RACING ON AND OFF THE TRACK

Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22475, 9 January 1943, Page 6

RACING ON AND OFF THE TRACK

I There will be racing to-day at Dunedin, Auckland and Reefton. All Night appeared in some lists of acceptors for the Hazlett Cup, but that was an error. He is not likely to race for several weeks. Macedoine's holiday may be prolonged until the spring, when the little mare is likely to be prepared for the New Zealand Cup. Royal Lancer’s passage has been booked for Trentham, where he is engaged in the Wellington Cup. Secret Flight is likely to be favoured for whichever race is selected for her at Dunedin. It is expected that she will run in the Jockey Club Handicap. In the Wellington Cup, Lou Rosa receives only 81b more from Kindergarten than in the Auckland Cup, but in view of his win in 2.30 in the treated. Lord Nuffield, 10.3 in the big sprint at Trentham, is required to concede 171 b to the next horse in the handicap. For his wins in the New Zealand Cup and the Invercargill Cup, Royal Lancer in the Wellington Cup has gone up only 81b compared with Gladynev. At this stage the best prospects in the Wellington Cup appear to lie held by Kindergarten 10.10, Royal Lancer 9.3, Lou Rosa 9.0, Happy Ending 8.6, and The Joker 7.2. In the Wellington Cup, Kindergarten is required to concede Royal Lancer 41b more than would have been the case in the New Zealand Cup. He has won the Auckland Cup since then, while Royal Lancer has won the New Zealand Cup and Invercargill Cup, and finished third in the Metropolitan and Dunedin Cups. The Royal Stakes is open to three-year-olds, but in over 20 years only three have succeeded against the two-year-olds. The younger division have won the race nine times in succession. Sea Spi may extend their record today. The effects of Compeer’s fall some months ago seemed to be apparent in the two six furlong faces he contested in Southland. On the bigger track at Wingatui, with a more spacious bend, a longer straight, and an extra furlong the Paper Money gelding should do much better. Sudabar, winner of the Nursery Handicap on the first day of the Auckland Racing Club’s Summer Meeting, is very closely related to the brilliant performer High Caste, being by Bulandshar from The Begum, who is a full-sister to Rulette. The Begum and Rulette are by Chief Ruler from Lucella, by Lucullus from Seatonella. Paymaster, who won the Douglas Handicap on the opening day of the Stratford meeting, was having his first start of the season. He was again successful on Saturday, and was once more at a remunerative figure. Paymaster was confused with Pastmaster, a recent winner. He appeared In the telegraphed list of acceptances as Pastmaster. Paymaster is a five-year-old gelding by Autopay from Te Waipu, and earlier in his career showed much promise. After the Auckland Cup, somebody remarked that Kindergarten must be the best horse bred in New Zealand. That did not satisfy Kindergarten s owner, who retorted that he was the best horse ever foaled anywhere in the world. In that case he should have no qualms about starting him in the Wellington Cup with 10.10. W. J. Broughton with 24 points heads the list of leading jockeys. W. F. EUis has 20 to his credit. Among the younger jockeys one apprentice doing well is I. Galvin, whose score is 12. He was on three winners in cne day at Marton. The owner-trainer of Billy Peach, who paid over £440 at Ellerslie, did not have a penny on the gelding. His son, on leave from an Air Force camp, was inclined to invest 10/- each way, but was dissuaded by his father, and had only a place bet. New Zealand papers are prohibited from publishing dividends, but Australian papers gave Kindergarten's dividends—odds on on both machines—the morning after the Auckland Cup. After a lapse of many weeks the V.R.C. ruled that bets on horses graded out of the Caulfield Cup were cancelled. One of these horses wds Phoeion (the survivor of nine entrants from L. Robertson's stable), who had been backed for a very considerable sum. Sir Charles McCann, Agent-General in London for South Australia, who recently returned to Adelaide, says that the victories in the classics of the King’s filly, Sun Chariot, gave a wonderful uplift to English people and helped great numbers of them to forget war worries. Two-year-old supremacy may be settled at Wingatui to-day. If Invulnerable wins easily he will be entitled to No. 1 ranking. If he just beats Royal Flight, he will have no better claim than Olga’s Pal. If he is beaten, the northerner will rate higher. If Invulnerable has recovered his spring form, there should be no doubt about the result. There will be only three starters in the Hazlett Cup, but they include the two best handicap horses in the South Island and a three-year-old which was capable of finishing second in the Derby. Royal Lancer and Lord Nuffield have incurred a penalty of 101 b, while Botany will carry his weight for age. Royal Lancer should be favourite. There was no race for the Hazlett Cup last year, the Dunedin autumn meeting being restricted to one day. The event is less than 30 years old, but a lot of stars are included in the list of winners. Among them are Warstep. Amythas, Winning Hit, Glentruin, Limerick, Aussie, Nightmarch, Silver Scorn, Silver Ring, Nightly, Wild Chase, Paper Slipper, Royal Chief and Defaulter. When Ranji 8.0 won the Trial Handicap on Boxing Day, Royal Brief 8.11 finished fast to get fourth. He was five or six lengths behind the winner, but since then won at Invercargill. In the Abbotsford Handicap to-day Royal Brief meets Ranji on 241 b better terms than on Boxing Day. Cross Question finished ahead of Ranji at Invercargill at a difference of 71b. To-day she receives 141 b. A reader asks for the publication of a list of oversize dividends in the Dominion. This cannot be supplied. The law prohibits the recording of dividends in the Turf and Trotting Registers, and no list has been compiled. Some of the big ones include Walroa Belle (saddle trot) over £1033, Karamu £443, Billy Peach £440, Leo Delaval £322, and Ephialtes, Rollicker, Unknown, and Sibella over £3OO.