RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25866, 9 June 1945, Page 5

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel The Wellington Steeplechase will carry a stake of £2OOO. -The problem of the; moment i» not what •Will win, but What will start. • *• Amorlad-and John Gay have been struck out of their engagements for to-day. Boloyna is now rising 10 years old At his best he acted well in heavy going. Justitia looks' in good racing shape, but ■he has reached a place only once In 13 starts this season. , ■. ■ The Wellington Racing qub isi adhering to the ballot to reduce fields to. the safety is ■ good field of 15 engaged In the Greenfield Hurdles, and probably tney will all be found at the post. Courtdress schooled well on Thursday, and may have: more than an outside chance in ’the Greenfield Hurdles. The Grand National Steeplechase will have a stake of £2500, and the Grand National Hurdles one of £ISOO. Strip has beben a disappointment at the winter meeting, but in the Dunedin Steeplechase he has a chance to redeem his reputation, „ Boulder Dam looks bright and well when working on the track, but has not reacned i place since he won at Waikoualti on rs three-year-old gelding Bumbrae, who Is engaged in the |Electric Stakes, is a three-year-old brother to Grill, who is bracketed with Hurry Home in the Domain Handicap. Minority and Royal Chorus set a lively pace in the June Hurdles, and they are both engaged to-day in the Greenfield Hurdles, but nothing definite has been learned about their mission or missions to-day. Brackets at Wingatui to-day are as follows:—Greenfield Hurdles. Mossbum and Pern; Electric Stakes, Robot and Bobby Dazzler; Domain Handicap, Hurry Home and Grill: Tainiii Handicap, St. Nattar and Justitia. Tring was finishing on at the end of his race at Wingatui, and as he stays well he will be suited by the extra distance In the King George Handicap if started. '■ Last season Tring won the Otaio Plate, of one mile and a-half, and ran a dead-heat with Gamble in the Timaru Cup, run over 11 furlongs. The placings In the Trial Stakes last Saturday were: Shipmate 8.13, Don’t Regret 8.11, Plutocrat 8.11, and Robot 8.11. In the Electric Stakes, Don’t Regret, Plutocrat, amd Robot will meet again on the same terms. Great Divide and Dowlair also come in on the same terms. , If they rlin’ according to the book, the above-named-lot should be hard to keep out of the money.

In the Southern Handicap there was R : : close fiqlsh.sgnd 100 yards from home Half a. dozen appeared to have winning chances. This lot consisted of Eagle Flight Bowmore, Tikakoura, Runaway, and Riding Home. In the Domain Handicap Riding Home meets Tikakoura on 51b, Night Fighter on 81b, Eagle Flight on 101 b, and Runaway on 111 b worse terms over the same distance. In the same field, Grill is engaged, and he meets Killarney on the same terms as when the former won at Oamaru and the latter finished-ouside a place.- -Killarney won the Novice Handicap on Monday with 8.0 and form' points to Grill being hard to beat. £When Haughty Winner put up his track record of,2min 4jsec at Trentham he carried 8.1 and beat Lady Montana 8.1, Queen of Song 7.10, Wild Chase 9.1, and seven others. At Riccarton Haughty Winner carried 8.11 and ran The Raker 7.2 to a neck in 2min 3 2-ssec. He had 10 others behind him. It was a great performance to give The Raker 231 b in a record time for a handicap. The track record is 2min 2M-ssec, put up by Bronze “Eagle 7.12, or 131 b less than Haughty Winner carried. The Raker was a good performer in his day. He ran a dead-heat "in the Dunedin Cup in 1943, and Palfrey gained a very narrow verdict over him in the following year. Haughty Winner put up some other notable performances, including the Winter Cup, when, with 9.5, he ran Lady Tinkle 8.10 to a neck In a big field. As at two-year-old he won three times, and was also five times placed in eight starts. He raced through each season with success until seven years old, and his displays of speed and stamina could only be based on a first-class conformation. This assisted him to race prominently when carrying big weights. The fact that Minority holds three engagements on tb-day’s card recalls Red Ijancer’s performance in running three races in one day at Gore in the springof 1897.’ Emm el me beat Red Lancer on the first-day by a nose in the Gore Cup. rim in wet weather. On the second day, again in wet weather. Red Lancer won the. Gore Racing Club Handicap (nine furlongs), the.. Welter Hahd'cap (seven furlongs). and the Shorts Handicap (four flirlongs).'- The total amount of stakes won by Red'Lancer was £BS. The following' season he won three races at the Wellington spring merting. On the first dav he won over a mile, and on the second day over a mile and also over seven furlongs. Red Lancer was a bay gelding by St. Clair (Musket—Pulchra) from Red Ensign, by St. George—Red Rose, by Traducer.