SYDNEY TURF NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21596, 14 September 1933, Page 7

SYDNEY TURF NEWS

SUPPORT FOR INFLATION EPSOM HANDICAP PROSPECT PROGRESS .OF DERBY COLTS fFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] SYDNEY. Sept. 8 Inflation figured largely in the Epsom Handicap discussions on Monday, the day of his disembarkation from the Wanganella. With Maltdale he waa backed for the double for over £IO,OOO. He is not being trained at Randwick this year, but has joined A. D. Webster's team at Moorefield. Webster figures as the trainer, so that A. W. McDonald can take any hurdle race engagements offering. He had a ride on Hunt the Slipper in a jumpers' flat at Ascot on Wednesday. Hunt the Slipper carried 10.13 remarkably well into fourth place. Cottesmore and Bay Tree are being prepared at Randwick. Bay Tree was at first a trifle excited .by hiß- new surroundings, but Cottesmore has settled down well. H B. Lorigan has struck a patch of illluck with ' Clangor. The chestnut kicked Delray, laming him at the start of a race at Ascot on Wednesday. The starter recommended the lefusal of Clangor's entry in future. Lorigan will now have to appear before the A.J.C. Committee to show cause why this drastic action should not be taken. In addition. Clangor's running in the actual race Questioned, but the explanations tendered were accepted. He started in a mile welter, and, running prominently throughout, finished fifth.

Safari played an inconspicuous part in the Three-year-old Handicap at Canterbury Park last Saturday. He was not fancied according to the betting and was in the middle of the field throughout Korokio had her first race here at Canterbury Park in. a weak flying field, in which she was topwei„'lit with 9.4. She was first away, but soon dropped back and stayed in the ruck. She looked well this week after her race.

t airway has become sore and is being returned to New Zealand. He soon reached lm limit here and it is unlikely that he would have added to his tally of two successes. Ammon Ra's Narrow Win At Ascot Ammon Ra won his first race after his year's absence and from as poor a field as could be gathered together for an open Hying event. On the credit side it must be stated that he carried 10.4 (7st. minimum), and the tfack is a loose, sandy one, which does not suit many horses. On the debit side .ie just scrambled home from an honest and consistent, but barely secondrater. Lady Wolaroi, 8.0, taking 1.22 for the 6} furlongs. Ammon Ra began well enough, but was struggling hard to hold his place. In tbe middle stages he was moving easily enough behind the pacemaker and was in front at the turn. Half-way down the straight Lady Wolaroi came at him and for a few strides headed him. Desperately ridden, he came again to win by a neck. It showed him to be many degrees below his standard of two years ago.

Ammon Ra has shown just the faintest signs of a recurrence of his old bleeding trouble. He does not bleed during a gallop, but on returning home. Havaspot had his first run for some time to finish third with 8.6 to Ammon Ra. He was considerably above himself in condition. Prince Pombal was started twice at Ascot, finishing second in a mile welter and second again in the principal handicap, run over 9 furlongs and 50 yards.

The New Zealand-bred Derby colts Blixten and Limarch are both going Veil at Randwick. Blixten shaped particularly well in a mile gallop with —Kuvera on Tuesday. Limarch finished behind Pretzel. Master Brierly and Mince Pie in a mile test, but he is _ a lazy track horse. Master Brierly is doing as well as any of,the Dominion horses at Randwfck. Canterbury Stakes Contest The Canterbury Staltes last Saturday was considered to be virtually a match between Chatham and Autopay, with Chatham a decided favourite. At the finish Chatham was all out to score from Tom Pinch, with Autopay only fourth. Autopay began very smartly, but dropped back just as quickly. In the middle stages he made up a little ground, but at the finish rattled on right up behind, the placed horses. T. Webster handled him well at the barrier, again wheeling him in to anticipate the start by a fraction. Autopay subsequently has been c. trifle short in front, so probably this affected him on Saturday. Chatham found the sprinters rather different from the Warwick Stakes field a week earlier. Dole and Tom Pinch were muph too speedy for him and he had to go on the outside of them when he reached them at the home turn. Tom Pincli stuck on too, and it was not until less than 100 yards from the' post that Chatham was superior. Those who laid the odds on him had reason to be anxious. The two liurd races in less than 10 daya decided F. Williams that it would be as well to miss the Chelmsford Stakes. Dole, making his first appearance here, showed a gTeat turn of speed. He may not go far, but he can certainly, go fast. Golden Hair, as on her previous visit, did not begin well, but she was one of a bunch of fout just behind the placed horses and beat Dole home. The 14.2 pony Carefree (Magpie—Valicare) struggled on into third place after being fourth at the turn. On the strength of thia she has been supported for the Epsom Handicap, but her lack of size and inability to begin will be against her in a bustling mile. GOLD COUNTRY INJURED NOT FOR TROTTING CUP Gold Country, who recently was successfully operated upon for splints, was to have been started in work this month by J. S. Shaw. Unfortunately he met with an accident, slipping over a rail while playing in his paddock and injuring one of his hocks. As a result of this accident he will not be able to start work for some time, and he will not now be prepared for the New Zealand Trotting Cup. HAWKE'S BAY TROTS REVIEW OF CHIEF EVENTS The Hawke's Bay Trotting Club will hold a meeting at Hutt Park, Wellington, on Saturday. The principal events are the Hawke's Bar Handicap, two miles, limit 4,44, and the East Coast Handicap, li miles, limit 2.54. , , There are only six acceptors for the Hawke's Bay Handicap and two, Lilian Bond and Lord Leslie, will be bracketed. I Lilian Bond, who showed promising form last season, had two starts at Hutt Park last Saturday, her best effort being third in the Railway Jlandicap, li miles. Lord Leslie registered two seconds, recording 3.27 3-5 and 2.49 4-5. On the limit with Lilian Bond is Sunranes, a big mare with a good turn of speed, who, however, is bad at the start. On two occasions at Hastings in June. *fter very _ bad. beginnings, aha displayed ability, which indicated that if she had started properly she would have been dangerous at the finish. Whippet and Special Sun are on 12 yards. Although the former has won over t\yo miles, he may not be far enoiy?h advanced in condition to see out the distance. Last season Special Sun ran several sound races over two miles, being second to War Onicer at the Wairarapa meeting at Hutt Park and second to Bell o' Mine in the Manawatu Plate, his times being ,4.34 2-5 and 4.32. Special Sun finished third in a mile and 11-quarter race last week. The pick of the handicap, appears to be Rey Spec, 3G yards, who on Saturday decisively won the Railway Handicap in 3.20, which was three seconds slower than his previous Hutt Park record. In the Spring Handicap he broke up at the start aud was never dangerous,, but that lapse will hardly tend to keep him from being favourite over Lord Leslie in the Hawke's Bay Handicap. , „ , With the exception of Sunranes, the twomiles horses aro also engaged in the sprint race and their earlier form should prove a useful guide. Fresh horses. Royal Chenault, Jewel Elect and Belle o' Mine, will add interest to the East Coast Handicap. The distance will suit Royal Chennult, and,, if in anything like racing order, Belle o' Mine should be very defngerous. The favourites may be R. B. Berry's bracket and Belle o' Mine ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS "Wager," Manurewa.—Beau Cavalier won the Great Northern Steeplechase in 1927 and the Great Northern Hurdles in 1928. " Wager," Waiuku.—The Taranaki Jockey Club was the first to adopt win and place betting, introducing the system at its Christmas meeting. RACING FIXTURES September 16—Ashburton County Racing Club. September 21, 23—Wanganui Jockey Club. September 21. T3—Geraldine Racing Club. September 30—Kurow Jockey Club. September 30—Foxton Racing Club. October 5, 7—Dunedin Jockey Club. October 6, 7—Otaki Maori Racing Club. October li, 10—Avondale Jockey Club. ,