AUSTRALIAN TURF

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23490, 30 October 1939, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN TURF

MOONEB YALLEY CUP

GILLTOWN DEFEATS L'AIGUON MOSAIC ANNEXES COX PLATE Received October 20, <5.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Oct. 29 Tlio Mooneo Vnllcy Racing Club's meeting was held yesterday in fine weather before an enormous attendance. The Moonce Valley Gold Cup resulted in a.thrilling finish, and Gilltown just managed to stall oil' the fast-finishing L''Aiglon. After being last early, liivette lost none of hor Melbourne Cup friends by finishing an excellent third. Ortelle's Star was a good fourth. Pantoon went a poor race. The time was a quarter of a second outside tho Australian and New Zealand rec.ord. Finishing brilliantly, Mosaic established a course record to win tho W. S. Cox Plato. Gold Salute looked the winner a furlong from the judge, but ho was unable io withstand Mosaic's run. Gold Salute was not disgraced. Reading ran a fair third. The Now Zcnland gelding Beau Vito was travelling very well when lie fell three furlongs from home, and looked'as if he would have taken part in tho finish. High Casto lost his chance through meeting interference when Beau Vito fell. Catalogue failed badly, but ho should bo better suited in a handicap event and over a longer journey. Tho New Zealand three-year-old Beau Vite was not injured by his fall in tho W. S. Cox Plato. The jockey, W. Cook, escaped with facial abrasions. Rumours were circulated yesterday that Gold Saluto was suffering colic. His trainer, W. Shean, stated that-tho colt was slightly off colour on Saturday morning, but that he recovered Quickly. Under the circumstances Gold Saluto's effort in tho W. S. Cox Plato was an excellent one. The debut of To Hero in Melbourne was an inglorious one. He was vory troublesome prior to tho start of the Dundonnld Handicap and refused to leave tho barrier until* tho field had travelled threo furlongs; ROSEHILL RESULTS VERY CLOSE FINISHES HANDICAP TO THE BLIZZARD DELMESTOR CAPTURES SPRINT (Received October 29, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY. Oct. 29 Closo finishes were features of tho chief events at tho Rosehill Racing Club's meeting yesterday. The Cumberland Handicap wont to The Blizzard by half a head from Cherry Bay, whilo Delmostor received tho verdict by a head from Merry Smile in tho Spring Flying Handicap. Details:— " spring flying handicap, ' First £l5O, second £35. third £ls; G fur. DELMESTOR, K. Stuart's br m. syrs: by Polymestor—Deltis, 9.10 (S. Davidson) .. .. .. .. 1 MERRY SMILE,'P. C. Julian's b f, 3.vrs by Chatham—Merri Merrigal, 7;2 (ft. Watterson) .2 BRAZANDT, \V. Booshand's b hj, syrs, by Brazen —Kapuya, 9.13 (K. Cook) 3 Nine started. Head; length. Time, lm 14s. CUMBERLAND HANDICAP, First £l5O, second £35, third £ls; V/ 4 miles THE BLIZZARD. Mrs. C. La pin's b g. syrs, by The Buzzard —Kenzu, 8.0 (A.Thomas) .. .. .. ' .. 1 CHERRY BAR, E. Hunter Bowman's br m, aged, by Rossendale—Mistress Biddy, 9.0 (E. McMenamin) .. 2 RED SAILS, J. Carr's blk hj, syrs, by Pantheon—Sweet Land. 8.12 (J. .- Coutts) ' ■ .... 3 ■ Ten started. Half a head; half a length. Time. 2m 6s.

COURSE" DEMONSTRATION MOONEE VALLEY CUP FINISH CROWD DISSENTS NOISILY (Received October 29, 5.6 p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 29 The Melbourne: correspondent of the Sydney Sun, in describing the Moonee Valley Gold Cup, states that the judge's verdict for Gilltown instead of L'Aiiilon resulted in the crowd hooting and jeering for 10 niinutes. He added that the demonstration was unjustified, but that it emphasised the need for some kind of electrical photograph check on close finishes. CAULFIELD CUP RIVETTE FINISHES WELL r RESPIRATOR IMPRESSES | FItOJI OUR OWN COR.itKSPONDKNT] MELBOURNE, Oct. 23 Rivetto, a six-year-old mare, carrying 7.2,, started favourite for and won the Cauifield Cup, a race which was spoiled by the size of the field and a number of the outclassed candidates falling back and causing interference. Although full credit was given to Rivette for her win, close observers and jockeys consider that the Windbag four-year-old Respirator should have won by a clear margin. Rivette had mixed fortune, losing a good position early but, obtaining a run trom the hall-mile, was able to go through the gaps in the field and win with a determined run. she was final favourite for the race, but was not an entirely unfavourable result for bookmakers, for ut least seven early favourites for the race failed even to go to the post. She is owned and trained by her breeder, 'H. Bamber, who raced her dam Riv under pony rules, the success being easily the greatest of Baniber's racing career. Similarly, E. Preston, who rode her, had jiot previously. succeeded in any race more important than the Maribyrnong Plate. Respirator's third impressed to such a degree that automatically he became the Melbourne Cup favourite, in which race he will carry 8.(1, as against 8.7 in the Caulfield Cup. An outside barrier position contributed to his defeat, but his bugbear really was the three-year-old Wilson, who cut across him twice during the running, the second occasion being ritrht on the home turn. In spite of the war conditions, the Caulfield Cup crowd estimated at 07,500, was the largest at a Cauifield meeting, and the totalisator investments, £103,072, were also a record. Racing attendances havt; been maintained In an extraordinary way since the outbreak of hostilities in Europe. Gold .Salute won his first race Tor his Australian owner, Mr. A. E. Cooper, in the first division of the Burwood Handicap at Caulfield, a race restricted to three-year-olds, in which he carried top-weight, u.7. He won very easily and satisfied his owner that lit* was worth his purchase price, which now is reported to be £7OOO, of which X'GOOO was paid direct and £.IOOO was invested on Gold Salute in the A.J.C. Derby. Gold Salute won ver..v impressively, beating his opponents in a stride, but as tho runner-up Muscari is slil: a maiden Gold Salute has n long way to go yet to prove himself top class, although his owner has expressed himself publicly as willing to back Gold Salute to beat High Caste at even weights at any distance from one_ furlong to five miles, cither on the track or in a race. The reply from the connections of High Caste was that Mr. Cooper could back his coll to beat High Caste in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley, Pamelus surprised at Cauifield by winning the Windsor Handicap narrowly from Caesar, who would have won in another stride. Pamelus carried !>.B and had not started since, the autumn, naturally looking very much above himself. He was tiring badly on the post but his class prevailed in a field that was no' over strong, Mr. W. R. KembaH'B Amiable was fancied but ran only fairly, finishing sixth. M. McCarten has been riding with no luck at All throughout tiie spring, and was beaten into second place in two of tho two-year-old races at Cauifield, in one of which he was n little unlucky find lodged 11 protest. He wns riding P. Riddle's filly Applause and E. Bartle's mount, Pasal. ran in and crowded him. There were some slight grounds for the obiection. but MoCarten was unable to prove his case to the stewards and the judge's plficings stood. G. Price, McCartcn's main employer, was at Cauifield, but had the satisfaction of winning the sprint event at Randwick with Glorious, who has been a good track galloper. but has lapsed in races. On Saturday he was permitted to start at Jong odds. The meeting at Rnndwick was one originally set down for "Warwick Farm, but, as that, courso has been taken'over by tho military authorities, all Warwick Farm meetings have been transferred to Randwick. Mr ,T. Mandell, one of Sydney's leading bookmakers, has been a good buyer or ycarI.'ngs during the last year or two with mixed fortune During the last two weeks, however, lie has had better luck, winning at Randwick a week ago with the Hall Mark colt St. Andrew Last Saturday he followed up with Shem, a Portofino colt, who, like St. Andrew was purchased in Melbourne at tho sales last autumn