RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21579, 26 February 1932, Page 4

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel Nominations for the Wellington Racing Club’s autumn meeting are due to-day. Acceptances for the Banks Peninsula Racing Club’s summer meeting are due to-day. Nominations for the Great Easter and Great Autumn Handicaps, to be decided at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s autumn meeting on March 28 and 29, close today. R, Reed has found that he. -will have to postpone his trip to Sydney as all the shipping accommodation is booked in the rush for the opening of the Harbour Bridge celebrations. Jonker, a two-year-old owned by J. T. Jamieson, has been sent to Sydney to join Ammon Ra, Closing Time, and Prolyxo. He is by Grand Knight from the English mare White Tulip, by White Magic. In his only start to date Jonker was third in the Takapuna Stakes last month. R. M'Lellan. who owns and trains Attractive Lady, winner of the Eowle Memorial Handicap at Clifdeh on Saturday, has been successful in that event—either as trainer or rider —eight times in the last 10 years. The lease of Gold Pit from Mrs M. A. Perry expires, at the end of this month, and Mr P. C. Webb has arranged for a two years’ renewal. Laughing Prince raced a long way below his best at Wanganui, and left the impression that he is slipping. He is getting on in years, and will not do a great deal more racing. If the tracks keep soft he may be kept going a while yet, then he will go to the stud. . View Halloo is the most improved three-year-old in the North Island. His wins at Wanganui were not flukes. He easily accounted for good gallopers, including Hunting Cry. Horses that beat Hunting Cry easily are not picked up every day. Small courses do not suit Joie de Val, and her next appearance may be at Trentham, where she ran well in January. On the form she displayed on that cccasion she looked sure to win good race on the west coast trip, but she was a failure. She is not easy to get to do her best, and small courses do not make'the task any the easier. In the history of the C.J.C. Middle Park Plate, dated from 1884, two-year-olds have won 31 and three-year-olds 15 contests. In the brief period when the race wag opened to horses of all ages Gloaming won twice and Glentruin once. The roll of honour, to which Silver Ring’s name has now been added, contains some other well-known names, including those of Carbine, Bloodshot (who won at two and three years), Menschikoff, Achilles. Autuninus, Biplane, Winning Hit, and Jlaurihaupo, among many others. Two Trentham trainers arrived in Sydney this week with horses which will be raced at the autumn meeting of the Australian Jockey Club, J. M'Laughlin took the two-year-old Prince Pombal and the yearling by Rossendale—Sarcanet, purchased by Mr J. A. Taylor at the recent Bales. Pritchard took over Retract, whom he holds on lease. Retract won a double at the Wellington summer meeting last month, and has made such substantial improvement that it looks good business to try him in some of the important handicaps on the other side. The latest files from America give. a complete list of the handicaps for the mile and a-quarter Agua Caliente Handicap, scheduled for March 20. The lowest weight is 6.6. The field includes several promising three-year-olds, Gallant Sir being adjudged the best. He has 7.5, Cabezo and Lucky Tom, two from New York, having 31b less. The weights are:— Phar Lap 9.3, Plucky Play 8.8, Dr Freeland 8.8, Reveille Boy 8.6. Spanish Play 8.5, Vander Pool 8.3, Bargello, Marine 8.2, Geth’s Hope, Lady Broadcast, No More. Brown Wisdom 8.0. Lighting Bold, My Dandy, Naishapur. Up 7.12, Wotan, Satin Spar, Alexander Pantages 7.11, Jimmy Moran 7.10. Ervast 7.9, Tote, Night Patrol 7.7, Royal Ruffian, Tonto Rock 7.6. Gallant Sir, Seguro 7.5. Foolhardy, Whipper Cracker 7.4, Cabezo, Good and Hot, Jim Dandy. Lucky Tom, Scimitar 7.2, Bahamas 7.0, Blunder, Hoops, Nacho, Tippy Toe 6.11, Whizz James 6.8, Black Fool, Joe Flores, Longres 6.6.