RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21365, 19 June 1931, Page 13

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel.

Cimabue is again in work at Trentham. ’ Paris and Apache -have arrived at Trentham, and will remain there until the Grand National meeting. '' Nominations for the chief events to be run at the Grand National meeting are due on Friday of next week. There was an exceptionally heavy frost at Wingatui yesterday. Track work was mostly restricted to easy exercise. '..The i. Smuggler showed _ slight signs of lameness, behind after racing at Wingatui, but is now right again. Bed Boa and Miss Redowa went on to Timaru 'last week, and will remain there until the Grand National meeting. The first race at Timaru to-morrow will start at noon, and the rest of the card will be run at 35-minute intervals. The price asked for Cricket Bat recently Is said to have been 2000 guineas, which went 500'guineas over the figure offered. • The Paladin —Limelight filly. Stately has trained on well since going to Sydney, and at the Randwick winter meeting carried 8.13 and won over a mile‘in Imm 373 sec. . _ The London Daily Mail ran an offer to pay SOOOsovs to the person who could place the first four horses in the Jerby. An extra lOOOsovs would be paid if the successful picker was a registered subscriber to the'paper. . , . The Goodwood estate, Sussex, including the Goodwood racecourse,' ■ was; recently registered as a company with a nominal capital of 350,00050 vs in £1 shares. The Duke of Richmond is the permanent governing director. , ,' * The Eempton Park Great Jubilee Handicap, of 245050v5, one mile and was run on May 9 and won by Racedale, who stirted favourite. Racedale was, got by Buchan, the sire of the imported colt Lord Buchan, how in training at Wingathat may be fancied in the betting for the Timaru meeting will include Aladdin, Camisader, Sleipner, Starshooter, Royal Saxon, West Dome, Taragona, limited, and Wise Choice. Camisader will probably be a-harder nut for Aladdin to crack at Timaru than he found him at Wingatui. ft should not, however, be overlooked that; Aladdin is also a green performer over hurdles, and. may improve just as much as the Wingatui gelding. . , The totalisator turnover in England from January 1 to May 9 amounted to £1,085,000, as compared with £760,000 for the same period in 1930. Gay Fashion is still in the slings at Wingatui as the result of her mishap when racing at the winter meeting, but is making, excellent progress. The latest mail to hand conveys the information that the English Government bad decided to provide no facilities for i. discussion of the Racecourse Betting Act Bill, which seeks to prohibit credit betting on the totalisator. . Camisader and Good Gift gave a good display over three flights of hurdles at Wingatui’on Wednesday morning. The French filly Brulette, who won this year’s English Oaks, was got by Bruleur from (■ Seaweed, by Spearmint—-Seadown. by Ayrshire—Seadown, by Orvieto. Royal Saxon, Craigmore, Francohn, Tippler, Umtali, and Ilkley were taken an to Timaru yesterday morning -to fulfil engagements at the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting. Wingatui and Camisader will jm xrartb ■“'There'was no fast work at Wingatui yesterday morning except that .put up by Wingatui and Camisader, who both travelled well throughout seven furlongs on the course. They ran over the distance in ‘a "tick” under 1.40. a When doing a round of the studs recently the “ special commissioner of Sporting Life said he was attracted by a grand colt by Coronach from . Pagan Sacrifice. This youngster is a half-brother to Iliad, and a three-parts brother to a colt that made 7100 guineas ait the Doncaster sales last year. It is said that the youngster is one of the best looking yearlings likely to be found on * catalogue this year. The idea of insuring a race meeting against loss- on account of unfavourable weather is novel in this country, and so far as memory goes the South Canterbury Jockey Club has pioneered the system in the Dominion. It is, however (.says tne Timaru Herald), regular practice in Eng land and Australia, and has a lot to commend it. Had the club had its last two winter meetings insured it would have recouped very serious losses. _ The. irlu(vius ’’policy is based on 20 points of rain falling during ,a period of six hours. Surprise may be expressed at seeing Corneroff’s name among the maiden flat racers at the Napier Park meeting, but (says “The Watcher”) as a matter of fact, the Daniloff gelding, despite his excellent showings as a jumper, has. only won one race in his career, and that was the Petane Hack Hurdles at Napier 12 months ago. It is rather remarkable that a horse that has a second in a Grand National Steeplechase to his credit, should" have won only one race, but -it should be remembered that for a long time he was making a very slow recovery from a serious accident, and last winter ■aw his (.first proper winding up. Even then he whs green as steeplechasers go, and it was a pity that he should have required another loop; spell after the Grand National fixture. According to reports he has done a fair amount of hunting with the Manawatu. hounds, and this, with a couple of races on the fiat, a Napier, should see him:fairly forward for one or two important jumping races later

“/The Martian gelding, Battlement, of whom great things were once expected, is now in work at Hastings, and is being tried as a hurdler. He is reported to be fiving encouraging display*. and peraps he will make amends in this department. Battlement was bred by the late Mr J F. Buchanan, of Kinloch, and is a brother to The Cypher. He was foaled in 1923, so he in not beyond the age to present him winning races as a jumper As a three-year-old he finished second to Footfall in the Midsummer Handicap at Riccarton, and the following season ran second to Sir Roy in the Otaio Plate, third to Set Sail and Ark Rpyal m f he Teschemaker Handicap at Timaru. and third in the Auckland Cup to Rapier and Count Cavour. This was the high-water mark of his flat-racing career, an in five ' .tarts the following season he was unplaced. He has not raced since the Wai nnknrau Easter mee.ing of 1929. Battle ment is due to reappear in public as a hurdler nt the Napier Park meeting this, month, and it will be interesting to see how he shapes.