RACING AND TROTTING

Southland Times, Issue 22916, 15 June 1936, Page 10

RACING AND TROTTING

News —Prospects—Results

Racing. June 20. 23—Wanganui J.C. June 20, 23—Napier Park H.C June 20. 23, 24—Dunedin J.C June 27—Oamaru J.C. July I—Dannevirke Hunt Club July 7, 9. 11—Wellington R.C Trotting. June 20, 23—Auckland T.C. (By Sir Modred.) Acceptances for the first day of the Dunedin J.C. Winter meeting close today. Nominations for the Oamaru Jockey Club’s Winter meeting are due on Tuesday. The prominent ’chaser, Forest Glow, is bred both ways to succeed as a jumper. The Dunedin Jockey Club’s Winter fixture will open on Saturday next at Wingatui. At New Plymouth last week Glenvane schooled well over six flights of hurdles.

H. Gray is riding horses other than his own pupils on the New Plymouth tracks.

The N.Z. winning sires’ list now shows: Hunting Song, £12,681; Paper Money (imp.), £11,586.

Ineligible for hack flat races, Vinco is now being schooled over the battens.

The Balboa gelding, Concertpitch, is getting through a Winter Cup (lm.) preparation.

If a soft track prevails, Impossible will be raced at the Dunedin J.C. Winter meeting.

R. Beale will ride D. O'Connor’s jumping pupils at the Dimedin J.C. meeting.

The Riccarton jockey J. W. Jennings will ride two horses for P. T. Hogan on Saturday. ,

The latest news from Liccarton is to the effect that Royal Limond’s knee is improving.

The Aucklander Greek Gold, a smart ’alloper, has joined J. S. Shaw’s long string.

Totalisator speculation at the Ashburton T.C. meeting on Saturday increased by £9003 10/-.

The novice hurdler Donegal displayed progress in his third lesson on the S.R.C. track on Saturday.

R. Beale has been engaged to ride Jolly Beggar at the G.TI. meeting, for which he is to be reserved.

Prior to her N.Z. Sapling Stakes success in 3.25, Parisienne paced third in a race at Oamaru in 3.25 4-5.

On the New Plymouth tracks on Thursday Glenvane schooled well over ten flights of hurdles and alone.

The hearing of the appeals of B. Burgess and A. Jenkins in the Pukeko case has been fixed for Friday, June 19.

It has been decided to form an Auckland branch of a proposed New Zealand Owners’, Breeders’ and Trainers’ Association.

The Hawkes Bay District Committee has received 19 applications for gentlemen riders’ licences for the forthcoming season.

By Gold Soult from Viola, the Hawkes Bay Steeplechase winner, Cotsfield, claims St. Simon blood in his sire line.

Now a full-fledged horseman, having completed his apprenticeship at Endeavour Lodgj, C. T. Wilson has taken up his residence at Riccarton for a term. It is on the cards that he will return to serve with J. A. Rowland during the forthcoming season in Southland.

Parisienne, the pacing filly who was returned the winner of the rich N.Z. Sapling Stakes, on Saturday, is trained Ly R. B. Berry, at one time a leading galloping horseman. Berry commenced his career as a trainer of light harness performers on the Southland R.C’s. tracks.

Cotsfield lost his rider in the June Steeplechase at Hastings on Thursday, but made amends on Saturday, when he won the time-honoured Hawkes Bay Steeplechase in the hands of the capable horseman N. C. Trillo, who is not unknown in Southland as a first-class jockey.

Nominations for the Oamaru Jockey Club’s Winter meeting close to-morrow (Tuesday) evening at 8 o’clock. In connection with the meeting owners and trainers are reminded that the second race on the programme is the Novice Handicap, and is a handicap event for horses that have not at any time prior to ti-.e of starting won a race to the value of £5O to the winner.

Valpeen was produced on only one occasion during the Great Northern meeting (remarks an Auckland writer), and that f/as in the Winter Steeplechase on the last day of the G.N. meeting. He appeared to. have fined down a lot since he raced at the Waikato meeting, and it should not take much to get him back to-his true form. With a couple of exceptions he jumped as well as ever, though these mistakes were not bad ones, and he did not lose a great deal of ground as the result of them. Valpeen, if taken south for the Wellington and Grand National meetings, should again give a good account of himself, for he knows both the courses well, having won the Grand National during the last two successive seasons, and the Wellington Steeplechase last July.

When Panoil (J. Dent) and Signaller (A. J. Peart) set out to jump three flights of hurdles on the S.R.C. course proper they were flagged well < : from the rails. Panoll at once rushed to the front in the role of pacemaker and carried out his mission to perfection. Signaller joined his stablemate for the two obstacles erected on the firm going at the back of the course and both fenced well to be pulled off crossing the top. Signaller created the impression that he is learning to take the timber in his stride, and he may yet account for a leading hurdle event. Panoll is a dashing jumper and has played his part well in acting as schoolmaster to Signaller, but, alas, the hunter son of Panmure does not stay too well; however, as he can negotiate big country he might prove dangerous in a minor event confined to his class.

Larry Resta (T. Boyle) set out to school 1 over three of the S.R.C. permanent steeplechase jumps on Saturday morning and for the first time in his career came a purler. He cleared the fence at the seven furlong post without hesitation and on topping the rise to the back stretched out to put in a well-.

judged and reaching effort. At the big test near'the five furlongs post, however, the son of Balboa—Potheen turned over, landing heavily on his back, his loins bearin'' the real shock of impact. For a few minutes it was feared that the gelding’s rider was injured as he remained down, but relief was experienced when the youthful horseman gained his feet to be quickly picked up by a friendly motorist and whisked back to the scraping-sheds unhurt. The steeplechaser in the making was feeling the effects of his first tumble as he was led away on the road to Gladstone Lodge. At the time the mishap occurred an unusual morning darkness was being experienced and it is possible that Larry Resta sighted the logs correctly, but failed to judge the stout gorse peeping above the wood and this brought him to grief. It was at the same place a few weeks ago that the Riccarton-trained ’chaser, Nocturnus, suffered gorse prickle injury which brought about his retirement for the current winter cross-country season. It is a common occurrence for jockeys to lose their coloured caps in a race, but it is not often that the skull cap goes as well. But such a case was witnessed at Ellerslie on the final day of the recent A.R.C. Winter meeting, and it was in a cross-country race, too, where the skull cap is a vital part of any rider’s equipment. Fortunately the horse concerned did not crash. The incident occurred in the Tamaki Steeplechase and the horse was Allegretto, ridden by J. McLaughlin. The big chestnut was pulling hard throughout the contest and he gave his jockey a thrilling ride. The cap and protecting skull cap underneath went at one of the early fences, and with Allegretto straining to be free of the rein and being kept on the course with difficulty the position for McLaughlin was fraught with possibilities. The horse was covering more ground than any other horse in the race and there were times when it seemed as if he would run off. Coming off the hill the first time, after jumping the stone wall at the foot, the field swings quickly to the right, so as to go across the flat, the steeplechase course here running parallel with the course proper. Allegretto swung so wide before making the turn that it looked as if he would miss the opening in the rails, but fortunately he made it. He is a fine fencer and so he was really a safe mount, but when he was pulling and wanted to take the bit in his teeth his rider must have been worried that he had lost his skull cap, for fighting a “puller” often brings a crash. However, all’s well that ends well, and Allegretto wound up an easy winner, much to McLaughlin’s relief.