RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24832, 4 February 1942, Page 2

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel ; FIXTURES February J.C. February. 7.—Wintort J.C. February 7.—Matariiata J.C. February 7, 14.—Egmont R.C, ~ First Race.—The first race at the C.J.C. meeting On Saturday will start at 12.15 p.m. • : . / ,: : Abandoned.—The Amberley Racing Club has abandoned this season's meeting.

Strip.—Strip is being treated to a spell, and appears to have benefited considerably.

Night Scout—The Lord Warden gelding Night Scout is again in work and may be seen at the Riverton meeting.

Winton.—Most of the Wingatul horses engaged at Winton Will. leave,/for'; the south to-morrow, r Some •■. will .remain at Invercargill until this,.Gore; tfieeting: . '

All Veil.—Last season All Veil;,won; the Newmarket Handicap, with 131 b, .and this year'; has been" sent .up to 9.6; Doria.—Although Doria has been under suspicion of unsoundness she keeps going on the track and figures amongst the acceptors for the Ciaven Plate. * Divisions.—ln order to avoid a division in the C.J.C. Post Handicap six will require to drop but. One absentee will be lsuftlcient:to.-,avflid, ; a7..division.4n,the-T^iaL 'Stakes.. .'■■^.■-''\>,h;' i ,.--l"ii ■■',■.■.'•';■.'••■■'■ '»**' Don't , Forget!— The Myosotis gelding Don't ■ Forget is again showing a good dash of speed in his work at Riccarton. He can'carry on but does : best when allowed to assume the sole right of pacemaker'. "" . . ■ , ~',,''

Working Well.— King's Toast, who is working well at Riccarton, is now being raced under a lease to Mr H. W. Drewery, who is making, his'first venture as an owner. ";:.;.

, Golden Belle^TheiMr Standfast Ally in A. E. Oldham's! "stable was a bit rattled after a three-furlong sprint yesterday morning. . She has been patiently handled but a fast sprint -obviously upsets her. Doree, the dam of Golden Belle, also produced Princess. Dbreen, Talari ..(dam of Taluta) and was got by Lucullus, from D'Oro, a sister 1 to Desert Gold, Australian Cup.—Since •1921'; horses, Pilliewinkie ; '(9.6) . and Spearfelt (9.13), have won ;the Australian Cup with over 9st. Only tHree-have, won .with, over eight stone in the''same period, and as only two horses .have Carried over 9st into a place, Dashing Cavalier lias /been paid a compliment by getting 9.10 in this year's race. •

Dual Engagements.—Hearth, Salutation, Eulogist, Military'. Maid Arctic .Dawn, Prince Shad, Winning Flight, Straight Sly Puss, and Miss Clorane each have two engagements at the C.J.C. meeting. The C.J.C. Meeting.—Although the acceptances for. the C.J.C. midsummer meeting represent in a few cases dual engagements, they-will-furnish, an excellent card that should' produce good racing The results will be watched with considerable interest from, this end, no doubt a number of those engaged will race at the Dunedin Cup meeting.

Middle Park Plate.—Since 1884. when the Middle Park Plate was instituted, 35 two-yearVolds-have won. It has required an exceptionally high-class horse such as Gloaming, Glentruln,' .Machine -Gun, Cruciform, or Achilles toi beat two-vear-old under the conditions of the race. Some moderate three-year-olds, have won in a weak field, and. judged by those remaining in this year's race, some trainers do not hold a high opinion of the youngsters in this year's race. > High Caste's Weight.—Apparently the V.R.C. handicapper expects High Caste to go on improving from time to time, as he has allotted the son of Bulandshar 10.3 in the Newmarket Handicap. In order to win, High Caste would have to establish a weight-carrying record for the race Very few horses have won with over 9.0, and the record. weight successfully carried is the 10.2 Greenhne won under in 1930. The New Zealand-bred Soultline won under, 9.11 m 1909, and other winners with over 9.0 are Heroic 9.8 and Gothic 9.10 (won -theyprevious year with 8.10). It will be seen that High Caste is set a task never yet achieved in the history of the race.

At wlngatui.—At Wlngatui yesterday morning the middle of the course proper, inside grass, and sand track were in use for training operations. The going was first class, but perhaps a bit slow owing to a heavy moisture on the grass. A number of horses engaged at Wmton ana booked later for Gore were on the scene. Attorney and Latest Song were kept up to their work when completing five furlongs in lmin lOsec. Sip- Saladin and

Pianiste covered the same ground In lmin... 9 4-ssec. Taxpayer and Tissue finished, together when breaking lmin 2Ssec for six' furlongs. Night Pal, working In the middle of the inside grass; covered seven furlongs in lmin 32 l-ssec—the last six in lmin 18 3-ssec. .Prince Leighon was going better than a Mr Standfast filly at the end of three furlongs in 40 l-ssec. Invincible broke away with the youngsters, '■ but dropped back in the last Half-furlong. Lord Nuffield, Joy Boa, Gay Lancer, and others got through useful tasks.