlet 2nd 3rd 4th placed At 2yrs . . 2 3 1 J 2 At 2yrs , . 3 3 2 0 3 At 4yrs , . 0 3 0 o*o At. syr3 . . 4 5 3 0 2 At 6yra . . 4 0 2 0 9 At 7yrs ' . . o 2 4 0 9 At i?yrs . . 6 1 3 0 1 30 17 IS 1 2fi Paganelli's winnings in prize-money amount to well over £SOOO. A SUCCESSFUL FILLY WALTZING LILY'S BREEDING The number of successes recorded by three-year-old fillies has been a feature of this season's racing. In Victoria Waltzing Lily has tho attractive record of winning four races in succession. By recording a victory in the Standish Handicap at Flemington on January 2. when she ran the six furlongs in the fast, time of I.los, she placed herself well in the limelight, and at the Moonee Valley meeting on January 23 she won Ihe William Reid Stakes, weight-for-age, six furlongs, with such a burst of brilliancy as to make her performance the subject of much eulopry. Waltzing Lily is included among bargains of the sale-ring. When submitted at Miction in Melbourne as a yearling in the autumn of 1931 she commanded little attention and was knocked down for the small sum of 40 guineas. She is by Beau Fils, son of Son-in-Law. from Grist, by Maltster, and. with double strains of St. Simon and Hampton and a strain of Musket through a very noteworthy channel (Trenton), tho highc'nss blood coursing through the veins of this smart filly should enable her to extend her winning record to a marked degree us age comes to her.

STUD ITEMS ENGLISH-BKED SALT ASH The importation of the stallion Saltash to Australia in 1924 was enthusiastically acclaimed, mid, got by Sunstar from llnmoaze, a Brand-daughter of Trenton, the New South Wales studmnster Mr. P. Miller wos considered to have effected the purchase of a horse that, would but up a great record as a sire. In his initial seasou Saltash sired n noteworthy coll. Strephon, who won the V.R.C. Derby, V.R.C. St. Lexer. A.J.C. St. Leger and several weight for age events. The English sire was thus placed well in the limelight, hut in the interval he has not claimed a noteworthy performer. Lnst year Saltash was drafted out of the Kia Orn Stud, which mav be accounted for by the fact that lie figured well down the sires' liat in the last two seasons and that 13 of his progeny sold in 1031 and 1932 brought only 907$ guineas. Although Saltash cost Mr. Miller .£12,000 when he bought, him in England, he made n good return for the amount paid for hia yearling progeny, 75 in number, Hold at auction from 1927 to 1932 totalled 30.564$ guineas. Saltash claims the highestpriced yearling cold' in Australia. This is Dominant, who hub sold nt auction in the autumn of 1928 for C 750 guineas. The failure of Dominant to extricate himself from the moderate division when so much was expected from him played a strong- part in ca.using Saltash to go out of favour.