ENGLISH RACING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17525, 30 April 1925, Page 7

ENGLISH RACING.

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. Australiau and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, April 29. •At the Newmarket First Spring meeting, the following was the result of the TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. of 100 sovs each, with 2000 guineas added: COO sovs from the stake. For three-year-olds. One mile. MANNA, Air H. E.- Merriest b o. bv Pbalarls—Wafflos, 9st - - - 1 ST BECAU, Sir G. BulLough’s br c, by Burry On—Cyprian, 9st . . .2 OOJAH, Sir E. Hutton's ch c, by taeboThirteen horses started. Won by two lengths. The result of the Two Thousand Guinea?, the first of the seasons three-year-old classic races, would cause no great surprise, as the three colts who tilled the places all had two-year-old form to recommend them. The winner. .Manna, started five times last season. wood and the Moulton Stakes at New market, while he was placed in his other engagements. He was third in the National Breeders’ Produce Stakes at Sandown Park, and probably owed his defeat to swerving badly. Picaroon beat him by a length in the Imperial Produce Stakes at Kempton Park, while he -whs third to Picaroon and Solario in the Middle Park Plate. This form gave two-year- o * Manna is of interest at this end of the world. He is by Phalaris, one of the best of the sons of Polymelus now at the stud, while liis dam, Waffles, Is by Buckwheat, a Martagon horse who came to Australia a few years ago. St Becan, the runner-up for the Two Thousand Guineas, started only once last season, winning a maiden two-year-old race on the same day as Manna scored in the Moulton Stakes. The field that St Becan beat did not include anything of note, hut he started favourite and won with ridiculous ease. His owner does not bet, but it is significant, as evidence of the merit of his only performance, that the bookmakers had him at a comparatively short price in the winter betting on the Derby. His sire. Hurry On, a Sr Beger winner, is by Mareovil, while his dam, The Cyprian, is a daughter of CylIcno. The third horse in the Two Thousand Guineas was Oojah, who started seven times as a two-year-old, for four wins, a second and a third. One of his best performances was when be was second to Zionist at Newbury, as Zionist was in receipt of 141 b. and at the end of the season he ranked as one of the best of his age. Oojah's only unplaced effort was in the Middle Park Plate, but he put up a good race, finisbDouble. a highly successful sire, who i'i?ciuding a thc P Melbourne Cup winner. Rank wood, while his dam, Coofey. i« by Polymelus. . 1