RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22742, 30 November 1935, Page 25

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel,

Greek Vase Greek Vase has displayed speed, and the short course in the Laghmor Plate should help a chance of success. Davolo , - ■ Davolo should benefit by his racing at the New Zealand Cup meeting, and be in good racing shape for his .engagements at Ashburton. Wonderful Wonderful has been- rather unlucky in his engagements, and would be worthy of consideration if reserved for the Moreton Hack Handicap. The Surgeon t The Surgeon was deemed short of work when be raced at the New Zealand Cup meeting, and should be in better racing shape if produced at Ashburton. A Probable Favourite Davolo .will probably start favourite for the Tinwald Handicap, and Southdown may be selected_ to provide the strongest opposition to him. Glenavon Glenavon is a horse that has not yet fulfilled his early promise, when he shaped like a stayer. He is engaged at Ashburton. Speedy Sorts Dollar Bill will help to turn on the speed in the Waikanui Handicap, but the field is composed of speedy sorts acting under a light weight. Coat of Arms Goat of Arms, who is engaged at Ashburton, finished second to Top Coat at Geraldine when giving 31b. Coat of Arms is engaged in the five-furlong race at Ashburton. Jack Ahoy Jack Ahoy is a big, overgrown three-year-old, and might be better placed than when asked to race in high-weight handicaps. ' High-weight handicaps are more suitable for a seasoned horse. Sky Pilot ; Sky Pilot shapes like a slow stayer, and if a light-weight rider can keep him busy he should be found going on at the right end of the Moreton Hack Handicap.

Cranford ' Cranford was regarded as one of the most favourably handicapped horses racing at the New Zealand Cup meeting. The opposition is not so strong against him in the Waikanui Handicap.

Four Day» They have four single days’ racing at Ashburton, but the stakes do not seem to soar high as a result of splitting. Stakes, from 70sove to llOsovs do not tempt visitors from a distance. At Ashburton

■■‘Top Coat is an improving sort, and although top-weight in the Winchmore Hack Handicap, may keep the best of the opposition busy. Penelope may shape well in the same race.

Dispersal Sale 1 At a dispersal sale in Sydney horses catalogued on behalf of _the “F. ■Smithden” partnership were included. Kuvera was passed at 525 guineas. Blixten (Night Raid—Receipt) fetched 270 guineas.

Miracle . Miracle has been expected to do something worthy of note since the opening of , the season. He was third to Going Gay and Doctor Duthie in the Strowan Plate, and the form may make him worthy of notice in his race at Ashburton. Wasting Money

■ It would be interesting to know what some trainers waste in superfluous nominations and acceptances. In. some cases the money would amount to the equivalent of a good stake. Of course, it might pay to get a race against the weakest opposition on a card.

A Money Mount Not many jockeys would turn down a good mount in the Santa Anita Handicap, £20,000, at Santa Anita Park (California) next February. Apart from what he may get from the owner, the rider of the horse is to receive £350 from the club, and the rider of the second £’lso. The Judge Said “ By a Head ”

At a greyhound hurdle race at Mossvale, Sydney, recently. Gay Ethel led Irish Bard by three lengths to the last jump, about 30 feet from the judge's box. She struck the obstacle heavily, crashed, and hurtled along the ground for some distance. Irish Bard struck the hurdle, and landed on top of Gay Ethel. Gay Ethel’s momentum carried her backward over the line, and the judge declared her the winner by a bead. Splitting Permits

It is about time that the Executive Committee of the_ Racing Conference should consider if it is in the best interests of racing for clubs to be allowed to split permits into as many racing dates as possible. Ashburton is almost entirely dependent on visiting horses to supply a card but nevertheless make it as costly as possible by holding four single-day meetings. Southdown

For the final day of the New Zealand Cun meeting Southdown lost a good chance of a win in the Cressy Handicap hv bein'* taken out from the rails'iu the final half-mile Up to that stage Southdown was at the tail of the field, but then left the rails and came round on the outside and so covered a lot of extra "round. In the run home J3i<r Dook had to be kept busy to beat him by a short length in Imin 41 2-ssec, and >f Southdown can be kept up to the collar he should shape well in his engagement at Ashburton.

Historic Race . The historic Town Plate was run at Newmarket (England) on October 9, the distance this year being four miles. The Sgprting Chronicle says that tragedy nearly marred it. Erain, the favourite, fell, but luckily his rider. Miss G. Carlow. was thrown clear of the other runners. The pace was won for the third time in four yeara by Miss Audrey Bell, riding her father’s horse, Ladygold. Mies Bell was successful last year on Ravioli and in 1932 on Mr Bertram. Five women and two men completed the course. The men jockeys were utterly routed, as they finished in the last two places. One of them was the 05-year-old Frank Simpson, who had won the race on 1" occasions. He left his bed to ride. He had received slight concussion in a fab when riding at exercise a few days previously. He had to hobble from the weighing room to mount bis horse. Second and third to Ladygold were Miss Booby Nicholson and Mrs Bertha Verrall, who rode their own horses, Bendennis and Primitive respectively. Ladygold won by a distance, with two lengths between second and third. «•