RACING AND TROTTING

Southland Times, Issue 23210, 27 May 1937, Page 10

RACING AND TROTTING

News—Prospects—Results

Racing May 29—Otautau Racing Club (at Invercargill). May 29—Foxton Racing Club. June 5, 9. 12—Auckland Racing Club. June 9. 10. 12—Dunedin J.C. June 9. 12—Napier Park R.C. June 17. 19—Hawke’s Bay J.C. June 19—Greymouth J.C. June 19 —Opotiki J.C. June 24, 26—Wanganui J.C. June 26—Ashburton County R.C. June 26—Dannevirke Hunt ClubJuly 3—Manawatu R.C. July 3—Oamaru J.C. July 6,8, 10—Wellington R.C. July 17—Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. July 17—Waimate Hunt Club. July 24—Rangitiki Hunt Club. July 24—South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 29, 31—Poverty Bay T.C. July 31—Christchurch Hunt Club. Trotting May 29—Canterbury Park T.C. June 12—Ashburton T.C. June 19. 23—Auckland T.C. (By THE CURRAGH) The Canterbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting will be held on Saturday. The Otautau Racing Club’s meeting opens at 11.35 on Saturday. Weights for the Dunedin meeting appear on Monday and acceptances close the following Friday. Alma is credited with looking well at present and galloping strongly at Wingatui. A report from Wingatui states that New Note is looking a much better horse now than when he raced at Riverton. He is handling the heavy going well. A slight filling in one of his legs was responsible for Ponty’s withdrawal from his race at Washdyke on Saturday. The veteran Red Boa has been sold and left Invercargill on Monday for Washdyke. His future career is uncertain. , Red Treasure was sprinted twice down the straight on Tuesday and handled the heavy going well. Sailing Lady is having an easy time. She will not race again this season, but will be kept at light exercise until the spring. Triple Cone grew and filled out a good deal during his spell and is working freely again under T. E. Pankhurst. He is in excellent order to begin strenuous work. The two-year-old by Pink Coat — Tray Bond in T. E. Pankhurst’s stable vzas given his second sprint on Tuesday and shaped very well. He knows how to gallop.

Norseman, who won a race at the Waikouaiti meeting last New Year’s Day, looks well, and, as he can handle heavy going, should be kept in mind for next month’s meeting (writes “St Clair.”)

Hlora strode out well in the heavy going at Wingatui on Tuesday morning, and galloped as if she liked it. This mare looks better now than at any period of her career.

High Glee, looking very well, easily beat Viking over six furlongs on the inside grass track at Wingatui on Tuesday in 1.31 2-5 (reports “St. Clair.”) Viking is to fulfil his engagements in the Otautau Cup on Saturday.

Baitruin and Sir Admiral, who have been engaged in the Trial Handicap, to be run on the first day at Wingatui, are also in the Crown Stakes at the Otautau meeting on Saturday. A win would make either ineligible for the Wingatui race.

The defeat of Great Jewel at Hamilton need not alarm his admirers, as he was giving away lime to compete against high-grade pacers. He will have opportunities in his right class at Epsom.

Mountain Dell has been disposed of by Mr D. Brideson to Mr G. Rosenbaum, who owns Horsepower. Mountain Dell is in foal to Jewel Pointer and will be sent to Christchurch in the near future.

Steeplechases are a great draw to a race meeting, and patrons of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s winter meeting are promised interesting contests next month. It is many years since so many jumpers have been nominated for the fixture.

The tracks at Wingatui are very water-logged at present, and on Tuesday morning there was a white frost on the ground when work was commenced. Fast times were out of the question, and few horses were galloped against the watch.

Faculties will not be raced again this season. He is quite sound, but the wound he received at Invercargill will take some time to heal. This is bad luck for P. J. Boyle, for the chestnut was just coming to his best and had particularly bright prospects.

The Surgeon, who has been purchased by Mr J. Lindsay has been nominated for the Greenfield Hurdles on the third day of the Dunedin winter meeting. With his trainer, H. A. Anderton, up on Tuesday he was tried out over the pony hurdle, then jumped a couple of times over the schooling hurdles, and shaped well.

Hunting Go’s fall was blamed for the defection of Streamline and Joppa in the first day steeplechase at Washdyke, but. he had nothing to do with their mistakes on the second. He was behind Streamline when that horse missed a fence, while Joppa was toiling a long way in the rear when he fell towards the end of the race.

The programme for the Grand National meeting to be held at Riccarton has been issued. The Grand National Steeplechase, £1275, and Grand National Hurdle Race, £1025, each have a trophy valued at £25 included in the stake. The Winter Cup carries a stake of £7OO, Beaufort and Lincoln Steeplechase £550, and Sydenham Hurdles £5OO

According to a Hastings message, Mr G. D. Beatson has a very robust-looking two-year-old filly by Nigger Minstrel from Enchantment (Hunting Song— Smoke Concert), a full-sister to Gallant Fox, visiting the tracks at present. This young lady appeals as a racing proposition, robbed of some of her beauty by lop ears.

Shu is back in work at Hastings under J. E. Olsen. He has been blistered and fired and it is hoped that he will stand another preparation. As the Hunting Song gelding is a first-class handicap horse, it will be a pity if he does not survive training and racing, as horses of his class are not too plentiful.

Fine Art raced badly at Forbury, where he made a break early in the contest. He has shown that he is good enough to win a race, and age should

bring about reliability of gait. In the meantime, he does not appreciate being squeezed in a contest.

At Hutt Park Winaway beat a field of very smart pacers, nevertheless she has not realized the expectations her good form of last season indicated. Evidently she is lacking in real stamina, although she has not struck a firm track when racing over two miles.

The forward running of Manco when, after a lengthy absence; he reappeared at the Waikato meeting was encouraging to his trainer, L. Booth, vzho also has Willie Derby under his care at Ngaruawahia. Manco, who is by Peterwah, was a useful performer two seasons ago.

Mercian Prince is at present being converted into a jumper at Hastings. A born mudlark, he has only to take kindly to jumping to be a great proposition during the winter Trainer W. Gooseman has the big gelding in ime fettle to commence operations.

H. R. Davies has made another start with Chidden and Sovereign Lady, at Riccarton. They look well, after spelling since Easter, and they will be got ready to carry Mr G. Murray Aynsley’s colours again at the Grand National meeting.

Should the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club have the Duke of Gloucester Cup on its spring programme, Taro is to be prepared for the race. He will be remembered as the winner from Jack Tar of the Waitoa Handicap at Te Aroha in February.

Red Manfred has been nominated both for the hurdle race and the Kebbe’l Memorial Handicap at the Foxton meeting. In the former event he 1S weighted- at 10.8, receiving 131 b from Beau Gallante, but in the flat race, run over seven furlongs, he has to concede Beau Gallante 151 b

The Geraldine Racing Club has applied for an extra day’s racing next season, April 9, 1938, and the Riverton Racing Club for an additional day, January 8, 1938. The latter fixture will be held in conjunction with the centenary of the town postponed last January on account of the infantile paralysis epidemic.

During the absence of F. Christmas in the North Island, E. Scoullar is superintending the zzork of Fair Weather. The gelding is being got ready for a trip south for the Dunedin meeting next week, but his recent form has not been attractive, and, as he has reached the veteran stage, improvement is not to be expected.

After the fine form he has disclosed in his last three starts, when he has not been out. of a place, Sandusky’s prospects in the New Zealand Sapling Stakes next month are being favourably discussed. The Jewel Pointer two-year-old may require to improve at the start, but, in regard to speed, stamina and courage, will not be lacking. Sandusky will have a good northern following.

Priceless is being' given a thorough preparation in saddle with a view to having him in first-class condition for a mile saddle event at the Canterbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting. Priceless won races for-Mr J. P McKendry. He is a quick beginner, and his performances suggest that a mile is his favourite journey. He is in G. S. Smith’s stable at Addington.

Sky Pilot’s favouritism ar Te Rapa on Saturday was no doubt due to his having given an impressive display in a schooling task a few days before the meeting opened in company with Valpeen, Black Marlin, Lucidus, Pennyplain, Monastic and Illuminagh. He was well back in the middle stages, but moved up on the others in the straight and beat ihem home. Monastic pig-jumped the first two obstacles, and baulked at the next and was not persevered with. Later he was associated with Pahu, but his display was again a most disappointing one. He baulked at several of the fences and scrambled over the others.

H. Garnett, who for several years has been living at Ashhurst, has transferred to Cambridge, where under his care he has Baron Grand, Mr Guy, Accel, Pampas and the trotter Native Worry. Among a number of young trotters Garnett is educating is a relative to Baron Grand, who has been a very useful stake-earner. Another of promise is by Baron Chenault from Bonniewah, a Peterwah mare who raced successfully for Garnett. One of the most successful pacers trained by him was Great Delight, winner of the Wanganui and Taranaki Cups and of good races at Epsom. Great Delight may return to the race track next season.

King Rey, which has raced his way to the top of the handicap horses in the North Island, has been set a stiff task in the Cornwall Handicap, with 9st 41b. At the Waikato meeting on Saturday, he ran well over the Cornwall Handicap distance, one mile and a-quarter, when runner-up to the lightly-weighted Gay Rose- King Rey carried 9st lib and apparently looked the winner half-way down the straight, but just failed to stall off the challenge of a useful mare under winter conditions. Last season King Rey started off well, winning the Avondale and Waikato Cups, but his subsequent form in a number of starts was poor. His eleven starts brought two wins and a third and £7OO in stakes. This season he has started eleven times for three wins and the same number of seconds and thirds and £1515 in stakes. At his first start he attempted tn repeat his form of the previous season and win the Waikato Cup, but Dark Shadow beat him by half a length. After a second to Prince Colossus in the Alison Cup at Takapuna, he won the mile St. Andrew’s Handicap at the same meeting from Mazir. After being unplaced in the Auckland Cup, he won the Summer Cup and Grandstand Handicap on the second and third days, his weight in the latter evert being 9st. He has not won since, but has earned minor place money on several occasions.