RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22629, 22 July 1935, Page 13

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel. At Wingatui A -white mantle of frost covered Wiugatui on Saturday morning, but a strong sun eoon changed the.appearance of the ground. A number of horses were sent along in their work on the inside grass, where the going remains on the heavy side. „',-. , Travenna, looking bright and well, was allotted useful work, concluding with a strong • finish. • ~ ~ Song Boy and Tia Kosetta covered halt a mile in 52 2-ssec: The lastnamed is improving arid shaped well with the more seasoned companion in the gallop. • Chrysology went six furlongs in lnnn 20sec after picking up Worship, half a mile from home. Th,ey finished together, and both have been training on. New Note was easing up a bit at the finish of /five furlongs in lmin 8 2-ssec—-the last half in 55sec. Jaunt was schooled over a hurdle and got through steady work. Viking and a Paladm gelding got through a useful task, and others that worked included Braw Lad, Umtali, Hula Belle. Toreador, Sunny Jean, Gold Fox, Waltham, Salmo Salar, Grand Finale, the Baralong colt, Desert Chief, and others. South Canterbury Acceptances Acceptances for the South Canterbury Hunt Club's meeting close to-morrow, the 23rd inst., at 9 p.m. Afte the Hounds Reminder suffered no ill effects by his falls at Trentham. and ran with the Otago Hunt on Saturday. . The National Meeting General entries for the Grand National meeting are due on July 26. Acceptances are* due on the same day for the Grand National Hurdles, Grand National Steeples, and Winter Cup.'

A Baralong Colt J '. The 'Baralcmg colt purchased by Mr G. J. Barton in Australia is a shapely youngster that pleases the eye. He is levelbuilt on good lines, and has easy action when cantering. In tha Field It is understood that Mr F. J. Conn, who will act as starter at the Otagp Hunt meeting,'is a candidate for the position at Wingatui,. rendered vacant by the retirement of' Mr A. D. Wl vor. Sunny Jean

The Siegfried filly Sunny Jean has wintered well and should prove useful in her second season. Her dam Minora was got by Minoru—Golden Amber, by Diamond also . produced Minotus <and Chit. , A Unseen . It has been deemed advisable to treat Unseen to a blister and spell, although he arrived home apparently recovered from his' mishap at the Levin meeting. Lycidas is being treated to a brief ease up, but will soon, be busy again. ~ A Winning System ■■:/ One owner whose horse ran into a place at the -Wellington meeting last week would have collected' over four figures for a modest win investment had he run first. Asyit was the place wager showed a substantial profit. Waltham The Lord Warden—Spangle colt, Waltham, rising three, looks bright and healthy, but has not grown uo a great deal, but has furnished and thickened. H> has plenty of time to grow and may stay, but not so speedy as his half-brother Diatomous. ,

Recent Arrivals Recent additions to C. Grieseler's'team are a couple of rising three-year-old geldings. One is a chestnut, by B alboa from Greencloth, by The Ace—Equipment, by Martian, and the other by the same sire, is a brown from Joybridge, by Tonbridge —Rapture, b.Y Kilbroney. Tessie Triumphant The. New Zealand-bred horse Tessie was among, the winners in Victoria recently, scoring very decisively in the Springbank Handicap, one mile and aquarter and 10 yards, at the Oaklands Hunt Club meeting early in the month. Tessie was bred by Mr J. Donald at Wanganui and is a four-year-old mare by Chief Ruler from Toiling Tessie. Stanchion Stays at Home Stanchion failed completely at Trentham to repeat his form of a month earlier at Ellerslie. Some excuse could be urged for his dismal failure in the Winter Hurdles, because he over-reached and cut himself. His trainer, J. . Fryer, stated afterward-that the injury is not serious and would probably head quickly. The proposed trip to Australia with Stanchion has been cancelled, and he will remain at home to race in the Dominion. Under the Arc The first race meeting held at night in Paris took place early this month, and, according to a cablegram to Australian papers, was very, successiul and exceeded expectations. The large attendance included the President, M. Lebrun. Every part of the course was brightly illuminated by 10,000 lamps. Australian jockeys won the'first three races, W. R. Johnstone scoring on Gond and Chromas and W. Sibbritt on Cippo,

Youngsters .:. The rising two-year-old filly by Lackham from' Orazone in T. R. George's stable at Trentham has been named Sea Wrack, She will be raced by George and his paitron, Mr S. E. Hill, in partnership. The name Lackalady has been claimed for another rising two-year-old filly by Lackbam from Jean Laddo in the I same stable. This half-sister to ArrowLad will be raced by Dr M. Litchfield, of Wellington.

Betting Business Figures released show that South Australian bookmakers held £5,000,000 during the j-ear ended June 30. The Government received approximately £90,000 in turnover tax and £70,280 from stamp taxbetting tickets, in addition to £27,628 from totalisator investments, which shows a decrease of £3875 on the figures for the previous year. How betting has grown can be imagined from the turnover of bookmakers, who held *only £1,300,000 during the first six months that,' they operated. During the past 12 months stamp duty was paid on 22,654,770 tickets. A Win W. Jenkins is the latest New Zealand jockey to win in Melbourne. /Last November he won the New Zealand Cup on the rank outsider Steeton. He is apprenticed to S. G. Ware, who recently went to Victoria with a small team and has settled at Mentone. Riding a vigorous finish on Dusky Native, trained by E. G. Gibbs, Jenkins just got up to beat Lady Silvius in the Arundel Handicap at Moonee Valley on July 3. Facts and Figures

- Some owners welcome the appearance of a handicap when the figures are favourable, but others, particularly when getting all the worst of it on direct form, w-ant the handicapper's scalp, and are, at times, entitled to wear it on their girdle. Handicappers are entitled to express an opinion in figures, but asking the defeated to meet victors on worse terms in the face of direct form savours of casting an insinuation.

A Champion Destroyed Redditch, who had to be destroyed-at Flemington, waß recognised as one of the most outstanding steeplechasers bred in Australia. By Red Dennis from Kenilworth Queen, he was bred in 1927, so thai? he was a comparatively young horse as steeplechasers go. In the last two years he proved himself a remarkable weightcarrier. He won the Australian Steeplechase at Caulfield two years ago with 12.13, and a short' time later won the Victoria Grand National Steeplechase with 12.3. He was successful in the Wanda Steeplechase at Caulfield on June 22 last; carrying 12.11, and was thereupon elevated to favourite for his last race, a position he no doubt held up to the start of the contest.

Profits from Punters The Betting Control Board and racecourse executives do not, I understand, agree over the manner in which profits from the totalisator should be used (says Captain Heath, a well-known English writer). Recently the board distributed to executives a portion of their surplus, but there was an accompanying instruction that the money should be devoted to increasing the stakes already put up by racecourse companies. Executives who, control our racecourses feel, that their primary consideration is for the public, whose money keeps the meetings going, and that increased stakes should come later. Most racecourse companies would. I learn, prefer to save the money handed to them by the board with a view to rebuilding out-of-date stands and otherwise increasing the amenities they can oiler. This is a matter which should be easily, adjustable, for the money involved is at the moment small. One well-known racecourse company received as its share no more than. £27; another world-famous racecourse was presented with £45.

The Victorious Voitre In view of Voitre's marked success in Melbourne, the question naturally arises whether he is an exceptional .horseman, or are the Melbourne riders, as a whole, an indifferent lot (says the Sydney Referee) , Recognised as a good rider, the New Zealand critics did not credit him with remarkable ability. At different times a visit to Australia improved some New Zealand riders, but this trip Voitre was a success from the commencement. On what was seen of him at Randwick in the autumn, he not only rides well through a race; ■ but also at the finish, and-it is not all jockeys who shine in both respects. It is nrobable that flome New Zealanders would say. "We have better riders than Voitre," but, when they come to Australia, those jockeys will have difficulty in pr.oving the correctness of that opinion. It is easy to praise success in anything, but it is undeniable that Voitre deserves a lot of the nice things said and written of him. Exit

Boudoir dropped dead on the tracks at Awapuni last week, and her apprentice rider, R. Ireland, broke a collarbone. Boudoir was foaled in 1930, and was by Lord Quex from Oddity, by All BlackConceit, by Bpniform—Lady Wayward 11. She was bred at the .Flaxmere stud by the late Mr W. G. Stead. At the Flaxmere dispersal sale. Oddity and Boudoir were purchased as a lot for 250 guineas, and Boudoir was sold later to Dr Hunter Will for 100 guineas. <= She raced in his colours, and was then leased to Mrs "M. Strachan, for whom she v has won several ra'ces, the last being at the Dannevirke Hunt meeting. She raced unsuccessfully at the recent Wellington meeting, but was one of those who suffered at the start of the Parliamentary Handicap. Boudoir, who was trained by Mrs A. M'Donald, had improved steadily of late', and her loss is a severe one. Boudoir was a Winter Cup candidate. Handicaps .. Handicapping horees on the " what might have been " might be deemed quite justifiable in some quarters, but unpardonable guessing in others. For instance, Dunmure has been asked to meet Ruby Meteor on 61b worse terms, in the Grand National Steeples than when the latter beat the southerner at Trentham. Apparently the handicapper assumes that Dunmure should have won the Wellington Steeples, and this idea is strengthened by the fact that the Panmure gelding is allowed only lib from Valpeen for finisning third to him.: Valpeen, Ruby'Meteor, and Dunmure staggered past the post in the Wellington Steeplechase, and the lastnamed is very harshly treated, particularly through Ruby Meteor. Dunmure undoubtedly spoilt a good winning chance by' striking the sod wall a mile or so from home, but the fact remains that Valpeen and Ruby Meteor got the thick end of the stakes. Handicapping is based on compensation for defeat and penalty for winning, and assuming that Dunmure should have won at Trentham can only be classed as guesswork from a handicapping point of view. If Dunmure when apparently going well can make a very eerioii6 mistake at Trentham, he may make greater mistakes over the more difficult country at Riccarton. Another piece of apparently guesswork adjusting consisting in raising Royal-Limond 41b in comparison to Ruby Meteor's 21b. That, in the writer's opinion, is totally unjustifiable if horses are supposed to be handicapped on form. The " handicapping " of Graball is almost beyond criticism in being sent up 81b, and almost on a par with the horees that displayed good from at Trentham. Graball won each dav of the Dunedin winter meetina, but he caught weak fields in each race. That opinion becomes confirmed after looking up the form at Wingatui and also at Riverton. In the Riverton Steeplechase Dunmure won pulling up from Royal Limond when giving 271 b, and at Riccarton the latter has been invited to come in on 321 b worse terms. Perhaps the handicapper is right, but it is more than "perhaps not," and that opinion ?s substantiated by the display of the two horees at Trentham.