FROM TRACK AND STABLE

Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1932, Page 10

FROM TRACK AND STABLE

CADLAND A REAL HORSE

FAST PASSAGE’S IMPROVEMENT.

GOLDEN WINGS RETURNS TO FORM.

Though he. failed to win a race at Melbourne, Gaine Carrington’s trip to Victoria yielded £lOOO iu place money to his owners, by reason of his seconds in the V.R.C. Derby and the Fisher Plate.

Royal Visitor ran two good races at Trentham, and this stood to him in the Manakau Hurdles at Ellerslie yesterday, when after being in third or fourth place nearly all the way he stayed on. far too well for his opponents in the straight. As hurdlers go he is quite, a young horse, being only six years, and his prospects for the next jumping season look particularly bright. Mr.- T. A. Duncan has given Laughing Priuce a light season at the stud. Among the mares that have been mated with him are Mandane, Enthusiasm, Oratress and Beilina, the dam of Cadland. With mares such as these it will be surprising if the chestnut should fail to make good. . Golden Wings Brilliant.

The four-year-old Golden Wings clearly demonstrated that he has lost none of his brilliancy by annexing the sprint event both days at Ellerslie in great style from end to end. His performance yesterday with the steadier of 9.10 was particularly good, and he well deserved the -Ovation he received on returning to scale.. He will get plenty of weight in the Railway Handicap, but he is sure to be one of the early-fancies. The fine race Princess Doreen ran in the Welcome Stakes at Ellerslie on Saturday demonstrates very clearly that her poor showing at Trentham was due to the state of the going. Nevertheless it is doubtful whether the Chief Ruler filly is the equal of Red Manfred, who followed his Trentham victory by scoring a very impressive win at Riccarton. This colt is good and he is capable of a lot of. improvement yet. When Carfex won the five furlong ecurry at New Plymouth in August the opinion was freely expressed that the Nigger Minstrel three-year-old would show his best' over a distance of ground, and his performances at Ellerslie have borne this out. On both occasions he won tlie two hack miles with a strong run at the right end and was going on with it. So far this season he has started six times for three firsts and three seconds. He is improving with each outing and looks like reaching good handicap class. Though Royal Artist seldom ran a bad race last season, and filled the bill of runner-up on-many occasions, he went through' the year without scoring a winning bracket. He commenced this time by beating all but Bronze Tray in the Avondale Cup' and running a good race in the principal handicap at Trentham. His next start was on Saturday, when he scored a meritorious will over -a strong field In the Mitchelson Cup at Ellerslie. He is the first of the stock of Leighton to score over a mil? and a half, but as the race was run in record time there would seem no doubt that Royal Artist is a genuine stayer who may make his presence felt in the Auckland Cup on Boxing Day. Dusty Tracks.

They were returning from a country rac& meeting and the boys were telling some of their experiences. The conversation turned to dusty race tracks. Frank told of one meeting he attended at which the dust was so thick during a storm that a race had to be put back half an hour so that the judge could see the horses finishing. “You chaps don’t know what real dust is,’ said Cecil. “I was at a meeting in the Wimmera once and it cost a man £2.10s for water for the afternoon.” “Water for what—his horses?” asked one. *’ Orses, be blowej. This chap was a bookmaker and- ’© ’ad buckets of water and sponges in front of ’im. When a bloke came up and booked a bet ho ’ad to wash ’is fa*, so that ’e could identify ’imi” It was stated a little while ago that AtniflOivßa would bo S6nt to New Ze&land, but there has been a departure from that plan, and ho is spelling at H. Wood’s property, at Riverstone, New South Wales. He is being treated by Mr. Pottie,' veterinary surgeon, who says tliOi is very little aniiss with, him, and expects to have him ready to resume work within four months. The idea of an American trip with Ammon Ra has not been entirely dropped, business and'health reasons are taking Air. O. O. Sheath to that country, and he may take his horse with him.

Air. J. AL Samson’s spring campaign on the Australian: Turf has proved disastrous. To.commence with, the Limond two-year-old, Garter Knight, in whom high hopes centred, met with an accident in Sydney and it is n6t known yet if he will ever race. Admiral Drake continued the journey alone and after racing unsuccessfully in minor events, he appears to have run well in the Melbourne Cup for a great part of the journey. Then he suddenly disappeared, finishing a furlong behind the field. The explanation came later, that ho had injured one. of his legs. He has been under suspicion previously and it is probable that not much more good form can be expected from this good horse. If the English Derby winner, April the Fifth, had also won the St. Leger he would probably have been sent to the stud' iiext year, and at 250 guineas or 300 guineas would have commanded a full list. As it is, he is to be kept in training. for another year. Touching on April the Fifth’s future, Air. Tom Walls recently said: ‘What he did in the St., Leger on such a preparation was simply marvellous. He did not have a single real gallop beforehand, yet he ran for a mile and three furlongs sufficiently well to give F. Lane considerable hope of winning. He will not run again this year, but will bo specially kept for the. Coronation Cup and Ascot Gold Cup, which are the only races in which I shall engage him.” Yarratnba, runner-up to Peter Pan in the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, raced at two and three years ■without earning a place, and his- first win was at four years, in a mile and a quarter handicap at Epsom. For a long time it did not appear as if he would justify the 600 mtineas paid for him as a yearling by Ain E. Ecccles, but a win in the Alponee Valley Cup and his placing at Flemington will put him well on the cieuit side. A little over twelve months ago Yarramba was one of- the fancied candidates ■ for the Caulfield Cup, out he struck himself on the eve of t-hO race and had to be withdrawn. He had a similar experience when highly fancied for the Australian ■ Cup last autumn. With a little luck, therefore, he might easily have built up a high-class recordHe is a five-year-old son of Spearfelt s staying sire, . Spearhead, and his dam is Soporific, a marer..by All Black (sire of Desert -Gold and Nigger Minstrel) from Sans. Repos, by • Positaiio from Wakeful—a grert pedigree for-any dis--1 tance from a mile up-

Cadland’s Impressive Win. Cadland won the Stewards’ Handicap on Saturday like a real racehorse. He missed the jump out and was well back when the field straightened up for home. Autopay was going so well in front that the task looked beyond Cadland, more especially in view of the fact that Autopay has proved his ability to run out a fast mile. L. G. Morris, however, then commenced to ride the son of Acre m real earnest and he showed such a wonderful burst of pace that it was soon apparent that he had the race won. He swerved in a little at the finish, but it made no difference to the result as he had the race well in hand at the time. He may start again the final day if he is not weighted too heavily. His popular owner, Mr. T. A. Duncan, is a very modest bettor and he had less on him than he had when he was beaten the second day at Trentham. A Lucky Owner,

Thrpugh the many years of his association with the New Zealand turf Sir George 'Clifford, like many other racing men, more especially in the South Island, cherished the hope of winning a New Zealand Cup, but he never succeeded. The nearest he ever went was_ when Quan'yman was third behind Noctuiform and Paritutu. Sir Charles, ? who is carrying on tlie stable, succeeded with bis first attempt at the big two miler when his good mare Fast Passage ran away from the opposition over the final stages on Saturday last. But such is the luck of the game. Last May Fast Passage was competing in hack company and to-day is right up to weight-for-age form. Her rise has been meteoric and she looks like going on with it, and may yet prove one of our best mares. She is by The Ace from Sailor’s Hope and thus a full sister to Waterline, who onee brought about the downfall of the mighty Phar Lap. Waterline was a high class racehorse anil would have done even better than he did but for the fact that he was a hard horse to train.