RACING AND TROTTING

Southland Times, Issue 23179, 21 April 1937, Page 10

RACING AND TROTTING

News —Prospects—Results

Racing April 24—Otautau Racing Club. April 24—South Canterbury Jockey Club. April 24, 26—Marlborough Racing Club. April 29. May I—Oamaru Jockey Club. April 30, May I—Dannevirke Racing Club (at Woodville). May B—Amberley Racing Club. May 8, 12—Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club. May 12, 15—Egmont Racing Club. May 12—Ashburton County Racing Club. May 12—Bay of Islands Racing Club (at Pukekohe). May 12—Southland Racing Club. May 12, 15—Otaki Maori Racing Club. May 15—Waipa Racing Club. May 15—Birchwood Hunt Club at Invercargill. May 20, 22—South Canterbury Jockey Club. May 22—Carterton Racing Club. May 22, 24—Waikato Racing Club. May 29—Foxton facing Club. June 5, 9. 12—Auckland Racing Club. Trotting April 24—Auckland T.C. April 27—Marlborough T.C. May I—Kaikoura T.C. May B—Waikato T.C. May B—Oamaru T.C. May 12. 15—Forbury Park T.C. May 29—Canterbury Park T.C. June 12—Ashburton T.C. June 19. 23—Auckland T.C. Nominations are due on Monday next for the Forbury Park meeting. The Manawatu Trotting Cup winner Glorietta is a stable mate of Harold Logan. There will be racing at Otautau, South Canterbury and Marlborough, and trotting at Auckland on Saturday. Acceptances for the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s and Marlborough Racing Club’s meetings will close today. Nominations for the Amberley Racing Club’s annual meeting will clos* at 5 p.m. on Friday at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s office.

Acceptances for the Oamaru Jockey Club’s autumn meeting will close at 8 p.m. on Monday next. The handicaps will appear that morning.

Peacock’s win at Waimate on Saturday was his first success, and the first as a trainer for B. Brodie. He is owned in Dunedin and trained in Oamaru.

The pool for the Stewards’ Handicap at Waimate totalled £2143, which is reported to be the biggest handled on the course for many years. Dictate, the favourite, was entrusted with over 1000 tickets (10/- units), the only four figure support recorded during the day.

Commenting on the success of Joyous at Waimate on Saturday The Press says: “Joyous ran up to her recent race and track form and gives indication of carrying on much further in open company. Rebel Chief, who, conceded the winner two stone, put up a creditable performance, and Viking showed a slight improvement. Invoice was never prominent.”

Colossus has not had the same opportunities at the stud as many other imported sires, but he has got some fine performers from mares that were by no stretch of imagination in the first flight as racehorses. This season he has had a good advertisement through Dungarvan, and at Awapuni another of his get in Big Dook brought him further notice. Big Dook is out of Queen’s Up, by Our King from Lyrate.

J. McFarlane, the rider of Heloise, drew No. 10 in the final event at Waimate, but contrived to wangle the inside berth, with a resultant gain of a gcod many lengths—at that particular barrier. Had it not been for this piece of great good fortune it is unlikely that the mare would have been in the money, comments The Timaru Herald. The same jockey displayed similar enterprise earlier in the afternoon in bringing Queen Dorothy on from No. 9 to No. 1 but on that occasion he was not allowed to poach.

Bluffer, a winner at Awapuni, is a two-year-old brown filly by Nigger Minstrel from Bravado, by Psychology from War Scare, the dam of those good horses Estland, Finmark, and Highland, as well as Table Talk, who produced High Faluting, Courtlike, La Parleuse, Round Table, and a double winner at Awapuni in Corroboree, who is by Lord Quex. War Scare was got by Martian from Gossip, by that great stayer and sire of stayers, Wallace (son of Carbine), from Caroline, by Carolyn, etc.

Monipere, second to Royal Gallant in the Waimate Cup, appears to have been the unlucky horse in the race. “Monipere is a difficult horse to ride when pressure becomes necessary,” comments a Christchurch writer, “and he lost a race at Reef ton at the New Year from this cause when ridden by A. E. Ellis. On Saturday he would have beaten Royal Gallant if his rider had been able to keep him straight nearing home. As it was the horse bore in on Royal Gallant nearing the post, and appeared to be put out of his stride. The West Coast visitor will have a chance to make amends in the Timaru Cup on Saturday.”

The Waimate meeting was the most successful for many years past. The attendance was considered to have been the largest since the peak years of the club, and this was reflected in the to-t-.lizator return, which, in spite of some big dividends, showed the substantial advance of £4070 over last year’s figures, and of £6OOl 10/- over those of 1935. A welcome profit should thus be recorded, says The Evening Star, Dunedin, and the club will be in a sounder position than for a long time, and will thus be able to effect several necessary improvements to the buildings, and to increase the stakes for the next annual fixture.

Dropped Catch, winner of the highweight event at Waimate on Saturday, was bred by Sir Charles Clifford, who sold him to Mr E. A. Rattray a few months ago. He can claim some solid breeding says The Press, as in addition to being by the successful Winning Hit he is from Robbie’s Misfake, who, bred by Mr T. H. Lowry, is by Pyschology from Lovelock, by Martian from Lovelorn, dam of several high class horses, including Left, who produced Peter Jackson, Gaine Carrington, and Wotan. Dropped Catch is a well-grown three-year-old, and will be all the better with more time. His trainer, J. Lindsay, had his first success for a long time, and as Mr Rattray has not had a great deal of luck since he launched out as an owner, Saturday’s win was popularly received.

Glenastle, winner of the Morven Handicap at the Waimate meeting on Saturday, had nothing in the way of public form to recommend him, but he is well enough bred to win the best races. He is by Guy Parrish from Logan’s Pet, who is by Logan Pointer from Stanley’s Child, the dam of a rare stayer in Waitaki Girl, 4.22, and a more than useful sprinter in Kid Logan, 2.8 3-5. Great Don, who finished second to Glenastle, and trained at Oamaru by J. Henderson, has shown promise on occasions and, only four years old, may go on to better things. Donor finished third in the first trotting event after a

good effort, but he was allowed to go out at a good price in his second attempt. He showed fair form in the Improvers’ Handicap at the recent Ashburton meeting and appears to be at least useful.

The record of Royal Gallant, winner of the Waimate Cup, over his last five starts is an imposing one. At the Tuapeka meeting on Easter Saturday the Topgallant horse started twice and was second to Rin Tin Tin (over six furlongs), and second to Last Link in the Tuapeka Handicap (1J miles). Two days later, at Beaumont, he won both the Easter Handicap (one mile) and the Molyneux Handicap (one mile and a-quarter), and on Saturday topped off a good performance by beating a good field at Waimate. Royal Gallant was sold from J. S. Shaw’s stable last August to Mr J. Lindsay, of Dunedin. He will probably be seen out again in the Timaru Cup next Saturday, and as the going is likely to be as easy as at Waimate his chances of success will have to be again taken into consideration.