TUESDAY'S CONTEST

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21874, 9 August 1934, Page 9

TUESDAY'S CONTEST

A DIFFICULT PROBLEM brabazon handicap form COMPARISON OF WEIGHTS The Winter Cup, the chief flat event to be run at the Canterbury Jockey Club's Grand National Meeting next week, provides an extremely difficult problem owing to the fact that runners will be numerous and there are many in the field capablo of running a mile soundly. The scratching of Rerentu and Rebel Star has reduced the candidates to thirty-two and there may be a few more defections when the final payments arc declared at eight o'clock this evening, although present indications point to a field of about twenty-six. In previous years form in the Brabajton Handicap has often provided a good lead to the prospects of horses in the Winter Cup, and last Saturday's race has drawn attention to the chances of Ventrae, Haulbowline and Davolo. The weights for the Brabazon Handicap were framed on a higher scale than for next Tuesday's mile contest, in which Ventrae will meet Haulbowline 51b. better and Davolo 21b. worse than when they finished second and third to him at seven furlongs last week. Ventrae and Davolo may both run the extra furlong better than Haulbowline, although the last-named is evidently running on better than formerly. Differences in Handicaps The following table gives a comparison of the weights carried by the runners in the Brabazon Handicap and their Winter Cup imposts, and the figures in parentheses show the placlngs of the most prominent at the finish of last Saturday's race:— Brabazon Winter Handicap Cup „ J st. lb. st. lb. Ventrae (1) .... 813 8 8 Haulbowline (2) .. 8 0 8 0 Davolo (3) . . .. 9 4 311 Giggleswick (4) . . 8 0 8 0 Some Shamble (5) 8 2 8 1 Slippery (7) ..9 5 8 9 Water Power (8) . . 8 5 8 0 Princess Doreen (9) 8 5 SO Southdown .. 9 11 9 4 Vintage .. .. 9 5 813 Jaloux .. .. 80 80 Itanelsgh .. ~ 93 t 810 Palermo .. ..91 82 Ifiggerhead .. .. 8 0 8 0 Bed Sun .. ..80 80 Compared with the Brabazon Handicap the horse who comes in best on figures in the Winter Cup is Palermo, who drops from 9.1 to 8.2, thus having 131b. less. Palermo was apparently unsighted last Saturday, but he has proved that he can get a mile and he may do better in his coming engagement. From the Brabazon Handicap Slippery is down 101b., Southdown, Davolo and each 71b., Vintage and Water Power each 61b., and Ventrae and Princess Doreen each 51b. Chances of Giggleswick Giggleswick, who was fourth in the Brabazon Handicap, has the same weight again, and even though figures are not in his favour he is expected to make a good showing on Tuesday. Giggleswick finished well in the Brabazon after beginning from iS'o. 1 and losing his position early, and on that account his prospects are not being overlooked. The Cup candidates who did not race on Saturday are: —Curie, 9.13; Autopay, 9.11; Polydora, 8.13; Hurlingham, 8.9; Bay Tree, 8.9; Silver Streak, 8.8; Great Star, 8.8; Prince Val, 8.4; Tiger Gain, 8.3; Limbohm, 8.2; Korokio, 8.2; Fracas, 8.1; Passion Fruit, 8.0; Lady Spy, 8.0; Silver Sight, 8.0; Grand Review, 8.0; Boudoir, 8.0. There are some among these who may prove capable of accounting for the best of those who ran in the Brabazon Handicap, and notable among them are Curie, Autopay, Bay Tree and Great Star. The final gallops may shed some light on the prospects but it is certain that there will be a wide range of fancies. Some whose prospects may be very highly regarded are Ventrae, Bay Tree and Davolo.

NOTES FROM EVERYWHERE / TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP / The Winter Cup candidates Curie, Passion Flhiit and Bay Tree, and the Grand National Hurdles candidate Emotion left Hastings for Riccarton yesterday. R. J Mackie,, who won the Brabazon Handicap on Ventrac, will not be available for that gelding in the Winter Cup, aa he is under engagement to ride Great Star. The jumper Absent has returned to Ellerslie to aga in be trained by "E. Rae. Absent is very burly after a long spell and it will be a good while before he reaches racing condition The Bailiffs formerly a well-known competitor at Canterbury meetings, was recently Bent by Mr. J. Ballin to a resident of Chatham Islands, who intends to race him at meetings to b§ held there later in the year. After a lengthy absence Landlubber has reappeared on the tracks at Ellerslie. He lias been pottering about the roads lately and has done a fair amount of useful work. Landlubber is a useful galloper who would have had a much better record than ho possesses only for the fact that he has been troubled with unsoundness. Mr. H. R. Sellers, secretary of the New Zealand Racing Conference, has been granted three months' leave of absence by the executive committee, and he t leaves on August 21 on u trip to Sydney, Java and ' Malaya. During his absence the assistant-secretary, Mr. A. M. Mcßeaiih, will act as secretary.

The ten-year-old gelding Taku Tama, by Quin Abbey from ft Lord Multifid mare. died at Reefton last week. When trained by C. McCarthyfor Miss M. C. Wilson he won several races and would have had a more successful career but for oft-recurrinfe unsoundness.

L. J. Ellis, who was left without a ride when Rebel Star was taken out of the Winter Cup, haß since accepted the mount on Silver Streak, on whom he won some important races last spring, including the Stewards' Handicap at Riccarton and the Railway Handicap at Ellerslie.

Day Wind, who displayed promise when he won at Te TUpa and Thames last season, nay make a reappearance in the bylvia Par!: Handicap at the Pakuranga Hunt meeting. Day Wind is a ihree-yenr-old by Whirlwind from Merry Day and ne may prove very useful. It will be lnterefitincr to see how he has progressed since ne raced last.

Stakes for the spring meeting of the Avondale Jockey Club, to be 01 ? Ncvember 3 and 5, have been fixed at £3565, compared with £3OOO last year, an increase* of £SGS. As a result of the cin i statement of hurdle races, the Kmgsland High-weight Handicap, on the first day. becomes the Kingsland Hurdles, of £l5O, about li miles, and the Grey Lynn Highweight Handicap, on the second day, th Grey Lynn Hurdles, of £175. abou l miles. The Avondale Cup is worth £SOO. •gainst £450 last year. NEW ZEALAND HORSES SAFE ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY jtv . . SYDNEY. Aug. 8 I Twelve New Zealand racehoraeii were landed in good condition from the Wanganella. F. D Jones brought su. C. Emerson three, and O. Cox three. Eight other New Zealand hories went to Melbourne by the Wangantlla. The New ■ Zealand owner Mr. W. K. Kembnll also went on to. Melbourne where he will have Cii horses in work wiitb two lTainers v