TROTTING NOTES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22490, 6 August 1936, Page 9

TROTTING NOTES

ADDINGTON CANDIDATES AUCKLAND-OWNED HORSES BONNY' AZURE, WORTHY LIGHT BY ABAYDOS The trotting season will open at Addington on Saturday. A number of horses engaged have raced successfully in Auckland. Included among these are Bonny Azure, Worthy Light, Francis Lincoln, Rustle, Kuini, Ganton, Kewpie's Triumph, Grace McElwyn and Bessie Parrish, who are locally owned, while Gala Day, trained at Otahuhu by A. Bryce, is also among the acceptors. Bonny Azure, who won 10 races for F. J. Smith, will be making her first appearance for L. 0. Thomas, and, as sho has been left in the Queen Mary Handicap in preference to the sprint, it is evident she Jias pleased the Hutt Park trainer. If she is as well as when sho won a treble at Hawera, Bonny Azure will take a deal of beating. In tho same stable is Rayon D'Or, who, after winning the Manawatu Trotting Cup, was purchased by a patron of Thomas. Rayon D'Or was a good winner in Auckland. Another successful horse from the Takanini stable, Worthy Light, is in the International Handicap. Since going south to M. Holmes, Worthy Light has won twice. Rustle, Kuini and Ganton, all winners when trained at Takanini, are in the 3.20 Introductory Handicap. Rustle has not raced for some time and will need to be taken on trust, but, if attuned, he would be tho hardest to beat. Kuini won twice last season in Auckland, while Ganton has been successful since going south. Kewpie's Triumph in Sprint Kewpie's Triumph, who is ia J. Bryco's stable, is missing from the August Handicap, but is nicely placed in the International Handicap. It is just over 12 months since ho won at a mile and a-quarter in great stylo at Epsom, and when right lie is a fine pacer at the distance. Grace McKlwya, who, like her dam, Jean McElwyn, thrives on racing and is a very consistent mare, has reached the high-class sprinters' field. Sho is a smart pacer, with real stamina.

Bessie Parrish has trotted fine races for It. D. Kcnncrley, who stated at Nelson that the Auckland mare was one of the speediest trotters ho has driven. From back marks she put up somo very smart times last season. Supertax, who twice successfully visited Epsom when trained by T. Leadbettor, has done remarkably well in sprint races since going to Canterbury. Although a failure at two miles, the Maxagin horse has won in the best company at a milo and a-quarter. Mocast, who was first and third in two starts at Epsom m Juno and returned south after the negotiations for his purchase by an Auckland owner had fallen through, is given a reasonable chance oif 2.46. He has improved as a sprinter and is a solid pacer. Ono of the most consistent pacers from the South to race at Epsom is Sure, who in six starts has registered two firsts, two seconds and two thirds. After establishing a milo and a-half record of 3.i6 1-5 at the Auckland summer meeting, Sure won both big events at Wellington. She is a fine mare in soft going.

De Soto's Form De Soto was one of the star performers last season, winning 10 races at distances from one to two miles. Two wins at Addington over two miles may bo required for De Soto to qualify for the New Zealand Cup, and lie is likely to go a great race in tho August Handicap. Key Spec, who is only one second outside tho cup limit, has also raced prominently at Epsom, and, while he did not win at two miles, ho finished second to Graham Direct in the Auckland Trotting Cup and President's Handicap. Key Spec won the 10-furlong Champion Handicap with a rare finishing elfort. Graham Direct is engaged on Saturday in the Selwyn Handicap, 2.47 limit, a distance at which he has not displayed anything like his two-mile form. Ho is a Now Zealand Cup prospect. Garner, a few seasons ago won tho three principal trotting events at tho Auckland summer meeting, when she twice defeated Parrish Bello and Bessie Pirrish, has not been over-raced. Should she be back to form, she will keep the opposition busy. Bingen Palm, who was only once out of a place in four starts at the December meeting, is well placed in both the Queen Mary and International Handicaps. She has won at both distances. Should the track be soft, Bingen Palm's chance will be enhanced.

TURF IN ENGLAND WINNERS AT ASCOT Although in the past six years the added money to the races at Royal Ascot has remained practically the same, the increased entries for this year's fourday meeting made the winners' shares more valuable than they were last year. Jn 1931, with added money at £43,800, the winners took £69,450;' in 1932, the respective totals were £43,900 and £65,895; 1933, £43,900 and £59.960; 1934, £44,100 and £60,345; 1935, £44.250 and £62,285; 1936, £44,450 and £67,500. The most valuable prize was the Ascot Gold Cup, which yielded £6200 and a £SOO trophy. J. Lawson, Wanton, was easily first of the successful trainers at the Ascot meeting, holding premier place for the second successive year. Jn 1935 his charges won £9365, and in 1936, £16,315. The winners he produced this year were Traffic Light, Rhodes Scholar, Valerian, Early School and Cecil. Lord Astor, who raced Traffic Light, Rhodes Scholar and Early School, was the loading owner, with £11,690. When questioned at the end of the Ascot meeting about the suggestion that the American colt Omaha, and his victor in the Ascot Gold Cup, Quashed, should be matched, Lord Stanley, who holds Quashed on lease from Lady Barbara Smith, said ho would not contemplate such an arrangement. However, if any executive cared to arrange a suitable race, the conditions of which would permit of the horses meeting again on Gold Cup terms, ho would be delighted to cntor and run tho mare against Omaha. The English Betting Control Board has decided not to hold a forecast pool on the St. Leger this year. The innovation, established in connection with the Derby, proved immensely popular. Investors aro required to nominate tho first and second horses, the cost of tickets varying according to tho time they were secured. Tho Irish Derby, run at tho end of June, was won by Raeburn, brother to Orpen, who was runner-up to Cameronian in the Epsom Derby and to Sandwich in the St. Leger. Raeburn is the first horse Mr. S. p. llollingsworth, who races on a large scale, has had run for him in Ireland. Ho beat tho favourite, Battle Song, by a length and a-half, with Hocus Pocus third, Barrystar fourth and Bala Hissar fifth.