RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23599, 8 September 1938, Page 16

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel

Laughing Lass Laughing Lass put up the best five, furlongs of the morning when galloped at Awapuni on Saturday last. Erebus The Diacquenod gelding Erebus, who created a good impression by his schooling at Riccarton, will be a starter at Wanganui. Ecstatic Ecstatic, one oil! the field in the Maiden Race at Wanganui, is a three-year-old by Laughing Prince from Enthusiasm, Complimentary Tickets .. apparently New , Zealand Is. tyell Bulated with people prepared to parpate in sport providing no payment is reoulred at the gate Minga , A candidate for the Maiden Race at Wanganui is Minga, a three-year-old filly by Llmond—Motley, with three placed performances to her credit as a two-year-old . Defaulter ' The Defoe cold Defaulter is reported to be going oh. satisfactorily in his preparation for coming engagements. Trench Fight Trench Fight is getting through good, useful work on the tracks, and, all going well, will be ready to race at the early spring meetings. Coronation

Coronation, who is engaged in the Maiden Race at Wanganui, is a colt by Llmond from - Jewel of Asia. He started three times ' as a two-year-old, and created the. impression of being able to imhrdye. .. .. . • ■ ; The Wanganui Meeting The interes.tin the Wanganui xneetr Ing should , be , gireatly increased because the fields Include several, of the smartest' 1 two-year-olds. seen • out last season. These . include Amigo, Peerless, Homily.-Gay Son, Russian Ballet, Taurangi;, and Rehearsal. ’ 1 Russian Ballet , Russian Ballet, whose wins last season included , the . Great Northern Champagne Stakes, beating Surmount. Arvakur, ‘and fbuiththers, worked well at Wanganui bn' Saturday last,; On her best form Russian Ballet reads nicely treated at Wanganui at 7.6; C. Dawson' The ex-Wingatui jockey, C. Dawson, has been recommended for a trainer’s licence by the committee of the Canterbury Jockey Club. , Dawson will be in charge of D. O’Connor’s stable during the Jatter’s absence in Australia Engagements Among the riding engagements an- , nounced for 1 Wanganui are:-r-W. J. Broughton, Sporting Gift. Gay Son; G R. Tattersall—Ecstatic, Joviality, Vascones (second day): J. Chaplin— Chere Ami, Puroto. Erebus; L. J, Ellis , —Quadroon, Old Bill, Florence Mills; J. Forsyth, Merryman; A. E. Lord, Curie. Getting a Line The Flying Handicap to be run at Wanganui should set a line to Australian and New Zealand sprinting form. The top-weight, Gay Chou, has been a fairly good winner in Australia, and he will be up against Francis Drake, Laughing Lass, and two smart ones of last season in Gay Son and Russian Ballet. Gay Son may set the strongest opposition to the Australian

Royal Order When referring to Royal Orders recent win at Williamston, “Chiron,” in the Australasian, said: “ Royal Order is one of the numerous team of J. Fryer, who is turning out winners with remarkable consistency. Royal Order is engaged in the Caulfield and. Melbourne Cups with 7.10 in each, but the form at Williamstown is not likely '■ to cause him to join the ranks of Cup ■favourites." Since Royal Order won J his owner, Mr J. Richardson, has received word that the colt was slightly sore after the race. Gay Chou Gay Chou, who is engaged at Wanganui, has won over six, seven, and eight furlongs in Australia. His principal win was in the Doomben Newmarket Handicap, run over six furlongs. Gay Chou’s last win in Australia was at Moorefield, when he won over a mile with 9.2 in Imin 42sec. Gay Chou is seven years old, and got by Gay Lothario from Chouette, by Magpie. Homily The Posterity filly Homily, who is engaged at Wanganui, did not race in New Zealand as a two-year-old. She ran in the A.J.C. Breeders’ Plate, and won later at the meeting. Homage the dam of Homily, also produced Episode, Honour, Courtesy, Worship, and Heritage. Homily is a half-sister to Courtcraft, and shaped well when galloped over six furlongs on Saturday last, ■ '■ Rejected Entry When breeders neglect to furnish their returns, to the Stud Book the results are sometimes serious. Here is an instance of it, as the entries of Lord Wihdburra for the A.J.C. Derby and Victoria Derby were rejected. The conditions of the Derbies stipulate that " no horse shall be, eligible to comp ‘to that, has not been returned and accepted for inclusion in a recognised Stud Book at least six months prior to the date of running.” Lord Windburra did not comply with that condition Haerepo An Australian report refers to Haerepo’s win in Queensland by saying that he ■ cost 750 guineas and opened his winning account in Australia when he, won , the . Welter narrowly from Coronation Day and Albro. It was a good performance, as he was poorly placed early, but the run did not go unchallenged-, by the stewards, who asked the connections to explain his showing in similar company cn August 13. when he was unbacked. wTh his win. when, as his owner, Mr W. T. Kelly, stated the stable commission landed a win of £lsßl. The explanations were accepted, Mr Kelly remarking that he was “ far from square ’* on the horse.

Courtcraft Mr W. Hi Gaisford reports that he has p'aced the Limond— Homage horse Courtcraft back in F. Davis’s care at Woodville to be prepared for the summer racing. Courtcraft. who has been hacked about at Oringi and has done quite a fair amount of work, shows no further signs of the ligament trouble that necessitated scratching him the dav before the New Zealand St. Leger at Trentham, Courtcraft’s itinerary at this juncture Will be s Plate and the Clifford Plate at Ellerslie, and the North Island Challenge Stakes at Trentham, before leaving for Melbourne for the autumn racing. Gay Son

The Beau Pere colt Gay Son, who is engaged at Wanganui, started five times as,a two-year-old for three wins, a secci.d and an unplaced performance in his first start. His first win was In a nursery handicap where he beat Peerless over half a mile in 50sec when giving her 51b. He then won the, Wellesley Stakes from Surmount. Amigo. Peerless, Russian Ballet and others. Peerless beat Gay Son in the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes and his final win was In the Nursery Handicap at Woodville, where with 9.4 he beat Amigo 9.4 and five others. Gay Son is in at 8.6 ,at Wanganui giving 91b to Russian Ballet.