Canterbury Chat

NZ Truth, Issue 1044, 28 November 1925, Page 15

Canterbury Chat

1 - (By "The Toff.") !

Listen — Gloaming may not be asked to race again. * # * Money Order is as right as hops after his C.J.C. essays. / He is again m regular work. * * * Count Cavour and Glentruin were treated to easy tasks all last week. Both horses are m great health. *.* ' . * Zaragoza has developed into agrand mare. She is working well enough to win races. / "Winkle's Best has stood up to his work since the Cup meeting. It is only a question of him keeping sound to get more money. ■** ■ * ■ Victory Bond lost a lot of condition at the Cup meeting, and has had to be eased up for a spell. * & * ■ . Tarleton is working along m good style, and is on the road to his best iorm! * .■■#'■■••,■,■• Deucalion is as fit as a fiddle. How he went through the Cup meeting without winning a race is still a conundrum. . ' ' .. ,# . . • * ■ * Solfello has changed hands. He is to have a spell, after which he will ioin "Dick" Longley's stable. ,#■•.■» * Rawene broke down so badly during the running of the Criterion Handicap that it has been decided to relegate her to the stud. * ' .■ , * * A Southern sportsman was anxious to buy Footfall, but the price asked stopped him. * w * . - " .. Sartist, who was . unlucky at the Cup meeting, is striding along nicely m his, work. He can't help winning a stake soon. v «= « * Chickwheat is m great health, and looks all the better for his Riccarton efforts. . •

The aged mare Whariti has been acquired by an admirer of J. P. Claridge's stable. ; * « # Fred Jones is giving Malaga a pop at the hurdle business. So far, the Auckland Cup winner is shaping very ! well. *'# * ■ Lucinette is so in-and-out that her owner is thinking of retiring her to the brood mare paddock. * #, ■ * . Jack Pearson's stable has a recent addition m The Harp. He is ; all right when m tune, but that is not very often. ,■## * „ ■ Bonomel is all m bits, and has been sent home -for a rest. * * # i Mr. G. Gerard has sold Martis to a patron of Mr. S. G. Ware's stable at Wingatui. ■ #•. it tt [ The two-year-old Bachelor is growing so fast that it has been decided to give him a spell. * # * Rich Prize,- who is troubled with unsoundness,, has gone to Stonyhurst for repairs. * * # Alex, McAuley is. going to give. Sun Up a spin over hurdles. **« : . Bert Gillett's team has been augmented by a couple of English fillies. Onej. of them is Violet, by Rich Gift, while the other is by Attalaus from Agnesi. * ">■ . ■ ■ #' Economist has been showing signs of soreness, and is at' present under observation. ■■■•■.'■ ** # , Goldtown is to be tried over the battens. He is : a half-brother to First Line and En Route, so* on family ere-' dentials he should be a good jumper. ■ • ' * ' ' . « :■ •• « j It is time Philanderer came to light, but there seems to be a good chance at Timaru.