ELLERSLIE STAKES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22027, 6 February 1935, Page 9

ELLERSLIE STAKES

[AUTUMN TOTAL THE SAME SMALL WINTER INCREASE CHANGE IN HACK CONDITIONS The allocation of prize-money for the autumn and winter meetings at Ellerslie was decided upon by the committee of the Auckland Racing Club yesterday. Shakes for the autumn fixture, to be held on April 20 and 22, remain at' £7475, tlies same total as lastTear, and for the winter meeting, on June 3, 5 a ad'B, the value has been increased by £375 to £8525. The Easter Handicap, the principal race on the autumn programme, carries ft stake of £BOO, and the Autumn Handicap, on the second day, is worth £6OO. Last year the Autumn Handicap was called the H. O. Nolan Handicap, as a tribute to the memory of the late president of the club, and now the ordinary titk of the race is being resumed. Conditions for hack races at both the autumn and winter meetings have been change!, and horses that have not won a race of the value of £2OO are now eligible. At these meetings last year the limit was £l5O. The collective value of racesi won at time of nomination remains at £4OO. The only other difference in the autumn programme is that the Great Northern Champagne Stakes, entries for which were taken ast June, is now six furlongs instead of seven, which it has been since 1030. Increase in Winter Stakes The increase of £376 in the winter prize-money is accounted for principally by the addition of £25 to the stake for each of the 11 hack events, flat, hurdle and steeplechase, all now being of the value of £275. The two open six furlongs races, the Members' Handicap, on the first day, and the Visitors' Handicap, on the third day, have each been increased by £SO to £BOO. The Great Northern Steeplechase remains at £IOOO, the Great Northern Hurdle Race at £9OO, the Winter Steeplechase at £650, and the Cornwall Handicap at £550. Value of Classics Unaltered Values for the tvro-year-old classics next season and the three-year-old •classics in the 1936-37 season are unaltered. These races jire as follows: — .Welcome Stakes, £SOO (spring meeting, 1935); Great Northern Foal Stakes, £750, and Royal _ Stakes, £SOO (summer ireeting, 1935-36); Great Northern Champagne Stakes, (autumn meeting, 1936); Great Northern Guineas, £7OO (spring meeting, 1936); Great Northern Derby, £1250 (summer meeting, 1936,-37); Great Northern Oaks, £500,' and Great Northern St. Leger, £SOO (autumn meeting, 1937). Entries of yearlings for these events will be taken in June. ,?• This year the Oaks is worth only £4OO, and the St. Leger £450, but y6&r '62icli is of th© value of £SOO, which has been adopced again for 1937." TRAINING AT TE RAP A USEFUL SPRINTING TASKS [bt telegraph —OWN correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday Following upon overnight rain the course proper, with the poles 40ft. out, provided excellent going _ for training pperations at Te Rapa this morning. Teak ran three furlongs in 40b, and Calcutta lecorded 39 3-sa. Gay Poto and Racela finished a length in front of Curlew over half-a-mile in 52 3-ss. Orac and Lilbert did three furlongs in 39iu. and the jumpers Luminary and Magic Lund five in 1.9 2-5. Vi'ahine Reiki, with a substantial advantage in weight, beat Kins Rey by Be Y? ra ; length* -over five furlongs m 1.5. Moss Vale. Pennyplnjn and » Raceful gelding finished in that order over the same distance in 1.7. Tradesman, alone, recorded 1.5 There was little between Sunny Downs and Ford Acre at the end, of six funongs in 1.20, the last five taking I.BJ. Limex covered five furlongs, being picked up by ICebulao and Polly Douglas over the last four in 54 4-5s It is intended to start Limex in the sprint at Rotoiua on Saturday. TAKANINI TRACK WORK ALIGNMENT GALLOPS FREELY Rain started when the gates we re opened at Takanini yesterday and track work wa3 ])erformed in steady rain until the breakfast interval. Many horse** were worked oil tlio dirt track inside the rails, where there are no discs, and so they could not be timed. Lap Up. with the better of the weighte. led Matorni throughout a gallop on the grass in 1.16 4.-5. It was a fair effort for a maiden and Lap Up is improving, but; Matorni. is not a good trackworker unices kept right up to it. On the dirt I,rack Alignment hit out freely while running five furlongs. He anpears to have taken no harm irom his Takapuna oiitings and will race lit Rotorua. Expectancy and Smith's Whirlwind geldin* hit out well over three furlongs Gay Blonde, High Tea, Brov.'n Ahbcy. Tho Hiker. Lord Willonyx. Springfield. Ballymoney. Flood Tide and Greek Gold were among others to do useful work. Ballymoney iitill shows a slight limp wnen walking, but fins has been noticeable oil and on for some time, and no fault could be found with his action when sent along at a strong pace. He looki very fit. . Gay Blonde look-, extremely well and. is likely to be entered! for the Herrien Memorial Cup nt Te Aroba. NOTES FROM EVERYWHERE TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP The Lord Quex geldiner Ganpat, who was formerly trained by P. Pope at Pakanini. has rejoined that trainer s team. Springfield' Is the name given to the Acre—Spring Song gelding in C. team at Takanini H»e is sturdily built, but is rather lacking in sizfc. Merry Lap. who has performed disappointingly lately has left G. A. Holland s stable at. Ellerslie and is now located at Takanini. where he will in future be trained by 0. Morse. X>. Arnott hus been appointed head man for thf Chokesore stable at Riccarton, in euccesiiioil to D. Marks, who is going to Fordell to act' as private trainer for Mr. W. Mi;A. Duncan. Three new members were elected at a meeting of the- committee of the Auckland Racing: Club yesterday. The committee decided to instal warm shower batns in inc jockey's room at Ellerslie. . Cuddle is expected to leave Hastings for Christchurch to-day. under the charge ol S«r owner-trainer. C. «T. Stowe. She is to race at Riccarton or Saturday and will go on to Wingatui for the Dunedin Gup, fier usual pilot R. J. Flower, will riclo oil the trip - The dual Perth Cup winner Cueesun arrived in Melbourne lc.et week to continue his preparation at Flemington for the AusCup,' to be run on March 9. J® £ Proved stayor and hist recent good form > J's made him one of the fancied candidates *°r the race. . The'Lncnlliiß mare Expectancy, who was g>me<l at Te Rapa last May. has rejoined :*• Smith's active team, at Takanini, aftfr •lenrthy spell. She looks a picture of good With and han furnished into a nice-look-VJ# mare. She showed no 91^n °J y er ®w trouble 'when vfoiked yesterday.