RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25240, 1 June 1943, Page 4

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel Acceptances for the conc’uding card of the Dunedin winter meeting are due today at 5 p.m. It is rumoured that Amorlad has changed owners at a consideration of £IOOO. Dark Olga has been schooled over hurdles and holds an engagement in the June Hurdles. It is understood that theiic’.za of taking Spendthrift, Noko, and Vaiantua to Auckland has been abandoned. Saldowa was badly placed in the early atages of the Brighton Handicap and was teo far back to have a chance of winding. •

The ex-Wingatui -'gelding Taxpayer ran a good race in the Otago Hurdles, but was worried out of a win in the last few / Btrides. The Birthday Handicap could not be considered a fast run race for the winner to put up 2min 17sec, as in! the Aldworth Handicap the hacks, under. a 71b higher minimum, covered, the same ground in 2min 18 l-ssec. The two-year-old gelding Kiloney, who , finished second to Silver Mask, was got by Kinnouli from Miss' Artoney, by Last ! Dart—Lady Skirl, by Kiibroney. and may train on to be a useful three-year-old. A mistage in hoisting Bali’s number (10) instead of that of Princess Myosotis (14) after the General Freyberg Handicap caused some backers to throw away their tickets. The error was rectified, but some delay took place in making the necessary alteration on the riders’ board. Gay Boa- was probably a bit lucky that both " Anglo-French and Merry Simon ran off in the Otago Steeples, but he pays in poundage forthe win in meeting AngloFrench on BJlb and Merry Simon on KRlb worse terms in the Wingatui Steeples, run over a quarter of a mile' less ground. Widfer and higher wings might have kept Anglo-French and Merry Sirron on-, the course and so lent greater interest to the final six furlongs of the Otago Steeples. It is not difficult to lengthen the wings of a jump, i but when a horse runs off the race is deprived of interest, and it also teaches a horse bad habits. Dark Olga, who won the General Frey,'eig Handicap, with'a remarkable finishing run,-was got by Nightmarch—Teresa, by" Tractor—Loch Tava, by Grafton Loch— Oratava, by Kilcheran—Poltava, by Stepniak—Tempest. As a three-year-old, Dark Olga won three times in six starts, and last season scored one win in nine starts. This season she was placed twice in four starts prior to winning the General Freybet g Handicap. , The six-sttand barrier was introduced in Australia about half a century ago and, standing the test of time, is more firmly established than ever. The English critics were opposed to its introduction, but it has long become firmly established in \ Eng'and, the ( hub of the racing world. \ Now Zealand is still waiting for a uniform barrier to be in compulsory use at every meeting. The 11 hardest ” men in the racing world —the English S.P. Bookmakers—altered their rules some years ago, shortly after the introduction of the Australian barrier, because it effected a vast improvement in -starting. . Gold Nugget did not win out of his turn .when he won the Brighton Handicap, as it was his second success m 32 starts His previous win was a Novice Handicap, run at Wingatui on December 28. 1940. On the score of breeding Gold Nugget should be a better performer than has been the case. He was- got by Iliad from Gold Dress, by Hunting Song-Etoile d Or, by Polydamon from Perle „d Or. a sister to Golden Slipper. He belongs to the Aura taproot, which produced Auraria, a winner of the Victoria Derby and Melbourne Cup, and also Desert Gold, one of the best mares ever bred or raced in New Zealand. „ ' , Bashful Lady is in the unlucky positiori of being a defeated top-weight over a mile and a-ou&rter.. She was second in the Riverton Cup with 8.6, third in thev Easter Handicap with 8.11, second in the Awarua Handicap with 8.12, unplaced at Oamaru with 8.12, and second in the Birthday Handicap with 9.1. She has been allotted 9.5 in the Provincial, Handicap, and a series of defeats has Resulted in an increase ,of weight. The punters' problem consists of solving the question— If Bashful Lady could not win at Riverton with 8.6 what is her chance with 9.5? In the Provincial Handicap Bashful Lady meets Amorlad on 71b better terms for 'a two-length beating, but the latter was galloping away from her at the finish Kevin, who finished third, meets Amorlad on 101 b bgtter terms. Amorlad has been sent up 111 b, and. "apart from Spanish Lad, the unplaced lot have been droppea 21b. , , Amorlad traces back to Lass o’ the Hills, a mare bred in South Australia in 1872. She was got by Talk o’ the Hills, and her first contribution to the New Zealand Stud Book was Cock of the Walk, got by The Assyrian, winner of the Melbourne Cup in 1882. She produced five foals, all of rather moderate calibre on the turf. Red Riding Hood, the fourth dam of Amorlad. was a Le Loup mare with a malformed leg, due to an accident. The third dam, Red Start, was got by the Castor horse Casket, who won l the Great /Easter and the Dunedin Cup, but left nothing .of note at the stud. Pallas,, thej sire of Amorlad’s granddam, was a- brilliant performer, and won the D.J.C. H>an- " dicap twice, in addition to other wins. Balboa, the sire of Scarlet Lady, the-dam of Amorlad, was a good winner'and a 1 stud success : under 1 difficult- conditions. Balboa won the.-Auckland Cup, the New ( Zealand Derby, and the New Zealand St. Leger. It has been said that any site is apt to get at least one good horse, and Philamor has/..achieved ft with Amorlad. Philamor -was- got;.by,' Son-in-Law from Love Oil, and ( was foaled in 1926.