Sale of Rabbi Falls Through

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 843, 11 December 1929, Page 12

Sale of Rabbi Falls Through

WHEN NEARLY COMPLETED OWNER WANTED JUBILEE CUP? Until near the end of last week, a patron of M. Poison’s stable was negotiating for the purchase of the New Zealand horse, Rabbi, wrote a Sydney writer under date of December 2. A high price was asked and a sale might have been effected only for the owner of Rabbi stipulating that delivery should not be taken until after last Saturday's meeting at Feilding. Naturally, this did not suit the would-be buyer. If the horse won, he was certain to advance in the opinion of Australian handicappers, and if he failed he would possibly have been in the position of giving more for him than hcs was worth. The deal was declared off. Rabbi duly ran at Feilding on Saturday, and won the Jubilee Cup, a mile and a quarter handicap, with S.S. Will Get Some Weight As the time was 2.10 2-5, it is probable the going was heavy. When Vertigern won the Feilding Cup at the same track last year, he recorded 2.0 If Rabbi is nominated for anything in Sydney in the aytumn, he is likely to get plenty of weight, and that fact is thoroughly recognised by M. Poison. He regrets not getting Rabbi, but in chatting about the terms, said: •‘The seller wanted too much in his favour, considering the price lie asked. Rabbi is good, but there are other good horses, and there is always the chance of being able to buy one of them.” Three thousand guineas was said to be the price quoted in this deal, UNLUCKIEST EVER CLOSE SECOND TO AMOUNIS Although she has shown surprisingly good form at times, Lady Kentrel lias not yet won a race, and she can be regarded as the unluckiest horse in Victoria at present. Last year she ran a close second to Amounis in the Williams town Cup, and in the spring she was narrowly defeated in the Veteran Stakes at Flemington. Lady Kentrel recorded a great performance against Nagrada in the Sandown Park Handicap at Epsom (Melbourne) the other day, and instead of showing tiredness, ran as though she was at the top of her form/ Game Mare At the distance she led. and Nagrada, the odds-on favourite, had to put in a brilliant finish to defeat her by a length. This game little mare, who has had more than her fair share of running, should secure first prize money in the near future, and this might occur in the approaching Ballai'at Cup. A few clays previously the Bendigo Cup was at her mercy, but she lost a lot of ground by running wide at the home turn. Nevertheless she finished well* and was unlucky to miss getting a place.