RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22257, 9 May 1934, Page 11

RACING NEWS

By SENTINEL. N. C. Trillo has received a Jockey's license and will be riding at the Waiiganui meeting; ■ ' ■' , • King March has been struck out of all hia engagement's at' the 1 Auckland winter meeting. . , ■ '• . ~ ••Money ;Gran- displayed speed in his. races at Hawera but faded at the finish. When-beaten by Merry Way it is reported that Money Gran stopped a 'Reports from'the south state that-the going at Invercargill is on the heavy side. The good drainage on the course helps to dry. up the.go.ing quickly. ~.,■. . .Thurina ia again • being. exercised by his' owner as"a preliminary to- being sent tpVßic'cartori. 'Thurina won last' years Grand, National Steeplechase: ' ";;"., ; • Don Jose' and Niggerhea'd have rejoined g/BarVs stable'/ 'Don -Jose is- likely to idd'tb'his success as a hurdler* .-■ - ; •The Oaks winner Campanula by; Blandrord'ffbm- Ve*sper-Bell by Pommem—St. Catrine by St. Frusqum—Cat'ririe.'by: Ayrshire; "Blandford was got by Swynford—Blanche by White EagleBlack Cherry-by -Bendigo from Blacjt Dychesa by Galliard. ... A 'recently 'returned "visitor! to bydncy states that at Randwick' in addition io. obtaining a win and place bet at tne same window dividends, for a Win and place can also; be' collected;at. the one window. ; This'would prove a great step j towards' popularising tho win. and• .place betting if introduced' at Wmgatui • for the Dunedin winter meeting. , , _ have'bVen in the: habit of. verbally com municating the result of' proj tests,, etc.. to :the press. This method is unsatisfactoryhmd: in -Mure a*u«e* tion that any information in that dim KSd'iiot accepted unless by the secretary will be, tonsidered. nfc We conference, of secretaries to be held n Wellington on July 2. • . j-ii.it" Mr £-G. Hill baa : sent along word that a conference ofcsedretaries of racing cubs *iT be held- .iir Wei Hngton on • July,; 2, The week-before of the Racing Conference and In. ample time fo?furnish thelauthonties w th any acceptable ideas in. connection with the conducVand control of pacing.,-' • Silver Scorn, according to A., E. h as, haV lost her dash and stamina. She had plenty -of-both when,racing m New Zea-: The -loss .of form^ems -to- be a&te<Mo,a change in .the training but it s'very probable that the real-reason canbe based on.the fact Hrttshe'has become tired,of racing--and «TW races as a three-year-old and won " ' rather'than loss of form R*«ran overalldstarices up to o amile S ; tSeHuarter ß : arid"altbqughf 13-races may.not be regarded as a .severe tax op a horse a prions efiect on afilly of: her temperament. Silver .bcop showed.a highly* strung paraded for {a ,race ; but., settled, down auietly. enough when ..racing.. .Still, sne was hard worked in: comparison to a Sclfesi performer , of. the same age. m ffiatfd* and.hadi more .than sufficient the edge off'her.courage Sg vS Since going to Australia Silver Scoro' i'» reported to have furnished and K -more":conditibnthah-wben. r« ; Extra, strength.to her apparently lost form despite, the fact that her muscular ?P?e a rance and wind;«eem" to-be quite :good:,' .That v- her heart that, basjweak-, enU.-V.Horses strung, up for a severe • campaign lis a' three-year-old may never rSroduVe'their form although, apparently a« fit and well .as-a ;horsevcan be made. .1n 2act, it- may. be said - that ,a. heavilytaxed youngs horse -may .never ;agnin be worth? a i»r of pins as, a racmg propositidh, 'Chide probably,lost, form for/ the same reason- as , Silver Scorn, .but both of them • may - have • reproduced. form it they-had been, left \ »nithe-.same rstable aa'where'it'was developed. .When Bi-. . plane faHed* to, meet Desert -Gold ;at Manawatu the .former was stated >to haye trained off as the result of contracting a slight cold.- When up. for-the. match - -R: 'j! Masoh.-in 'the course : of 'Conver- ' nation with ■'the:writer.-said:- I >had Biplane - wonderfully ? fit■: in Australia, .par.ticttlarly '-when -he - won the ._■ V ictoria Derby, and may never get him fitragam. Biplane won eight- out- of nine. races, as a> three-vear-old and then completely lost formv- - He- started ; twice at four years, seven at ; five 5 years, - twice- at MX years, and four at seven years without winning a/race. The' racing he had at thr6e years appeared to have knocked him and though" apparently, fit ' and weir for another "four seasons the: result bore' out Mason's'remark to the writer, that .he might never, be got' fit,again. In othei i,Biplane, had lost the zest tor rap- .■'.-'.";-•. ■. .. !- . Steeplechasers claim . first attention at this period of the season, but the Egmont meeting; was 'singularly, deficient in cross- ■ country talept -(says the Wellington writer, .."The;. Watcher"). The outstanding performer-was Riotous, who, in view- of ■'■ his. Easter form at Ellershe, was.Jiot'surprising. .In fact, :the two steeplechases •; at: Hawera provided .no line' except.that they confirmed anticipations. •-.-. ,Riotdus was-definitely superior. In winning.' the Ezraonti.Steeplechase he demonstrated :that- r he is-, improving .at-a ganie: which may,-, before the 'end. of 'the seiison, see" him winning' a -first-class "event*- only; one error, and. peculiarly-enough, it was ; one - which ' fieirly- -'brought about- his - downfall. Except.lor that he gave a first-class display, and' will have to Be' classed in -the- front rank 'of >r%he' winter ■ ■ hopes for .Grand .National honours. H,e is only a .] young borse.'being, a five-year-old. His sire, Birkdale, ! comes of the Birkenhead stock, than ' which there have been few more "useful 'for' all-round work, i Birken"head's stock'won, races from' their two-year-old days up to the leading distance alid weight-for-age races;-* while, when -put to: jumping, they reached the peak of ; -New Zealand's hurdling and steeplechasing form. Crossword, the' danv of Riotous* who, by the way, is her first foal, is by All Black, another' sire ot jumpers, out of a Camp Fire mare with plenty of staying blood. ~'