TRENT HAM TOPICS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 722, 23 July 1929, Page 12

TRENT HAM TOPICS

: MERRY MINT FAVOURED , _ (Sprawl to THE SL‘A‘i I \\'ELLINGTON, )fonday. ,2 \Vord has been received here from isydncy that in addition to the engageinrents that have been made for T. ,\\ ebstcr to do the light riding for ‘iGt‘Ul‘s’e Price and another prominent , Haild\\’l("li trainer while he is in Ausltraliu. he has received a number of 'other offers which should lead to good, rides when those for whom he has been! engaged do not require his services! \Vebster has been very fortunate since: he first came into prominence and he? iooks to be well on the way to at‘t‘luenczl if his good fortune continues. 4 Very little work has been possiblC-—-‘ or necessary‘at Trenthani since the, \Vellingion meeting. The tracks arel very sloppy. One that is to be kept} Suing despite his failures, is Black: Mint. but whether he will go on to Ric- J carton for the CJiC. winter ineetingl has not yet been definitely fixed. lie; was a. disappointment at Trentham.l and showed only one gleam of form there—a gleam that soon flickered out. As OLaura Lass galloped nearly as; well as some of the others worked on} the tracks here just before the lnCet-y ing, the work of the others was dis-“ counted in Certain quarters. This‘ proved to be an erroneous deductionl as Otaura Lass ran good races each time she was saddled up. She appears} to be better now than formerly, but' probably will be at a. disadvantage as soon as the. winter passes. Bright Land Improving i “'hen Bright Land leJTt hero for thel north last Blonday he was a much im- . proved horse. it was a wise policy not! to race him at the meeting. The quick} of one foot was exposed. but clcYer' shoeing gave considerable assistancel and the foot was healingr well when hei set out for home. Ho is minus a good} deal of hair in various places, but tliati will not do him much harm. He has! engagements at the C.J.C. winter gath— 1 cring to be held next month. but it may; be taken for granted that he will not. make the trip. I “'hether Commendation will our: come back to his old form is a very! debatable point, but his owner, )lr. \V.‘ H. Gaisford, expresses salisfaction’ with the manner in which he has progressing, and has decided to give him! ample time to show his best. and there— I fore it can be understood that he will‘ not he raced in the immediate future. Another for whom a. trip seems to! have been definitely fixed is Bright Glow. Bright Glow is a very useful marc, who lust season ran second to Paganelli in the Thompson l-{andicap. won the Prince of “'ales liandicap at the Manawatu autumn meeting and went on to Ellerslie and won the Al—LL‘. Easter Handicap. J. Fryer, who will take the mare over, will also take a Tonbridge two-year—old filly. whose dam is the nicely bred Lady Eglentinc. The filly has shown speed on the tracks and is o. promising sort to look at. The connections of Tresham do not know quite what to do with the old felloxv. He bleeds regularly Vvhen worked and as the trouble seems to be getting worse, his owner, who has a very warm corner in his heart for the black gelding, might decide to retire him. At present he has not made up his mind whether to do that, spell him or have him overhauled by a. veterinarian. Roi de Val is to be kept going with a. view to competing at the C.J.C. win—ter meeting. He has had only one race since the autumn, but it has brought him on nicely and he should strip a much. better horse at Riccarton than he did at Trentham. One t'o Watch A hack that was being watched here by those who like a substantial wager is Black Odin, one of R. Johnson’s team. Black Odin ran fair races and might be a. winner at meetings where the company is not so strong, but it may interest some of those who are still waiting for him to know that one who should know more about the capabilities of the Valkyrian gelding than the average run of speculators left a considerable roll in the totalisator on at least one day of the W’ellington meeting. Perhaps, then, Black Odin is not yet as good as some enthusiasts imagine. Prior to the ‘Vellington meeting Royal Game had been galloping in his old time form. He had shown at Otaki that he was approaching his best and in his subsequent work-outs he had improved on that showing. Yet he ran badly at Trentham when the money was up, and there is a. suspicion that the black fellow is growing cunning. Since the “‘ellington meeting Matt: looks well and there is every reason to believe that he will now stand up to his work. In that case he should be a. lot better by the time the Grand National meeting is run than he has been at any time this season. He stays on well in his races and is not one of those ’wlio are up in the weights. so he is a possibility for a good steeplechase before the winter season is over. Rangi Sarto did not appear to be knocked about by the racing he had at Trenthanri and the present intention is to race him in the South Island shortly. He is a. good jumper and if the work can be put into him he will stay fairly-7 well. However, as he is unsound he is not a good one for early “speckers” to worry about. It is expected that T. Daly will move from Masterton to Trentham this week with a. big team of horses belonging to Mr. VV. R. Kemball. Daly is to occupy premises that H. Telford has been pre—paring for him, but the change over could not conveniently be made until after the W'ellington meeting. Hynanna will form one of the teamt Telford intends to spend some of the win—ter in Sydney with a. few horses: he left by last Friday’s boat. | On his running at Hastings Vespcrus would have had to be considered in the best of flat coznpany had he been produced at the ‘Vellington meeting. He was not raced, however, and it now transpires that the reason was that hewas suffering from a leg injury which threw him back in his work. The trouble has practically disappeared and it is intended to get hinl ready for a. trip to Riccarton next month. There his engagements include the XVinteri Cup. ‘ Locally, the early favourites for the Grand National Hurdle Race are blister Gainp and Overhaul. There are no pronounced favourites for the Grand National Steeplechase or the Winter Cup, though there is a decided leaning toward Blerry )lint in the “linter Cup, despite his two failures at Trentham.

WHANGAREI NOTES

l PREPARING FOR SPRING RACING! (Special to TILE SHIV) 1‘ “‘HANGAREI, )londay. ‘ D. Gunn has a. very shapely filly in Commission for a local owner—a two-year-old by Paper Money or Kilbroney from Dancing Doll. The build of this youngster suggests Kilbroney as being the sire. W'elcome Home is also in Gunn's stable. The Baverstock gelding has winters-d well and looks in good trim for active racing at no distant date. Paper Dart, by Last Dart—Heraldry: by Clarenceau—Holyrood, a three—yearold colt, is another of Don Gunn’s string He is a well-built youngster and it is probable he will sport silk early in the spring. The yearling colt recently purchased by Mr. F. Telfer. of Parua Bay, is :1 shapely youngster. He was got by Catmint from Chartreuse, The majority of local mentors are busy with their charges at present getting them into shape in View of the spring racing.