RACING AND TROTTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17192, 8 November 1923, Page 2

RACING AND TROTTING.

BY

“ARGUS.”

FIXTURES. Kovember 7, 10— Canterbury .Jockey Club. November fc, 9—Metropolitan Trotting ('J üb. November 10. 12 Hamilton Racing Club. November 14. >5 Paliiatua Racing (Tub. November )7, Ornhuhu Trotting Club. November 21 - Aelihiirsl-Pohansina Racing Club. N’ove’iiber Q°, 3a—Veil ding Jockey Club. November ,lj. December 1 forbuty Park Trotting Club. December 15. 17—New Brighton Trotting Club. HANDICAPS. November Ifi Keilding Jooke.v Club. November 17 Korhury Park Trotting Chib. December s—New Brighton Trotting Club. ACCEPTANCES. Novprabrr 8— Hamilton Racing Club. November 9 Otahuhu Trotting Club. November 10-—Ashhurst-Pobangina Racing Club. November 22—Feilding Jockey Club. The first race at the Now Zealand Metropolitan Trotting fTub’s meeting to-morrow will be started at 11.20

Before the racing started at Riccarton yesterday, the judicial stewards held an inquiry into the accident in the "Randolph Handicap on Monday, when Spotlight and listening Point fell. After hearing O. Voight. tbo rider of Spotlight, the stewards decided that the mishap was accidental. Four of the races at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting yesterday were won by North Island horses, three came from Riccarton stables, and the lemaining winner hailed from South Canterbury. Cerberus had an unlucky experience in the Port Cooper Hurdle Handicap yesterday. He cut his off foreleg severely at the hurdle near the judge’s box. and his rider broke a stirrup leather at Cutts’s hurdle. He dropped a long way behind the field, and though he completed the course, he nearly fell at the second last hurdle The horse was lame when he returned to the birdcage, and it will be a long time before he is fit to race again. Rouen appeared to be sore when he went out to contest the Canterbury Cup yesterday. After going about a mile and a half be was pulled up. M. M’Oarteu dismounting and leading the New Zealand Cup winner back to the birdcage. Apparently Rouen bad broken down, as he came in very lame. Razzle Dazzle. who won the New Zealand Oaks yesterday, is a half-sis-ter. by Kilbroney, to Gold Tight, who ran a dead heat with Enthusiasm in the same race last year. They a'Hj both owned by the Southland sportsman, Mr W. T. Hazlett. for whom they are trained in Hawke’s Bay by S. Waddell, who commenced his asso. ci&tion with racing many years ago in Otago, in the employ of Mr Hazlett’s father. The Oaks winner. Razzle Dazzle, was a very successful two-year-old last sea so wheii she won five races and , filled second place in her other five , starts. This season she won the Wan. gauui Guineas. Eclipse Stakes and Hawke’S Bay Guineas before going to Trentliam. where *he finished second to Surveyor in the Champion Plate. East Saturday she was unplaced in the Stewards’ Handicap,, and yesterday s race completed her* three-year-nld outings to date. Provided' she keeps .sound. Razzle T>azzle is rikelv to win some important handicaps later in the season, as her running in the Oaks showed that she can see out a mile and a half at a solid pace.

RICCARTON RACES.

The conditions were very unpleasant yesterday. for the third ’ day of the C anterbury Jockey Club’s meeting. A north-easterly breeze was in evidence during the morning and it increased in strength in the afternoon, bringing up plenty oi dust. There was a considerable shrinkage in the attendance, compared with the previous days. The totalisator investments were £46.202 10s. compared with £55.515 on the corresponding day last year. Tlie fields were of taij* size but some of the events failed to provide great excitement, it being the least interesting day’s sport witnessed at the meeting. so far as it has progressed. The six old horses who opposed Ballymena in the Canterbury (’up tailed to extend the three-year-old. after lie had been allowed to set a very moderate pace for the first mile and a- quarter. There were only four starters for the Oaks

and Razzle Dazzle had an easy win, though the forward running of Parody canto as a surprise. T he opening event, the Port Cooper Hurdle Handicap, drew a field of eight, Gold Star lining withdrawn. Lochson was a good favourite. with Blue Socks second choice, a little bettor hacked than Cerberus and Red Admiral. Soon after the Start Bon Spec drew away. He was halt, a dozen lengths in front at the first hurdle, where Sir Rosebery was at the head of the others. Bon Spec had increased his advantage at Cutts’s hurdle, where he fell. Sir Roscherry dropping back at the same place. Red Admiral and halstafi then carried on the running to the five-furlong post, where Falstaff dropped back. Sir Fancitul end Sir Rose berry joining Red Ad mical in the lead. Sir Fanciful was hrtt into the straight, and he won easily by a length, while Lochson. finishing fast, beat Sir Rosoberry by halt a length. Blue Socks and Falstaff were together several lengths away. Cerberus tailed off a e a. result of mishaps. He cut hi« off foreleg badly at the stand hurdle, and at Cutts’s a stirrup leather broke, while he nearly fell at the second last hurdle. lie cam© in very lame. Sir Fanciful, who fell on the opening day, is earning a great reputation for his second appearance a* a meeting, as he won on the second day at Masterton and again, at Trentliam last month. He has been a very profitable investment tor his present owner, for whom he lias won a lot of monev! and he is far from done with. Loch«on was staying on in good style. Sir Rose berry ran a lot better than on the opening day.but Red Admiral was .i disappointment. The support accorded Blue Socks .seemed hard to understand, as he was carrying a big weight art a penalty for his win on Monday against moderates and he was never dangerous. Lava. Lake L'ru and Apache were withdrawn from the Spring Nursery Handicap, leaving seven runners. Killocra was backed to a short price Tresham showed out early, the rest of the field being m close order to tlio course proper. Killocra was going easily, however, and a little further on h ” went after Tresham, whom he caught at the distance. From that point Kil locra always had iho measure of his opponent, whom he beat comfortably though only a neck divided them when the winning post was reached. Three lengths away came Gamebag. a head in front of Roues. The winner was notbustled m the early stages, as was the case in the Mel come Stakes, and as a result he finished on very strongly is an Australian-brei gcldln.r bv l ie.eady from Lilacre. by Li, .»«:*© from the imported mare Lile Lass, by Marco Irom Sacristine, by r.r Ang-To, end reshapes like being a good, winner later in the season. Taking bis two ra: e-i at this meeting as a line. Tresham looks like developing into a good horse. Gamebag did not go out so smartlv as m the Welcome Stakes, and eridomJv she was feeling the effects of In r rac e on thfe opening day. This sister So Wild Hind may be better in the autumn. Rouex ran just a fair race. La IRve and Tanadees shaped moderately. The Australian-bred Haze was last and appears to be very moderate at present. Tanadees. another Australian/ is not nearly so good as his early North Island efforts suggested.

The seven acceptors lined up for the Otaio Plate. Ardour was just a little better backed than Dame Strait!ace and Tvilgour, with .Mountain Crag the outsider. Mountain Crag led Ardour and Guncase in the early stages, but five lurlongs from home Ardour joined Mountain Crag in the lead, with Dame Straitlace and Guncase handy and Kukume moving up. Kukume was gofug well at the entrance to the straight where Dame Straitlace was beaten. A little further on Ardour dropped Lack and Mountain Crag went on to win easily from Guncase, with Ku'ffume a moderate third, just in front, of Ardour. The winner ran on each of the other days without getting near the money, but in this raee- he finished on like a. useful horse. The form looked fairly good, considering the manner in which the first two beat the others. Kukume relished the drop from the best cornpuny and ran a docent race. Ardour failed to stay, while Dame Straitlace, as on the second day. ran moderately. Evidently her New Zealand Cup effort settled her. Kilgour never looked dangerous. nor did Whipping Boy sktpe like a winuer at anv stage. The Canterbury (Cup. one of t-be oldest, races in the Dominion and the

only one run over a longer journey tty a 11 t u 9 Tnilos, attracted seven competitors. (1. was not a good class field. The three-year-old Ballymena, the winner of the Australian Jockey Club’s Derby, was the sole representative of weight-ior-age lorm, the others being no more than liaiulieappers at he.st. with some of them well in the veteran stage, and the three-year-old was not at his best. It was a great betting race, Rouen, th© favourite, carrying just a little more money than Scion, with Ballymena thijd choice, while Palestrina was the outsider, carrying about half as much money as the favourite. There seemed no inclination to force the pace and they went off slowly. Ballymena immediately took up the running, with the others following in couples Royal Star and Sunart, Palestrina • and Rouen. Vagabond and Scion. They ran like this, at easy speed, till about six furlongs from home, when Rouen was pulled up, his rider dismounting a little further on. Then the pace was clapped on and racing for the straight Royal Star and Sunart closed on Ballymena. For a few strides if looked u.s if a good contest was in prospect, but Ballymena was going comfortably at the finish and could have beaten Sunart by a wider margin than the length which separated them at the winning post. Royal Star was well beaten, a length l>ehind Sunart while Palestrina, Vagabond and Scion were a long way back. As a test of merit over two miles and a quarter, the race was a great disappointment. There was no pace in the early stages, the first six furlongs, as privately timed, occupying Imin 25 3-sseo. and one mile and a quarter 2min 22 3-osec. It was onh over the final third of the journey that the speed was turned full on. the last six furlongs being reeled off in Imin loser, ft was therefore only a sprint, and with the others giving Ballymena a start from this point they were sot a hopeless task. Probably the three-year-old would have failed if he had been asked to go the full journey at a sound pace, but there was nothing to set it and as the race was run, in spite of being far from right, lie was easily the best in the field. The field for the Oaks numbered only four. Razzle Dazzle was a long way better backed than Sir George Clifford’s bracket (Wild Hind and Top Score), which carried more than twice as much money as Parody Drawing clear at the start, Razzle Dazzle set out to win all the way. Wild Hind was in close attendance, with Parody next and Top Score last. There was no change till about half a mile from home, when Wild Hind moved up to the leader, while turning for home the other pair were close handy. At this stage h looked as if there might lx* an interest % iiig finish, but the idea was shortlived, as by the time the distance was reached Wild Hind and Top Score had had enough. Parody hung on well, a ml finished only a little more than a length behind Razzle Dazzle, who, however, was going along comfortably. The race was run at a sound pace all the way. the first lialf-mile taking 51 3 osec. six furlongs Imin 17sec. one mile Imin 42 t-osec, the last half-mile occupying 51 l-ssec, and the full distance 2min 34sec. or nearly two seconds faster than the Derby. ft was therefore a real mile and a half test, out of which Razzle Dazzle came with flying colours. The surprise of the race came from Parody, who stayed on surprisingly well, and a repetition of this perform ante should enable her to win a good race over a journey later in the season. No excuses could be made for Wild Hind and Top Score, who wore well enough placed at the end of a mile and a quarter, but failed to stay. Razzle Dazzle was one of the best two year-olds of last season, and she has retained her position. The withdrawal of Sunny Loch left ten starters for the Jockey (Tub Handicap. It was a very close betting race between Gold Light. Limelight. Angelo and Bo'adicea. who finished up in that order. The contest was full of interest all through. Happy Warrior set a merry pace, but he only lasted about: five furlongs, and eventually finished last. Prince Ferouz and Boadicea followed him in the early stages, where Gold Light and Castellan also were prominent. Limelight moved up us, they raced for the straight, and she was out in front when fairly headed for home. Prince Ferouz and Angelo were both going well at the distance, but Prin temps then came on the scene with a strong run. Ho headed one after another. but could not reach Limelight, who won with a bit to spare. Lime light, though a trifle slow off the mark, is a brilliant sprinter, and a mile course gives her the necessary chance to show her best- form. Printemps ran a solid race, alter having a big gap to bridge in the straight. Angelo ran a solid race, and Prince Ferouz enhanced his reputation tor consistency. Boadicea and Gold Light were very disappoint ing. as. alter having every chance at the entrance to the straight. t.Tiey collapsed. finishing a long way back. The \ sh ley Handicap, a mile raee for apprentice riders. attracted tori' i starters. Tlcahovg being the only withdrawal. Betting took a very wide

range. Balasor, Gossard. Scorn. Dulcli (lock. Kulakaua and Miss Mickey being fancied in that order, with very little to choose between them when the machine closed. Kalakaua. was lirst to show out:, with Balasor, Gossard and Miss Mickey next. Soon Miss Mickey j (.uned Kulakaua in the land, and they piloted the other pair to the straight, the rest ol the field being well back. Once in line for homo Gossard was done with. Kalakaua was showing the way to Miss Mickey at the distance, but Balasor came with a wet sail. and cutting thorn down, went on to win by t\vf> lengths, while Kulakaua boat Miss Mickey by a length. Several lengths away came Stream, with Scorn and Itisoo mail next. Gossard was going well till the straight was reached/and , then dropped out. Kalakaua ran a good race and looks like making a useful performer, though ho is n long wav from a top class three-year-old. Miss Mickey, who brought a great reputation to Riccarton, is just useful, as n.i excuses could be offered for Tier failure. Dutch Clock ran a bad race lor the second time at the meeting. Balasor lias long had a reputation as a brilliant galloper, but lie has onlv commenced to show his best in public. Provided lie races genuinely, lie will ; win plenty of races yet. Balasor’s sire, the \ area horse, Balboa, was a high class racehorse, while his dam. Jean, is by St Ambrose from Janet by Castor i from Trenton’s sister. Cissy, so that the South Canterbury trained gelding 1 is bred well enough for any company. I'or the concluding event, the Avon Welter Handicap, the field numbered nine. Soliforni wound up with a few pounds more inonev on him than Sunny Loch, while with half their total came Tinihanga 'and Peneus, followed by M ink. Soliform and Sunny Locli showed out at the start, hut Paphian, start- ' iog from the rear of the field, soon ran to the front, piloting Soliform and Avispado to the home turn,- with Peneus next. Then Sunny Loch made 1 a forward move, and he joined SolitDrni and Peneus in the lead before the distance was reached, Paphian having ■retired. At this stage Wink commenced a run from a long way hack. Sunny Loch was in front a furlong from home, hut "\\ ink. finishing on in great style, * got up to heat him by a length. Peneus was two -lengths away, with 1 Soliform close up. while a long way hack Tinihanga headed the rest of the 1 field. Avispada was going well for about half a mile, hut then collapsed. ’ Soliform ran a good race, but the 1 weight pulled him un at the end. 1 Peneus put up a useful performance, hut was stopping a bit at the. finish. Sunny Loch carried his big load like a good horse. His rider was in too much hurry to hit the front on reaching the straight, and more patiently 1 handled ho might have won. ’Wink’s effort was full of merit. She began •dow-Jv and was one of the rear division half a mile from home, hut sh© finished up with a brilliant sprint. There was ; talk, some time ago. of this half-sister to Palestrina being retired to the stud, hut her owner has done well in continuing to race the Winkie mare, who • should do still better as the season 1 progresses.