RAGING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22717, 1 November 1935, Page 13

RAGING NEWS

By, Sentinel.

Nomination* ' •"' Nominations due to-day for the Southland Racing Club's meeting.

Lochlaggan Lochlaggan is the latest addition to D. P. Wilson's stable. Another Change , : Kenial Pasha has joined D. O'Connor's stable at Riccarton. .""'"■ '-

A Legacy.' The late Mr H. A. Knight left his trainer, F: D. Jones, a legacy of lOOOsovs. Red Sun Red Sun won the Styx Hurdles with A 10.12; and on the first day at Riccarton meets Joppa. who ran unplaced, on slb better terms. ' * "'• The New Zealand Cup Meeting Final payments for ."the New Zealand Cup, ("Stewards' /Handicap, Welcome , Stakes,!*New Zealand Derby, and New Zealand Oaks, together with acceptances for events for the first ' day; are due" 1 on November 4i. • -

At Wingatui Although they were recently racing, a number of horses were worked more or leas strongly yesterday morning. Golden King was galloped a mile, assisted by Paladino. Tizzy, Half Note, and a few more got through useful work.

Partnership Dissolved It is the intention of the sportsmen who race in partnership as Messrs ' F. Smithden" to relinquish their interest in racing.' The horses at present in training arc to be sold on November 18, and include Kuvera and Blixten and several two-year-olds. There are some brood mares belonging to the partnership, but they are to be - sold later, probably in January. Polydora When Polydora won the Sydenham Hurdles, run on the last day of the Grand National meeting, she was receiving'lllb from Rasouli, who finished third, about half a length away. In the Spring Brush Hurdles, -to be run on; the first day of the .New Zealand. Cup nieetsjPolydora ou 141 b Tte'fter terms: over a-quarter of a ground/ t Sylvandale I .•■"•'•: . ->r" •■'■,-■ >, When Syivahdale.waa defeated- in the, Randwick Plate, some of the leading critics->-'in ■. both Sydney and Melbourne accepted-the.form as correcti and knocked the - horse as a Melbourne- Cup winner: They Made r the great mietalp of accepting a f as 'a.' lint to : condition. and st-amihaV-but:now -they are :.trimmin(i their sails, .as the latest mail to hand brings news that Sylvandale beat Peter Pan and The Raider in a gallop. Excuses were made for Peter Pan, who did not appear to be in a galloping mood. Sylvandale, however, finished, in front of Peter Pah, and the fact' suggests that a totally erroneous view was taken of his defeat in the Randwick Plate. . ..• Two Heads- .. - r< /\-\ It has happened, more than once that an owner has engaged one jockey and the trainer another for, the; same horse. This happened Tit Alexandra Park (London) last month. C": Pratt, trainer of Royal Ulster, engaged ;S. Dohoghue to ride him in the Finebury Handicap, and;-the" owner subsequently engaged Gordon Richards. The matter was referred to the Alexandra Park stewards.-'who decided that Donoghue was entitled to the mount, where-' upon . the /owner, Mr W. Seaward, scratched the .horse. Mr Seaward subsequently proposed to submit to the stewards of the Jockey Club a "test case for future guidance in similar circumstances. The owner mentioned offered to pa* ail expenses in connection with a Jockev Club inquiry, and as a decision would definitely settle the question of the position of owners and trainers in such matters it is probable the controlling body has given a ruling. .•_', A Hot Shot Tha Pantheon gelding Hot Shot came with a-fast rim.to finish second in the Caulfiild; Cup, and : may be found providing' the greatest element of danger to the top weights or bottom weights in the Melbourne Cup. He is a six-year-old gelding by Pantheon from Rosewyn, by Rossendale—Cymbala, by Robert le Diable —Seraphine, by' Cyllene—Virginal, by Ladas. .The pedigree suggests that Hot Shot should inherit sufficient stamina to stay two miles under a light weight. Hot Shot meets Palfresco on.lOjb better terms in the Melbourne Cup, and hence has a big margin in his-favour so far as the Caulfield Cup' winner; is concerned. Hot Shot has been a useful performer, and last season :won the Easter Cup, two mile 3, with 7.1 inSmin 29Jsec, and under a light weight will probably provide more trouble to. Peter Pan than any of the three-year-olds in the race.

Vintage.; ./;,"<,,■. If anyone fancies Vintage for the New Zealand Cup they should not be put off because 99 out of 100 think it necessary to race a boise into condition. It, all depends on the horse and the ability or the trainer. -Some sluggish horses may require a lot of. stirring up and, a. lot of work, but even so they can be trained into thorough fitness as well as raced into fitness. The danger arises .when such a horse as Vintage of provedl merit is kept- in a glass case and not thoroughly trained to stay two miles. It is work that makes a horse fit and well, and. although a race may do a horse more good than two or three gallops on the track as previously remarked, it all depends on the horse and. the trainer. It is a most fallacious opinion to claim tna. a horse will fail because lacking a race or two. In England a horse may be produced only two or three times a year in races wide apart on the calendar, and vet saddled up fit to race for a kings ransom. There is no reason why it shouU not be done in New Zealand. The Time Te»t

When considering the. time put up in a race it becomes a question as to whether the track is in exceptionally fast older and also if the class of horse putting up a fast gallop can be deemed capable of records. In other words, is the track favouring the horse or is the horse good enough to create a record? Viking registered two smart gallops at the Gore meeting and although he did not defeat a particularly brilliant lot, still iroiu a time point of view the form becomes worthy-of note. The creation of a record in the Caulfield Cup led to block type headings proclaiming the penormance, but nothing was said about the possibility of track and atmospheric conditions possibly bein" favourable to a horse "beating the ■watch. Whatever the conditions, a fast gallop is always a fast gallop, and any-

thin? running six furlongs at Gore on a turning track under lmin 14sec has been able' to muster unusual pace. \ iking s previous form this season suggests that he could go Ji fast six furlongs under a feather-weight. The Riccarton Handicap . The Riccarton Handicap supplies a good line and trial for a three-year-ola. Heritage has been allotted 8.10 in this year's race and Plato 8.6. Both are hkely to run in the Derby. Last year Sporting Blood 8.11 won from Cricket Bat 9.3 and Southdown 9.1, with Synagogue unplaced. Sporting Blood afterwards won the Derby from Synagogue and Tauramai, and followed on by winning the Canterbury Cup and Stonyhurst Handicap, in which he gave Tauramai 111 b and a length and ahalf beating. Nevertheless, some considered Tauramai favourably handicapped in the Melbourne Cup, in which he was meeting Sporting Blood on 131 b worse terms. Last spring Sporting Blood was from 141 b to 211 b a better horse than Tauramai on public form. In 1933 Nightly 7.11 won the Riccarton Handicap in a shade faster than Sporting Blood, who carried a stone more than the Night Raid colt. Nightly also won the Derby and Canterbury Cup. In 1932 the field was made up by ordinary handicap horses, and the same remark applies to 1931. In 1930 Cylinder 9.3 won from a big field in which the unplaced lot included Gustavo 9.3. Cylinder won the Derby from Paratooand Gustavo, and the Stead Gold Cup from Nightmarch,. principally owing to the clever horsemanship of H. Gray. In 1926 Commendation carried 9.9 and gave 71b and a neck beating to a solid sort in Footfall. The result made the Derby look a gift to Commendation, who won and was second in the Stead Gold Cup. It will be seen that the Riccarton Handicap can supply a line to the Derby and this year neither Heritage nor Plato have been set such a hard task as some winners who thus paved their way to success in the Derby. A Rise and Fall Bahrain has won nine races of an approximate value of £44,386, and his stud list for three seasons has filled at a fee of 500gns. The first, announcement was 400gns. Assuming he is limited to 20 mares" annually, apart from those owned by the Aga Khan, that will mean £31,500 for three years. The Aga Khan has put a tremendous amount of money into racing and breeding, but with Blenheim and Bahrain at the stud, and many firstclass horses to carry his colours, he seems now in a fair way of covering his expenditure. Call Boy, winner of the 1927 English Derby, who was subsequently [bought by Sir H. Mallaby-Deeley for £60,000, has proved such a stud failure that he has finished his career in that respect. He commenced at a fee of 400gns, and was booked for several seasons at that fee. However, in addition to being uncertain with his mares, those of his progeny that did race were very moderate. Last season he had only one winner, Call Him, and he raced in such poor company that the value of his four wins totalled only £174. Last season his fee was reduced to £4B, and,, at that low figure, only five mares were sent.to him. It is said that Sir H. Mal-laby-Deeley's stud at Newmarket will probably be closed down. Comedienne, dam of Call Boy, died about six weeks ago. Australian Form With the A.J.C. and VA.T.C. meet'ings over we are nearing the conclusion of this season's spring racing, and (says " Pilot '*)',- with the exception of Palfresco's Caulfield Cup win in record time, there have been no remarkable developments. We have had no additions of note to our weight-for-age horses. At a mile and a-quarter, or further, Peter Pan is. likely to continue on top throughout this spring, though in the autumn he may have a strong opponent in some -three-year-old. Sylvandale has not made the progress expected, and though Hall Mark is a good-little horse, it will be a surprise if he proves a formidable ponent for Peter Pan in the weight-for-age races at Flemington. Among Victoria Derby candidates Palfresco now enters into calculations. He has shown he can run a mile and a-half under a light-weight, but, as he is a little fellow, it to be proved whether he will be suited by 8.10. However, he may be one of those small horses that. are. good under any conditions. Turning to the Melbourne Cup, no greater interest ever attached to i that race in one way—the possibility of Peter Pan winning for the third time. If he succeeds he will create two new records for the race —one for the greatest number of wins in it, and the other ifor the most weight successfully carried. Carbine won with 10.5, but Melbourne Cups are now, as a rule, run much faster than in the early 90's, and, freat horse as he undoubtedly is, I think •eter Pan will find 10.6 a little more than he can manage. An Erroneous Impression In a Sydney paper an overseas visitor, after attending the four days' A.J.C. spring meeting at Randwick, stated that he heard from " every source" that racing here is unbelievably crooked. It would be interesting to know the sources of our visitors' information. Racing anywhere can never be absolutely clean, but the suggestion that it is much worse in Sydney than elsewhere is ridiculous (says "Pilot"). Poesibily the individuals who supplied our visitor with the information are of a class that, being of a crooked bent themselves, and bad losers into the bargain, are prepared to allege almost anything when the horse of their choice is unsuccessful. Sydney, has its share of men who, without the slightest justification, pose as racing authorities, and, blessed with vivid imaginations, are prone to make sensational statements. Naturally these impress strangers who believe they are the opinions of men who really "know" racing. In no other part of the world is racing so strongly policed—by means of stipendiary stewards—as in Australia, and, as a result some owners and trainers who might be inclined to stray from the straight and. narrow path refrain from doins so, because of possible risk. Some, of course, are prepared to take it. As for a comparison between the cleanliness of flat racing in England and here, our visitor is no doubt aware that, at any time during the past couple of years, the Jockey Club would have made appointments similar to our stipendiary stewards only for the objection raised by other clubs on the score of expense.