RACING AND TROTTING

Southland Times, Issue 23332, 16 October 1937, Page 10

RACING AND TROTTING

News —Prospects — Results

Racing October 14, 16—South Canterbury J.C. October 14. 16—Masterton R.C. October 16. 18—Avondale J.C. October 21. 23, 25—Wellington R.C. October 23, 25—Gore R.C. October 25—North Canterbury R.C. October 25—Waverley R.C. October 25—Walpawa County R.C. October 25—Waikato Hunt Club. October 29, 39—Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 30—Banks Peninsula R.C. October 30—Rangitikei R.C. Trotting October 16—Waikato T.C. October 16. 18—Westport T.C. October 23. 25—Auckland T.C. October 23, 25—Greymouth T.C. October 25—Oamaru T.C. October 30—Wellington T.C. October 30—Invercargill T.C. October 30—Thames T.C.

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THE CURRAGH

Racing will be staged today by the South Canterbury, Masterton and Avondale Clubs.

Acceptances for the first day of the Gore spring meeting close at 5 p.m. on Monday.

Nominations for the Invercargill Trotting Club’s meeting close on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Hunting Song heads the list of winning sires this season with £1687. He is followed by Paper Money £1444 and Night Raid £1427.

When the first acceptance closed for the New Zealand Trotting Cup, Grand Mogul was the only one not to make the payment.

For his win in the Mitchelson Cup at Auckland, Small Boy has been raised from 7.0 to 7.5 in the New Zealand Cup.

At the present stage of the light harness season Jack Potts heads the list of winning sires with £l9Bl. Wrack is next with £1892, then Rey de Oro with £1399.

Petersham followed up his good form at Wingatui with another win at Washdyke on Thursday. He will now have to race in open company and should hold his own.

Fifty hacks have been handicapped for the Rimutaka Handicap at Trentham, but that number is small compared with over seventy entries for another race later in the meeting.

Two promising apprentices in C. Ward and R. Humphries will probably make their debut in competitive racing at the Gore meeting. Both are very light, about six stone, and have shown a good deal of ability when riding work on the tracks.

Kinnoull won the sprint at Washdyke on Thursday after being off the scene in New Zealand since his unlucky experience in the Great Autumn Handicap more than 18 months ago. He had a couple of outirfgs in Sydney last spring, but it is more than a year since he last raced. Kinnoull has grown into a fine looking horse and provided he Remains sound should win big money. There is no doubting his capabilities.

Well known as a high-class pacer some years ago, the 19-year-old gelding Downcast dropped dead in his paddock recently. He was showing little sign of his age and his death was quite unexpected. Downcast was trained by A. McLellan for Mr-J. Hislop and his colours were well known from Invercargill to Addington. He was a popular horse and was by Adonis from Castout. He had wins to his credit at Forbury Park and Addington and in those days was regarded as one of the best sprinters-

One or two strange names figure among the entries for the light harness events at the Gore Racing Club’s meeting, and particulars of some of them may prove interesting: Charles Russell is an aged gelding by Guy Parrish from Olga Russell, and is prepared at Oamaru by F. D. Henderson for Mr R. Somerville. He has had some racing without success. Dora Lindsay is a four-year-old mare by Wellington Direct from the Sungod mare Celeste. She is trained on the local tracks by D. Kerr for the Gore owner, Mrs E. Martin. Dora Lindsay has not yet started in a race. Raven’s Wing is a four-year-old mare by Worthy Bond from Dark Belle. Sydney Grand is a four-year-old gelding by Worthy Bond from Roselight. Sun Gauge is a five-year-old gelding by Sungod from Great Drive, trained at Wyndham by E. Todd for Mr W. Barron.

It would be interesting to' know how many owners in New Zealand have waited for months after entering the ranks to have the pleasure of owning a winner, while there have been and are many instances of big teams being in commission by one owner who have gone through a season without much success (says The Press). It is, therefore, appropriate to cite the case of Mrs J. W. Woodhouse, of Christchurch, whose entry into the arena must be in the nature of a record. Her first and only horse to date is the two-year-old Protector, who was beaten into second place in his first race, but has won the three others he has contested, these including the Auckland Racing Club’s Welcome Stakes, which was his most severe test, and which he won decisively. Protector’s next appearance will be made at Trentham, where he will probably meet stronger opponents than he encountered at either Auckland or Wanganui. His stake earnings amount to £725.

Cuddle, with S. Wilson in the saddle, was given another opportunity to demonstrate her fitness, and on this occasion she completely outclassed Might (S. R. Farland) over a mile at Trentham on Tuesday (says The Evening Post). Bowling along in front all the way, the mare ran the first halfmile in 0.51, and without being asked for an extra effort she completed the distance in 1.42 4-5. Might was hard ridden all the way down the straight, and not only could he make no impression whatever but he was losing ground four lengths behind the mare whom he had twice recently beaten at the finish. When Cuddle does it right no horse has any chance with her. This mare looks very nearly as well as she did prior to the Auckland Cup two years ago,' and better than she did at any stage last year. This morning’s was only her third fast trial over a mile since her resumption and it served to show how quickly she can come back to form.