RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24569, 13 May 1935, Page 6

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel.

Nominations Nominations are due to-day for the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting. Tuapeka The Tuapeka Jockey Club will hold its meeting next season on April 11. Wingatui Nominations Nominations are due on Wednesday next for the Dunedin Jockey Club’s winter meeting. Retired The Quorn has failed to stand training and will be used as a hack. The Quorn won the A.R.C. Railway Handicap, in addition to scoring in other races. A Mishap Trivet was taken out of her engagement at the Wingatui Jubilee meeting owing to being kicked when running in a yard. She is how right again. Not Anxious to Sell Mr A. C. Mills, who left for England last week, raised the price wanted for Tauramai to 2500gns. After winning the Dunedin Cup the price was SOOOgns, but without any great desire to sell. A Visitor Mr Hugh M'Leod, formerly of Hastings, who took Ara'unah to Melbourne and finally settled there, is on a holiday visit to the Dominion, and probably on the lookout for another of the same sort. A Useful Sort - In winning’ the Hawke’s Bay Cup. Red Manfred brought his winnings to £4844, of which amount ho has won £1645 this season, together with the 20gns trophy attached to the Hastings stake. Going South Locally-trained horses in Cherry Queen, Hula Belle, Master Anomaly, Foreign Star, Song Boy, Grand Finale, Cbhota, Umtali, Red Lance, and Gold Fox, figure amongst the acceptances for the Southland Racing Club’s meeting, to be held on Friday and Saturday next. At Invercargill

Some of the fields at the Southland Racing Club’s meeting threatefi to be on the email side, as the two principal flat races are only, five strong, and Double Shot claims engagement in both events. A field of nine in the Steeplechase should provide an interesting sporting spectacle. Booked for India

The two-year-old colt Tai Yang, purchased by L. H. Hewitt, has the reputation of being the best of his age at Ellersiie. Tai Yang was got by Paladin from Black-eyed Susan, an imported mare by He from Anthracite, by Orby—Elephant, by Simontault.

View Halloo View Halloo, winner of the Cornwall Handicap last year, is to make a reappearance, after an absence of some months from racing, in the sprint events at Wanganui. The Hunting Song gelding is reported to be looking well, but may need a race or two to bring him to concert pitch. View Halloo i e booked to visit EHerslie again next month. Jonathan

Reports from the north state that A. Cook has Jonathan in work again. He is getting through his tasks in good style, and he appears to have recovered from the trouble that sent him into retirement in the spring. Last season, before he developed lameness, he was one of the best performers in the Dominion. A Veteran

James Scobie, the veteran Flemington trainer, contemplated paying an early visit to England, where his younger son conducts large stables. The trip has been postponed. Scobie has eight gallopers in hand for Mr Ernest Clarke. His string recently was added to by Seascape Boy, imported from England by Mr Joseph Fell, and an unnamed Irishbred juvenile, which was bought at auction in Alelbourne on behalf of Mr Fell.

A Team of Youngsters R. S. Bagby has the largest number of rising two-year-olds of any trainer at Ellerslie, and has just broken in five. These comprise a gelding by Tidal— Ballymoy 11, a colt by Tidal—Queen March, a gelding by Captain Bunsby—.Santaline, a gelding byGrandcourt—Symbolism, and a filly by Lapidary—Orma. The number will be increased by the , addition of the colt by Silyius—La Chantcuse. who will shortly arrive from Sydney. Over the Sticks

Polydora ia to be given a course ot hurdling in the hope that an improvement may be effected in her racing demeanour. Her first schooling has taken place on her trainer’s property, and, ridden by G. Murfitt, she has shaped satisfactorily so far. It is significant (says the Press) that all of the progeney of Polazel that have been tried over hurdles have done well, and with conformation and pace also to recommend Polydora, she may make a high-class performer. For Australia

T. R. George, who heads the list of winning trainers for this season, intends to leave for Australia with a small team of horses soon after the winter meeting of the Wellington Racing Club in July. He has turned out a few members ot his team, Princess Doreen and the two-year-olds Fulojoy, Bomerang, and Going Gay, being among the latest to be spelled, but he still has some useful performers in work at Trentham. The two-year-old Wotan is another who is resting, but he will resume soon, as he is a probable fox the trip to Sydney. Worth More than Money

There was a mild flutter in Sydney racing circles two weeks ago, when a £IO,OOO offer was made on behalf of a prominent American sportswoman for Australia’s champion racehorse Peter Pan. It is authoritatively learned that the person entrusted with the commission was instructed to go as high as £20,000 for the Pantheon horse. Mr Danger’s reply was that Peter Pan was not for sale at any price.

Pleasing the Eye If looks be any criterion, Peter Pan’s half-brother by Brazen is likely to prove an outstanding racehorse. He has height, conformation and remarkably fine muscular development to recommend him, and, moreover, is a very sober type (says a Melbourne paper). The Brazen colt, or Brazilian, as his owner named him, failed to reach the reserve placed upon him by Mr Rodnev Dangar at the yearling sales, and was p'assed in at 800 guineas. Had he been submitted on the opening day of the sales he might have topped the poll. Mr Dangar definitely said that the colt was for sale at a price, but he is now

pleased that he did not reach the reserve. “ You never know,” remarked Mr Dangar, “he might be one out of the box. I’m going to pursue much the same policy with Brazilian as I did with Peter Pan. I am sending him back to ‘ Baroona,’ where he will be broken in, but I have no intention of racing him in the early two-year-old classics. In fact, he will not be put into work till late in November. Then he will be specially prepared for the Derbies of the following spring. I hear that many who attended the sales believed that something was wrong with Brazilian. I don’t know why this rumour was spread. Actually the colt is as sound as a bell, both in limb and constitution; and he would pass any veterinary test.”