USEFUL TEAM AT ASHBURTON

Southland Times, Issue 24460, 13 June 1941, Page 8

USEFUL TEAM AT ASHBURTON

SOUTHLAND PACERS IN NEW STABLE

J. Fraser, jun., who recently set up as a public trainer at Ashburton, is getting a useful team together, and recent additions include Crown Peak, Gold Bank, Direct Bell, Embargo and Loyal Jack, all useful performers from Southland. Courier, a three-year-old gelding, has recommenced work after a spell, while Horse Power, Princess Maritza, and Harold Guy are all in regular work. Courier is bred the way of a good racehorse, for he is by Rey de Oro from Belinda, a fine race mare when trained by G., McKendry. Belinda won several two-mile races and was a really good stayer. McKendry, who now trains a small team at Methven, has running on his property Silver de Oro, one of the greatest mares for her size evei’ raced in New Zealand.

Reminder Entries for the Dunedin Jockey Club’s classic races, 1941-1942, close today.

Haughty Winner Haughty Winner, who has been resting in the North Island for a few months, has returned to C. C. McCarthy’s stable. He was accompanied by Parchment, an English bred colt by Papyrus, also owned by Mr T. Coltman, of Wellington. Parchment has a reputation as a good galloper and he has won a race, but on several occasions he has disappointed. The two horses had done some work before coming south and they may be raced at Ashburton next week. Haughty Winner will then be got ready for the Winter Cup, in which he seemed unlucky to be beaten last year.

Encouraging Young Drivers The annual meeting of delegates to the New Zealand Trotting Conference will be held at Wellington on July 9 and among the remits to be presented is one from the Canterbury Park Trotting Club wihch advocates the inclusion in the programme of every Metropolitan Club a race for C grade drivers. The remit has much to recommend it, for the ranks of A grade drivers are being reinforced all too slowly and reinsmen well past their best days.still 'drive regularly. This remit appeared or. the order paper at the conference last year, but it was withdrawn because of unusual war conditions existing. L. F. Berkett In Form Nelson is usually a happy hunting ground for L. F. Berkett and last Saturday he was successful with Bulldozer, a four-year-old gelding by Gratton Loyal from Alpine Melody. Bulldozer is a promising pacer and opened his winning account at the Westport meeting in December, while at the Nelson Jockey Club’s meeting last month he also showed fair form. On the second day Berkett produced winners in Douglas McElwyn and Gunman. En Tour Destroyed

When En Tour fell in the Great Northern Steeplechase he broke a leg and had to be destroyed. He was an aged gelding by General Latour from Glenval, and, though he had failed to win any of his seven starts this season before his last race he was only once out of a place.

Disappointing Before he ran in the King George Handicap at Auckland Battle Gain had raced over seven furlongs on three occasions, and on the previous two occasions he had finished second, so there was good reason to suppose that, in his present form, he would run out the journey. However, after being handy to the leaders for five furlongs, he faded in the straight. On Saturday, in the Visitors’ Handicap, won by Circular Note, he was prominent all the way and finished a close fourth, a head behind Aero King.

Favourites Have Bad Day On the final day of the Auckland Racing Club’s meeting falls in the jumping events proved disastrous to backers, Esperance Bay tumbling over Black Musk after the latter had made a mistake in the Campbell Hurdles; Dozie Boy fell in the Winter Steeplechase; and Pertinax, who, like those aforementioned, filled the role ot favourite, was the first casualty in the Tamaki Steeplechase. The events were thus robbed of much of their interest. Backers also suffered reverses where the flat races were involved, all three going to lesser-fancied candidates. British Talent paid over a score ,when he won the first division of the York Handicap; Greek Queen returned her backers double figures in the second division of the big mile; and the Trentham reprepresentative, Circular Note, was at only slightly shorter odds when he carried off the Visitors’ Handicap.

Proud Fox For Sale Proud Fox, who won the Empire Day Handicap at Randwick like a good stayer, has been offered for private i sale because arrangements cannot be made to ship him back to New Zealand, states The Sydney Sunday Sun, Mr S. J. Wood, who owns Proud Fox, is a New Zealander, and, although he has done well from Proud Fox's win and his dead heat in the City Tattersall’s Cup three weeks ago, he does not want to race a horse in Australia if he is not there. If Proud Fox’s trainer. Frank McGrath, cannot find a buyer, however, Mr Wood will have no alternative. Proud Fox will then be spelled immediately and trained for the big handicaps next spring. NIGHTCAPS COURSING CLUB The Nightcaps Coursing Club’s maiden meeting will be held at Nightcaps tomorrow at 2 p.m. The following dogs have been entered for the Maiden Stake: —Craftsman v. Electric Worry; Tipster v. Comey C; Black Surprise v. Beau Chien; Elegant Mac v. Quene’s Course; Pantage a bye.