HIS WIN AT BULLS

Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1935, Page 12

HIS WIN AT BULLS

PUSS MOTH IN WORK

CHIEF MARIONETTE’S SUCCESS. L. J. ELLIS RIDING AT TE RAPA. (By "Hurry Oh.") Rulanut, who has been off the scene for some time and had a season at the stud, was produced in the Bailey Memorial at Bulls on Wednesday. In view of the good form that he had shown in Victoria, it would seem that he was leniently treated by the handicapper and he duly came home in decisive fashion. He is frely engaged at Trentham next week when his prospects look decidedly bright.

Riding at Te Rapa. L. J. Ellis will go north on Thursday with a view to riding at the Waikato Racing Club’s meeting bn Saturday and Monday. His mounts On the first day will include Matorni in the Cup, Star Artist arid Du Barry.

Showing Improvement. Gay Brdney showed at Te Rapa that he was coming back to form and it came as no surprise to find him scoring a win at Pukekohe On Monday. During last autumn he played a prominent part in the decision of the big handicaps and now that he is back to his best he should be one of the fancied candidates for the Ohinemuri Cup at Paeroa next week.

To Reappear. That good sprinter Puss Moth is stated to be training on satisfactorily at Pukekohe arid will make his reappearance shortly. This son of Catmint and. Midget won over £9OO last season, and as he has not been over-raced and is now in his sixth year there is still plenty of time for him to earn more money before his career is erided.

Another English Sire. Another English sire is on his way to New Zealand, the five-year-old horse Foxbridge having been secured for Mr. L. S. Otway’s Trelawney Stud, Cam-, bridge. He is to arrive in April. A member of the No. 14 family, Foxbridge is by Foxlaw (by Son-in-law) from Bridgemount (by Bridge of Earn frorii Mountain Mint, by Spearmint from Adula, sistet to Pretty Polly and half-sister to Veneration IL, dam of Craganour). Cresta Run, by Hurry Onr-from Bridgemount, won the One Thousand Guineas in 1927. As a three-year-old Foxbridge won the Atlantic Cup, of £2500, 1} miles, at Liverpool, and ran third to Loaningdale and Firdaussi in the Eclipse Stakes, li miles. His First Win.

In scoring a narrow win in the Northland Hack Handicap at Pukekohe on Monday, King Tut was opening his winning account, but he does not appear to have raced prior to the present season and was having only his fifth or sixth start in all. The field he beat was not a good one and the form may not prove very useful as a later guide. King Tut is now six years old, and he is given as a chestnut gelding by King Nassau, a son cT Nassau and a half-brother to the Wellington Cup winner Kilmoon. His darn, Nbwema, is a mare by Potoa tracing back to the famed Juliet, foundress of the most notable branch of the No. 13 family iff New Zealand. He was bred by Mr. W- A. Mason, and he is now owned by Mr. A. Forbes, from whom he is held on lease by the Avondale trainer V/. Gough.

Polydora’s Improvement. The performance df Polydora was one of the most interesting features of the Peninsula Cup last Saturday, writes “Argus.” Since She fell at Wingatui, on the Second day of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s summer meeting, the Polazel mare has been a consistent failure, dropping out in disappointing fashion just where she was expected to show up at her best. In Saturday’s race she tailed the field early, but at the home turn she started one of her brilliant runs, which enabled her to snatch third money from Fair Weather on the post. I z t was good to see the mare showing ft>rm again, as there was a fear that the fall had caused her to lose confidence. Her admirers will expect something better from her later in the season.

Leprechaun’s Win. On the strength of a great tidal with Land Tax at Feilding, Leprechaun was confidently supported first at AshhurSt and then at Trehtham, only to fail rather badly. However, he proved that he can gallop by winning the maiden at . Bulls in easy fashion on Wednesday. He was always in a good position and ran away from the opposition in the straight. He is a four-year-old by Peach Brandy from Arras.

Two More for Sydney. The Te Rapa trainer A. P. Brady leaves this week for Sydney with Respectful and the two-year-old Parquet, both of whom will be raced on the other side. Respectful, who is owned and trained by Brady, has won on three occasions, twice at the Waikato Hunt last Labour Day and on the final day of the Rotorua meeting. Properly placed in Australia, he should pay his way. The two-year-old member of the team is a stylish youngster who is trained by Brady for the Auckland sportsman, Mr. C. Dawson, for whom she has won several races. She is by Limond from Inlaid, by Invincible from Lade, by Ladas from Blairfettie, by Barcaldine from Palmeit. Parquet was purchased at the Trentham yearling sales in 1934 for 275 guineas. A Comfortable Win. The New Plymouth-trained mare Chief Marionette won the Rangitikei Cup on Wednesday in good style. She was well back in the early stages but had moved up into a handy position at the turn. Once in line for the judge she soon settled the opposition and ran on to score in comfortable fashion by two lengths. H. Dulieu has the chestnut mare in great order at present and if taken to Te Rapa to fulfil her engagement in the Storey Memorial to-morrow she looks like keeping the opposition very busy.

The On Parade Disqualification. On Parade, who, with his owners (Messrs. S. J. Wood and S. Findlay), trainer (G. A. Holland) and rider (J. F. Fergus), has been disqualified for six months for allegedly not being run on his merits at the Franklin meeting last Saturday, was racing in very consistent form, as prior to last week-end he had not been out of the money in his last half-dozen starts, and had been a winner at Ellerslie at Christmas (1| miles) and at Takapuna in January. He was one of the favourites for the two big hack events at Te Ardha, finishing third in eadi, but he was not so well fancied last Saturday and was apparently never conspicuous in the running. On Parade began racing last season, but he had only a couple of unplaced starts at the back end of the term. He is a four-year-old black gelding by Grand

Knight from the Lucullus—March mare Royal March, and he is an older halfbrother to Royal Appellant. He is bred on excellent lines, for his grandam (March) was also dam of Malatdur, Te Kara (Auckland Cup twice), and Queen March (dam of King March, Limarch, and Gay Marigold), the family being one of the mosl successful at present in the north. He is tht-s very closely related to Gay Marigold, a daughter of Grand Knight. Royal March herself had only one unsuccessful start before going to the stud.

The disqualification of On Parade’s owners apparently affects only one other horse, this being the four-year-old mare Lorrelle, who was a winner last season but does not appeal- to have raced this term. Lorrelle is held on lease by Mr. Wood and thus becomes automatically disqualified under the Rules of Racing.

G. A. Holland, the trainer of On Parade, has quarters at Ellerslie, and a horse he trains who cannot race while the disqualification continues is his own horse Versant, a brother to On Top. Holland also had charge of Croupier for some time while he was at Ellerslie and prior to his sale to his present owner.