RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22126, 2 December 1933, Page 17

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel.

Jonathan had his first race this season when he contested the Cambridge Handicap, six furlongs, on the first day of the Waikato meeting at Te Rapa eaf|ier in the month, and he went exceptionally well, being only half a length behind Bambury at the end. On the second day he showed up in the Hamilton Handicap till well into the straight, but then faded out. These efforts should bring him on rapidly, and he is sure to be an improved horse when he. races,at the Takapuna meeting. Aratulla, who is stated to be going well at Awapuni, is a three-year-old brown filly by Arausio from Martulla, by Martian from Tortulla, of the New Zealand Cup, and is owned by Mr L. H: Collinson, of Palmerston North, who bred her. Martulla is a full sister to Tortrix, the dam of Page Boy, Caterpillar, and Baroscope. Bambury had his first race for some time when he accounted for the Cambridge Handicap at Te Rapa with 8.0, leading all the way. Among those he beat were Paganelli,. Greek Gold, and British Columbia, and he will be meeting tHem again in the Spring Handicap, five furlongs and a-half, at Takapuna to-day. Though he has gone up in the weights, hig Smartness, at the barrier and the shorter distance will be in his favour and he should again show up. ' Pin Money, the winner of the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes, is stated to be looking well, and recently . ran half a mile at $ Woodville in 51sec without being unduly bustled over the last bit.'He should be in good fettle for his engagements during the summer, which include the Great Northern Foal Stakes and Royal Stakes, at Ellerslie. ' v . _ ' • An American racing man, Mr Lewis Hirshon,' spent a few hours in Wellington this week on his way to the United States. .He was conducted over Trent* ham racecourse, which he pronounced as fine as anything else that could be seen; anywhere in the world. .. .Mr, Hirshon owns a hunting stud and a thoroughbred stud, and is interested in New Zealand brood mares. When things become stabilised in the States he. may become a cus- . tomer. i . ' . „ " ; Ideas of interest to'-New Zealand racing and trotting clubs may be brought back Uy Messrs N. Hoyley and C. Saggers, course manager and totalisator expert respectively at rTrentham. Both officers are. jn Australia at the expense of the Wellington Racing; Club seeking new ideas, The Wellington Club hopes, \ with the assistance of Mr Saggers, to solve the problem of automatically issu-ing-win and place-tickets from the one window. Ruri ran some good races last season, his successes being in the Elstow Handicap, six furlongs, at Te Arohaj theWaihi ■ Handicap.j seven.furlongs, at Paeroa, and the Puni Hack, nine furlongs, at Franklin. ■■■> He was saddled up twice at the recent Waikato meeting, and ran third in i the, Hautapu Hack, . seven furlongs, in which he was not handled _tp the best advantage, while in the Clarkin Handicap, •of . similar distance, he met with interi fercnce ,in: the ,concludinK stage,,wlien. ap- * pearing to have a good show, and’ in consequence finished out of the money. These outings should improve ,him considerably, 1 and he is likely to make his presence felt in his engagements at Takapuna. . . According to a recent report from Hast-_ ings, Goshawk is to be given another chance before being permanently retired. Manetbo is likely to be among tlie, favourities at the Ashburton meeting:;,t6-day. Morehu, who was-in the money both davs at Wliangarei, and' has’trained on well since then, will contest the Melrose Maiden at Takapuna to-day. .d, On Wednesday morning at Ellerslie this filly’went particularly well over six furlpngs. and if shi« runs up to that .trial to-day should .' be in the picture at the-finish.. Gay Broney has run several good races this season, biit failed to show up in the heavy going at the Auckland spring meeting. However, he is holding, his condition well, and his latest track work has been good; therefore something better can be expected of, him in his forthcoming engagements at Takapuna. He will contest the Ponui Handicap on the first day and the Pupuke Plate orf the second. S. Wilson had the mount on Pin Money when he won the Welcome Stakes at Ric- " carton, but A. E. Ellis has been engaged to ride him in the Great Northern Foal Stakes. , .. ■ ■ ... The following are additional riding engagements for the Ashburton meeting:— H. Turner, Vintage, Cranford, and Moonbeam: A. E. Ellis, Bright Red and Effozel; A. Messervy, Lady Zephyr, Wise Choice, and Nightguard;'C. E. Eastwood, Double Shot, Silver Brier, and Sweet Agnes. Nightly is again causing F. D. Jones some anxiety, owing to a recurrence of the lameness that troubled him earlier in the season. It is hoped, however that his preparation for. Auckland will not be seriously interrupted.. The two-year-old filly, Coronilla, who was trained by R. Alexander earlier in the season, has gone into J. H. Jefferd’s stable, where several others of, Mr T. H. Lowry’s horses are sheltered. Autopay is in daily attendance at the Trentham tracks. So far, however, he has not been set any serious tasks, his work being restricted to jogging in the centre of the course. J, W. Jennings, who was in the hospital as a result of injuries received When Tout le Monde fell on the final day of the Riccarton carnival, is home again. He is making good progress, but will not be fit to resume riding for some time yet. G. Murray Aynsley was one of the early morning visitors to Riccarton on Thursday. He was greeted warmly by the regular habitues of the track, all of whom were pleased to learn that his foot was making good progress. It will be some time yeC before the veteran will be able to walk about and superintend the work of his team: In the first three, months of-this season, Heroic maintained his position at the head of the winning sires’ list in Australia. On October 31 he was several hundreds of pounds ahead of his nearest ' rival. Windbag, and’ as Hall Mark has won the Victoria Derby and Melbourne Cup for him since the end of the quarter, the £7187 shown against Heroic’s name is uot nearly half of what his progeny have won so far. Between August 1 and October 31 Heroic was represented by 18 winners of 19 races, who won £7187. Ten of the progeny of Windbag won 17 races, worth £6580,

The Alison Cup candidate, Mungatoon, ha s been going nicely in his work at Te and he is expected ta strip m great heart to-day. Up to the present most of Mungatoon’s racing has been done at distances of a mile and under, and he has yet to prove his worth over a middle distance. However, he has left the impression that he will run on fairly

well, and on breeding there is good reason to expect him to stay, as he is by Musketoon from Mangamaire, hence p hairbrother to Transformer, who was a very useful handicap • performer.