RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25564, 17 June 1944, Page 6

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel

The substitute Derby Stakes will b run in England to-day. Nominations for the Wellington Wintei meeting are due on Monday.

Acceptances for the South Canterbun Jockey Club meet.ng are due on Monday The well-known trainer J. T. Jamieson intends to return to Sydney in the near future. ,

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report the sale of the imported stallion' Gynerium to a Queensland stud. • The starting times at the Manawatu patnotic meeting to-day are as follows (single pool betting) :—11.30, 12.10. 12.50 I. 2.10, 2.50, 3.30, 4.10. Lord Iliffe, chairman of the Red C'vss Society, recently announced in London that British sport had raised £i,out> for patriotic funds. The contr.buting sports included racing, billiards, association football, golf, darts, greyhounds, boxing, cricket, lawn tennis, Rugby, and table tennis. , V In common with the markets m New Zealand and Australia, the annual sale of thoroughbred yearhngs in South Africa was most successful. More lot’s than usual realised four figures, and the 162 yearlipgs sold aggregated £103,685, an average -of £640. In 1843, 134 yearlings were sold for £59,408, an average of £443. At a meeting on April 1 at the Auckland Park racecourse, Johannesburg, only two tickets were taken on the winning combination in the daily tote double, and the pay-out on each ticket was £6405 Bs. A woman who held one of the tickets fainted as the second leg of the double passed the winning post. The first leg was won by a 50 to 1 outsider, but the second leg was second favourite at 7 to 1. The Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase is rightly regarded as the greatest cross country race in the world. In a century of its history probably' fewer than 50 horses have met with fatal accidents, and most of these occurred before 1890. Only one rider has been killed, and that was over 80 years ago. The Liverpool country is made up of very solid live fences which have a certain amount ot give when a horse strikes heavily. The freedom from serious accidents may oe taken as a tribute to the capability of trainers in schooling and making crosscountry horses. It is on record, however, that one of the winners did not cross a jump during the year which intervened between his previous start in the race._ As the result ot his success on Upkim at Awapuni, W. Broughton increased tils lead in the list of winning jockeys for the present season. He has ridden 34 winners. L. Clutterbuck is second with 31 wins, and is closely followed by Wiggins with 30. Others to reach double figures are: S. Waddell 28, A Midwood 26, C. Wilson. W. F. Ellis 20, L. J. Ellis 19, T. Green, G. Hughes 18, W. Carter 16, R. Caddy, A. Toki 15, E. Dye, L Galvin, N Holland, A. Waddell 14, A. Jenkins 13, J. Dooley 12, W. Aitken, M. Coon, J. McFailane 10. ' tv , Q Theseus, by Theio, who will be at the service of breeders during the coping season, is a member of the No. 7 family, of which some of great distinction include Persimmon (Derby and St. Leger), Flying Fox (Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, and St Leger), Diamond Jubilee (Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, and St. Leger), Donovan (Derby and St. Leger), West Australian (Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, and St. Leger), Cotherstone (Two Thousand Guineas and Derby), and other Derby winners in Wild Dayrell, Gustavus, Mundig, Pau. Saltram, Ditto and several other classic winners, as well as the great sire, Wisdom. . , , , __ During a recent visit to Auckland Mr H R. Chalmers, president of the Racing Conference, met a deputation from me New Zealand Owners, Breeders, and Trainers’ Association, when several important questions were discussed. Mr, Chalmers said conference was sympathetic towards owners and trainers, realising the many difficulties they were faced with under existing conditions. On the question of the centralisation of racing, Mr Chalmers made it clear that, should this become necessary during the restricted period, conference would protect the interests of clubs who may be required to race away from home, and would assure that, when conditions became normal, those clubs would again enjoy all their privileges. There would be no danger of any club losing its Identity. - -