RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23514, 31 May 1938, Page 16

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel

Licences Applications for trainers and riders licences close to-day. Easing the Contact The two board fences at the back of the course at Trentham have been padded. Rockingham Rockingham has been placed in training again after being treated to a beneficial spell. Dictate Dictate is again in work at Riccarton after a well-earned spell. At Wlngatui Yesterday was an “ off ” morning for training operations at Wingatui, and the horses seen out were restricted to easy tasks. Silver Sight Silver Sight has been school over the brush fences at Riccarton and is shaping taell. He has won over the brush hurdles at Riccarton. A Likely Pair J. C. Tomkinson has seven horses In ■work, including a Paper Money WaiItl gelding and a gelding by R oydon from Ladv Ball, the dam of Gay Ballerina and La Moderne. Raphis Raphls, a three-year-old sister to Phar Lap, is in woi& at Riccarton. She missed when bred to a sire and may be raced before returning to the paddock. Yalpeen Valpeen has been handicapped In the Great Northern Hurdles Mid Great Northern Steeples as a light of other days, but he figures in the acceptances for both races. Red Sun Red Sun has been on the Improve in his work over fences, and if not overburdened should win a good race over the big obstacles. A Forced Success For many years the Foxton Club . clashed with the Wellington Cup meeting, but experience forced a change. : The meeting held on Saturday drew a record attendance and a substantial increase in the totalisator returns, Galteemore Galteemore, the winner of the Fox- . ton Cup, was got by Martarrna from Lady Colossus, by Colossus—Mark- ' wood, by King Mark—'Woodhey, by Birkenhead —Goyt, by Dreadnought Thame, by Sword Dance from Lady Mersey, a sister to Carbine. A Change of Owners T. R. George has completed the pur- * chase of Lustral and Matoru from Mrs V. D. Levin, and he intends to educate the two geldings as hurdlers, Lustral has already had experience, and ■ ’ George believes that Matoru will make a proficient jumper. Leprechaun The Peach Brandy—Arras gelding y Leprechaun, who was sold to go to Perth a courde of years ago, won his 7". second race in Western Australia when i ; he scored in a trial stakes at Belmont Park early this month. \ Newcomers . . . ■ D. Cotton has received two more of Mr D. Grant’s horses, both of them by Pink Coat. One of them, Black Coat, showed promise early in his career. The other is a three-year-old which has not yet been tried out for racing.

A Smaller Unit Provision for a 2s totalisator in the cheaper enclosures on the metropolitan race courses of New South Wales is favoured by a section of the State Government. Certain ministers feel that racing clubs should co-operate with the Government in its campaign to check starting-price betting in granting cheaper betting facilities. Riders at EllersHe Early riding engagements announced for the Great Northern meeting are as follows: —L. Dulieu, Silk Sox, Wotan; H. W. McTavish, Kilonsa; H. N. Wiggins, Valmint; A. G. Murray, Ohmaha; G. Ridgway, Jolly Beggar; R. K. Smith, The Trimmer; W. J. Broughton, Aymon, Disturbed; J. H. Muir, Huskie, Windsor Lass; J. H. Mcßae, All Irish. All Irish It was because of a knock received while contesting the Te Rapa Steeplechase that All Irish was unable to fulfil his engagement on the second day of the Waikato meeting. The injury, however, has responded to treatment and All Irish is expected to resume his preparation. Present intentions are that he will contest the Great Northern Hurdles and not the steeplechase.

Future Events Entries for future events in the Dominion are due on June 10. The Wellington Racing Club’s classic programme is the same as in previous years, but with an addition of £IOO to the stake for next year’s St. Leger. The Wellesley, Wellington and North Island Challenge Stakes are worth £6OO each, and the St. Leger £SOO. Owners will note that the entry is for next year’s St. Leger, not the 1940, so that it is now two-year-olds who are

eligible for nomination. A decision about a 1940 St. Leger has not yet been made by the stewards, the fate of this r.’assic depending in part upon the support that is received for the 1939 St. Leger. Rehand icapping The change from fixed penalties to re-handicapping winners after the declaration of weights has been growing in favour, but so far no limitation has been generally adopted in connection with a rehandicap. The conditions attached to the Melbourne Cup read as follows; The winner of any handicap flat race or races of the value ,to the winner of £IOOO or over, after declaration of weights, to carry such additional weight (if any) for each win as the handicapper shall determine Uiot exceeding in the aggregate 101 b). When a horse has become liable to be rehandicapped the extra weight (if any) to be imposed on such horse shall be' declared by the handicapper not later than midday on the Monday following the conclusion of the meeting at which such horse became liable to be rehandicapped, except that any additional weight to be imposed on the winner of the Cantala Stakes shall be declared by the handicapper not later than 7 o’clock on the night of that race.