RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21300, 2 April 1931, Page 8

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel. Irish Chieftain and Chief Light are •gain amongst the active list. Don Jose has been turned out for a spell. It is stated that Phar Lap had to be put out of training owing to the development of kidney trouble. Courageous is booked to be schooled over hurdles, and Hymgreat will be tried over fences. It is stated in a Melbourne paper that the price paid for Ammon Ea was 3500 guineas. Amongst the recent winners at Canterbury Park (New South Wales) was Topical, who was got by Windbag from Parody, by Absurd —Mimique. It is claimed that Gloriole is one of the fastest two-year-olds in Australia. She is from a sister to Gloaming. Lady Pam, Snear Lad, and Cape Gold have left Trentham to fulfil engagements at the Auckland meeting. Nightmarch has won 29,86850 vs in stakes, and holds a good change of increasing his total during the C.J.C. autumn meeting. If the New Zealand jockey, T. Webster, fails in his appeal agajnst a month’s suspension meted out to, him at Rosehill, Ashley Reed may be given the mount on First Acre in the Sydney Cup. H. Nurse has recommissioned the two-year-old Palace, by Grandcourt from d’Oro. He showed a lot of speed early in the season, but had to be spelled, as a result of an accident. Some time ago F. D. Jones took in hand, for the Wanganui owner, Mr G. P. Moore, a tworyear-old by Hunting Song from Lady Bentinek, and he has now added to his team a four-year-old gelding by Warplane, to be trained for the same owner.

Considerable interest will attach to the reappearance of Stanchion in the Easter Handicap at the Wairarapa meeting on Saturday, as he was placed on the schooling list after the January meeting at Trentham, where he won the Wellington Cup and finished fast into fifth place in the Racing Club Handicap on the second day. He has 8.13 in Saturday’s race, a weight which will enable him to have a strong rider, and (says an exchange) it is certain bus connections will spare no effort to see that he behaves at the barrier.

Mr E. W. Spencer, of Reefton, has recently effected the purchase from Mr D. J. Barry, of Gisborne, of the three-year-old gelding Full Crop, by Autumn —Bobella. Last season Full Crop contested only one race, finishing third to Huntingdon and Queer Card at Gishorne last July. This season he has started 10 times for three wins, two seconds, and one third, his last success being in the Juvenile Handicap, five furlongs, at the recent combined meeting in Gisborne. Full Crop will represent his new owner at the West Coast Easter meetings. First Acre has now won nine races in Sydney and one in Melbourne. "Webster” (says the Sydney Morning Herald) “ does not hide his partiality for the bookmakers as a medium .of betting, as opposed to the totalisator, and although New South Wales, with its 10 per cent, winning wagers tax, is not as popular as it was, he points out that the expense of coming across is not very much more than that associated with a trip from Wellington to Auckland.” A report from the north states that Acis, who carries Mr V. Riddiford’s colours, will be an interesting competitor in the two-year-old events at the Wairarapa Easter meeting. Acis is the half-brother-by Acre to Minotus and Chit, being from the imported English mare Minona (by Minoru), and he has been given plenty of time. He was produced twice at the Wairarapa summer meeting, running third to the more experienced Golden Wings and St. Roger on the first day; but he was afterwards allowed a short let-up. He has been back on the Trentham track since before the Wellington meeting, and bears a very bright appearance. Even should he fail to collect additional stake money this season, he looks like being more than useful as a three-year-old. It is reported that Chrysology remained at Awapuni after racing there on Mon- ■ day, and on Thursday was allotted a gallop over five furlongs, with Simba. He had the outside running, and the worse of the weights, • but was able to finish on terms with his mate, who is at present in his best form. The distance was covered in 61sec, th e first two furlongs taking slightly under 24sec. Chrysology is due at Riccarton this week, with Blue Paper and Chief Cook, and will be in charge of Mrs A. W. M'Donald for the meeting. . It was stated some little while back that Pink Coat was not likely to stand another preparation. He, however, figures amongst the nominations for the Timaru autumn meeting. Town Major figures amongst the nominations for the hurdle race to be run at the Timaru autumn. He has been occasionally schooled over hurdles for some considerable time past. Te-moni, one of the fancied horses for the Doncaster, was got by Drake from Imputation by Reputation (son of Martian), from Lady Wallace by Wallace. Te-moni should be able to stay with such strength from the dam. Drake was got by Sir Eager—Lady Burghley by St. g er f —Perngio by Orvieto, a son of Bendor, and Napoli, a daughter of Sunshine, who is a great source of stamina. A very pleasing list of nominations has been received for the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s autumn meeting. Wingatui stables have freely patronised the programme with Antrim Boy, Segrave, Ilkley, All Smiles, Red Racer, Black Duke, Pink Note, Hot Tea, Dressy, Wise Choice, Tippling, Francolin, Master Anomaly, Greenaway, Rin Tin Tin, A 1 Jolson, and High Court. When the,Easter meetings come round it may safely be anticipated that the Wanganui-owned and trained Just An Idea will be found playing a prominent part in whatever centre his activities will take place (says the Wanganui Chronicle). At the recent Awapuni meeting he showed the improvement expected of him after his Wanganui showing. In the open sprint on the first day of the Manawatu meeting he was badly away from the tapes, and was then rushed up to his field without a chance to get balanced. The result was that he was unable to come on with his run over the final stages. On the second day he took on the Stonyhurst Handicap, run over seven furlongs, and after being allowed to stride along in the rear division he came to light over the last half-mile and the issue was not in doubt from the turn. Just an Idea simply played with his field and his supporters shared in a very nice price. He was started again in the open sprint, with a 71b penalty, and just got cut out of second money in the last few strides. He is good. If for nothing else, Grosvenor (the sire of Rosenor), now standing at Mr R. J. Edmonds’s stud in the Molong district. New South Wales, has gained renown by reason of the number of his progeny to win in different parts of the world. Grosvenor has sired more than 90 winners, who among them have accounted for 300 races in the following countries:— England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Denmark, the United States of America. Egypt, Ceylon, South Africa, New Zealand. Australia, Sweden, Panama, Federated- Malay States, and South America. Tuberville, in India, and Orosmonde, in France, are two of his best representatives, and Sceptre d’Or raced with considerable success in Spain and Belgium. Another honour has come the horse’s way. Information has been received (says an exchange) that Grosvenor headed the winning sires’ list in Denmark in the past season. His chief win®ers were Esbcrn, Go-on, Absalon, Casper, *nd Tove, and they won 17 races and filled minor places on nine occasions. Grosvenor is the only son of the famous j racing mare. Sceptre, and is by Cicero, I the sire of Valais. He is comparatively 1 a recent addition to the ranks of horses

at the stud in Australia, although he has had a representative who came out from England before the sire. His oldest progeny in Australia are two-year-olds, and few have been tried, Tongkol having shown pace in the early stages of his preparation before he was placed on the easy list. A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that Luminary was scratched for the Brighton Hurdles at 4 p.m. yesterday.