SYDNEY TATT’S RACES

Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1929, Page 5

SYDNEY TATT’S RACES

NEW ZEALANDERS’ VICTORIES GAY BALLERINA TAKES BIG SIX. ■ -I GESTO AND KINROSS BOTH WIN. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Sydney, Dec. 29. The weather was/cloudy but hot for th© Tatteraall'a Chib race meeting at Randwick yesterday. Results are:— " HURDLES RACE. Of 528 sovs. About two miles. KINROSS (N.Z.), T. White’s ch.g., by Psychology—Valley. Rose, 9.2 (Kenny) 1 PERIDES, 10.2 (Urban) 2 PIRATE KING, 9.10 (Harris) .... 3 Also ran —Home Made (N.Z.), Trcmolits and Real Lad. Won by five lengths. Home Made, 'carrying 10.1, was fourth, but was a long way back. Tim©, 3nrin. 42sec. CHELMSFORD HANDICAP. Of 001 eovs. One mile. ( HAPPY NEW, R. Byer’s b.c., by Rossendale — Marcotina, 7.12 (Munro) 1 TRAYMOBILE, 7.8 (Johnstone) .... 2 POTENT, 8.0 (Simpson) 3 Sixteen started. Won by a long head. Time, Imin. 39|sec. CARRINGTON STAKES. Of 1798 bovs. Six furlongs. GAY BALLERINA (N.Z.), H. G. Kirkpatrick’s br.f., by Lord . Quex —Lady Ball, 8.2 (Bartie) .. 1 RAISIN, 7.9 (Pratt) 2 GREENLINE, 10.6 (Pike) 3 Seventeen started, including Raasay (N.Z.) 8.3. x At the distance Grcenline headed the field from Luita and Gay Ballerina. Then the New Zealand bred filly pushed but and won by half a length. Raisin, finishing fast, was three-quarters of a length away, and Parole was fourth. Time, Imin. 12jsec. JUVENILE STAKES. Of 607 sovs. Five furlongs. CARAT, 8.0 (McCarten) I SOLITAIRE, 7.9 (Brown) 2 LUCKY DAME, 8.2 (Munro) . 3 Fifteen started. Won by three-quar-ters of a length. Time, Imin. IJsec. PACE WELTER. Of 593 sovs. One mile. NUT CUP, 10.1 (Cracknell) ... 1 PACEMAKER, 9.2 (McCarten) .... 2 SION, 10.8 (Pike) 3 Eight started, including Stormy (N.Z.), 10.0. Won by half a length. Stormy wae last. Time, Imin. 38Jsec. DENMAN HANDICAP. Of 607 -sovs. One mile and a quarter. GESTO (N.Z.), T. C. Trautwein’s ch.g., by Lord Quex —Queen Lizzie; 8.9 (McCarten) 1 DEADLIGHT, 8.0 (Bartie) 2 WEDDING EVE, 8.3 (Munro) ...... 3 Nine started. In a good finish Gesto won by a neck, with a long head between second and third. Time, 2min. seec. The stewards commenced an inquiry into tho running of the former New Zealand horse Home Made, which finished a poor fourth in the hurdles after winning the Summer Hurdles on Thursday. The inquiry will be resumed on Monday. MARTON RE-HANDICAPS. Palmerston N., Dec. 28. Re-handicaps for the Marton meeting Jires—f Hurdles. —Aurora Borealis, 10.6. _ Juvenile Handicap.—-Statuary 8.5. Dash Handicap.—Statuary 8.2. Railway Handicap.—Keddar 8.0. v Stewards’ Handicap.—Keddar 9.7. Paganelfi, Rory Mor, Tripping, Oral, Glenn Bay and Macroom have been scratched for all engagements nt Marton, AUSTRALIAN TURF TOPICS. - v — MANY NEW ZEALANDERS IN FORM (By “Moturoa.”) At the Ugly Men’s races (Perth), on December 14, Minstrel Boy (Kilboy—'tuneful) won tho second division of the Lalor Stakes in a field of 14. On the same day Miss Field, by Acre, ran third in the Leo Stcere Welter.

The Victoria Park pony meeting on December 11 saw a brace of Maorilanders in winning vein. Melody Queen (Lucullus —Martinques) won the second division of tho Fourteen-two Handicap and Lucky One (Magpie—Bayonne) took tho Maiden Handicap.

Lighthearted (Greyspear — Sweet Smile) was produced in the first division of the £lOOO Rosebery Cup at the Rosebery pony meeting on December 4. Lighthearted dead-heated with Sarinch and was at a double-figure price. The runoff was disastrous, Lighthearted, a warin favourite, failing to leave the post. For a horse to bo left at the start of a race is not unusual, but a favorite to get loft so hopelessly in a field of five that it takes no part in the race is unique when connected with the run-off of | £lOOO Cups at the ponies, wrote “Radiant.” This unfortunate occurrence took glace with the final of the Rosebery up, when Light Hearted was left at the post and took no part in the race. To make matters worse, his stablemate, Sarinch, who dead-heated with him in the first division and started second favourite in the run-off, was beaten a head by the nine-year-old Fortsilk, who enabled Jockey A. Knox to score his third (successive Cup win.

Another incident at the meeting caused a little excitement when Starter Tom .Watson’s gig upset. Returning to the Weighing enclosure after the final of the Dup had been decided, the wheel of his iurn-out was caught on one of the posts Of the gate, and the horse, suddenly wheeling round, caused it to turn over. Though the official was thrown heavily he escaped unhurt. The excitement, however, caused five horses who contested the final to break away from their attendants, and they careered around the enclosure for several minutes before being caught.

It is stated that some Australians are ’‘making a living out of Duncan,” crack Victorian jockey. To date Duncan has steered 27 out of 92 mounts to victory, his losing rides numbering 65, but figures show that £1 invested in Duncan each ride would show a profit of £29 10s.

Paris House, Sydney, will be the scene of a merry gathering on New Year’s night, when his Sydney confreres bid farewell to Jockey J. Munro. Munro leaves on January 4 for Germany, where he will ride for Baron Oppenheimer. Munro has been a very successful horseman in Australia, but in Germany the baron has offered him a retainer of £3OOO per annum, plus 10 per cent, of the winnings, and on top of that Munro will no doubt be able to ride for other owners as well.

Night Raid’s stud fee this season was 40 guineas, but it will be 200 guineas next season. He was restricted to 35 mares, and his owner, Mr. A. F. Roberts, docs not intend overdoing him. Mr. Roberts intends exercising his selection of mares for the imported horse, so that he will get the best offering. * « # *

Satrap won tho New Zealand and Great Northern St. Legers in New Zealand, but he has done no good since he was taken to Australia. He is likely to be tried as a hurdler by N. McKenna, who now has him on lease. Sent to Brisbane after his failure to strike form in Sydney, Satrap was just as great a disappointment there. He arrived back from the northern capital and went into N. McKenzie’s stable. Satrap is by Paladin, sire of Chide, recently purchased by Mr. T. C. Trautwcin for 6000 guineas, and is owned by Mr. R. S. White, who purchased him after his three-year-old exploits in the Dominion. • * * *

Chide made his appearance on the Randwick track recently, but he did only walking exercise. He is a tall chestnut, with solid shoulders, and no oil-painting, but, of course, that does not signify he will prove deficient in galloping prowess, says a Sydney writer. The gelding has settled down to his new quarters without any fuss or bother, and, consequently, F. T. Cush has reason to be pleased with him. A quiet, easygoing horse is much less worry to a trainer than one of the temperamental kind.

In a glowing gtribute to the Australian jockey, R. Lewis, “Hotspur,” of the London Daily Chronicle, describes him as “an amazing veteran.” Ho says that Lewis’ 32 mounts in the Melbourne Cup must be a world’s record. He adds that “Lewis is still so fit as to have no siiperior. There is no parallel to such a career of sustained brilliant jockeyship.” He says the explanation is that Lewis keeps himself thoroughly fit, and has never been anything but dead “straight.” No one is likely to dispute this estimate. Lewis has been riding for about 40 years, and is still in the front rank of Australian horsemen. Throughout that long period, moreover, he has constantly held the confidence of the public and those associated with him. On the course or in private life he has been an example for all younger men in the game. « *

Double Life, winner of the Cambridgeshire, is being sent to the stud. She is only the third horse to win the double, Duke of York Handicap, at Kempton Park, and the Cambridgeshire, in which she put up 101 b. penalty. Double Life is said to be the only horse to win this double as a three-year-old. Polymelus won it when four years old. The winner, who belongs to Lady Zia Wernher, is trained by Boyd-Rochfort, and was bred in Ireland by Mr. Ryan and the rider, Dines, for whom she always goes best. She is by Bachelor’s Double out of Saint Joan, a mare for whom the breeders gave only 32 guineas. She is on the small side, but very game and a good mover. With the exception of her race at Ascot, when she was unlucky, she had never failed to finish anywhere except first in her races this When she won at Kempton Park in June, however, she was disqualified. She has won her last four races, including the Cambridgeshire, and now goes to the stud. It is not without interest to notice that the first ten horses on the Cambridgeshire programme —that is, the ten topweights for that great handicap—were all bred in France, Ireland, or America. Double Life is the third good filly to retire-to the stud this year, the others being Tiffin and Pennycomequick.