RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21955, 17 May 1933, Page 4

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT. “ Mac,” Dunedin. The dates for the meeting have not been announced, but they will be in the near future. This season’s calender concludes on July 29.

It is reported that the Southland Racing Club’s meeting resulted in a loss of about £IOO.

The annual meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club will be held this afternoon. A three-year-old sister to True Shaft is now in J. Lindsay’s stable. It is reported that Mr J. O’Brien, of Oamaru, will stand Rosenor at his stud next season.

Imperial Spear put up a good gallop at Riccartou on Saturday by getting over seven furlongs in Imin 28 l-ssec.

Royal .Visitor is training on nicely and is said to be booked for a campaign in Australia.

Jaloux is showing improvement in his track work. He has been one of the most unlucky horses in training. Because he drew No. 11 and started from No. 3 a rider at a recent meeting at Victoria Park was suspended for a month.

R. R. M'Donald recently underwent an operation and it is pleasing to record that he is reported to be making a good recovery.

The Thurnham gelding Dan Russell was schooled over fences at Ricearton last week and gave a good exhibition for a novice.

In addition to riding Copey in the Great Northern Steeplechase I. Tucker will have the mount on T. R. George’s jumpers, Landmark and Make Up, at Ellerslie when available.

It is reported that Aladdin is being treated to a careful preparation as he sports a rather doubtful looking leg. Royal Limond and Hounslow were schooled twice over eight hurdles at Ricearton last week and gave a good exhibition.

Cricket Bat was responsible for a smart sprint on Saturday by covering five furlongs in Imin Isec. Incidentally the time suggests good going at Riccarton.

Thespis is the ruling favourite for the Great Northern Hurdles. Callamart seems to be in the same position for the Great Northern Steeplechase. Twenty-seven of the 34 starters in the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase completed the first round of the course. This is believed to be a record. Eighteen completed the course. The Banks Peninsula Racing Club has requested the Canterbury District Committee to receive a deputation in regard to the refusal to grant the club permission to' hold a meeting on October 28. . Rebel Song has been enjoying a rest since he raced at Easter and he is in the best of health. His spell may not last long, as it is probable he will be prepared for the Winter Cup, as a start for next season’s racing. Reportsfrom the north state that Wiltshire is going .on satisfactorily in his work, and shaped well in a recent school over fences.

T. Hobbs is handling a rising three-year-old by Valkyrian from Ell Sorella, the dam of Mount Boa and El Boa. The youngster will be allowed time, and not asked to race until next, season. The second acceptances for the three principal English classic races were published in the Racing Calendar. Eightysix of the original 340 have accepted for the Derby, and 58 out of 250 have accepted for the Oaks, The St. Leger has 77 left in out of 269. There will be a final acceptance in the week before running in each case. Three men were recently committed for trial in Sydney on chargee of having forged tickets at the Randwick racecourse. A detective heard one of them say after cashing a ticket: "I got it, it was eweet.” Their arrest promptly followed.

According to reports, Royal Sceptre appears to have derived benefit by his successful trip to the West Coast. He has bean in the market for several months, and during that time won several races. Five yearlings who were purchased by Australians at the January sales were left at Trentham, where S. J. Reid broke them in. That part of their education having been attended to, they were shipped to Sydney at the end of last week.

The English Derby will be run on May 31. A cablegram to a Melbourne paper states that the betting was eleven to one on the field. Several horses were quoted in the betting, and amongst them are Alexander. Hyperion, Gino. Scarlet Tiger, Manitoba, Lochiel, Felicitation, Young Lover, Toff, Statesman, Harinero, Light Sussex, and Interlace. K. Voitre continues to increase his list of winning rides for the season. He rod four more at the Marlborough meeting last week bringing his total to 108. With average fortune he should overhaul H. Gray’s record score of 116 before the end of the season. The Takanini trainer A. Rhodes has nominated Thespis for the Victorian Grand Nationals, and there is every chance of him making a trip to Australia with Thespis and Bronze Eagle some time after the Great Northern meeting. Three very interesting yearlings have lately been broken in at Elderslie by Mr Ken Austin. One is Star Stranger’s half-brother by Night Raid, the second is Phar Lap’s brother Friday Night, and the third is a colt from Oratrix. The Oratrix colt is a first foal, and was small as a foal, but recent reports state he is now developing nicely. ■ The death of Hymestra, who was foaled in 1914, by Hymettus from Slraga, occurred recently. Hymestra, a brilliant sprinter, won the Wellington Stakes in January, 1917, and later was purchased from the late Hon. J. D. Ormond by Mr W. R. Kemball for 2200 guineas. In December. 1917, when he was three years old. he dead-heated for first with King Lupin in the Railway Handicap at Ellerslie. At the close of hi s racing career he was sent to the stud, and sired a number of winners, including Hynanna, Hymestrason, Hymill, Hymgreat, and Miss Ransom. . The name Epigraph has been registered for t!ie rising two-year-old filly by Paper Monev from Epitaph. Epigraph i s a half-sister to Tea Trader, who has been racing successfully in Mexico and Callfornia during the past couple of months, and is a smart-looking filly who is expected to come to hand early. She was recently broken in at the Elderslie otud bv Mr Ken Austin, and will shortly be sent to her owner. Mr Ronald Mackay, of New South Wales, with a view to being trained for the spring two-year-old races at Randwick. Huntingdon and Hunting Star have arrived at Auckland from Gisborne in view of events ahead, and are quartered at Avondale. Huntingdon and Hunting Star are brothers, being by Hunting Song from Arbroath, a half-sister to Royal Blood. Huntingdon has been off the scene for some time, but he raced well in the Auckland district last season, while Hunting vStar has shown promise in the Poverty Bay district.