RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25372, 2 November 1943, Page 4

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel

Nominations for the Southland Racing Club's spring meeting are due to-morrow. The "trophy” attached to the Caulfield Cup was £l5O in war bonds. Some Sing, who w<*n at Foxton, is a five-year-old mare, but has done very little racing. She was got by Nigger Minstrel from Some Queen. The Cricket Bat gelding Ranji has been returned to training after a long spell. He showed a good deal of promise as a three-year-old. „ It is reported that Tattersall’s Bazaar in Christchurch has been sold at £35,000. It has been identified with yearling and bloodstock sales for very many years. Although Happy Ending has been displaying unsoundness, he holds his engagement in the New Zealand Cup. Happy Ending won the New Zealand Cup in 1941 and the Wellington Cup in 1942. Sun Caste, the St. Leger winner of 1941, had. to be destroyed. He was slightly pricked when being shod, and an abscess developed. Naturally, every effort was made to save the son of Hyperion, but without success.

There were nine days’ racing and trotting during the month of August, one fewer than in 1942, and the total stakes given, £29,885, showed an average of £415 a race, as cqmpared with £3Ol last year. The totalisator handled £713,539, an average of £9910 a race, as against £6555 in 1942. The total taxation paid was £67,189.

Three yearlings broken in and educated by H. Dulieu since their purchase at the January sales on behalf of Australian owners were recently despatched to Sydney. They were the Defaulter —Merry Miss colt and Golden Eagle filly, owned by Mr H. Tancred, and the Battle Song— Mazeppa colt owned by Mr W. J. McKell, M.P. A Genetout filly sent over to spell also went back with them. Sea Quex, who won at Foxton in her first start this season, and with more weight and in faster time than Alethea won the open six furlongs, scored two wins last season. She is a five-year-old mare by Lord Quex —Seacourt, by Gainsccurt—Seabar, by Advance. The Beau Pebe—Cuddle two-year-old Beau Cheval has joined R. Wilson’s stable at Riccarton. Wilson also trains ■ Kevin for Mr R. J. Murphy. Cuddle was one of the best of her time, and two wins in the Auckland Cup, a win in the New Zealand Cup, and a win in the Canterbury Cup were included in her successes.

Amigo, the winner of the Foxton Cup, broke a long run cf “ outs ” with his success. He had not been a winner since September 15 of 1941. In the meantime he has been started in 32 races and his lack of success suggested that he had become tired of racing. Amigo was one of .the first crop of foals left by Beau Pere and was a smart two-year-old, winning four -tithes and- being placed four times in 10 starts. Patu Po, who won under 9.10 at the Foxton meeting, is one of the best of * his class in commission. He scored his third consecutive win on Saturday, and promotion to open company should net prove a bar to further success. He is a chestnut six-year-old gelding by Nightly from Belcaire, by Treclaire. The two-year-old Hoodiki, who won at the Foxtc-n meeting and Incidentally beat Intense, was having her fourth start. She is a chestnut filly by Golden Eagle —Merial, by Chief Ruler—Melissa, by Absurd—Amyrin, by Bezonian. Golden Eagle, who was got by Fairway—Golden Silence, by Swynford, had a brief stud career. His sire, Fairway, won the St. Leger and £42,722 in stakes. The Southland Racing Club has been petitioned by trainers to reduce the time of bringing horses into the birdcage before a race from 25 to 15- minutes. Rule 278, section 2, states: "No horse has to be ordered to the starting post more than 20 minutes before the appointed starting time.” In order to give effect to the rule, horses are ordered into the birdcage from 25 to 30 minutes before the starting time, and failure to have a horse on hand renders the person responsible liable to a fine not exceeding £5.