RACING & TROTTING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20064, 22 March 1935, Page 14

RACING & TROTTING

On And Off The Track. 4 BUDGET OP NEWS AND VIEWS FIXTURES Racing: Mar. 22, 23 Manawatu R.C. Mar. 23—Oamaru J.C. Mar. 23, 25—Bay of Plenty J.C. Mar. 30—Birchwood Hunt. Mar. 30—Hawke’s Bay J.C. April 4 —Waimate R.C. April 6—South Canterbury J.C. Trotting: Mar. 23—Roxburgh T.C. Mar. 23—Auckland T.C. Awapuni Gold Cup to-day. Entries for the Great Easter and Great Autumn close to-night. The Oamaru meeting will be completed to-morrow. The veteran Red Boa is in work again in Southland. Entries for the South Canterbury meeting I April 6) will be taken until 9 o’clock to-night. Surge, who is in D. P. Wilson’s stable, is a four-year-old sister to Water Power. In the Weston Trot at Oamaru yesterday there was only £l/10/- invested on Marie Potts and £2 on Parishioner. The idea still persists in the south that Membo may go to Australia, as R. Beale is mentioned as his probable rider if the trip eventuates. Including a race at Maniototo (nontotalisator) fixture, Black Duke’s run at Oamaru yesterday brought his total number of starts up to 193. Capital did not begin so well as usual in the Windsor Handicap at Oamaru, and at the halfway stage did not look an odds-on bet. He finished well, however, and won decisively. L. J. Ellis commenced the Oamaru meeting one point ahead of W. J. Broughton. He won on Convivial and Capital and is now three wins in front of the northerner. The Southland apprentice, C. Wilson, rode his 21st winner at Trentham, and it not eligible for an apprentice allowance. Some of these wins were gained in Australia. Sporting Blood’s win in the St. Leger may mark a return to form, and in that case his clash with Gay Blonde in the Awapuni Gold Cup will be interesting. Convivial, winner of the Trial Plote at Oamaru, was bred at Gladstone Park by Mr J. M. Samson, who presented her to Mr A. W. Douglas. The Waikouaiti sportsman stills owns her, but has leased her to Mr M. Friedlander. Dillon Queen, who led practically all the day in the Weston Trot at Oamaru, is a sister to the trotter Norma Bingen. She paced a fine race, and the only time she gave D. Taehen any anxiety was when Casino challenged her in the straight. Convivial, who came from a good way back to win the Trial Stakes at Oamaru. is a three-year-old filly by Lord Warden. She/lost her position in the early stages, and showed considerable determination in forging ahead in the straight. When Harold Wrack streaked to the front six furlongs from home in the Redcastle Trot at Oamaru yesterday, the race looked over, but he petered out rather quickly when challenged in the straight and was only sixth past the winning post. Paris is in work again at Invercargill. His last race in New Zealand was in the Great Western Steeplechase at Riverton nearly two years ago, when he finished fourth with 11.8. Earlier in that season he was second to Billy Boy in the Grand National with 10.11. A. E. Ellis went to Oamaru yesterday to ride Hunting Go, and intended to leave by the express to catch the steamer en route for Awapuni. He was able to see nearly all the programme, as he secured a ride back to Sockburn in the plane which brought Mr D. P. McNab down in the morning.

Polydora was last when the field settled down in the President’s Handicap at Oamaru, and she never improved her position. Silver Streak set a hot pace in front, the mile being completed in 1.38 4-5, but Polydora made no impression on the leaders at any stage, and it appears more certain that she has seen her best day.

Hystride appeared to be chopped back at the first bend in the Highweight at Oamaru, and there was more crowding when Grecian Prince went to the front. An inquiry was held into alleged interference with Song Boy and Night Recital, but it was decided that there was no ground for action being taken.

J. W. Pankhurst has ten horses in work at Orari, the majority of them being youngsters. He started three in the Trial Plate at Oamaru, including the two-year-olds Jack Ahoy and Silver Pox, both of which showed pace. The third representative, Coat of Arms, got a bad passage and was/never clear of the ruck.

Jack Ahoy, a two-year-old who made his debut in the Trial Stakes at Oamaru, is a half-brother to Blixten, a good performer in Australia. His dam, Receipt, has been unlucky at the stud. She slipped her first foal, and her third and fifth foals died. Jack Ahoy is only the second of her stock to race, though she retired to the stud in 1929.

Guarantee, ridden with spurs, finished brilliantly to win the President’s Handicap at Oamaru. Silver Streak was so far in front with a furlong to go, and was apparently going so well that some people thought his rider had been caught napping, but the sprinter had been travelling at a torrid gait, and he had ample time to shake off Guarantee if he had had anything in reserve.

Horses bearing Nos. 6 and 7 saddlecloths were very successful at Paeroa. They won the first six races through the agency of Johnnie Walls (No. 6), Whistling Rufus (No. 7), Bonny Gay No. 6), Gay Rose (No. 7), Whirling No. 7), and Gay SetOn (No. 6). In addition Sirona (No. 7) was second in the third race, First Lap (No. 6) third in the fourth race, and Rex Victor (No. 6) second in the fifth race. In the eighth race Lady Zinnia (No. 7) ran second. Only one No. 6, Master Musk, and two No. 7’s, Glenation and Solanio, were unplaced, other horses with these numbers being scratched. Grecian Prince, giving the field a start of two or three lengths in the Highweight at Oamaru, quickly dashed to the front, and was never caught, running the mile in 1.40. smart time for this class of event. With a 61b penalty he got away badly in the Stewards’ Handicap, and ran a decent race to finish fourth. The headstrong Australian gelding looks good for more wins whenever he behaves at the post.

Owing to some misapprehension concerning his position, Mr A. D. Mclvor, who has acted as starter for many years at Oamaru with the exception of the summer meeting, did not put in an appearance. The club received a letter from him in the morning thanking it for past appointments and wishing it success in the future, leaving it to be inferred that he was under the impression that his services were not required. Mr D. McNab was hastily communicated with, and making a fast trip by ’plane, arrived at Oamaru in time to do the starting. Mr McNab has acted at the summer fixture for two or three years past.