RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26471, 27 May 1947, Page 8

RACING NEWS

By Eclipse May 31, June 2 .. Napier Park R.C May 31. June 2, 7 Dunedin J.C. May 31. June 2. 7 Auckland R.C. May 31. June 2 .. Wanganui J.C. June 7. 14 .. .. Manawata R.C. June 14 .... Oamaru J.C.

Jottings Acceptances for the first day of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s winter meeting are due to-day. The first race at Wingatui on Saturday is timed to start at 11 a.m. Nominations for the Oamaru meeting are due to-day. No pronounced favourite has yet been found for the Birthday Handicap. Wantwood will probably have his next race at Trentham in July. Robot is to be put aside until the spring. He is suffering from strangles. Air Ace has been showing such promise in his schooling as a hurdler that his owner, Mr J. P. O’Brien, contemplates taking him to Trentham in July. The Bulandshar mare Soneri is to be started in the King George Handicap, of seven furlongs, on the second day of the Great Northern meeting on June 2. Change In Weight French Knight, who is engagtd in the Tahuna Steeplechase on Saturday, will carry 10.5, not 10.7, as published. Kinnoull Mare The Kinnoull mare entered in the Tahuna Steeplechase has been namel Kiloran. Her breeding is by Kinnoull from a mare by Ivanoff, from Fireblight. Working Well Gold Song has been working well for W. Hancock and the Battle Song horse should race prominently at the Wingatui meeting. The Broiefort two-year-old Slick, in the same stable, is coming on nicely. Otago Hurdles At the New Zealand Cup meeting Lost Art and Battle Chief met in the Middleton Hurdles of about one mile and threequarters, Lost Art winning with 10.12 and Battle Chief finishing third with 9.83. In the Otago Hurdles there is only 21b between them and there is little doubt that of the two the public will prefer Lost Art. Trial Stakes Candidate Perusha, a candidate for the Trial Stakes on Saturday, has been placed in four of his six starts this season, his most recent race being at the Southland meeting last month, when, he finished third to Sandy’s Pride and Kasimov in the Novice Handicap. A four-year-old by Friday Night from Panocha, Perusha is trained by J\ Thistleton. Prospect for Wingatui Patmos’s record for her five most recent races is a win, two seconds, and two fourths Her win was scored in the Maungatua Handicap at the Dunedin meeting in February, when she carried 8.11, and won impressively from Right Through and Lorna Leigh, who each had 7.7. On the final day at Riverton, carrying 7 2}, she finished fourth t'o Wantwood 8.11. John Gay 8.6}, and. Sterling Lad 76, in the Farewell Handicap, of seven furlongs. She is on the minimum in the Winter Handicap on Saturday, and will be bracketed - u h her half-brother. Bridgehead. A Topweight Whakawhatea. the topweight in the St. Clair Handicap, has won two of his 13 races this season and been placed in four others. His most recent race was on the final day of the Riverton meeting, when he finished sixth over a mile after getting away badly. The Siegfried five-year-old is well up to weight and looks the type that would make a good iumper Hiring of Binoculars A binocular hire service was introduced at Randwick on Saturday. A nominal fee was charged, a deposit was required, and the glasses had to be returned within half-an-hour of the conclusion of the i day’s racing. This new service is conI ducted bv a private company and will I be available on all courses controlled by . the Sydney Turf Club Nomenclature Any idea how Queensland's champion colt, Sefiona, got his name? (asks the turf j editor in the Sydney Morning Herald). I He is bv the New South Wales sire, i Seven Fifty, from Egilona. Well, they took the first two letters from each word in the sire’s name, and the last three from the name of the dam—and there you -re. Cute enough—if you fancy naming horses that way: arid I do not. Eleanor Star Last season Eleanor Star raced very consistently over country and he was unplaced onlv once in his last eight starts At the Dunedin winter meeting he ran third to Night Prince and Bonnie Simoer. in the Tahuna Steeples on the first day, and on the second day was third to Night Prince and Bravura. On the third day he was unplaced in the Dunedin Steeples, but he finished the sea- ! son by running second to The Raker | in the Waimate Hunt Cup Steeples. This i season Eleanor Star has scored a second and a third in six starts.