WINNING SIRES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22933, 11 January 1938, Page 7

WINNING SIRES

CAMBRIDGE MEETING REY DE ORO'S TWO SUCCESSES ROMAN CHIEF AND UENUKU

BY ABATDOS

Trotting Club's third summer meeting was successful and with the attraction of horses of the calibre of Lawn Derby, King's Play and Nervie's Last, there was a good attendance. Fast times were recorded consistently, in spite of the fact that at certain points the track was uneven. The chief trouble appears to bo at-the homo turn, where tho ground slopes away from the rails. Key do Oro was tho only sire with more than ono winner, his two representatives being Ucnuku and Roman Chief. Other successful sires were Jack ■Potts with Bexley Girl, Peter Bingen with Hearsay, Worthy Bond with Real Red, Author Dillon with Roma Girl, Tho Triumph with Grand Triumph and Jewel Pointer with Petite Jewel. Rey do Oro has been among the Dominion's leading sires for several seasons, and in Roi L'Or he has one of the best all-round pacers in tho Southern Hemisphere. Rey de Oro is by Copa de Oro, 1.59, sire of Oro Tino, 2.3 i, Oro Direct 2.4|, and several of the 2.10 standard. His dam, Subito, was by Steinway from Jenny Mae, 2.9. Good Lines o 1 Zola On the maternal side Roman Chief has splendid lines, his dam, Zola, being a daughter of Hal Zolock, by Zolock, son of McKinney. Zola's dam Solo, 2.10 4-5, was by Albert Victor, a great Eerformer, from Eyrechild, who was by othschild from a Traducer mare. Eyrechild is the grand-dam of Great (Admiral, Golden Eagle, Eyre and Axminster. It was Roman Chief's second success. A three-year-old of little experience,

Uenuku has quickly reached the winning list. He displayed promise in running second to Eyre in the improvers' race at Hamilton, but had only one start at Auckland. His dam, Bicolour, was a very smart pacer, and won both in saddle and harness. Uenuku is a good pacer whose courage will take him a long way. As indicated by her breeding, Bexley Girl proved capable of going a good two miles and for a young mare her 4.35 was an impressive effort. Raven's Girl, dam of Bexley Girl, is a daughter of Ravenschild, winner of the 1913 New Zealand Trotting Cup. Ravenschild was by Rothschild. Bexley Girl had only one race prior to joining F. J. Smith's stable where, in five attempts, she has had three wins and a third. Two Strains ol Thelma

Few pacers racing claijti better lines than can Roma Girl, who has succeeded finally in earning a winner's certificate. She is by Author Dillon from Lady Bee and on both sides goes back to Thelma, one of New Zealand's most successful brood mares. Author Dillon, who won the 1918 New Zealand Cup in 4.26 2-5, and who won the Free For All three years in succession, was the greatest horse produced by Harold Dillon, leading sire for many years. Authoress, dam of Author I)illon, was by Wildwood from Thelma. To Galindo, Thelma produced Cameos, dam of Onyx, 3.13 and granddam of Free Advice and Waverley, sire t of Willow Wave. To Rothschild she produced Lady Sybil, 2.18 2-5, and the latter, to Great Audubon, left Lady Bee, dam. of Roma Girl. Mardella Stud family

Oleda, dam of Real Red, is by Great Audubon from the Rothschild mare, Cocoleen. She is producing successfully, Reception being a winner, while a younger member, King Oro, is winning in Sydney. Oleda is one of the Mardella Stud matrons, and Real Red is by the Axworthy horse, Worthy Bond. Real Red was driven at the October Matinee meeting by F. J. Smith, who bought him for Dr. M. G. Pezaro and Mr. E. G. Bridgens, who were not long in getting a retvirrt on the outlay of £75. Real Red has developed solidness and may soon score again.

Hearsay is pro vine a good advertisement for Peter Bingen. Beatty, dam of Hearsay, was by Hal Zolock from a Rothschild mare. She was a smart pacer, winning races for S. M. August, and ten years ago won the sprint at Cambridge. _ Jewel Pointer, who, next to Harold Logan, was the greatest racing son of Logan Pointer, added to his successful list as a young sire when Petite Jewel won the Farewell Handicap. Like most of Jewel Pointer's progeny, Petite Jewel stays well. His dam, Koniniwood, was a useful mare by Wildwood Junior from Velvet Vale. Grattan Abbey Blood Grand Triumph's victory was a further tribute to W. J. Eynon's methods with_ horses _ who have failed previously. This was his second win with the trotting son of Tho Triumph and Lady Grattan. Eynon also produced a surprise winner, Nerihana, at Auckland, where tlie gelding was well handled by F. Holmes. On the maternal side. Grand Triumph traces to Grattan Abbey, a fine sire by Abbey Bells 2.15, by Bow Bells. Aei'ial Bell, whose last three starts have shown three seconds, is a product of Aerial Bingen and Ada Vale, She is an honest mare, but has not the luck to, win. Gold Kip. who had two placings. is by Nelson Bingon from tho Gold Bell mare, Roez, who won a race some years ago for T. Rae. She later raced for G. Paton as Gold" Realm.

TROTTING BREVITIES NEWS FROM ALL SOURCES Otaua. a tliree-year-old by Rey de Oro, is Doing selected in the South as a likely novice for approaching meetings, provided he leaves the ma'fk. Rollo has been bought by an Australian and will race in future at Perth, where he will receive liberal allowances on his present marks in the Dominion, namely, 2.11, 2.44 and 4.25. Tho limit of the New Zealand Trotting Gold Cup, to be decided at the Hutt Park meeting next month, has been fixed at 4.26, and the valuo of the stake at £7OO. The class for the Dominion Handicap, of £6OO, to be run on the second day, is tho same. Since October 1, Plutus has won £2090 in stakes, with seven wins, one second and one third in nine starts. This consistent racing is very close to the record made by War Buoy when he won his first ten races, later bringing it up to 15 wins and two seconds in 17 races. In both his races at the Canterbury Park meeting, Moana Tama showed his old dash and spirit, so G. Mouritz evidently has not long to wait before his new charge scores again. He contested the Lyttelton Handicap on the first day off 3.33 and the Prebbleton Handicap on tho second day off 3.31, finishing second and third respectively. When he again races in his own class, he will take some beating. OHMAHA ON EASY LIST Having developed a splint, Ohmaha is being treated to a spell. It is not intended to race him again until the tracks become easier, probably at the June meeting at Ellerslie. Ohmaha, who won a double at Whangarei in the spring, also showed good form when he wns second to Cheval De Volee at the recent Auckland meeting, displaying an abundance of speed. /