RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Volume 25193, Issue 25193, 6 April 1943, Page 4

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel

Acceptances for the Timaru meeting are due to-day. Acceptances for the Great Easter and Great Autumn are due on Friday. When she won the principal sprint on the second day at Hawke’s Bay, Gay Genet scored her first win in 13 starts this season.

An interesting feature of the second day's lacing at the Hawke's Bay meeting was the number of outsiders securing prize money. Not one favourite won during the day. Since the declaration of the handicaps, Daljarrock has retained his place as favourite for the Great Easter. Royal Lancer, The Joker, Macedoine, and Prince Shad are linked in connection with the Great Autumn. Full Hand, who has two wins in the Hawke’s Bay Cup to his credit, was foaled in 1935, being got by The Ace—Volimond, by Lirnond—Trivoli, by Absurd. He was purchased by his present owner for about £SO, and has since won £1635 in stakes. An offer of 7000gns lias been refused for the two-year-old colt Moorland, a son of Felcrag (a tail-male descendant of Carbine). Moorland cost 215gns as a yearling, and has since won £I3OO In stakes. Isaac Foulsham, whose death is reported from Australia, in his eightyeighth year, at one time trained the famous Malua, one of the best all-round norses raced in Australia. Malua won the Melbourne Cup with 9.9, the Oakleigh Plate (five furlongs and a-half), the Newmarket Handicap, the Australian Cup, and the Victoria Grand National Hurdles.

There is ample room for the extension of the safety number at the barrier for the mile and 35 yards start at Timaru. The start is made off the main track, and could be extended to accommodate more than the official 23, but a horse that draws an outside position would have to be smart to turn into the back stretch with the leaders. At a committee meeting of the Southland Racing Club £250 was contributed to the Southland Provincial Patriotic Council. Reference was made to the former sporting writer, the late Mr Frank Mussen, and it was agreed to elect Mrs Mussen a life member of the club. The president, Mr W. T. Hazlett, was heartily congratulated on winning the Australian Cup with Taramoa, a horse of his own breeding. The winners on the first day at Hawke's Bay included Ivar, who, when raced by Mr F. Ormond, became apparently hopeless as a racing proposition, and was given away. Ivar was bred by Mr Ormond. As a two-year-old he won four times and was placed four times in eight starts. As a three-year-old Ivar won five times and was placed three times in 18 starts. He did not start as a four-year-old or as a five-year-old. Last season Ivar ran unplaced in three races, and this term has won twice in eight starts. Some heavily-burdened horses have won the Great Autumn Handicap, but the fact does not a line to this year's race, as the relative raqjng merit of the fields cannot be compared. In 1915 Warstep won with 9.11, Sasanof won with 9.13 in 1920, and other winners with over 9 0 are Red Wink 9.2, Grand Knight 9.4, and Hynanna 9.6. Since 1929 the highest weight carried by a winner was Queen of Song’s 8.13 in 1936. In the same period only five winners have carried . between 8.0 and 8.7. Prior to Warstep’s success the highest weight carried between 1874 and 1915 was 9.5 on Los Angeles when he won in 1912.