RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22908, 16 June 1936, Page 5

RACING NEWS

By SeNXJ.NKL. Strearnlina .. It is reported that Streamline will not fulfil his engagements at the Wingatui meeting. Oamaru Nouuuations are due at 8 p.m. tq-day for thu Oamaru Jockey Club’s winter meeting. Fairweather Fair weather is shaping well in his work, but may not be seen out on the first day at Wingatui. Over Fence* Lycidas and Arctic Star were schooled over fences. at Riccarton on Saturday raorning. and shaped well. Auckland The Auckland Racing Club distributed £35,875 in stakes during the season just closing, and handled £357,604 10s on the totiilisator. :< Lasting Money Although the totalisator investments at Ashburton showed a substantial increase, a good deal of money was shut out owing to the lack of facilities to cope with the rush of intending investors. Polydora .Rolydora continues to get through attractive-: gallops on the track; but fails to reproduce them in public. She galloped a mile on Saturday in Imin 42sec, but it-, was from a moving start. TpqiMany Chance* It, is rather interesting to note that whilst- an agitation exists for more racing there are plenty of horses in full training and with recent racing that decline engagements and chances of winning! . Wanganui Oh the opening day of the Wanganui Jockey Club’s winter meeting the .first race is to start at noon. The remaining events follow at intervals of 40 minutes, save that the interval' allowed between the sixth and seventh events will be 45 minutes.

Dunedin Acceptances acceptances for the first day of the Jockey Club's winter- meeting are particularly . pleasing. They probably rank, in percentage to nominations as a record "for a Wingatui meeting. It is doubtless a record that all the nominations" for the principal flat race figure as acceptances.

Money Spinning At the conclusion of the Auckland winter meeting £251,020 had been distributed in stakes, and £10,802 in connection with trotting events on racing programmes. The sum of £3OOI was given as the value of trophies for' racing, and £93 10s for trotting, .The amount registered oh the totalisator was £2,864,623 on racing and £119,189 10s on trotting events on racing programmes. The Classic. Betting

Australian papers disclose that the actual favourite for the Derby was the Guineas winner Pay Up, who supplanted Taj Akbai; and Noble King at the final Boswell, was fourth, Bala "Hissar 'Mahmoud sixth favourite, i ' .HvViJytfiing' else was at a good price. .;, '} The Oaks winner, Lovely Rosa,, was one .'of "thevJess-fancied candidates. BarroMjy Genii; the'second filly home, was' also -little fancied,' but she was better backed/ithun' the winner, Feola, who nVsheq third, was- one of the favourites. '■*.' • , After" the recent I Great Northern meeting Greek handed over to J. S. Shaw, who has taken 1 the Lucullus gelding to Riccarton for-further racing. Bought cheaply at Mr ■lT,•lrijpey's dipersal sale h couple of seasons ago, Greek Gold has ■won approximately £IOOO for his new owner. He ran three excellent races last week, showing him to.be back to'his best form, and it is'sa'fe to assume (says the Auckland Star)); that had the tracks been at all soft one at- least of his contests would have found him a winner. Up till now Greek Gold has been prepared for all his racing by F. Smith and won 10 events, with. 25 ro-nor placings, and £2600 in stakes. Greek Gold looks certain to pay his way well in the south.