WARWICK STAKES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22823, 2 September 1937, Page 9

WARWICK STAKES

ALLUNGA SURPRISES TALKING AND MALA BEATEN WINNER A CHEAP YEARLING BY PHAETON With Talking and Mala engaged, the Sydney sportsman Mr. A. 15. Cooper seemed to be favourably placed to furnish first and second in the Warwick Stakes last Saturday, but the two highpriced horses had to surrender to the five-year-old Allunga: The race was run over a mile at weight-for-age, with a scale of allowances, Mala' having tho advantage of a J 01b. allowance by reason of his not having won under standard conditions. The defeat of Mala would appear to dim his prospects of leading tho field home in tho Metro•politan Handicap, 1 mile and 5 ffirlougs, for which ho ruled a warm favourite. Possibly excuses may be advanced for his defeat, but Allunga has to bo given credit for a good performance in carrying 9.3 to victory in 1.38 i. Tho next important weight-for-age race in New South Wales is the Chelmsford Stakes, nine furlongs, to be run at Rand wick on September 11, and, if Talking and Mala are called upon to again measure strides with Allunga, much interest will be centred in tho result. A striking illustration that victory does not always go to tho highest-priced horses was furnished by the success of Allunga in the Warwick Stakes and tho defeat of Talking Mala. Talking and Mala cost Mr. A. E. Cooper £26,350, while Allunga was bought when a yearling for the small sum of 120 guineas. YOUNG IDEA IN FORM GOOD WINNING DISPLAY Young Idea, by Constant Son from Persuasion, who is included with horses brilliant at two years and later failing to stay solidly, is wearing well, for at the Williamstown meeting last Saturday ho defeated a good field in the Underwood Stakes, a race run at standard weight-for-age over a, mile and 55 yards, in which he decisively disposed of Danudis and John Wilkes, a brace of promising aspirants for Derby honours. Young Idea figures in the Caulfield Cup, 1£ miles, with 9.3, and. as that represents an impost within 21b. of weight-for-age, it is made clear that tho handicapppr was not. prepared to take any chances with him in spite of the fact that he has yet to win a, race over a longer distance than a mile and 55 yards. BREEDING NOTES AUSTRALIAN-BRED SIRES Much interest has been centred in tho stud careers of Heroic and Windbag, who were foaled in the same year, 1921. and, after racing with conspicuous success, 'were both relegated to the stud in 1928. Heroic has led his rival each year, with tho result that there is a wide gap between tho respective totals. The following is a statement of prizemoney won by the progeny of Heroic and Windbag during tho past seven seasons: — Heroic Windbag ' £ £ 1030-31 . .. 7,550 3,72(5 1031-32 .. 1-1,035 0,-'55 1932-33 .. 20,468 ,117 1033-34 .. 32,581 10,137 1031-35 .. 20,510 14,450 1935-33 .. 26,703 14,029 1036-37 .. 32,825 14,483 i] £166,602 £01.530 I'rom 1930 to 1937 yearlings sired by Heroic and sold at auction totalled 198 and they brought 82,935 guineas. Windbag's lot comprised 137 and realised 24,1)18 guineas. THE ST. SIMON LINE It seemed reasonable to anticipate that tho St. Simon line in Australia would bo strongly maintained by descendants of Comedy King (son of Persimmon) and Itossendale (son of St-. Frusquin), but that does not now appear probable. In the published statistics for last season five sons of Comedy King figured among winning sires, namely. King of Mirth, King Ingoda, Kingbicr, Comique and Harvest King, but only in a minor way. King of Mirth and King Ingoda both died recently. Rampion is the only descendant <?f Rossendale who figured ,on the winning list. Winalot, who was ,by Rossendale, was viewed as a horse likely to be a stud success, but unfortunately he met with a tragic death a couplo of years ago. CHIEF RULER'S RECORD The death of Chief Ruler was a serious loss to New Zealand. In the 10 years embracing tho period from 192728 season to 1936-37, his progeny racing in New Zealand and Australia won £156,918, made up as follows: —New Zealand, .£111,510; Australia, £45,408. VETERAN STEEPLECHASER ' ff ' Tongalla, winner of this year's Australian Steeplechase, is bred on stout lines, a doublo strain of Musket on tho dam's side being the outstanding feature. His dam, Bundro, is by Bundook, son of Carbine, from Dromona, by Mana, son of Musket. Scaboimd, sire of Tongalla, is by Coil, son of Abercorn, who was by Chester, by Yattendon. In 1932 Tongalla raced as an aged horse, so that, assuming he was seven years old at that period, ho is now in his twelfth year. ST. LEGER CANDIDATES MID-DAY SUN FAVOURITE When the last mail left England Midday Sun was still a pronounced favourite for the St. Leger Stakes, to bo run at Doncaster on September 8. Tho Aga Khan's grey colt, Sultan Mahomed, had shortened appreciably in the market and evidently ho has shown good form. Sultan Mahomed is by Massine from Rollybuchy, a mare by Filibert do Savoie. These two sires were contemporary and Massine was regarded as one of the best French horses to be raced in England in the present century. Sultan Mahomed showed good form at the end of the two-year-old season in England, when the races for young horses are lengthened. He won the Dewhurst Stakes, seven furlongs, at Newmarket. The Aga Khan has won the St. Leger previously with Salmon Trout, Firdaussi and Bahrain. When Firdaussi.won, his candidates also occupied second and fourth positions, a record for the great classics. TROTTING FIXTURES September I—New Brighton Trotting Club. September 11 —Wellington Trotting Club. October 2 —Metliven Trotting Club. ' October 9—New Brighton Trotting Club. 1 October 10—Waikato Trotting Club. i October 10, 18—Westport Trotting Club. t October 23, 2i3—Auckland Trotting Club. ' October 23, 25—Greymouth Trotting Club. October 25 —Oamaru Trotting Club. \ October 30 —Wellington Trotting Club. ' October 30—Thames Trotting Club. 1 October 30—Invercargill Trotting Club. 1