RICCARTON NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22183, 29 January 1942, Page 6

RICCARTON NOTES

STABLE CHANGES (Special) CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 28. A. E. Ellis dropped the idea of a trip to Auckland when he found that the Derby winner Regal Fox would not be racing on Saturday. L. J. Ellis will go north to-night. Most of the local trainers who were at the Trentham meeting have returned home, a number of horses arriving this morning, when the balance of the yearlings also put in an appealance. Wardress, who had to return home without a race at Trentham, is suffering from trouble in her near fore foot and it is feared it may be serious. In the meantime it looks as if Mrs J. Campbell will have to give the mare a good spell. R. Wilson brought Gladynev back when he came home from Trentham and he will train the Musketoon gelding for Mrs D. Levin, the Wellington lady for whom he also trains the Salmagundi filly Sally Lunn. Though he failed at Trentham, spring form entitles Gladynev to rank as one of the Dominion’s outstanding performers over a distance. R. Register has broken in a two-year-old filly by Friday Night from a Robespierre mare and will get her ready to race at the latter end of this season. ' She is owned by Mr W. Shirtcliffe, who raced Jewish Lad. Doria is again causing T. H. Gillett a good deal of anxiety. She mate good progress after her mishap in the spring but lately she has shown further signs of lameness. She is being kept going in steady tasks but her chance of racing at Motukarara will depend on how she fares in the meantime. Mrs J. Campbell Intends to send Myraid home to his owner, Mrs G. A. Edmonds, who resides In Wellington. He was a useful galloper but his feet continued to give trouble, preventing him from racing up to expectations. In his place, Mrs Edmonds will race the three-year-old filly, Cheap Lodging, as she has taken over the lease of this half-sister to Wardress. __