IN A NUTSHELL.
Euripcs broke a leg whilst running on the first day at Trentham, and a friendly ballet ended his career. King Star was well handled, and stayed a good “mile and a-ha.li when he won the Mangaroa Jumpers’ Flat. Tenter field made poor show m the \V in-line-ton Cup. He was running last nearly all “the way, and finally finished there Chimera and Humbug both had plenty of followers in the Telegraph Handicap, but they failed to get amongst the money. Silver Link was temporarily amiss when she ran in the Telegraph Handicap, and in consequence did not run up to form. Backsheech was whispered about as - a very likely winner at Manawatu. She missed the»e, but duly arrived at Trentham. Rose Wreath looked rather too big in condition to reproduce form when saddled up on the first day of the Wellington Cup meeting. There was a good deal of money for Esperance in the Wellington Cup, but she ran a good deal below the expectations of her supporters. Will Oakland was a bit short of work when he ran in the Anniversary Handicap, in which he commenced to tire after leading up to the distance. - Pluto is improving by experience, and will, all going well, be found amongst the best two-year-olds of the season at the back end of the year. —lf obvious facts can be accepted as, facts, Lord Nagar cannot stay. He may have been a good horse in Australia, but is not so in New Zealand. Gloaming put up a remarkable performance when lie won the Kelburn Plate. He was twice disappointed when attempting to make his rim. .—Rossini did not show up in the Telegraph Handicap, but he looks a very much improved horse since ho ran at the New Zealand Cup meeting. Sycorax was finishing on well when alio won the Anniversary Handicap, in which she, paid a good dividend despite the fact that 11. Gray was in the saddle. Rose Wreath’s form at Trentham suggests that she would be very hard to beat if brought south to fulfil her engagements at the Dunedin Cup meeting. Both Counter Attack and Going Up can rattle a rare rate of speed, but do not stay well at present. They are both young, and look bound to pay their way. Francaise carried Mr W. T. Hazlett'a colours in the Fitzherbert Handicap. She is a rather good sort that will bo found carrying them with distinction.
Client looked in fine racing shape when lie we lit out for the Wellington Cup, but was in the ruck most of the way, and far from the money at the finish. Both Earlv Dawn and 80-peep were expected to make a’ good show m versary Handicap, but they failed to get amongst the thick end of the purse. -Sycorax is amongst the wirm«js Trentham that, seems capa i e . again. She had the advantage of being well handled by Hector. Gray, who very «oldor£ indeed, makes a mistake when he is m th* Pl ßatk>nal is a really good two-year-old, and there H a suggestion that lie is as good or better Than Mermin. The writer’s opinion is that the latter is about 7lb better than R -BTgdad has furnished and . thicken«i out since last season, and as ie going on the soft side might be more than useful if campaigned m the winter th l Will Oakland will be a far better horse at the midsummer meeting or at than he was at Trent ham. where lie failed more through lack of condition than lack of Ta^ m 'fh© nG Caii?ornia—Helen gelding Taoiflo Slone wen the Trentham Jumpers. 1 lat m good style. He arrived at the business end and finishing on well under U.o when h« "" Halifax, the half-brother by Hallowmas to Bonnie Maid, is growing into a moe sort of a three-year-old. and has a fair turn of speed, but is a bit on the leg, and will be served by time. . ~ . The Trentham trock was m rapid order last week, or else the timekeeper had • speedy watch. Both over a distance and in sprints the clock was registering cither records or near them. , -Although Deeley was up on Red Ribbon in preference to denning the red nid yellow otrines carried by Vespucci, the latter oea* tto’EnSTSa o'7„u*» - '■>< -jastaa & Cup Than when saddled for the saw. race las? year. She should capture a gooi UflV. before the season ends. -Bonnie Heather made the pace a cracker fja from the distance He eh-uld w.n g Statuette <■' sis™ a T)lucky owner, nke Mr w. • southern 5 horse can catch a race in t. n °—Rente is a fine type of mare, and * flw h-Traary 1 Ha^dicap^"if k<‘pt“ -i p 7iandy ’‘'ll Close' finishes threaten to become_ a habit in connection with the Mellmgton Cup. During the last three years two r ead heats have been recorded, and this wr twee horecs flashed over the lines with only short heads between them. , Steeping Beauty is a good filly that is sure to go on paying her way, and wi eventually prove good at the atu • - offi cot by Boniform from Peace by The ( J»cer, nnd so on to the Hammock family, which has given the New Zealand turf so many K °— shown some good form, but she sports a point suggesting that her turf career may net extend over any great penod She is rather a fine type of mare, and -f a turf career dees not lead to any great distinction she holds every prospect cf making good in the paddock. Cremo do Meuthe apparen-.ly ran m luckily on the first day at Wellington, and on her showing looked sure to get amongst the money on the second day, but although she had every opportunity she was not good enough. Perhaps she is one of mooli; good' one day and bad the next. Fiist Salute looks as if his severe campaign at the Auckland Cup meeting hod tightened him up a bit too much; but he ran a great raci in the Wellington Cup in which Tie looked a winner dO yards from home In the last bit he was inclined to crowd Eleus. and spoilt the latter's chance. Miss Mimic won handsomely when sho scored in the January Welter. I- or in pointed strongly to her chances. She was always in the picture at Riccarton and >gani at Ellesmere, and then ran a good race m the Telegraph Handicap, in which she finished, fourth, and was going on as they crossed the line. She won well, in the January Welter, and it would not be at all surprising' to see her winning over far mora ground in the future. _ The stable went strong for Statuette in the Telegraph Handicap, as they were fairly confident that whatever could oeat her would win. Sho started ?. solid favouiit©, ■and was winning' comfortably when M arplane arrived on the scone, but,* when shaken up she had enough ill reserve to stall off the challenge. The win marked her second success in” the race, as she scored at the last Wellington Cun, and is by no means at the end of her tether. Some people are quite- convinced, and ha’% been for years, that southern form is from a stone to a stone and a-half below that of the north; hence it was doubly pleasing that Eleus could be brought all the way from Southland and, after missing the Wellington Cup (more by a pinch of bad luck than lack of merit), win, and well win, the W.R.C. Handicap. The resillt showed that carrying war into the enemy’s country can, and did back in the days of Hannibal, command success. Pluto, the two-year-old by Tutala —Procrastinate in Mr G. D. Greenwood’s stable, is a. promising sort. He ran greenly in the Nursery Handicap, but finished on in a manner that should find him a useful winner in the future. His dam is the first Demosthenes mare noticed to have a representative on the turf. The same stable also shelters a smart sort in Egotism, a four-vear-old by Demosthenes from Conceit, a mare by Boniform from Lady Wayward I, the dam of Emperador. Strategy won the Apprentices’ Plate from en<l to end. and allowed nothing to get near him. lie showed t-oo much speed for Foo Chow, Malaga, and Battle Knight, a trio that are regarded as amongst the best in the hack class in the country. Malaga did not run ae well as recent form suggested, as he has been shaping well in better company. Battle Knight moved a bit cramped in his preliminary, but looks well, and would improve as the result of his race. -It is rumoured that the Messrs Riddiford are breaking up their stable and going out of the ownership business. So far an they have been associated witli J. W. Lowe as trainer there should be no cause for compliment. It is within the realm of luck for few people in a short racing' experience under one trainer to win a New Zealand Cup, 'an Auckland Cup. and a Canterbury Cup—three events that the majority of owners are only too pleased to catch, and yet fail to achieve in a life time.
Maioha, the winner of the Wellington <swp, was got by Hallowmas (son of Martagon) from Fairy Gold, by Gold Heef (son of Bend Or) from Nymph, by Ingomar—Wood Nymph, by Musket—Sylvia, by Fisherman— Juliet. There was an impression abroad m come quarters that Maioha does not stay too well, but with a pedigree such as the | above he should stay for a month. At the ' Wellington autumn meeting he won the Autumn Handicap, a mile and three furlongs, and by his recent form, including hie third in the Stewards’ Handicap, he has shown that he can both sprint and stay. The veteran trainer S. Waddell threatened to supply a surprise in the Wellington Stakes, in connection with which general opinion held that Rational was absolutely unbeatable. Rational was in consequence backed down to next-to-nothing odd 3, and they really looked in jeopardy when Anomaly challenged at the distance, and the favourite had to be well stirred up to beat him. Anomaly proved himself a good colt, and if he had been held up for a two-year-old handicap would have required a power of beating. Unfortunately Anomaly is not wellengaged. He is by King Mark from) Hoy, by Birkenhead; —Links, by St. Andrew—Sa-bra, by St. George—Miss Flat. . Wellington Cup form pointed very directly to Bonnie Heather in the Douro Cup, but so did the form which Malaya represented. Malaga in fair-class company was always close at Timaru, Ricearton, Wingatui, Wyndham, and Invercargill, and, taking a line through Eleus, whom he closely attended in the south, it looked good to give him a chance in the Douro Cup. So it appeared as the field broke away with Malaga and Strategy carrying on the running along the back and until the distance hove in Bight. There they commenced to die, as a result of their cut-throat policy, and they were finally not near the money. Differently handled, both would have been far more dangerous, and it will not be surprising if Malaga and Strategy stay on and win over far more ground than they failed to pet at Trentham in the Douro Cup. Chasing a horse out to the front never helps them to stay a distance. Warplane stripped rather big and lusty when he went out for the Telegraph Handicap, in which he ran a great race under difficulties. He has given G. Price a lot of trouble to get him ready, and he will be unlucky if he does not- land a good race before being retired to the stud, which is his mission in the near future. Warplane is booked to join the Kinloclc stud, where he will take Martian’s place. Ho should make a> good sire, as he i 3 a very handsome horse, full of quality, and has proved himself one of the brilliant horses of his time. In addition he has not been severely taxed on the turf. He belongs to a good sire family in claiming the No. 3 taproot, and is very stoutly bred in being by Martian from Adelicia, by Charlemagne II (son of St. Simon) from Angela, by Multiform from Happy Valley, by Wallace—-Faraway, by Bill o’ Portland (eon of St. Simon) from Happy" Band, by Musket—Atlantis, by Thormanby.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3489, 25 January 1921, Page 45
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