RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21627, 23 April 1932, Page 19

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel. f ' *f . • Menibo is amongst the horses |jn tyj>rk on the Tiriiaru tracks. / H. B. Lorrigan is making arrangements to establish a training stjable in Mei- * bourne. : V h■. .•’s;■ Shatter'and Juniper arc booked? fori a spelU after theirs next appearance -in public. • . ; ~ .' ' .W. C The Masterpiece gelding. Deportment, who won the Great Western Steeplechase last, season, is again-in work at Tima.ru;--Midinette, the wiriner of ;'the, watu Sires Produce Stakes, was got by Limond from Motley, and ranks as a sister to the Wingatui-trained A 1 Jblson, P. Riddle, who .was well and popularly known in New Zealand in the light, liar- ’ ness circlesi has completed a year under the ban, and is now again actively engaged- in Sydney with a team at Kensington. ■ ‘ .. ■; ' V ■

Sydney reports state that J. M/'Cameron will return to New Zealand at, the end of the month arid will bring Gold Trail with him. Lotus Lily and Nea Lap., will remain for a Time, arid- it is stated/ that Nea Lap is showing signs of return; ing form. ■ r >- - ■ tv.av.'- ar,-.-.?: •. Nightnmrch has a fine'record in. the' Awapuni, "Cup. He has started in the event thrice for two wins and a second. a' three-year-old in 1929 he was runnerup to Rapier. Last year he won from. Vertigern and Historic. f'

The card for the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting, which takes place to-day, proiriises to supply some interesting racing:; is a good field engaged in the Tekapo Hurdles, but most of, them are in the. lipvice stage. Captain's Gift and QuinopaJ redd the best, but may not be ready, and twp moderates in Oriflamb and Rameses may be worthy of> note. Captain’s Gift and Quinopal may be the popular picks. The Quorn and Kerbside may dispute favouritism in the Smithfield Handicap, and Royal Sceptre may be selected as their, most dangerous opponent. Ramo is on a wave of success, and reads sure to start favourite for the Tqschemaker .Memorial Handicap. Shatter aiuKThe Smuggler'may be picked as most likely . to' trouble him. The Smuggler may give a lot. of trouble.to the top weight. There is a good field engaged in' the Rosehill Handicap, in which Appeal, Weatherly, Crash, and Bachelor’s Idol may find favour, Master Anomaly, Inevitable, and Dnnraven will find' support in the Handicap, in which a. quick beginner in Gold Pit may starF favourite, but Master Anomaly should beat her at the weights. Metal Bird, Shock, and Lady Zephyr may be selected as the best of the moderate lot engaged in the Electric Stakes.

Two Winganui-trained horses in Bachelor’s Idol and Colonel Cygnus; are a bit ‘slow off the mark, and if they get well away at the start' of their races may create some trouble at the finish. .' The Australian-bred horse Laughing Prince has finished his racing career,- and he will go to the stud in the spring. His record shows that he started in 55 races, for. 19 wins. 19 places, while he Was 17 times unplaced, and earned £9795 in stakes. He is by Quantock (son of Missel Thrush, by Orme), his dam, Martian' Princess, being a daughter of MarMemories of the former New Zealand champion, Gloaming, were revived recently at Ascot (Victoria), when St. Valour credited Mr R. V. Gove with the principal sprint event. Mr C ove and his brother succeeded their father, the late Mr Julius Gove, as buyers of for, the Indian market. ' VV hen Gloaming was carrying everything ; before him, Mr E. V. Gove bpught the ■■ gelding on behalf of the Eastern sportsman. M. Goucaldus. subject to a vet's ennary certificate. Unfortunately for |Mr Gove and his client, the veterinary ‘.surgeon consulted in New Zealand .would not pass the son of The Welkin as sound, and the sale lapsed. The late Mr Julius Gove was the original owner of Mountain ; God, a dual Grand National Steeplechase ; winner. Gloaming was then under offer | The South Austra’lian Jockey Club’s ■ stipendiary stewards are making inquiries regarding the finding of a fully charged j electric battery at Morgan (South t‘Australia) racecourse on April 6. The Vbattery which was found by the starter | immediately after the field had started Jin the Cadel Welter Handicap, is three finches long by about an inch, wide. The '•edge of the contact points was serrated, Jin order that if could pass between the -hairs on the horse’s body. Mosf types Hof batteries leave a mark on the horse •Where the skin was pierced-'-there is -a blood mark—but the battery found at vMorgan would not leave any mark. J The turf in New South Wales will be 'the poorer by the absence of the well-

-known Randwick trainer, R' D. (“Dick”) , who contemplates retiring soon. "Early in his career, O’Donnell built up a > pood reputation in New Zealand as a - painstaking trainer, and on. coming to 7 Australia met with almost immediate * success. Of recent years he lias had rather a lean time, though he was well represented a short time back by the Victoria Derby winner, Balloon King. Another horse that - more than paid Ins way for the former Maorilander was White Fang. O'DoiiiieH’s horses intraining are to go under the hammer at an early date, and when he finally drops out of the game he will carry with him the best wishes of all those with whom he was associated.

i.Without doubt the Tippler colt N.E.F. is one of the fastest two-year-olds in Australia. Up to five furlongs he has no equal, but unfortunately he cannot stay. At Warwick Farm, on April 9, ridden by T. Webster, he gave a great exhibition of galloping to win the Ingleburu Nursery, and broke the course record for five furlongs and, o-half when he, recorded Imin llsec. N.E.F., despite his 9.5, set up a long lead early, but turning for home ran right olf the course. In the process of running wide he / lost his advantage, but ho finished very fast at the end to defeat narrowly Atucas and. Gravure: Strangely enough, N.E.F. lias run. out to the middle of the track after turning for home each time he has; raced at Warwick Farm. He did the same thing in the Kirkham Stakes, boring out Tmgalba all the way down the Running. He was narrowly vanquished in." that race, but had he beaten Tingalba he would certainly have lost the race on protest 1 : ' With the existing depressed state of the thoroughbred horse market, there is a real opportunity for those people in a position to avail themselves of it to make a profitable investment by buying well-bred yearlings; Even with the reduced stakes, a number of performers have far, more than paid their way this season. There i is, however, something of a “ catch ” for New Zealanders purchasing yearlings in Aus- . tralia. A Dominion ’.ownot who bought 'a 100-guinea colt St the recent Sydney . bales '.'found when he received the bill that his outlay was considerably more than he had anticipated. -Appended is a' copy of the account rendered to him:—

£ 8. d. To purchase yearling lot 2 as per account attached .. .'. 1’05 0 0 Insurance as per policy .... To livery one night .., .. .. 4i 18 0 0 7 (i Siotdr transport to boat .. .. 1 0 0 Feed,"straw, and leads supplied ifor trip. .. ... .. .. .. .. 1 7 6 Freight to Wellington, per s.s. Maungamii .. .. 13 11 0 Cash paid Vet. Davis: supplying certificate of identity .. 1 1 > 0 Cash paid keeper Australian Stud Book for Stud Book certificate 1 1 0 Customs entries, harbour dues, stock certificate and bill,, of lading, etc 0 10 0 Agency and our attention, shipping, supervision, men’s time loading, and cost of cable etc. , .. .... .. 1 8 0 Customs entry 0 3 6 Wharfage in and out .. .. Vet.’s fee taking markings for Racing. Conference .. . . .. Government vet.’s fee for inspection 0 2 G 1 1 0 0 7 0 Gratuity ship’s carpenter .. 1 0 0 Lead/ Maunganui to Wahine 0 7 6 Freight to Lyttelton ... .. 2 5 0 Agency .. 0 10 C Attention and consigning at Lyttelton .. 0 5 6 Railage to Christchurch 0 13 6 ,/■ Total .... .... .. £137 0 0