ASHBURTON WINNER

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27384, 9 May 1950, Page 5

ASHBURTON WINNER

Sylvan Bred To Go On To Best Company Sylvan struck form at the Ashburton meeting and she followed up her win in the Apprentice’s Handicap on the first day by taking the major honours in the Chatmos Hack Handicap on Saturday, after being up with the leaders throughout. She seems to be becoming more solid with age and she ran on in fine style at the end of a mile and a-quarter on Saturday. Owned by the Wanaka studmaster, Mr H. W. S. Faulks, she is by Royal Chief from Fairwood, by Woodend from Fairform, by Boniform. Fairwood is also the dam of Tissue, Junior, and Paper Lily.. This family is one of the most successful in the Stud Book and Sylvan’s sixth dam is the imported mare Hammock, who appears in the

pedigree of a great number of goodclass winners. Fairform, the second dam of Sylvan, was the dam of Some Form (dam of Ashaway, Silkwood, Boaform and Siegform, and granddam of Magnaform and Formation); Rin Tin Tin; Chamaine (dam of Rawhamai, Velvet Slipper and Sandals, and grandson of Shadamai); Passaform; Monopoly (dam of Volomai, Blair Marshall and Tudor Hall); Platform; Dash o’ Dublin; and others. It can be seen that Sylvan lacks nothing on the score of blood and It will not be surprising if she carries on to strong handicap company next season. She is trained at Rlccarton by C. G. Humphries and in the past few months she has developed into a solid type of race mare. Shows Promise

Prefect, a four-year-old Royal Chief gelding, looks as though he will develop more than useful form over hurdles. He was having only his second run over battens when he accounted for Romantic and Theocritus at Ashburton on Saturday. Good Hurdler

South Riding, who was destroyed after injuring a leg at Avondale on Saturday, was having only his second race for more than a year. In 1948 he accounted for a strong field in the Great Northern Hurdles. It had been expected that he would reproduce his best form in the next few weeks. He was booked to race at the Great Northern meeting next month. Double Winner

In spite of his impressive win the previous week Great Way was allowed to go out at good odds in the Fairfield Handicap at Ashburton, and he won narrowly but well from Roane. A three-year-old gelding by Air-way he should ultimately go on to the best handicap company. He impresses as a horse likely to do well over a distance of ground. Trcmello in Form

Tremello, the easy winner of the Grand National Hurdles in 1948, showed that he is back to his best form by winning the Tangahoe Hurdles at the Egmont meeting on Saturday under the steadier of 11.7. It was his first win since then and he should be at his best for more important engagements in the next few weeks. A seven-year-old gelding by Ringmaster from Icing, he ranks as a full-brother to a winner in Arctic Circle. Splendid Performance Duccio looks as though he will prove a a valuable acquisition to the racing game. He was having only his second start in New Zealand when he outclassed a useful sprint field at Avondale on Saturday He trailed the leaders to the straight and came through on the rails for a convincing win in lmin 11 4-ssec, which was an exceptional gallop. Bred in Italy, he looks as though he will run on over a bit of- ground and his future racing will be watched with interest. New Ownership

The trustees of the* estate of Mr R. C Turnbull have decided to dispose of all the racing stock and brood mares. Waicoe and Supermarine, who were raced on behalf of the estate, have been purchased by their trainer, J. A. Rowland, and will be put aside until the spring. Rowland was due to leave yesterday for Auckland, where he will join the Wanganella for Australia, leaving on May 25. He Plans to have three months away and Great Bid and Beaugard, two horses from his stables, are at present in the care of R. E. McLellan. Whooray Destroyed

Whooray, a useful steeplechaser and hurdler, was killed when he fell and broke his neck at the second fence on the hill at Ellersiie recently. An lDyearold gelding by Illumination from Click Clack, he did not staft racing until he was a six-year-old, and he had 25 races for six wins and a similar number of piacings for £3335 in stakes. Last season he was runner-up in the Waikato Steeplechase, while he finished fourth in the Great Northern Steeplechase, won by Golden Reign. Whooray was expected to pay his way this winter and he was at a handy place in the weights.