SUCCESS OF K. VOITRE

Taranaki Daily News, 5 March 1935, Page 4

SUCCESS OF K. VOITRE

WINNER OF NEWMARKET RECENT RACING EVENTS. ' ~~ ■ ■ : . i . VINTAGE IN ROLE '■ OF PACEMAKER. (By “Hurry On.”) K. Voitre’s feat in winning the Newmarket Handicap with his first mount in the big Victorian sprint event was a notable one. The famous Flemington “straight six” is not an easy track and Voitre had had very little experience of riding in any races over it beforehand; in fact, it is doubtful whether he had evei' ridden in a race up that straight before. However, he appears to have ridden a fine, patient race ■ and as nothing succeeds like success, his services are now sure to be in demand. A levelheaded boy, Voitre is sure to do well in Australia.

Promising Two-year-old. When the Vaals-Miss Sphinx two-year-old Tonnerre was at New Plymouth at Christmas in company with Musquil he created a decidedly favourable impression on the tracks. His Te Awamutu owner-trainer, Mr. A. Rowan, produced him in a race for the first time at Pukekohe on Saturday, and despite his lack of experience he scored an easy victory in the Tuakau Stakes. As included among those he defeated were fair horses such as Light Comedy, Orac and Armacourt, it would seem that there are decided possibilities about Tonnerre. Hurdle Horseman’s Success.

The Auckland hurdle horseman J. •H. Mcßae, who is enjoying a good innings, added another win to his total when he scored on Record Flight at Pukekohe on Saturday. Mcßae is much impressed with the possibilities of March Alone and applied to the big chestnut's owner for the riding for the remainder of the season. . This request has been granted.

May Make Amends. The defeat of Vintage in the Essendon Stakes at Flemington on Saturday was a disappointment to his New' Zealand admirers. Nevertheless he was not disgraced, as after making the pace he was beaten by only a length -and a-half in the fast time for a weight-for-age race of 2m. ss. It may be that McCarten is not yet used to him as it came rather as a shock to find Vintage in the role of pacemaker. In New Zealand he has won all his races with a solid finishing run from behind. Fersen to be Spelled.,

The reverse way round at Te ■ Aroha did not , suit Fersen, who did not hit out with his usual freedom in either of his starts. The three-year-old has paid his way since being brought to. New Zealand last. November. He will pot race again this season and is already on the easy list. He should fill out considerably during his spell and be ready to play his part in next spring’s big handicaps. His yearling full-brother is among the lots to be sold at the Melbourne sales to-day.

Stipendiary Active. The suspension of two leading jockeys for a month at Woodville and the, disqualification of another rider and a trainer for six months at Pukekohe on Saturday indicates that the stipendiary stewards are not so unobservant as some people are prone ,to imagine. There is no person in the world more suspicious than a bettor who has lost his mortey on a beaten favourite. It is often the rider Who is blamed, and the only person who apparently fails to see this is the stipendiary steward.' It never occurs to the disgruntled punter that there are many, favourites that are not good enough, and if he would only study the subsequent form he would find that in nine cases out of ten. the horse and not the ■ rider was at fault. As Hector Gray once said to the writer, “There are plenty of people who • think that I can win whenever I like. I only wish they were right.” Fracas Improving.

Fracas appears to be getting more solid with racing.'. She failed to stay out a mile and .a-quarter on the final day of the Trentham meeting in January, stopping almost to a walk over the last furlong. However, at the Banks Peninsula meeting on Saturday she carried 8.11 and ran the mile and a-quarter in the fast time of 2m. ss. If started in the Thompson Handicap. she Will receive plenty of support.

Variant Working Well. Though she was scratched for the Peninsula Cup at Motukarara on Saturday there is nothing amiss with the Limond filly Variant. She was responsible for a great gallop over a mile at Riccarton on Thursday and the reason for her withdrawal was the inability of her trainer to secure the services of a suitable rider. P. V. Mason has been very patient with this filly, who should win a good race during the autumn. Lost All Form. The complete failure of the dual Derby winner Theo in the V.R.C. St. Leger at Flemington on Saturday- appears to suggest that the son of Limond has not recovered from his strenuous efforts of the spring. For a colt who had won brilliant victories in the -A.J.C. and V.R.C. Derbies to run last in a field of five is inexplicable, and it would come as no surprise to find him being turned out for a spell. Son of Parody. • • The breeding of Topical, who defeated 'Vintage at Flemington on Saturday, is of interest .to New Zealanders. ■ His sire ; Windbag is out. of the Dominion-bred mare Charleville, by Charlemagne 11., while his dam was the Absurd mare Parody.. This mare carried the colours of Mr., G. D. Greenwood and,. trained by R. J. Mason, won in succession the A.R.C. Railway. and Newmarket Handicaps and then Telegraph at Trentham. This was a particularly brilliant feat for a three-year-old filly. . She won the Great Northern Derby and was subsequently zold to Australia. Feet and Mouth. The American papei* “Blood • Horse” says that 'the. successful veteran trainer E. Leigh believes that the most important features in the training of a thoroughbred are his feet and mouth;' “In the stable,” he says, “feeding is the main factor. Oats and hay must be given in proper proportion. A good doer is a horse who will take all the work necessary and keep his head in the feed box. If a horse will eat ten quarts of oats, 141 b. of hay and all the water he can drink I consider my charge an excellent doer.” Leigh does not believe in medicine. He states that he has.not given any horse in his charge a physic in over 50 years, unless the animal was sick. He also believes in keeping his charge absolutely physically fit by diet, using plenty of green food, and taking away oats if necessary. With all due respect to the above opinion, some gross and heavy-topped horses would require

two sets of legs to get them fit without the aid of physic to clean them up.

Plans for Silver Ring. Flans for Silver Ring are now definite. le will run in the North Island Challenge Stakes at Trentham and in the Awapuni Gold Cup, and he will then be shipped to Sydney. Harold Logan’s Programme.

Harold Logan concluded his holidays recently, and. last week he had the hopples on, when he accompanied Billy Su’ndy in a serviceable effort on the grass course at New Brighton. Harold Logan is big in condition, and is as bright and as perky as ever. He will be seen in action either at Addington at Easter time,, or he may give a series of exhibitions at the meetings to be held on the West Coast of the North Island. The circuit arranged in this district includes Manawatu, Wanganui, Hawera and Taranaki. Mr. E. F. C. Hinds is contemplating racing his team at these meetings. Winners in Tasmania.

1 Besides Argument, two other horses formerly raced in New Zealand, Senegal and Royal Jest, were successful at the recent Tasmanian Turf Club s meeting. Senegal won on the opening (Launceston Cup) day, Royal Jest on the first and second days, and Argument on the final day. The going was heavy on all three days. A Tasmanian exchange has the following note on the New Zealanders efforts: “The New Zealand Nigger Minstrel gelding Senegal, who had been costly to the Hobart racing man who races as ‘Mr. L. Ka'ssa,’ a new owner, repaid a little by winning the Highweight Handicap, 7 furlongs. The Top Gallant mare Royal Jest, also formerly owned in New Zealand, seemed suited by the wet track, and outpaced the sprinters in the Collins Stake, six furlongs, and she repeated her performance on the following day. She is raced by Mr. H. T. Hey, secretary of the Tasmanian Racing Club, in partnership with Mr. O. W. Benson. Mr. Hey has been instrumental in importmg a number of horses from New Zealand. Another of these, Argument, who is raced by Mrs. H. T. Hey, ran an excellent race in the Launceston Cup, and improved sufficiently to win the Charles Youl Handicap, 9 furlongs, on the third day.” MARTON REHANDICAPS. ' By Telegraph—Press, Association. Marton, Last Night. For the Rangitikei Racing Club’s meeting the following rehandicaps have been declared:— . . . „ , „ Ohakea Hack: Abbey Feale 8.1. Farewell Handicap: Abbey Feale 8.9 RUNNING OF ON PARADE. MEETING AT PUKEKOHE. Pukekohe, March 4. Messrs. S. J. Wood and S. Findlay, joint owners of On Parade, who were called on to show cause why they should not be dealt with under the rules of racing, were disqualified for six months as the result of an inquiry on Saturday. On Parade is alleged not to have been run on its merits.