RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22825, 9 March 1936, Page 13

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel.

Cromwell Acceptances Acceptances for the first day of the Cromwell meeting are due to-day:— Glenrowan'a Reappearance Gtenrowan. who has not raced for nearly four years, figures anions; the entrants for the Cromwell Handicap. He is now 11 years old. Fast But Unsound The Hunting Sons gelding Gallant Fox i« to go icto F. Lanjcford's stable at Winton, to be schooled for jumping. Gallant Fox could gallop fast on the fiat when owned by S. G. Ware, but almost chronic soreness proved a serious disability. Returned from Australia Sporting Blood and Silver Jubilee have returned from Australia. Sporting Blood was rather unlucky there, but Silver Jubilee was' too high in the weights to make the trip profitable, ns his previous one had been. Fields at Riverton The " safety number" at the barriers at Biverton have been extended to 26 at five, six. and seve n furlongs and one mile and one mile and a-half, and to 20 at nine furlongs and one mile and aquarter, Difference in Weights In' a six furlonus race at Cromwell Arden's Beauty receives 221 b from Song Boy. At Dunedin last month, Arden's Beauty was started in the Publican's Handicap, in which both were on 7.0 Picking Up Good Stakes Mr W. R. Kemball continues to pickup good stakes in Victoria. Greenhorn won a £7OO race, at, Caulfield a week or two ago, and this week the two-year-old Prince Quex won the Gibson Carmichael Stakes at Flemington. Prince Quex is engaged jn the £ISOO Ascot Vale Stakes to*day, and .as Gold Rod and Fidelity are unlikely starters he looks a place possibility. The Australian Cup

Only five horses have won with over tt.O. The first was Malua, in 1886, and he carried 9.9. Then, in orde,r, came Highborn 9.4 (1892), Tartan 9.6 (1906), Pilliewinkie 9.6 (1926), and Spearfelt 9.13 (1927). Of these, Tartan was the short-est-priced winner, starting at 6 to 4 on in a field of 10. Among horses that carried big weights into second place were Battalion and Portsea, 9.9 each, and Nelson 9.7, while Pantheon was third with 911.

Worth Keeping in Mind . Pound Sterling, the half-brother to Mosque and Mosaic, showed good promise as a two-year-old, but since then he has not done a great deal to enhance his reputation. He is a good-looking horse, and, judging by his effort at Te Aroha, when he was responsible for most of the pace in the Hack Cup. he should be worth keeping in ■ mind. This horse ie_ bet>t .suited by firm going, and the conditions at,. Te Aroha were, not entirely in his. favour. ■- A Consistent Galloper

: The Hawera-trained Ned Cuttle is a very consistent galloper, once again proving that form among the two-year-olds is generally reliable. After winning at Wanganui this youngster finished third at New Plymouth, and then the following week he defeated all except Clessainor at Hawera. Two seconds followed at Te Rapn, and then a win and a second came his way at Te Aroha. He is a good galloper who should still be susceptible to improvement, and he has in addition everything that goes to make a good three-year-old.

One to Remember Pukeko was one of the most unlucky runners at Te Rapa and Te Aroha and with an ounce of luck he might have won either of the valuable hack cup contests decided at those centres. He was badly placed in the running on the first- day at Te Aroha, horses going round him and keeping' him hemmed in. and as he was pulling hard all the time he looked as if he would gallop over the horses in front of him. His fifth place in this event was therefore highly creditablo. On the Monday he was only narrowly defeated by a much-improved hack in Valrent, the winner receiving slb. Pukeko's form suggested that he would not be/out of a place in any provincial handicap company.

Aga Khan Eclipsed The American. Mr A. G. Vanderbilt, entered the ranks of racehorse owners purely for sport, but the dollars will keep on chasing nim. He headed the list of winning owners last year with 303,60f> dollars, and his horses won 88 races, were second 69 times, and 72 times third. His winnings exceeded those of the Aga Khan. The five most popular riders in America all had more than 1000 mounte. J. Wagner having 1215, which gives the impression that the Yankee jockey leads • a busier life than the English wonder, Gordon llichards, who had 948 rides in the last racing season. On the 18 principal courses, £1,141,000 was distributed in prize-money, the leading club, Narragansett Park, disbursing over £151,000. Narragansett, Santa Anita, Detroit, and Belmont Park are the only ones to top the £IOO,OOO mark in stakes for a season's racing.