FROM TRACK AND STABLE

Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1933, Page 4

FROM TRACK AND STABLE

PAGANELLL’S FINE EFFORT

HORSES FOR EGMONT MEETING.

AGA KHAN’S BRIGHT PROSPECTS.

(By “Hurry On.”)

Calamine went such a really good race into third place behind Callapat and Welcome Boy the second day at New Plymouth that if she strikes the track conditions to her liking she should run a great race in the Ohawe Hurdles at the Egmont meeting to-morrow.

Though her time was not fast, Arvada went well enough over seven furlongs at New Plymouth yesterday morning to draw attention to her chances at Hawera. She has a handy weight,, 7.7, but may find it difficult to give the speedy The Tiger a pound on his home course. Richfield’s good gallop in company with Green Linnet on Saturday at Hawera would make hint many friends for his engagement in the Egmont Cup. He was fancied by his connections the final day' at Trentham. but lost whatever chance he had when he was badly left at the start. A slow pace in the early stages would be much in his favour. A win for Splutter.

\The Tea Tray—lmpediment filly Splutter, taken to Australia by J. Fryer with Gaine Carrington and . Peter Jackson and then sold to Mr. D. H. McLeod, won the Maiden at Pakenham, Victoria, on January 12. She started a hot favourite and won comfortably by a length and a-half, running the six furlongs in Im. 12s. At the same meeting Tyrium, a four-year-old mare by Paper Money from Brayton and therefore a half-sister to Bonetter, won the final event. Her win does not appear to have been anticipated as she started at long odds. In the Augusta Welter at the W.A.T.C. meeting at Perth on January 14 Bondi, by Boniform from Silver Link’s dam Secret Link, was successful in a great finish. The favourite, Valpre, formerly trained by O. Cox at Hawera, was a close third. Prince Paladin, carrying 9.0,. was beaten into second place’ in the principal event the same day by Gallvana 7.10. Capable Horseman.

D. J. Burgess, who came into prominence last winter when he was so successful on Billy Boy and Paddon, is the best of the hurdle horsemen, in the north at present and won both the highweight events at Takapuna, the first day on Ornamental and the second on Thespis. Both these victories were due in no small measure to Burgess’ fine riding. Easter Time will probably forfeit his engagement in the Flying at Hawera tomorrow and take on the Whareroa Handicap, for which event the services of R. Reed have been retained. Easter Time is looking and working well enough and it will be interesting to see how he shapes for this capable and experienced horseman. Likes the Course.

That it takes a lot of weight to stop a good horse when opposed to- a field of moderates was proved yesterday in the Anniversary Handicap at Takapuna, when old Paganelli, giving away two to three stone to the whole field, led from end to end -to win comfortably. This son of Lord Quex appears to be as good as ever this year and yesterday’s success marked his sixth win this season. Like Lady Quex he has. always shown a marked partiality for the Takapuna course and has seldom gone through a meeting without a win. He was given a great reception by the crowd when he returned to scale yesterday. Dodging Silver Scorn. According to a Wellington report, it is possible that Autopay’s next race will be in the James Hazlett Gold Cup, seven furlongs, at the Dunedin meeting next month. He will not make the trip, however, if there is any likelihood of Silver Scorn competing. The attitude of Auto-

pay’s owners may be adopted by other North Island horses whom it was hoped to attract to the Dunedin meeting next month. Already there have been indications that- more than one owner is anxious for information as to the prospects of having to meet Silver -Scorn at Wingatui. - On the strength of a great gallop at Te Awamutu on Thursday King’s Knave was sent out. a hot favourite in 'the Wynyard Plate at the Takapuna meeting yesterday but had to be content with second money. Though this son of Comedy King has not yet fulfilled the expectations of his connections earlier in the season, he is improving and may yet win a good handicap. In Two Events.

The Chief Ruler gelding Aga Khan claims two engagements at Hawera tomorrow. He figures in the Cup with 7.2 and in the Nolan Hack with 9.0. His two fine races at Ellerslie and his subsequent good work on the tracks stamp him as a galloper well above the average. This double, acceptance has backers guessing and as his connections usually keep their business ’to themselves it is not .likely that any early indication will be given as to his mission. The opposition in neither race is particularly strong and it would seem probable that in whichever race he takes on he will start a decided favourite.

The stewards of the English Jockey Club took a stand recently against horses running in races simply for educative or training purposes, and, judging by a recent disqualification, the new board of stewards of the Queensland Turf Club does not intend to allow any latitude in that respect either. The particular case was one in which a country horse was making his first appearance in Brisbane. Apart from the fact that his connections did not consider him ready to back, the horse was having his first experience of the tricky Albion Park course, on which it is exceptional for a horse to show to advantage at his first start.

This sort of thing happens on most of Australia’s leading courses when wellcredentialled horses are being prepared for a spring or' autumn campaign, and it is winked at both by stewards and public. The trouble is jhat an unusually hard race at the beginning of a horse’s preparation generally does more harm than good, whereas an evenly run race without the horse’s being knocked about is better than a fortnight’s work on the training tracks. Because of the Brisbane disqualification, owners and trainers racing under the Queensland Turf Club approached the new board of stewards recently and asked it to lay down a definite ruling' on the matter of riding horses out.

“F.C.”:—The scratching times at Takapuna on Saturday were: Cup, Tarporley, 10.30 a.m., Sunny Sky at 12 noon; Zealandia Handicap, Gay Marigold 10.35 a.m., Chief Cook 11.30 a.m..