RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26197, 6 July 1946, Page 5

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel Jottings Handicaps for the Grand National meeting are due on July 16. Typhoon has not raced for some time, but is apparently considered forward enough to start to-day. The Siegfried—Gladlight mare, engaged at Timaru will race as Luminosity, and the Siegfried—Kindly Light mare as Soft Light. Ten horses are engaged in the Elloughton Handicap, and no pronounced favourite has been discovered. Money Bird won at the Dunedin winter meeting and was second with 8.9 to Grand Forest 9.0 at Oamaru. He will be one of those in favour for the Seadown Handicap at Timaru. Trueway was caught in the last few strides at the end of a mile and aquarter at Ashburton. He should shape well in the Kingsdown Hack Handicap to-day. , . „ The Crofter, who is engaged in the Claremont Hack Handicap at Timaru, won as a two-year-old at the Dunedin winter meeting last season. The Raker has been a fairly good winner on the flat and has also won over hurdles. He will probably start favourite for the Pareora Steeplechase to-day. , , . , Arabian Night is said to be a doubtful starter at Timaru. In his absence it will be a rather weak field, and as a near winner of the Grand National Hurdles, As Required may grow in favour. , ... Norman Dwyer caused a mud sensation in Melbourne racing circles when it was discovered that he did not own a stopwatch. He trains horses without the assistance or guidance of the clock It is reported that Bernborough will not be raced in handicaps in the future He may be reserved for the King s Cup to be run in November. The critics expect the champion to receive 11.0 in the Melbourne Cup. Record Voyage has been under the suspicion of unsoundness, but has won five times this season and has stood up to 22 races. In his last start he won over seven furlongs at Greymouth with 8.7 in lmin 28sec. Earlier on the same day he finished second over a mile to Dinky Di in lmin 42sec. Sing Sing has been kept fairly busy this season with 27 starts for three wins and nine piacings. She won the Soldiers’ Memorial Handicap at Winton with 8.3 in 2min lOsec, and won at Riverton over a mile with 8.1 in heavy going and over seven furlongs at Wairio with 8.5. In her last placed performance she carried 9.6 over seven furlongs at the Dunedin winter meeting, and finished third to St. Nattar, 9.9, and Bonny Flight, 9.12. Bernborough

Since he became a “ free ” horse, Bernborough has registered 10 successive victories worth £20,985 to his new owner (Mr A. Romano). His total stake winnings are £21,066. Of this sum. £llßl is credited to him for 11 wins at Toowoomba before he was sold to the Sydney restauranteur. Bernborough has started in 30 races for 21 wins, two seconds and one third. A Breeding Freak

According to Brisbane trainer Norman Conquest, Bernborough’s dam, Bern Maid, was the worst type of mare that could be imagined. She would not eat, she could not gallop, and she was a kicker. After giving her three races at Albion Park, Conquest sent her back to her owner, Mr Harry Winten, as useless. ” How she came to produce a champion like Bernborough has me puzzled,” said the veteran trainer. A Cut Predicted

Doomben’s big sprint, which will revert to its original name, The Newmarket, will not be worth £IO,OOO in 1947. Brisbane Amateur Turf Club chairman, Mr D. J. O’Mara, stated recently that the club had had two good reasons for this year’s £IO,OOO stake—it marked the reppening of the course after several years in military occupation, and it was a well deserved memorial to the late Mr T. M. Ahern, former chairman of the club. Mr Ahern was one of those associated with the founding of the Doomben course. “ But the prize will be substantial and attractive/’ Mr O’Mara added.

Limited Handicap The result of the June Steeplechase at Hastings notwithstanding, the provision of a 12-stone maximum for the event is a most unusual condition. It is not unusual to find a maximum stipulated for an important steeplechase on the first day of the meeting, but the same does not apply to second day events. The condition made the June Steeplechase look especially attractive for Master Meruit as he had made mincemeat of the opposition on the first day when carrying 11.9. The rise of 51b would not be regarded as the equivalent of what a handicapper would give him and the average follower of the sport considered him almost gilt-edged. As things turned out (says “Carbine”) Master Meruit ran much below expectations and finished fourth in a field of nine. A Serious Loss One of the most valuable stallions in Australia, the Hyperion horse Titan, owned by Mr F. W. Hughes, of the Kooba Stud, New South Wales, had to be destroyed recently. It was assumed that Titan injured himself when galloping in a paddock. Veterinary attention was immediately procured, and to ensure the best possible attention in an effort to save the horse, he was sent from the Koobe Stud to Sydney, where he was under the care of three wellknown veterinary surgeons. The damage, however, was too great, and after a week’s treatment it was necessary to destroy him. Titan was bred and raced in England by Lord Rosebery, and one of his successes was the Ham Produce Stakes, of £2739, of six furlongs, at Goodwood. He was imported to Australia in 1940, and could have been sold many times over once the stock of his sire Hyperion began to boom. At the last yearling sales in Sydney, 12 of Titan’s progeny aggregated 10,085 guineas. His oldest progeny racing are now three-year-olds, and there are many promising horses among them. Last season (the first season he was represented on the racecourse) Titan had seven winners of £5727.