RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23953, 31 October 1939, Page 7

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel FIXTURES November 3. 4.—Whangarei R.C. November 4.—Otautau R.C November 4.—Napier Park R.C November 4.—Stratford R.C November 4 6. a 11.—Canterbury J.C. November 11.—Napier Park R.C. November 11, 13.—Avondale J.C. November 18.—Levin R.C. November 18.—Southland R.C. November 18, 20.—Waikato R.C. November 25, 27.—Auckland R.C. November 25.—Otaki Maori R.C. Nightcalm A. E. Ellis will have the mount on Nightcalm in the Stewards’, Handicap. Wotan "According to his display in the Waverlcy> Cup, Wotan is not yet a complete back number. . At Invercargill' ■ Nominations are due to-morrow for the Southland Racing Club’s meeting on November 13. Track ' Work • , The track work at Riccarton during the njest-bf the week should, ar. usual, be full ol Interest. Dunedin Summer Meeting Official information has been received that the Dunedin Jockey Club has been granted December 23, 26, and 27 for the Wtngatul summer meeting. The Oaks Stakes : , Monttissa, Who got amongst the winners at Banks Peninsula, is engaged in the Oaks Stakes, and so is Asia, who ran third to her and second to Winning Rival In the Dunedin Guineas, pissafoirxn ' “Passallorm started favourite for the Buchanan Memorial but did not race up to expectation!!. The Motuksrara track . does not suit every horse, and he may be one . of them. * Gill town ];'/ -x TheMoonec Valley Cup winner. Gilltown, Is a ftve-year-old gelding by Excitement from Chorus, by Magplqr-Pearl Necklace, by Tressady—Walanul, by Cooltrim. ■ . ' Yours Truly ; j W. J. Mudford has been engaged to ride’ Yours Truly In the New Zealand Cup. Mudford won on Cherry Bay, Blonde Princess, and Globe Trotter at the Wellington spring meeting. Montesua Mbritessa scored her first win when beating Gold Salute in the Dunedin Handicap when In receipt of 161 b in heavy going She is an Australian-bred filly by Brazen from Irolene. by Linacre —Lady Egale, by Malster—Egale, by Goldstarough—Equalises, by Grand Flaneur—Fair Duchess, by Blair Athol. " , Hearth The Paladin—Kerbside filly Hearth, who won on Saturday, is the first foal produced by Kerbside, a speedy but erratic mare that had a spell at harness work to steady her. Kerbside was got by Tea Tray, from Kerb, by Markhope—Fender, by Martian. Markhope was got by Marcovll from a sister to Persimmon and Diamond Jubilee H. Marcovll got Hurry On, and! Hearth lacks nothing on the score of breeding. A Beneficial Trip Wintering a horse In Australia instead of keeping it at home has produced good results at times, as Noctulform, Midnight Sun. Count Cavour, Grand Rapids. Vice Admiral, Oratrlx, and Nightmarch all raced in Australia and came back to win the New Zealand Cup. Royal Chief is again working well after a trip to Australia, where he beat Mosaic, the winner of the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Saturdsiy. According to his trainer. Royal Chief took time to come right in Sydney, and was better at the end of his programme than at any previous stage of the trip. 1 iV; Attracting Attention H. Nurse is training a two-year-old filly by Gascony from the Psychology mare Symballo and thus a sister to the speedy Symcony, half-sister to The Crooner, and a close relative to Catalogue and Cylinder. She is built on solid lines, and has shown promise in the little sprinting she has done. The filly was purchased as a yearling at Trentham for 120gns by her present owner. Miss Edgar Jones, of Geraldine. Attracted Attention Lord Lynn and King’s Toast, owned by Mr J. R. McKenzie, had their first races on Saturday, and both shaped very encouragingly. Lord Lynn was prominent rounding the home turn of the Halswell Hack Handicap, but weakened when the straight was reached. King’s Toast ran a similar race in the Brackenfield Hack Handicap. He was slow early, but ran up to the leading bunch in the middle stages, only to fade out early in the run home This pair of three-year-olds have not been hurried, and both will be more in evidence before the season is far advainced A Third Time? No horse has ever succeeded in winning the Stewards’ Handicap three times, which Is the attempt that Paper Slipper will be making this year. Two horses have carried more Weight to win, Arrowsmlth 9.13. and Glentruln 9.6 in- her second year, while Cadland’s 9.5 is the same weight as i. oer Slipper has this , year. Arrowsmith and Cadland Iwere both slx-vear-olds when they wop, which Is Paper Slipper’s present aged When he won as a three-year-old he carried 8.5, and last year he carried 8.7 J. N.Z. Cup Trial V Although not impressive as a New Zealand Cup trial, there was a good deal of merit iln the performance of Hunting Cat in the Waverley Cup (says a Taranaki writer). He made all the pace over the last six furlongs, and the time 2min 8 4-ssec, has only been, bettered on two occasions, by Oratress in 1919 and Mendlp in 1929, both of whom carried less weight. Hunting Cat appears to have taken a new lease of life having won three out of his last four races It Is interesting to note the number of Waveriey Cup winners who have scored in big two-mille races since the war Included in the list are Oratress, Depredation, Muraahl, The Bahker and Fersen Star Rose was* second in the Waverley Cup just prior to going south to score his sensational victory in the New Zealand Cup in 1906. An Interesting Shipment Five highly-bred English yearling fillies were landed from England, at Lyttelton this month, and were sent to the Inglewood Stud, Rangtora They are the property of Mr Rundle Brendon. of Two Gates Stud. Essher, England, ami will be offered for sale at Trentham next: January It ts no new exp°rience for Mr Brendon to ship thoroughbreds south of the line, for he sent regular shipments to Mr K' Austin, when he was in business in Australia, and held man l ■: successful sales Among the horses he sent out was the stallion Gay Shield, Strength, winner of the Australian Jockev Club’s Metropolitan. Cohesion, the dam of Heroic Chief: . Silver Flower, the dam of the good but unlucky horse. Silver Standard! Balkan Rose the dam of Balkan Prince; Beneficiary dam of Matinee, and several other successful brood mares The present shipment comprised a brown filly by Young Lover (son of Son-in-Law) from Pemba, dam of winners and a close relation to the English Derby winner, Midday Sun A brown filly by the French Derby winner, Pearlweed, Introduces a valuable French

outcross through her sire, and on her dam’s side is related to Royal Minstrel, Halran, and other good winners descended from The Empress Maud (Carbine blood is represented in the filly by Tommy Atkins, a son of Splon Kop, sire of the successful Australian stallion. The Buzzard) The English Derby winner of 1925, Manna, who died in England this month, is represented by a bay filly out of Jacqueline of Hainau, dam of the Wilbraham Stakes winner, Red Lady, and she is a-daughter ol the Desmond horse Farasl, the sire of the dam of Trlgo. and Harinero, both by Btandford, whose stock are doing so well in Australia Son-In-Law blood ts again represented in a filly by his son, Empire Builder from Noneen Rhu, who is a winner producer and a very attractivelybred mare running back to Feronia. the third dam of the stallion, Valais The shipment landed in excellent order.