RACING AND TROTTING

Southland Times, Issue 23342, 28 October 1937, Page 10

RACING AND TROTTING

RACING October 29, 30—Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 30—Banks Peninsula R.C. October 30—Rangitikei R.C. November 5. 6—Whangarei R.C. November 6, 8. 10, 13— Canterbury J.C. November 13—Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club. November 13—Napier Park R.C. November 20—Levin R.C. November 20—Southland R.C. November 20, 22—Waikato R.C. November 27—Ashburton County R.C. November 27, 29—Takapuna J.C. November 27, 30—Feilding J.C. TROTTING October 30—Wellington T.C. October 30—Invercargill T.C. October 30—Thames T.C. November 9, 11, 12—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. By THE CURRAGH The Invercargill Trotting Club’s meeting will be held on Saturday. The Poverty Bay Turf Club’s meeting opens on Friday. Acceptances for minor events and final payments for the New Zealand Cup and Stewards’ Handicap are due on Monday. An acceptance for the New Zealand Trotting Cup and acceptances for the first day of the fixture close on Monday at 5 p.m. It was a quiet morning on the Invercargill tracks yesterday. Most of the horses racing at Gore have been physicked and are having an easy time. The Washdyke light harness trainer, R. Townley, intends to visit the Invercargill Trotting Club’s meeting and has booked accommodation for three horses. It is understood that Mr C. E. Hassall, of Timaru, has been appointed handicapper to the Vincent and Cromwell Jockey Clubs this season. Sailing Lady, although she lightened up a little, came through the Gore meeting all the better for the racing. She should be at the top of her form next time she races. T. E. Pankhurst brought Stolen March back to Invercargill after the Gore meeting, but will send him north again next week to fulfil engagements at the New Zealand Cup meeting. The track at Invercargill at present is hard and fast and should be in good order for Saturday. The grass on it was cut yesterday but the pacers should find conditions to their liking. Thermidor is racing consistently at present and is running up a record of placed performances. J. Ross’s pupil is a good galloper but appears to require a strong horseman. Trebleack’s win at Gore on Saturday took him out of the hack class, but he is eligible to run out the nominations made, the previous day for hack races at Riccarton. Satin King, making his first appearance in a race for over two years, was prominent for half a mile in the Weston Handicap at Oamaru, but then petered out and finished a long way back. Philein, a three-year-old daughter of Philamor-Cheloid, showed a good turn of speed in her races at Gore and should not be long in. breaking her maiden status. She is trained at Wingatui by G. Fielding. Waitoru made a bold showing for five furlongs in the Novice Handicap at Gore, but failed to run on over the final furlong. He showed a good deal of speed on the way and the half-brother to Trebleack is distinctly promising. Debenture had the Labour Day Trot at Gore won a long way from home, despite a break, and was pulling up at the post. This four-year-old mare is a smart pacer and should more than pay her way this season. Ardchoille and Tauramai are to race at the New Zealand Cup meeting and will leave for Riccarton next week. Both horses will be in the care of the Invercargill trainer, J. A. Rowland, the trainer of Tauramai being unable to travel north.

Three-year-olds have a fine record in the Stewards’ Handicap, having won the race 14 times. Five-year-olds follow with 11 wins and four-year-olds with 10. Only two three-year-olds are engaged in this year’s contest, Haughty Winner and Brurxhild.

Cerne Abbas’s win at Trentham on Saturday placed her in the list of winners of over £2OOO. The Lord Warden mare has received a penalty of 51b for the New Zealand Cup in which she was awarded 7.5. She is, however, a good stayer and will now come into favour for the big Riccarton event.

Trebleack was given pace work on the plough track at Invercargill yesterday. He came through his races at Gore very well and is to take his place in the New Zealand Cup field. He will leave for Riccarton on Tuesday and may be accompanied by Milford, who has been entered for events at the meeting.

Stolen March was an unlucky runner at the Gore meeting. He was narrowly beaten in the open sprint, but his saddle slipped during the running and his rider was unable to do him justice in the final dash. On the second day Silver Lark beat him by a nose and he did not have the best of the running. He is very well at present.

Galleon came in for a fair amount of support in the Spring Handicap at Gore, but never flattered his admirers and finished well behind the leaders. Evidently the race he had at Geraldine took a good deal out of him and the decision to withdraw him from the New Zealand Cup appears to have been a wise one.

Johnny does not usually give of his best on a hard track, but galloped well to win the Pukerau Highweight Handicap at Gore on Monday. There is little doubt, however, that he owed his win to the horsemanship of F. Voight, who handled him in vigorous and finished style. Voight has few superiors in New Zealand in the saddle.

Dissemble ran a good race in the open sprint at Gore on Saturday and was expected to do even better on Monday, but she finished a long way behind the placed horses. She does not appear to be too solid and the hard race on Saturday evidently got to the bottom of her.

Golden Miller was having his first outing of the season in the Otama Trot at Gore, and finished in second place to Prince Charles after going a solid race. This race should bring him on, and he is likely to be in demand when he next races.

Aqua Bond was confidently backed in the Labour Day Trot at Gore, but could only finish second. There was some excuse for her defeat, however, as the towel came loose from under the harness and lodged on the hub of one of

N ews _ prospects—Results

the sulky wheels, causing it to lock. Aqua Bond pulled the skidding wheel for about a mile, so that there was some merit in her second placing. Natty fulfilled the promise she showed at Wingatui by running a first and a second at Gore. G. Fielding’s pupil won very easily on the first day and with a rise of nine pounds went under by a neck to Hanlon on Monday. She was well handled by J. Dooley and appears to require vigorous handling. A novice racer which caught the eye in the novice events at Gore was Mr W. J. McLaren’s three-year-old gelding Turaki. He is a very well made son of Balboa-Divinial (dam of Golden Lap) and the experience would do him good. Divinial was got by Saxby from Divinia (dam of Pxmchestown), by Sylvia ParkMongonui, by Carbine-Moonga, by Goldsbrough. E. Todd produced a promising pacer at Gore in Sun Gauge, a five-year-old gelding by Sungod from Great Drive, by Great Audubon (imp.) from Queen’s Drive, by General Pet-Harold’s Rest, by King Harold-Polly, by Robin Hood. The chestnut was well in the picture until reaching the straight when he tired to finish in seventh place. The experience can be expected to do him good.

One of the features of the Novice Handicap at Gore on Saturday was the performance of Vanity Queen. She was narrowly defeated after a fine run in the straight. The forward running of the mare was not unexpected by her party and there is no doubt she is a smart galloper. Vanity Queen was got by Weathervane from Pax, by All RedSoberside, by Obligado-Broadside, by Goldsbrough.

Winner of the Wellington Handicap on the opening day of the meeting just concluded at Trentham, Shy has won seven races (including the Duke of Gloucester Cup) and £1735 in stakes and trophies. He is by Valkyrian from Stage Fright, by Limond from Tivoli, a mare by Absurd who was bred by Mr G. M. Currie and sold in Australia in 1928. Shy was bred by Mr S. G. Holmes, but has done all his racing for the Trentham trainer, R. W. A. Lewis, owner of the successful steeplechaser Billy Boy.