ELLERSLIE WORK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23994, 18 June 1941, Page 5

ELLERSLIE WORK

' BRITISH TALENT FIT SOUND EFFORT OVER ROUNC SEVERAL JUMPERS SCHOOLEt BY ARCHER A solid round hv Rriti.sh Talent tvn oiio of the features ol the truiiuii; operations iit. Kllorslie yesterday who: only a lew horses were galloped anr the majority wore restricted to stead' pacing. The .No. grass, where tlx poles were out 10 loot, was avadahl. for fast work and the K"inj; was heavy On tho grass British Talent (Gilchrist! covered a round in 1.15 3-5, the last .six fur longs in 1 ,'j 1 ;i-5 and half-mile in 54 s British Talent looks better than ever afte: his racing at the Auckland Racing Club': Winter Meeting, at which he easily won the first division of the York Handicap, and he i: likely to be one of the favourites for tlit Woodstock Stakes at To Awamutu on Saturday. Ohmaha (Markwiek) placed six furlongs bohind in 1.23, moving evenly throughout Ohmaha and Hot Shot, who did steady work, left by the express in the afternoon to fulfil engagements at the Manawatu Racing Club'? Winter Meeting on Saturday and Monday. Both are m capital order and Hot Shot went well when schooled the other morning, having takon no harm from his fall on the second day of tho Auckland Racing: Club's Winter Meeting. Calula Boy (Gilchrist) was going easily while running tlio last four of six furlongs with Radio Call (Tremain) in 575. Recent n , s ''Pl'ears to have been beneficial to Calula Boy, who is looking verv well. He may be a visitor to Tronthain for the Wellington Racing Club s inter Meeting next month. Classic (McKiilnon) and Brazilian (McGill) jumped two pony hurdles, and Rival (L'ascoe) led Northlander (Cleaver) over the same fences. Classic. Brazilian and .North hinder then went together over the pony fences anil they shaped very well for beginners. Being by Surveyor from an Archiestown mare. Classic is bred on the right lines to make a jumper, and. judging by the way he has shaped in his early lessons, he should not take long to become proficient. Paint (Maria) and Rival (Pascoe) were schooled over the steeplechase fences on the flat and jumped well. Paint rati good races among the hack hurdlers at the Auckland Racing Club's Winter Meeting and lie is to have his first race as a steopleehaser at To Awamutu on Saturday. The sprinter C'orato, formerly trained and raced by E. Murtagh at To Awamutu, baa been purchased by Mr. J. TI. Edmunds and he is expected to reach Ellerslie at the weekend. In future he will be trained by Mr. Edmunds, who is also working Bournemouth. Princo Rangi and the rising three-year-old full-brother to Anita Foe. RIDING ENGAGEMENTS JOCKEYS FOR TE AWAMUTU Riding engagements for the Waipa Pacing Club's Winter Meeting at Te Awamutu on Saturday include:— H. C. Maria.—Paint, Jewelled Girdle. G. Gilchrist.—British Talent. A. C. Messervy.—Kara Avis. D McKinnon.—Tavern Song, British Sovereign, Kinkle. C Walters. —Surpai. \V. Hooton. —Gamos. r>. J. Burgess.—Gold Brocade. C. G. Goulsbro.—Te Ivawiti. SOUTHERN RIDERS MOUNTS AT MANAWATU Riding engagements for tho first day of • tho Manawatu Racing Club's Winter Meetitrg at Awapuni on Saturday are:— W J. Broughton.—The Monarch. Royal Star 11. . G. R. Tattersall. —Screen Star, Rangitikei. H. P. Stewart.—Molly Malone S Waddell.—Star Zone. J Fagan.—Tan-Urn. M. Bowden. —Cloverlea King. R. B Iroland.—Blue Lagoon. M Wright.—Gamepit, Haile Selassie. M Caddy.—Deflation. FORM OF TUPEOTU TWO WINS OVER COUNTRY Tupeotu, who figures as an acceptor for both steeplechase events at the Waipa meeting on Saturday, has not raced this season. , Last term he contested five races for two. wins and a third. Tupeotu. who is by Potoa j from Merry Jest, was successful m the Green-1 mount Hunters' Steeples at the Pakuranga j meeting and the Hunters Steeples at the Auckland Racing Club's Spring M eet ing ( . Tupeotu won in tlio colours of Mr. A. i*. Quartley, for whom Beau Cavalier won the Great Northern Hurdles and Steeples. Grand National Steeples and Wellington Steeples Tupeotu is now owned by Mrs E. M. and F. .T Butterworth and is trained at Rotorua. RACING FIXTURES June 21 Waipa Racing Club Juno 21 —Ashburton County Racing Cluti Tune 01. 23 —Manawatu Paring Club Tune 2S—Dannevirke Hunt Tune 28 —Oamaru .Tnrkev Club Tulv s—Hawke's Bay Hunt Club July 8, 10 12—' Wellington Racing Clun July UV—Manawatu Hunt, _ . julv jo—"Waimate District Hunt Cub July 26 —South Canterbury Hunt Club .Tulv 26— Rangitikei Hunt. Ainrnof 2—Chris|church Hunt Club