RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23321, 13 October 1937, Page 14

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel

Acceptances , Acceptances for the first day of the Gore meeting are due on Monday next. Wellington * Acceptances for the first day of the * Wellington spring meeting are due on s Friday next. > A Good Trio ' An interesting trio in Argentic. Davolo and Rebel Lad are engaged in the * Teschemaker Hanclicap. Argentic Argentic did not show up in his re- ' cent races, but should be an improved horse at Timaru this week. ’ Philein The Philamor filly Philein appears to have been improved by her racing 1 at Wingatui last week. The Gore Meeting The Railways Department reports . that special cheap week-end excursion tickets will be issued in connection . with the Gore Racing Club’s spring v meeting. Sweepstakes Some very unwieldy fields are en- ■ gaged at the Wellington spring meeting and a sweepstakes should be at- > lached to each list of acceptances that „ exceed the safety limit. Alma

Alma holds a rather isolated posit\on in the Flying Handicap to be run at Gore, where she is giving 24 : 1b to the next on the list. Orlyx

Ortyx looks none the worse for her two races last week, and worked yes- • terday morning in company with Our Pal. Big Fields , .. Unless a big shrinkage takes place in v the nresent strength of the fields, two t! I .® races on the first day’s card at Wellington are likely to be run in divisions.

Two Winners Two winners figure in the Spring Stakes, to be run at Timaru. Cocksure won the first division and Eimarch the second division of the Novice Stakes run at Ashburton. Kinnoull Kinnoull. who figures amongst the acceptances for the Timaru meeting, has not raced since he started in the threat Autumn Handicap of 1936.

G-U-o Gallia is apparently comine back to r—m and must be dangerous in his r ei 1 ’nrr o), en easements. There was no dnnM about his suneriority when raa, nrt fV)p SDrir|£J of lagt geason R«»val Order i l ® B been training on at_ .actonlv but. on the advice of his ™ r - 3 J, Io " erJ , to drnn out. of aa,-£ au n °v Mr . J - Bfehardson leaves on Fridav for Australia. Auckland Cun Meeting nJn««i n wi ,n J. for l he Auckland Cun, wAJAuk I L nd J? an St’mmer Cun. Rac- ' •5 G!ub Handican. Grand Stand Handican. King’s Plate, and Clifford Plate at the Auckland Racing Club’s summer meeting close on Friday. 15th inat.. at 5 o clock A Difference At Timaru Tmvenna was handi-cann-d to give I6lb and Redolent 141 b f .°. S’h’er Sight in the Otaio Hurdles. a* We'hngton. over an extra nuarter of a mile. Traventia is giving 121 b and °*dolent 51b to Silver Sight. T«n.dressing ~,T he inside of the course proper at Wingatui is being top-dressed with the nver silt which proved very benepoial towards improving the going on the plough track. The silt should help to improve the going on the course proper Pink Robe * , Pink Robe sweated freely when working vesterdav morning, and her two races last week woke her up a bit. She is still on the big side in condition and should benefit by rac- * ing.

Rebel Lad Hebe] Lad. who is engaged at Timaru. was last seen out at the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s May meeting. He scored his last win in the Thomdon Handicap at the Wellington Cun meeting, and later Davolo 8.9 beat him in the D.J.C Handican when giving 151 b. Oalllo and Wild Chase When thev met last season at the Wellington spring meeting Gallio easily accounted for Wild Chase in the Trentham Stakes, which was run in Imin 38isec Gallio also won the Harcourt Stakes, and now meets Wild Chase on even terms in the Wellington Handicap Silver Streak Silver Streak was unlucky to misfa win over a mile and a-quarter last week, and must he regarded as a possible stayer over a longer distance One factor in his favour in that direction is due to' his being a quiet goerin a race. Sometimes horses trained for sprint courses null themselves to pieces when asked to go a longer journey. but this is not the cr.se with Silver Streak,

Emissary Emissary, who figures as too-wei-in the Flying Handicap, is not produced very often, but when really ready takes some beating. Last season he was started nine timeu and won four and got placed in another. He finished the season bv winninr the — Handicap with 8.91 in Imin Msec and the Doncaster Handicap at Tim with 8.13 In Imin 13 2-ssec, At Wingatui There was a fairly large number of horses worked at Wingatui yesterday morning, but as most of them had been raced last week tliei tasks did not tend towards severity. Araboa was worked on the lead, and then sent along on the plough, where he ran five furlongs in Imin ssec, the last half-mile in 51 3-ssec, Araboa looks bright and well and suffered no damage bv his two races last week. Mary Pratt and Counterflight galloped six furlongs on the outside of the course proper in Imin 26 3-ssec, and Alma did a working gallop over the same ground The Timaru Meeting The declaration of acceptances created a shrinkage in the fields for the first day of the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting but still sufficient remains to make a good card. Travenna. Redolent, Courtyard Burwood, Nightsail. Gold Boy Bonazel, Sir Rosenor and Royal Grafton dropped out of the Otaio Hurdles, leaving a field of eight. Valmarch is the only one of note to dr out of the Spring Stakes, but a more serious shrinkage took place in connection with the Teschemaker Handicap,, as the missing include Queen of Song. Greek Shepherd, Araboa, M’Heath. The Surgeon, Trebleack. Cape Gabo and Daring Deed. A field of nine, including some New Zealand Cup candidates, should supply an interesting race. Thir-

teen remain in the Tycho Hack Handicap, and nine in the Kerrytown Hack Handicap. Ten is the main for the Flying Handicap, in which Kinnoull figures, and if he goes to the post it will greatly enhance the interest in the race. A Rare Occurrence

It would be interesting to know how many owners in New Zealand have waited for months after entering the ranks to have the pleasure of owning a winner, while there have been, and are, manv instances of big teams being in commission by one owner who have gone through a season without much success. It is, therefore, appropriate to cite the case ot Mrs J. W Woodhouse of Christchurch, whose entry into the arena must be in the nature of a record. Her first and only horse to date is the two-year-old Protector, who was betaen into second place in his first race, but has won the three others he has contested, these including the Auckland Racing Club’s Welcome Stakes, which was his most severe test, and which he won decisively Protector’s next apnearance will be made at Trentham, where he will probably meet stronger opponents than he encountered at either Auckland or Wanganui. His stake earnings amount to £725. Real Estate

The English two-year-old Real Estate has now won four races on en out of six starts, and is looked upon as one of the speediest youngsters seen out this season. His flrs't win was at Sandown Park, and then he won the Princess's Stakes at the Newmarket first July meeting, the Goodwood Selsey Stakes, in which he gave the Gimcrack Stakes winner. Golde* Sovereign, 71b and a half-length beating, and the International Plate at Kempton Park, carrying 9.7 in the last-men-tioned event. Real Estate, who Is a gelding and therefore not eligible for the classics, Is by Rameses the Second from Romneya, by Colorado from Sweet Rocket (7), by Rock Flint. Rameses the Second, the sire of Real Estate, was foaled in 1927. and is by Gainsborough from Grand Rapide, by Hurry On from Mademoiselle Pictet (3), by Picton, and comes from the Excellenza branch recently brought into prominence by the victory of Chulmleigh in the St. Leger. On the Bit

One of the greatest faults or errors of judgment in training or riding a horse is to teach them to pull. Continually riding a horse “on the bit’’ has two great faults. It conveys the impression that the horse only requires to be let go, and unlimited speed would be unreeled. It creates the callous mouth which makes a horse go from bad to worse as a puller. The hardpulling horse is generally “ done going when done pulling.” Making a puller has also another serious fault. When a horse in a race is asked to change from pulling to going on it is more apt to get unbalanced than go on. The reason is due to the fact that continually hanging on to a horse makes it so accustomed to being held together that it goes to pieces when the bit is taken away and its support becomes lost. The cause of the fault is allowing horses to be ridden with a too snort leather in their work. It may be deemed necessary to ride a horse short in a race because it does not get much chance to pull, but in half-pace or slower than a gallop the leathers should be lengthened in order to study the horse’s mouth and stop it from pulling. The most ridiculous sight that can be seen during training operations is to see a rider with his stern about a foot above the saddle and being balanced in his irons by hanging on to the reins. The extreme crouch may have brought some good in its train, but it also brought a curse in the shape of riding on the bit and creating the callous mouth which makes a horse difficult to control at the barrier. and apt to ruin it for racing.

Soundest Guide “ With the money here i do not want to be bothered with track trials,” a famous punter once said at the victoria Club. London. If he’s right, Flood Tide is the horse to follow in the Caulfield Cup. Not only is the money setting him on the way to Caulfield Cup favouritism (says The Globe), but the New Zealander is doing the job on the track as well. Well-in-formed quarters think the Caulfield Cup is . over. Bob Miller, his trainer, thinks that he will be hard to beat in both Cups, and he is not worrying over much about which one he wins. He would prefer the Melbourne, but he’s all out to win the Caulfield. He’s got the cream of the market, too. The Craven Plate

A race decided annually at the Australian Jockey Club’s spring meeting, in which a very keen interest is always manifested is the Craven Plate, run over a mile and a-quarter at standard weight-for-age It is one of the events which has regularly been won by a noteworthy performer while the list of winners includes many illustrious names, including that of Carbine. ' Forty-seven years have slipped bv since that day in 1890 when Carbine and Megaphone waged their exciting battle for supremacy, and in winning Carbine reduced the time record for a mile and a-quarter to 2min 7sec. In the interval fresh , records have been created, and Phar Lap’s 2min 2j.sec remains the best. The most sensational finish to the Craven Plate was staged in 1918, and the four horses who fought for supremacy—Cetigne six years Wnlaroi five years. Estland four years, and Desert Gold—had won Derby honours in respective years. Heads only separated the quartet as they dashed past the post in the order mentioned Judge’s Decision Records prove that the Camera Eye would have been appreciated back in 1823. Every year since those early nineteenth century days the judge has been an Aunt Sally for backers of the second horse in a tight finish. Hark to a sad story concerning the Duke of Richmond. At Goodwood literally the

“ home ” meeting of the Duke, and. incidentally, a fixture that was seldom a lucky one for the yellow and scarlet livery, the Goodwood Stakes was won in its inaugural year, 1823, by Dandijette. owned by the then Duke of Richmond. Bad luck, however, robbed him of the race. The judge had elected to try out an experiment of having a lofty platform erected from which he considered he would get a perfect view of the finishes. Unfortunately the judge was so intent on watching VitelHna and Ghost fighting out a close finish on the far rails that he missed Dandijette. who flashed by right under his platform an easy first. Vitellina was declared the winner and the owner, Lord Verulam. sportingly offered the stake to (he Duke, “Not a bit of it,” was the equally sporting reply, “ I pay my judge to decide who is the winner,”