RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23203, 29 May 1937, Page 22

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel

Foxton - The' single pool system will be in • use at the Foxton meeting. Toreador Toreador acts weir in heavy going, and may shape well at the Otautau meeting. ■■/.-. '" • t Black Banner Black Banner may start favourite for the,Otautau Steeples. ■'■•'■•.. > Streamline. 1 Streamline and Dictate are probable ■■ starters'-at'the Wangariui meeting, but the former would have ample time to •return and race at Wingatui. Royal Gallant Royal Gallant will probably start favourite for the Otautau Cup.> and Ashaway may be selected as next best. '•■' Viking has two engagements at the Otautau meeting, but his best chance will probably crop up in the Macauley Memorial Handicap. Small Fields \ Fields will be on the small side at the Otautau meeting unless some of those engaged itte saddled up twice to .race in heavy going. Flashlight i Flashlight -was schooled at Riccarton yesterday morning over a round of •the-country in. preparation for his appearance at the Dunedin winter meet-. 4ng.' '■/% '";'•',. -■ "v " ;,The Dunedin Winter Meeting The appearance' of. the weights for the Afifst dayl of -the. Dunedin Jockey Club's-. winter > meeting Will' indicate v that"the l; popular cross-country fixture is in the r not'far distant-future. The meeting promises to be identified with some'horses wlio rank amongst those likely-t6.„tak£ l hftnoursr oyer Jumps.' '.■/■. Heavy Going '" ■ ' Tee^'track'conditions, at Ihvercargill for the Otailtau riieetirig will be' on' the heavy si.de. and so'in favour of those that can act tar deep going. Screen Lord '>..... - The rising/- two-year-old; \ chestnut .gelding in. Mrs A,'W.'M'Donald's stable,' owned-by his breeder, Mr-A. F,. Symes, has peen named Screen;Lord. He is a *brothoEvto Movie. Star and;half-brother to Hunting. Scene and Screen Star. Painted- Screen;, the dani of Screen Lord,' was: got by Leighton—Valvate, ■by Shrill.

Odilion. a winner in Sydney on Wednesday, is a three-year-old fllly by Iliad from Oddity, by All Black from CoHqeit, by-Boniform from Lady Wayward H...- She was bred by Messrs J. W, arid L, W. Storry. of Christchurch, and'Was sold as a yearling at Trenthaih' ;to Mr>GivN. -Magill, of Sydney, for :iso.guineas. ...She won her race on Wednesday in * the colours of Mrs H. H. and is trained; by J. King. : Aniotli'fdr '/Cbestnut ■." chestnut colt foal by Iliads from Entreaty, has' recently been weaned'at Mr Fred Armstrong's stud farm on Waimiri road. He is the first chestnut' Eptre<iity<has'produced since Phar Lap, 'and naturally,much interest will be;attached' tb/'his'progress.■ • En.treaty, who 1 is, ; carrying .her age, re-, -markably Xwelljl 'is ( ih*i oal'to Nightmardi. first, foal-, was a chestnut to" Night 'Raid; Her second.

another chestnut in Phar Lap. Then came bays or browns in Lea f-ap, Nightguard, All Clear, Friday Night, and Tenira, all to Night Raid. Racing into Form The mill-wheel cannot grind with the waters that are past, and horses should win in the present when they can and not be kept waiting for the more problematical chance in the future. At the present time there are perhaps a few horses that are racing into condition, and hence unable to produce their best form. This is the chance for a horse in racing condition, because a good horse is not a good one in racing merit when short of condition, and perhaps being trained in races instead of being trained to race. Opportunity and Merit Apropos of a gtallion making a good sire if he got the opportunities, it must not be overlooked that many get the opportunity but fail to make ' good. When a horse has been at the stud for several years and his stock, winners or losers, are few and far between, then it may be taken for granted that something is wrong somewhere. It may be simply a case of partial impotence. During a horse's first two or three seasons at the stud, if any claim to conheld, then he should get a chance ill the owner does not keep him out of publicity. After three years his stock should start to prove themselves, and as the best proof of a pudding is intae eating, so also the merit and promise of the stock is the best test of the sire. A Progressive Idea

At the annual meetings of the various clubs | a vote of thanks is sometimes recorded to the press. At the next Racing Conference the Wellington Racing! Club is bringing up a remit that all nominations and, where possible, acceptances should ?.,clpse at, 5 p.m.7. At present the weights for some of the days at Trentham.appear at, 8 p ; m., arid acceptances at" 9 p.m.' This means.that the .acceptances are available about|9.3o; Then the press come in and; : unless one .is clever 4 enough to select eight winners' in abdut eight minutes,' tr)e scribes are at work for another hour or so., It is all. in the day-sworC but "it means from about 10; a.m. to j 10.30 p.m. The acceptances land in Dunedin and elsewhere at a very late hour,' and if clubs wish to show a practical appreciation of the assistance df the press they-shoujd cut out the;antfquated idea of closing,nominations and acceptances at the late hour; of 9 o.m. When the matter was previously discussed at a .Racing Conference it yrak stated that the earlier hour did n«t suit some clubs, but that is no reason why the majority should not adopt it. ~., .•";.-'"./-.' ■*.;■ +—^— — : v' ■-:,..