RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22351, 27 August 1934, Page 13

RACING NEWS

•;.'•'-■':;'■'■" By Sentinel. ■ The Pblnzel—Night. Effort mare Effozel is now in F. Shaw s stable at Wingatui. Palantua was the. only Otago horse to win over lOOOsovs in stakes last season. She topped that amount by £55. ..Acceptances for the Otago Hunt Club's race:meeting to be held at Wingatui on Saturday lies* are clue to-morrow at 5 p.m. •:";'/;,;■':■'; •■-. ... .The shrinkage in stakes is shown by the fact.that Red Manfred who was the best winner last season gathered only £2280 in stakes: -The Tractor mare Turbine, who is engaged in the hurdle race to be run at Wingatui on Saturday next, is a sister to Waterpower... - Although Dismiss failed to show up at the Grand National meeting he retains his. pace and when the conditions are in bis favour.will win over a short course. There is,,plenty of room, for a good shrinkage in the fields engaged in the light harness races to be run at the Otago Hunt Club's meeting and still leave y, long/list of starters. Z -Last year Dismiss and Queen of Song were in the two-year-old parade held in connection with the Otago Hunt Club's meeting-.and tbey both proved more than useful'during the. season.

; ;The. Royal. Stag .gelding Velvet, who figures in'the field for the Hunters' Plate, is abrotherto Royal Buck. Velvet -won the Hunters' Plate run at the South Canterbury Hunt meeting.. .

< Royal Buck appeared to have the Aylesbury Steeples ' run on the last illy, "pi the Grand National won when he slipped up on landing, oyer the last fence. He should be worthy of note for the Otago Hunt Club Steeples. Chhota has become difficult at the post, but she walks: about with an apparently placid temper'when brought to the track. She looks none the worse for her racing at Riccarton, and an improvement in her barrier manners.would make her dangerous in a race.

The four-year-old horse Raymond, by Gainsborough; who- last year won"-the Princess of Wales' Stakes and the Cambridgeshire Handicap in England," was last month sold by Sir Abe Bailfiy for shipment to Japan. , Raymond had failed to, win a race this season." ' . - - "It is rather interesting to note*that the field, for the. Hurdle Race to he run at the Otago Hunt Clubs meeting is mostly/composed of the novice brigade. For that reason Black Duke hnd Red Lance may dominate in the betting on the race, j ■ . ' ■■■■- The Songbird gelding Witui, the Otago;Hunt Club Steeples is a half brother to Barrington, who made a good, show in .the Grand National Steeplechase. Witui won the Pareora Steeples at the South Canterbury Hunt meting, and .the. Hunt Cup Steeples at tb^.Cliristctiurch Hunt meeting,, If most of the .field engaged iu.the Otago Hunt Club Steeples stand their ground and go to the post it an.interesting race. The field includes recent winners in Peterette, Night Club, Snowy-Dawn. Witui, and who have made "acieditable show in their recent races over fences. ," . ■

'The patience bestowed by F. Shaw on Blatherskite may meet with reward during the season. Blatherskite looks a'useful sort, and on the score of breeding should,be a real racehorse, as he was yet bv' Paladin from Blather, by Desmond—Rot. by Sainfoin—Chimera, by Shore, by Hermit.

'lt is quite for a horse finishing in a.place to show,better form than a winner,, bujt nevertheless Braw. Lad seems to have his full share m being asked to give weight in. the. VauxnaU Handicap to Saxaphone, who won twice at the Riccarton meeting. At the Duncdin winter meeting Saxaphone was handicapped, to give Braw Lad 121 b. : Kaiuina seems sound'. enough after his races at the Grand National meeting, and Fred Shaw has an idea- of sending him to : Auckland for the steeplechases- to be run at the Duke'of Gloucester s meeting. His' trainer has planned out a trip to Melbourne for himself for the Centenary Cup meeting, and-.it depends on,how hie horses shape whetner he takes any with him. ■* ~-. ;■*•'•■ -"■•' .' '■>"■•'■

At' the Moonee .Valley meeting this month the second division of the Tally Ho Handicap, six furlongs, was won by Hu"o ■ a, 'four-year-old halt-brother by Nigger Minstrel to Playground. Hugo M-on a race in Melbourne last January, but hie. subsequent form was disappointin" and he changed stables. This was his second start after a spell, and he won easily at a good price. There is said to be a decided shortage of first-class jockeys in England at the present, and some of the leading stables ar2 without the retained services .of good riders. Trainers with big strings ot horses never allow such a : state of affairs to exist if it can be possibly avoided, as a good horse always requires a good rider. The advantage of being sure'; at all times pf a first'class, rider is obvious, yet. hardly any- owners in- this country pay a retainer for first call.

The most successful sires during the past season were as .follows: Hunting Song, £lO-301; Limond. £B2OO 10s; Chief Ruler, £BHI Money. £6892 Arrbwsmith, £6786 10s; LordQuex. £6688, A'ore, £5209: Kilbfoney. £4754; Gay Shield, '4690; Valkyrian, £4525: Musketoon, £4364 : Pombal, £4204 10s; Paladin. £4108! Silverado, 14052; Shambles, £3985 1557 Luculhis. £3954 15s; Tea Tray, £3727 10*-. Night Raid, £3661 10s; Day Comet, £3592 10s; Tractor, £3569 ss: Thespian, £3512 10s; Diacquenod, £3468: Arausio, £3383 10s: Gainscourt, £3332; -Winning Hit, £32,, 10s, Nigger Minstrel. £3255 10s; Surveyor, £3200; Grandcourt, £3146.

'The annual racing statistics published in the--New .Zealand Referee .shows Mr G M. Currie at the head of the winning owners' list with £2927 in stakes Hunting Sons heads the sires' list with winners of £10,301, while the biggest individual winner for the season was Red Manfred with £2280. The leading winners, are as fnlWs-—G M. Currie, £2927; Mr •SIX CHfford.* £2676; *• S~> *2«543- Mrs M.'-S. Curie, £2280: L.. ■l. • Eeble. £2097; G. Courtney, £2070; Mrs i| L Parsons. £1935; estate ofD. Fraser, £1765; A. Iholl *1747- T. H. Lowry, £I7U9. U. Son £1709; WM'A. Duncan, £1698; R GraW £1685; W. H. Maria £1631 10s; J A. M'bougall, £1575; O. Nicholson and

E. R. Davies, £1565 10s; D. Lourie, £1545; G. Campbell, £1540; J. F. D. Corry, £1528 10s; T, A. Duncan, £1527 10s; M.J. Moodabe, £1525. ■ The four-year-old Nightly has favourably impressed Rand wick track watchers, and "Pilot" writes of him as follows: "It is not difficult to subscribe to the good, things'said about Nightly by New Zealanders. He really is a fine horse, rich bay in colour, nearly 16.2 in height and big elsewhere, without being the least clumsy. . In appearance he will outclass most: of our horses of the same age and will make Limarch and Hall Mark look on the small side."

A fruitless visit was paid to Wingatui on Saturday morning. The inside tracks were open for training, but not a horse appeared on the scene. The horses in work were treated to exercise on the roads. Fortunately most, of those engaged at the Otago Hunt Club's meeting have been racing recently and do not require a. great deal of work to keep them right for their engagements next Saturday. The unprecedented spell of bad weather experienced has kept the tracks- on the heavy side, and the course now requires all the favourable weather possible in the shape of wind and sun during the next few days. When told that.Redditch's time in the Australian Steeplechase was 6min 53Jsec, which bettered his own previous race record by lisec, the rider, L; J. Hynes; was the most surprised man at Canlficld. "It was only a good school for him," he said. "I have never ridden-a horse that would be pulling after going two miles and a-half, but Redditch was actually anxious to go faster, and I let him have his head with a mile to go, and from that stage he drew, farther and ■ farther away from Riawena. Redditch is a stone better horse at Caulfield than at Flemington, and ha<i the Grand National been run there there would have been no Woodlace. Redditch made what may have appeared to have been mistakes, but they were not. He will not jump brush fences well." Hunting is to a certain extent handicapped by lack of ground, to run over, but, nevertheless,' some interesting/meets take place during the season, and, naturally help to stimulate,the interest in the Otago Hunt Club's annual race meeting. Some of the young sports who follow the hounds would be interested to know that one of the runs laid out by. the original Otago Hunt Club began at the Forbury Park Racecourse,., starting behind the Race; course Hotel, and then travelled over fences and ditches* through "St. Kilda, across King Edward street, through Musselburgh, and, finished beyond Tainui near .Anderson's; Bay. One of the last jumps was a stone'wall stretching from Tahuna Park up to; the old; quarry. -Every yard., of the old run is; now a' densely populated area, and if any of the residents hear a .mysterious baying during their dreams it must come from the ghosts of the hounds who once streamed across the paddocks; where many houses now stand. '•.'•:. : . .....'

. '"The -list of- winning owners for last season in Australia \ wag headed, as frequently happens,! by the. owner of the Melbourne Cup winner.' Mr C. B. Kellow had four horses for his-£13,256, but Top Hole,. Chelandric, .arid Gordon's i Leap won. only £llß3, the balance being accu mulated by Hall Mark, winner of the two Derbies and the Melbourne Cup, as well &a other races. Without the aid of the other three horses, Hall Mark would have given Mr Kellow first place! Another Victorian,; Mr J. A. Phillips, was second with £9725, a position he owed tp three horses'. Gaine Carrington won him the Caulfield Cup, Peter Jackson the Moonee Valley Cup arid Prismatic the Grand National Hurdles. The Sydney owner, Mr A. E. Blain. filled third place with £8235, all won by Chatham, who had a wonderful season, his successes including the Epsom and Doncaster Handicaps. ■ ■/.•'•

The performance of Flower Bag in winning the Pakuranga Himt Cup has aroused, a good dpal of interest. He was having his first race, in public, also his first run over the.Ellerslie country, for he was not even schooled, there before the meeting. He was always one. of the leaders, and after. crossing the.hill the last .time he did. not give the opposition a chance, winning easily. He is by Gasbag from the Sweet Simon mare Sweet Flower, and his only; success previously, was in winning a point-to-point steeplechase at .Waverley on July 21, when, he beat his half-brother, Cardhu. Flower Bag was then known as .Talkative, and it is interesting,to note that.after that point-to-point event Cardhu was acquired by Mr M'K. Duncan, for whom he won the Riddiford Steeplechase at the Rangitikei meeting at Marton a few days later. Flo\ver Bag is a fine jumper, and he will have to be respected in minor jumping events from now.on,-while he only has to go on the right way ,to _ win big steeplechases next winter. It is worth recalling that' in' recent years Beau Cavalier and Valpeen both' won the Pakuranga Hunt Cup "as a preliminary to their successes, in the Great Northern and Grand National' Steeplechases.

Hamilton Park racecourse, familiarly described as the " Scottish Goodwood,' lived up to its title on July 14. on the occasion of .the visit of the King and Queen. , Their Majesties, who were in residence at Holyrood Palace, broke their journey from Edinburgh to .lunch with Lord Hamilton of Dalzell. the chief steward of the meeting. The racecourse is in the grounds of the former Hamilton Palace. The club enclosure, Tattersall's, and the cheaper rings were thronged with Glasgow holiday makers, who gave their Majesties a right royal welcome as they drove up the course from the six-fur-longs post. This was not the first occasion of a royal visit to a Scottish race meeting, as their Majesties honoured the Lotbians Racing Club ,at Musselburgh by their presence a few years ago. when Lord Rosebery, as senior, steward, was the host. The King, who had expressed the wish that his visit to Hamilton Park should be an informal one, and that there should be nothing of an official nature about the proceedings, mixed freely with racegoers in the paddock and club enclosured Four horses carried the royal colours during the afternoon, but only one managed to win, this being the three-year-old Slam, who took the Larkbnll Plate. When it was seen that the colt had settled the opposition there was loud and prolonged cheering as he galloped past the post.