TRENTHAM TOPICS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 985, 30 May 1930, Page 14

TRENTHAM TOPICS

OTAKI PROBABLES WYEFORD AN EARLY WINNER Special to THE SLA WELLINGTON. Today. | The Trentham galloper Ex Dono lias changed hands and in future will be trained by A. E. Brown. It is not improbable that he will be tried at hurdling. Ex Dono was a useful sort, but has not shown his best form in some of his recent outings. Pie did all his racing in the colours of Mr. J. A. Taylor, of Wellington, and was trained by J. McLaughlin. Black Mint has galloped well enough at Trentham for his Dunedin engagement to be continued. However, his work at Trentham has been done on soft tracks, and unless the Catmint gelding gets the going soft at Wingatui he will not be seen at his best. Historic Back Again Historic is to be put into work again shortly. It will be remembered that he was in good form last winter, when he succeeded at the C.J.C. August meeting in winning the Winter Cup. He is a light fleshed horse and it will not take long to get him into racing condition. He should be ready by the time the winter and early spring events come round. Wyeford is reported to have done well since running at Wanganui. He is engaged among the hack hurdlers at Otaki, and if well handled should give a good account of himself there. He was somewhat unfortunate at Wanganui, but gave a rather promising display. * One of the more interesting gallopers at Trentham is Staghunter. At one time lie gave promise of being particulaly good, but be then lost form. Handed over to J. McLaughlin recently, he has been dcing attractive work at Trentham, and there is fair prospect of his regaining some of his old form. If he does, he will win good races. Likes A Journey A mare that is galloping better now than she has done for a while is Miss Ransom, and by the way she is shaping it looks as if she will be suited by distances slightly longer than mere sprints. She is to be tried over a mile and a-quarter at the coming Otaki meeting next month, and it will not be surprising to find her running really well. Statuary is not to accompany A. D. Webster’s team to Australia, and is to be a competitor at the Otaki meeting next week. Statuary has been disappointing in recent races, but there is a feeling that he will improve shortly. Certainly he has no Piiar Lap to meet at Otaki, and if he cannot make a showing there he will give his friends something to think about. Spearwood, whose name was omitted from the list of acceptances for the Otaki Maiden, is a maiden who up to the present has not raced prominently but is expected to improve very soon. Ihe field he is engaged in at Otaki does not appear to contain anvthing of special merit, and if Spearwood is going to pay his way he has a great 1 chance immediately ahead of him.

A USEFUL HACK

By reason of his two winning efforts at Avondale recently, Sir ilood's rue- ! mg at Ellerslie will be invested with ! unusual interest, more so in that lie ! will again be ridden by H. Gray. the cutset of his career the Aus-tralian-bred colt was a gross youngster, and last season was a lean one tor him, but he is now turning out tne purchase the connections thought In looks only the son of Seremond has* j blossomed right out, and one hardly picks him for the horse that commenced this season’s campaign at ♦ Takapuna in the spring. There is a likelihood of Sir Mond proing to the post a warm favourite in the first division of the Jervois Handicap on Tuesday, and at 8.10 his prospects must be assessed highly. He is a solid type and should make a i l)urden of the impost, while his ability to secure a position early U an aditional factor in his favour.

RETURNING TO FORM

A mare which has been showing favourable progress this last month is the Opotiki representative Nancy Lee w:n----£f r -a° f AR c * Railway Handicap, besides other good raxjgs. Although appearing in want of a race, this daughter of Flagship caused many to take notice when she flashed into third berth in the sprint at Taumarunui. while her trials at headauarters since then have been Quite in keeping with that effort. She moved very smartly in yesterday’s gallop, and a°briSft d o d . be , ttei ;* Nancy Lee carries a bright and healthy appearance just now. and she need only be coming into form again to give Tuesday’s sprinters a big task.

RACING FIXTURES

MAY 31, June 3. 4—Dunedin J.C. JUNE 3, 4—Otaki-Maorl R.C. o, 5, 7—Auckland R.C. 14—Oamaru J C. 20, 21—»Hawke’s Bay J.CI 2o—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt. oS—Napier Park R.C. -* 8 —Ashburton County R.C. JULY V- 10. Wellington R.C. ; 1 * —Oamaru J.C. | ly —Wairnate District Hunt, i 17. ID—Gisborne R.C. j 26 —South Canterbury Hunt, i *l. August I—Manawatu R.C. Winter,