RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22098, 31 October 1933, Page 5

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel On Saturday morning at Riccarton Croupier beat Hurlingham over live furlongs in Imin I 4-ssec. Spoon ie galloping well at Riccarton, ■nd seema to be keeping sound. ;> Normandy has been schooled over hurdles. He appeared to get tired of racing on the hat. The Trentham light-weight horseman. S. Wilson, has N been engaged to ride Eminent in the New Zealand Cup. Another step will be taken to-day _ towards the New Zealand Cup meeting, when the acceptances for the opening card will appear. Lordly Knight was one of the first of the northerners to appear at Riccarton. He worked on Saturday morning. Ramo scored his second success in the Peninsula Cup, when he won on Saturday. His form has been rather patchy this geasqn. > Guarantee - has not yet produced the promise of his two-year-old form, but may redeem some of it at the New Zealand Cup meeting. . Tout le Monde and The Masquerader did strong work over a mile on Saturday tnorking, covering the -final seven furlongs in Imin 30 2-ssec.

Although Shatter has been struck out of the New Zealand Cup. he was amongst the horses galloped at Riccarton on Saturday ..morning. Southdown was responsible for a solid mile at Riccarton on Saturday morning. He covered the distance in Imin 41 3-saec with Arrow Rose assisting over the final half-mile. 1). P. Wilson returns to Riccarton tomorrow to resume charge of Kerbside and Trivet, who have been under the care of W. M’Donald’since the Wellington meeting. Jaloux showed a glimpse of a return to form by finishing second to Ramo in the Peninsula Cup. Jaloux did not win . a race last season. One of his two wins ©f the previous season was in the Akaroa Handicap. The Night . Raid colt Wheriko is reported from Melbourne to have gone oft colour, and will not race again during the spring. Wheriko was a staunch Cup *nd Derby favourite a few weeks ago The appeal of. the jockey, A. E. Ellis, against the term of two months’ suspension imposed by the Dunedin stewards will be heard in Christchurch before the Racing Conference appeal judges on Friday morning of this week. The sensational dividend payer Sibella was got by Silverado from Zaragoza, by Nassau from Madrid, by Vasco—Flame, by Phaeton from Catherine Wheel, bv Maxim—Miss Kate. This is the same taproot that produced Phar Lap and many others of much lesser note.It is reported that Mr W. T. Hazlett’s team ''will remain .in Australia until the end of the season. So far the venture has not been a success, but the intention to atay suggests possible improvement in the > The well-known Melbourne jockey, F. Dempsey, has arranged to' ride in England next year. He made a previous trip in 1925. Earlier in his career he was a very successful horseman, but he Ms not heard of so much nowadays. ■ .“Palphar (winner of the Caulfield Guineas) must be added to the list of horses -whose names refute the trite misstatement that “ a good horse nevei has a badname.’ The name Palphar is a mutilation and reconstruction of the name of Phar Lap.*’—The Melbourne; Leader. Pqiydor* struck herself'when on the road after working at Riccarton. It is feared in some quarters that a brief snell may damage her chance in the New Zealand Cup. On the other hand, it may

do her good. An important winner some few-years ago was said to be trained to the hour according to looks. Those who said so overlooked the fact that a nail got in the clock and stopped it a few days because a blacksmith pricked one of the horse’s feet by accident. There is doubt as to who will ride Golden Wings in the Stewards’ Handicap. It was understood that when Cadland dropped out of the race L. G. Morris would have the ride. It appears now’ that T. Green, who rode him in the Harcourt Cup, may be the pilot. An important decision has been made by the Executive Committee of the New Zealand Racing Conference when a proposal was recently adopted under which no exemptions will in future-be given to clubs in connection with rule 237 c, which provides that there must be two races on each day’s programme of a distance not less than one mile. In the past the executive has had power to grant exemptions to clubs, but the rule is to be strictly adhered to in future.

Inflation, who recently arrived from Sydney, where he went amiss, ha s made a good recovery (says a Palmerston North writer), and it has now been decided to persevere with his training in view of Riccarton engagements. He looks particularly well. It is to be regretted that his preparation was hampered on several occasions through an' injured leg, as he was one of the most promising horses trained at Awapuni for many years, one that looked like making turf history. * A. Tinker, who was suspended for one month at the Waikato Hunt Club’s meeting, has appealed to the Auckland District Committee against the decision. The allegation against Tinker is that Grand Score crossed in front of Dark Marble in the Bruntwood Hack and brought him down. Tinker is appealing on the grounds that Dark Marble was not near him at any stage of the race, and that the case was one of “ mistaken identity.” J. O’Sullivan, the Sydney light-weight, who will probably ride Hall Mark in the Melbourne Cup, is 21 years of age, and can go to scale at 7.0. He is in the last year of his apprenticeship. When he had finished riding work on Derby Day at Randwick his master said to him; “No breakfast for you. You are wanted to ride .Gothlin at 6.12 in the Trial. You had'better lie down and rest.” When the Trial Stakes came on O'Sullivan was pained to find that Gothlin’s weight was 7.5. His breakfast had been sacrificed for nothing. A little later he was observed by a pressman parked behind a plate of sandwiches piled up high enough almost to hide him. Sir Charles Clifford has had the bad luck to lose one of hi« best mares at his Stonyhurst Stud, Equipment dying after foaling a filly to Winning Hit. She was bred in 1915, being by Martian from To-morrow, by Bill of Portland from Elusive, by Trenton from the imported mare Eleusis. She did no racing, but she produced some useful performers. Her first foal, Rivalry, by Antagonist, raced with success for several seasons. Then came Centrepiece, by The Ace. He was a great galloper who thrived on racing, and at his best was a horse of good class up to a mile. Full Feather, by Autumnus. was not consistent, but he won some good races. Semper Paratus, Ball Dress, and’Cricket Bat, all by Winning Hit, followed, and Cricket Bat has proved an excellent performer up to a mile and a-quarter, with prospects that he will bring further credit to the family this season. Equipment’s filly foal by Winning Hit survived, ahd an effort will be made to rear her by hand. The Royal Divorce gelling Takakua, who has come into favour for the New’ Zealand Cup as a result of his form at the Wellington spring meeting, was a rather useful performer last season. He

started in 18 races, of which he won eight and was placed in five others. His form in the early part of the season was against moderate company, but he trained on and improved. At the Feilding autumn meeting he carried 9.3 and won the Oroua Hack Cup of ISOsovs, one mile and a-quarter, in 2.7 > from Copper King 8.6. At the Woodville jubilee meeting Takakua 8.6 ran second to Fairway 7.13. His form this year is the best guide to his chance at Riccarton. He dead-heated with' Brambletye in the Wellington Handicap behind Cricket Bat over 11 furlongs, and w r on the Trafalgar Handicap on the second day from Aga Khan and Tout le Monde, but failed on the third day, when perhaps the distance may have been too short to suit him. It would be considered a bit short for Rocket. It ie in Takakua’s favour that he has been training on, and possibly is still on the improve.