BRAZEN KING’S SUCCESS

Southland Times, Issue 23443, 25 February 1938, Page 11

BRAZEN KING’S SUCCESS

RACE FOR WANGANUI CUP SHANGRI LA WINS MAIDEN EVENT (United Press Association) WANGANUI, February 24. The Wanganui Jockey Club’s autumn meeting opened in delightful weather. The attendance was good and the course in excellent order. course in excellent order. The totalizator handled £16,401 as against £12,017 last year. An inquiry into the fall of Zilpah in the Kai-iwi Maiden Race was opened and adjourned till Saturday. The rider, H. J. Callahan, was admitted to hospital for observation suffering front a bruised groin. His condition is satisfactory. Results:—

WESTMERE HURDLES, £l3O. One mile and four furlongs and a-half. 6 ARTFUL DODGER, car. 9.1 (N. C. Trillo) 1 4 COUNT WILLONYX 9.7 (P. Burgess) 2 2 RIOTOUS 10.9 (W. J. McDowell) 3 Also started:—l Royal Romance 9.11, 5 Davistock 9.9, 3 Kentucky Song 9.7, 8 Master Norval 9.0, 7 Lifeguard 9.0. Won by a length and a-half, third two lengths away. Royal Romance was fourth. Time, 2.50 1-5. JUVENILE HANDICAP, £lOO. Five furlongs. 1 SURMOUNT 9.7 (C. G. Goulsbro) 1 2 RUSSIAN BALLET 7.7 (W. J. Broughton) 2 3 FQOTLOOSE 8.5 (B. H. Morris) 3 Also started:—6 Dark Eagle car. 7.6, 4 Royal Ace car. 7.9 J, 5 Drachma 7.3, 7 Diletto car. 7.10 J. Won by a head, third two lengths away. Diletto was fourth. Time, 1.1. KAI-IWI MAIDEN RACE, £lOO. Six furlongs. 3 SHANGRI LA (L. J. Ellis) 1 6 GOLDGLARE (J. Toki) 2 2 SIGURD (P. Atkins) 3 Also started:—s Golden Pam, 4 Nigger Mark, 1 Scarf Dance, 10 Loura Rua, 9 Some Brandy, 7 Civil, 8 Zilpah (fell). Won by a length and a-half, third two lengths away. Scarf Dance was fourth; Time, 1.14 3-5. VICTORY HACK HANDICAP, £l3O. One mile and 130 yards. 1 CONVEYOR 8.1 (Howe) 1 3 ILIAS 8.3 (J. K. Reynolds) 2 4 STUDENT PRINCE, car. 7.9 (R. Sargent) 3 Also started: —5 Parry car. 8.1, 2 Amatory car. 7.13. Won by half a length, third a neck away. Amatory was fourth. Time, 1.49. TAYFORTH HACK HANDICAP, £lOO. Seven furlongs and aquarter. 1 ICING 9.5 (S. Wilson) 1 4 BONNY GLOW 8.13 (L. Glading) 2 3 ROYAL CHOICE 8.5 (B. H. Morris) 3 Also started:—2 Malibu 9.1, 5 Captain Treville 8.3, 6 Lady Hoariri 8.0. Won by /length, third three lengths away. Malibu was fourth. Time, 1.31 2-5. WANGANUI CUP, £250. One mile and a-quarter. 8 BRAZEN KING 7.0 (R. Sargent) 1 7 LOWENBERG 8.1 (P. Atkins) 2 3 MIDDLE, car. 7.7 J (W. J. Broughton) 3 Also started:—l Catalogue 8.10, 6 The Buzzer 8.8, 2 Sergia 8.5, 3 Master Cyklon 8.0, 5 The Bigot 7.7, bracketed with Middle, 4 Francis Drake 7.5, 9 Race Boy 7.0. Won by two lengths, third a head away. The Buzzer was fourth. Time, 2.6 2-5. Race Boy was joined at the six furlongs by The Bigot, but the pair raced themselves into the ground. Brazen King headed them three furlongs from home and won nicely. There was a great tussle for the minor places and Sergia, The Buzzer and Francis Drake were close behind the minor placegetters. FLYING HANDICAP, £l2O. Six furlongs. 1 LAUGHING LASS 9.0 (B. H. Morris) 1 5 NOTIUM 7.7 (P. Atkins) 2 2 RACECALL 8.4 (J. Mclnally) 3 Also started:—3 Becham, 4 Silvanus 7.9, 6 Aiwai 7.0. Won by two lengths each way. Debham was fourth. Time, 1.12 1-5. Laughing Lass took command at the half-mile, and although Racecall and then Notium challenged she won nicely. PETRE HACK HANDICAP, £l2O. Six furlongs. 2 ALLOA 8.4 (L. J. Ellis) 1 7 AMOROSO, car. 7.5 (L. Monkle) 2 3 TREBOR, car. 7.0 (A. Bennett) 3 Also started: —1 Gaily 9.0, 4 Collodion 8.9, 5 Cloak car. 7.7, 6 Rhodesian car. 7.0. Won by two lengths, third a head away. Cloak was fourth. Time, 1.14 2-5. ACCEPTANCES FOR TOMORROW WANGANUI, February 24. Following are the acceptances for the second day of the Wanganui Jockey Clubs meeting on Saturday: 12.0 noon. FORDELL HACK HURDLES, £l5O. One mile and four and a-half furlongs.

WANGANUI CUP’S LONG HISTORY

BRAZEN KING’S VICTORY YESTERDAY

(By

SIR MODRED)

Away back in the seventies Wanganui held strong claims to being considered the most important racing centre in New Zealand and so tne Wanganui Cup became a coveted event of 1875, when True Blue was the winner. For many years the Wanganui Jockey Club conducted leading fixtures, but it eventually fell upon evi. times and even had a struggle for existence, but it now occupies a strong position again. If racing slumped for a period in the Wanganui district the breeding industry did not, the result being that up to a short time ago it could count, two of the most famous studs in Australasia, the breeding nurseries conducted by Messrs G. M. Currie and J. Donald respectively, the former with Absurd and Limond and the latter as owning Chief Ruler, three noted sires bred in England. The Cup was run over two miles and a-quarter up to 1886, and from that year it was gradually reduced until it is now 10 i furlongs. Good horses have won the race on many occasions and the names of a number of the successful gallopers may be quoted as follows: —(1880) Betrayer, (1883) King Quail, (1887) Silence, (1888, 1890, and 1891) Dudu, (1894) Liberator, a great galloper and jumper, (1895) Lady Zetland, (1900) Advance, (1902) Nonette, (1903) Mars, (1912) Bronze, (1914) Sinapis, (1917 and 1918) Client, and (1929) Rapine. The winner of yesterday’s cup was the Australian-bred horse Brazen King who was bred in New South Wales, and in maternal line traces back to Nightmare, a famous taproot matron in Australia from whom the Southland mares Cough and Thornton are also descended. The Wanganui winner is by Brazen (imp., and a very successful sire in Australia), by Phalaris (twice premier sire in England, by Polymelus, son of Cyllene) from South Wales, by Llangibby (son of Wildflower) from Southern Belle, by Ayrshire from Violin, by Isinglass (a great sire) from String Band (well known in England and South America), by Barcaldine. Another son of Brazen successful in New Zealand was Bronze Eagle, and in Australia he was represented by noted winners in Kuvera, Air Queen, Bronze Hawk, Shakuni, and a large number of lesser lights. On the opposite side of his genealogical tree Brazen King’s dam was Booralie, by Roseworthy (imp. and son of William the Third, by St. Simon) from Burletta, by Wallace (son of Carbine) from La Tosca (a good mare), by Robinson Crusoe from Nightmare (a great stud success), by Panic (imp., and a sire of many stayers). Brazen King’s grand-dam, Burletta, was a sister to Class, dam of Bon Ton (New Zealand St. Leger) and The Toff (New Zealand Derby, Canterbury Cup, G. G. Stead Gold Cup, and Great Northern St. Leger). It may be mentioned that when The Toff won the New Zealand Derby in 1916, he was piloted by the one-time Southland jockey L. H. Hewitt, who was on a visit to the Dominion at the time after narrowly escaping from Germany on the outbreak of the Great War. In Germany Hewitt rode as first horseman for several years in the colours of the Royal Gratz Stud.

Riotous 10 10 Davistock 9 7 Count Kentucky Song 9 5 Willonyx 9 12 Lifeguard 9 0 Royal Romance ? 11 12.40 p.m. SEDGKBROOK JUVENILE HANDICAP, £130. Five furlongs. Footloose 8 5 Royal Ace 7 5 Russian Ballet 7 12 Drachma 7 0 Filletto 7 7 Segra 7 0 Prime Quality 7 5 1.20 p.m. LANDGUARD MAIDEN HANDICAP, £130. Six furlongs. Sigurd 8 7 Scarf Dance 8 7 Golden Pam 8 7 Ringapoto 8 7 Golden Orchid 8 7 Fafner 8 7 Whistle Pinkie ■ 8 7 Gold Band 8 7 Amatory 8 7 2.0 p.m. BRUNSWICK HACK HANDICAP, £130. Seven and a-half furlongs. Alloa 9 4 Gold Glare 8 0 Bonny Glow 9 4 Maahanui 8 0 Malibu 8 13 Mozeltove 8 0 Royal Choice 8 6 Zilpah 8 0 War Lap 8 3 2.40 p.m. HARRISON HACK HANDICAP, £150. One mile and a distance. Naughty Marietta 9 Parry 2 Amatory 7 10 7 9 Gaily 8 9 Student Prince 7 . ,7 3.30 p.m. EARLE STAKES, £300. One mile and a distance. The Buzzer 8 7 Middle 7 9 Lowenberg 8 5 The Bigot 7 5 Sergia 8 3 Icing 7 4 Tiger Gain 8 . 3

4.15 p.m. MATARAWA HACK HANDICAP, £130. Six furlongs. Alloa 9 0 Captain Amoroso 7 9 Treville 7 2 Cloak' 7 5 Rhodesian 7 2 Trebor 7 2 Some Brandy 7 0 5.0 p.m. CAMPBELL HANDICAP (Open), £225. Six furlongs. Laughing Lass 9 Debham 8 9 Notlum 6 Aureus 7 13 7 0 Race Call 8 4