RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26042, 4 January 1946, Page 6

RACING NEWS

Jan. 5 Rangitikei R.C. Jan. 5 Hawke’s Bay J.C. Jan. 5 Reefton J.C. Jan. 11 and 12 .. Vincent J.C. Jan. 12 Marton J.C. Jottings The Wellington Racing Club is giving a total of £28,550 in stakes for the Wellington Cup meeting. There was plenty of money in circulation at the Auckland Cup meeting. The totalisator handled £814,974 on 32 races. Benbecula, who won the President’s Handicap at Oamaru in good style, finished last in the Dunedin Cup. Nominations for the Wellington Cup meeting are due to-day. ' Forfeits for the Wellington Stakes are also due. According to the Rules of Racing a rider who cannot draw weight after a race is allowed lib. If the allowance Is not sufficient the horse shall be disqualified for the race. Bayreuth is a three-year-old gelding by Siegfried—Bay Biddy, by ShamblesChivalry, by Gay Lad —Lady Talbot, by Pilgrim’s Progress—Lady Lillian. Claimed as Best Colt The best two-year-old colt seen out this season is said to be Havoc, who was got by Ajax—Only Us, by Bonnement (son of Tracery)—We Two, by Saltash— Trois, by The Welkin—Teppo. Smart Hurdler Bright Fox proved himself a smart hurdler when he won the Auckland Hurdles with 11.3 in 3min Bsec. He was got by Foxbridge—Cometary, by Day Comet—The Boyne, by Merriwee—The Shannon, by Torpedo—Rivulet. Premature Rejoicing An owner who was at the Waikouaiti meeting broadcast the news that he had a royal win over a horse at the Wyndham meeting. The report proved to be incorrect, but the impression gathered was that the horse concerned must be one out of the ordinary. Full Brothers Burnbrae and Grill are full brothers, and their winning form is not likely to stop with recent successes. They were got by Salmagundi—Lochlaggan, by Wooderid—Glentruin, the winner of the Stewards’ Handicap in 1922 and 1923, and other races. Rosehill Course A report from Sydney states that the Sydney Turf Club has taken over the Rosehill racecourse. The Rosehill Club was the only one operating outside the Sydney Turf Club and the Australian Jockey Club. The Sydney Turf Club is sponsored by the Government, and was formed with the object of wiping out proprietary racing in New South Wales. Golden Souvenir Different opinions have been expressed concerning the source from which Golden Souvenir derives his racing merit. It may be due to the fact that he is a tail male descendant of St. Simon through Florlzell II (brother to Persimmon and Diamond Jubilee II), and the same strain is also inherited through Flying Fox, Child wick. Orme, La Fleche, Rock Sand, and William the Third. It is very rare, if, indeed, it is not impossible, to find so many strains of such a dominating line in a pedigree. The Late W. Pine The death occurred last week of William Pine a former resident of Dunedin, who was at. one time successfully associated with the racing stables of Messrs J. Stephenson and J. Hazlett when Forbury Park was the headquarters of the Dunedin Jockey Club. He won the Dunedin Cup on Tempest in 1893 and on Gipsy Grand in 1896 for the stable. His brother, J. Pine, won the first Dunedin Cup run at Wingatui on Djin Djin, in 1899. W, Pine also won the D.J.C. Handicap on Outpost in 1895 and the Timaru Cup on the same horse. Other notable winners he rode were Misfire, Emmeline, and Black and Red when they won the Invercargill Cup. For some time Pine acted as trainer for the late Mr J. F. Buchanan, and for a number of years he acted as trainer for different owners in. the North Island.