RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22809, 19 February 1936, Page 4

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel.

Booked for Gora

Latitude and Riposte are booked to race at the Gore meeting. Latitude is at present at Wingatui. Hall Mark

The well-known Victorian horse Hall Mark is unlikely to meet his engagements at the autumn meetings owing to going amiss. Same Sire

Bunsby Gaze and Divine Link, who dead-heated in the Salisbury Welter, run at Caulfield on Saturday, were both got by Captain Bunsby. Absentee*

The southern jumpers Quinopal and Money Mine are reported to be slightly amiss, and hence their absence in the acceptances for the Winton meeting.

Red Lance

Eed Lance has been getting through a lot of useful work at Wingatui and should not fail at Winton through lack of. condition. Poor Fields

Tha poor fields seen out in the hurdle races at the Dunedin Cup, meeting is a subject worthy of investigation. The size or lack of size of the fields was redeemed by interesting races taking place eacn day. i

A Compulsory Spell A Riccarton report states that Davolo ig not likely to race for some time as a result of getting kicked when at the post for the D.J.C. Handicap. Probably a good horse ruined.

Lochlaggan Lochlaggan won the D.J.C. Flying Handicap very comfortably, and at Gore meets Capital on 10lb, Beam on 121 b, Silk Paper on 16lb and Song Boy on 151 b worse terms. Lochlaggan should beat tnem again.

A Suspected Stayer It is rather interesting to note that Valarth is assessed as a better stayer in the G.R.O. Handicap than Amy Johnson, Steeton, Milford, MTieath and others who hare won over more ground than the Valkyrian gelding.'

Osculate Osculate 8.12 finished fairly close up to the placed lot in the D.J.C Handicap, and has been raised 71b in the G.K.O. Handicap, ge meets Grand Finale on lb andimy Johnson on 41b worse terms and should beat them again.

Valarth Valarth was considered harshly treated in the Winton Cup, and dropped out ot the race. He is much worse off in the Gore Handicap. At Winton Valarth got 81b from Great Shot and it is reduced to 71b at Gore. Valarth was giving M'Heath 21b at Winton and at Gore the same margin exists.

Interference . Hieh Glee's interference at thevfiuish of the Abbotsford Handicap was accidental, but it had just the same effect as if it had been intentional. Didnam did Ms best to straighten his was tiring at the finish. In imglana interference meets with the same pumshmenf irrespective of the fact whether it is unintentional or otherwise excep; that a severe punishment goes with the otherwise part of the question. The Winton Meeting There was not much room for shrinkaze in the original nominations tor we fteton meeting. Only five were ated for the Publicans' Handicap ana three have accepted. .Six remain m the Winton Cup and five in the W. I. James Handicap. The Swale Memorial Steeplechase has seven engaged, a field good enough to provide an interesting race.

Great Shot f Great Shot won the Southland Handicap with 7.4 (including slb allowance) from Horn's. Reef 7.1 and Steeton. 7.8. Osculate 9.7. Grand Finale 8.5, Daring Deed 7.0 and Honest Maid were nnpkced. In the G.R.C. Handicap Great Shot has Sen ratoed to 8.1. Osculate has been dropped 21b. Grand Finale 21b and the others are about."as you •were/' With an allowance again in >» g fa J»«.J r " Shot would be one of those fancied tor the race.

Bargains At the dispersal sale of Mr J. J. Leahy's stud the stallions .Silverado (sire of Silver Ring) and Leighton did not attract a' bid. Possibly there wa S a biddine reserve on them. Quite a num her of lotß were.sold at what read like great bargain prices For instance, the six-year-old mare Airfold with a Silverado colt foal at-foot and a. service by the same sire, went at 35. gumeas Airfold was got by Crowdennis from Battle Scene, by Martian-Edna May. by Multv form- Yearlings, two-year-olds and three year-olds by Silverado sold at small figures.

American Speed The fastest time in America last year was run by Top Dog, who did lmin 35 2-ssec. but. according to* some of the critics, the best mile was that of lop low who, with 8.12, did lmin 35 4-ssec. Discovery took first place at nine tnrlongs his lmin 48 l,ssec being a world's recor'd; and he also did a mile and a, quarter in 2min 1 l-ssec with 9.0. Other notable performances were those of the Omaha, who ™th.QJ>> ran a mile and a-quarter in 2mm 1 ™e, and put up 2min 30 3-ssec for a mile and a-half.

" Tip " for the Race* Racegoers are apt to seize, upon «KT incident or coincidence as a tip to guide Sk the choice of a horse on which to risk their investments, and many tales Satold of success that followed while of course many, more could be told S failure Mostly it> said flat W «r« Tirrme to rely on " omens," but a. tale £f toßf two men who were debating as to which horse to back in the last race at New Plymouth when one of them saw a group comprising two court officials and I barrister walk across.the: lawn. Let u fl back Supreme Court," said one. J.ne "tip "was accepted, and proved a good one. Supreme Court won. A Good Market A keen demand for thoroughbred stock wat revealed at a sale held by William WiJ and Son at Eandwick early this SL Top price was Mr W. Henderson gave for the five-year old Magpie gelding Wmdbird. Fair Diana, runner-up in the Adrian Knox. Stakes, became the property• ot Mr S. W Philips for 625gns. Money Spi fPaner Money—Spionnetta) went at id to Mr R. Woods. Deputy Ruler S Ruler-Duchess Eudorus was sold for 170gns to Mr H. W. R"dd, and Mr G Tyson had to go to 300gns to secure Lady Eleanor (Chief Ruler— S e wm Tell). The Australian Cup wtoer Topical, was sold for 210gns to Mr F. Russell.

Dunmure Dunmure, who is top-weight in the Swale Memorial. Steeplechase began last season with a win in the Forde Memona Iteepkchase. in which he beat /Unitah by a narrow margin. He followed with a win in the Turi Steeplechase and then came another success in the ureat Western Steeplechase. He fell in the Riverton Steeplechase. He wa s unplaced over hurdles at Timaru. Dunmure was then taken to where he ran third to Valpeen and Ruby Meteor in the Wellington Steeplechase. Ihen came an unplaced performance in the Winter Hurdles. Dunmure fell when running in tne Grand National Steeplechase,, and failed again on the second day 01 the meeting. Reports from the south state that Dunmure is working and schooling welL

M'Carten The mount on Cuddle at Caulfield on Saturday was given to K. Voitre owing to M. M'Carten, who does most of I*. Price's riding, having previously been engaged for Marabou, who was among the unplaced division in Saturday's ™ce. M'Carten has been engaged to ride Marabou in all of his autumn engagements in Melbourne. Evidently Mr CB. Kellow believes that in the weight-for-age races M'Carten will suit Marabou better than some of the lighter Melbourne jockeys who would have been available. At different times (writer ''Pilot ) 1 have heard M'Carten's horsemanship faulted—it is the same in respect to every jockey—but he has invariably shown form that has again enlisted some of his harshest critics among his followers. There has been no room for any fault-finding for some time.