RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23005, 7 October 1936, Page 13

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT " Veritas," Dunedin.~B, wins, as Otago holds the shield. ■ Arrivals A. number of Riccarton horses arrived at Wingatui on Monday, evenin?, and got through easy exercise yesterday morning. Marabou Me Melbourne Cup winner Marabou has joined Windbag, Curiahs, and Cimbrian at Mr A. G. Hunter's Northwood Park Stud, Golden Flair? Probably owing to a misprint, the Gustavo—Artistic Ally engaged in the M'Lean Stakes appears .as Golden Flare.: As her dam is Artistic, the obvious word is Flair. Ashburton In the past the totalisator at Ashburton has been run by a contractor on a percentage basis. In future, the clubs intend to. manage the machine themselves under the direction of the secretary, Mr J. B. Nicoll. Winning Sires . Of the New Zealand sires who had winning progeny both in Australia and New Zealand last season. Chief Ruler headed the list with . £ 19.000, with Hunting,Song next with £16890. Then came #aper Money £12,106. Ulad £10,984, and Limond £10,526. Lazybones The bay colt Lazybones, who is engaged in the M'Lean Stakes, was got by Nigger Minstrel from Slack Line, $ Night Raid-Miss Hook, by Sarto -i-Monture, by Royal Artillery—Lady Rosslyn, by Lord ROsslyn—Lady Gertrud«, by Cadogari. . Winning Lines ;"''.'/ Some Rose, the dam/of, the two-year-, i old gelding Lord Nuffield, won the M'Lean Stakes, of 1926. ■ Guarantee, the half-brother td' Atalanta Lass, won in- 1932.: . Silver Peak, the dam of , Triple Cone,; produced a winner of too* race in Aspiring, who won in; 1928. ■ \ ■,,' LOrd Nuffield There was' some fairly strong supSort for. the two-year-old gelding Lord ruffleld at the KuroW meeting, despite the presence of Rousseau in the field, He got: left at the post, but, Judging by the way he strode out at Wingatui yesterday .morning, there were good grounds fors backing him. i •■> ■»■ •> Set Sail's Produce tt.'is' reported that A. M'Kenzie is. at .present handling two' good-looking two-year-olds owned by Dr J/ E. Rogers,, of Gore. One, a chestnut filly, is. by British Pal, and the'f- other, is a .filly .by Lord Warden from Set Sail. . It. has for years been the ambition of*Dr .Rogers to breed another colt foal frpm Set Sail, but his hopes have again, been dashed. Last week Set Sail produced another filly, claiming Iliad as her sire.• The Sol-, ferino. mare is to; visit Philamor this season. ' A Race Record :;■•*;,■'■ •"';'.> Pelmet won the M'Lean Stakes last year when Paper Slipper finished fourth; Pelmet equalled the race record when she won. in 49sec, but when • Nones won in -,the same time the start was on'the turn of the course proper, whereas Pelmet had a straight run of about two furlongs to the home turn. Satisfy, 49 l-ssec, is the only other, winner to break 50sec, although Stealth won over the distance in 49sec. Creating a Status "Since the inclusion of ,the M'Lean Stakes qnd the Dunedin Guineas in the Dunedin Jockey Club's spring programme they have elevated the meeting to a status in breeding and racing circles hot previously / occupied. In fact, they may be. said to have really made the meeting far more conspicuous on the Racing Calendar than a programme of ordinary handicaps. There are many who object to the early racing of two-year-olds, but that is a question that can best be answered by the ability of the trainer. It may be df interest to,take a brief glance at some of the winners of the M'Lean Stakes and their subsequent, careers. One of the earliest winners of the race was Masterpiece, one of the biggest two-year-olds" that ever raced, and hence one of the type that would-re- . quire plenty Of time to-furnish and add strength to his massive frame. Masterpiece afterwards won the New Zealand Derby, and as a four-year-old suffered a very narrow defeat in the New Zealand Cup, so that his early racing did not detract from his subsequent racing merit; Two years after Masterpiece came Warstep to enrol her name oh the list of winners. She was undoubtedly one of the greatest mares ever foaled in "the southern hemisphere, and ranks as a rival to Wakeful, the best • mare ever foaled in Australia. Warstep trained on to dead-heat with Indigo in the New Zealand Cup, and win the Auckland Cup, Stewards' Handicap, Canterbury. Cup, Great Autumn Handicap. Dunedin Cup, James Hazlett Gold Cup and Trentham Gold Cup. Marsa. > the winner of 1913. won several races and afterwards pro-f duced a great horse in Nightmarch Royal Stag, the winner of 1918: after- ■ wards won, the Dunedin Cup. Count Cavour won in 1923 and followed with the Dunedin Guineas, the Dunedin Cup. Great Northern Derby, New Zealand Derby. New Zealand Cup, and, in addition to other excellent form was ihree times second and once third in the Auckland Cup. Other winners have also-trained on to ,prove, themselves more than useful performers during their subsequent racing career. .','.;;

Some of the winners of the Dunedin Guineas also trained on to become notable performers on the turf. Royal Stag, as previously remarked, won a Dunedin Cup as a four-year-old. Winning Hit won the New Zealand Derby, Great Northern Derby, Stead Gold Cup and Middle Park Plate. Many Kittle the winner.of 1922, was another that developed high class form, as he won •the James Hazlett Gold Cup and Stead Gold Cup. Silver Paper, the winner of 1928, was one of the best middledistance horses of his day, and scored some notable wins, including the Challenge Stakes and Ormond Gold Cup. Cricket Bat, the winner of 1931, followed on by being a good winner for the "blue and gold chequers," and then came a very high-class mare in Silver Scorn, the winner of 1932. She won the New Zealand Derby, New Zealand Oaks, Canterbury Cup, Middle Park Plate and Great Northern Derby Tauramai, the, winner of 1934, afterwards won the Dunedin Cup, Great Autumn Handicap and other races, and last year's winner, Kinnoull, tod recent to require recounting except to say that this year he was considered good enough to take over to tackle the best in Australia. Patrons of Wingatui this week may find themselves destined, to make the acquaintance of a two-year-old or three-year-old that may subsequently cut a wide swath on the turf and elevate themselves to aprominent position in racing history. The continued interest in racing is created by seeing young and promising thoroughbreds in action and, following their subsequent career with the greatest keenness and perhaps being in the proud position justifiably to boast in later years. "Didn't I tell you that he (or she) would develop i into a champion?" Of course it is necessary to see the young racers to form the foundation of an opinion.