RACING & TROTTING

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19239, 28 November 1930, Page 12

RACING & TROTTING

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RACING FIXTURES. November 29, December I—Takapuna. Jockey Club. November 29, December I—Feilding Jockey Club. December 5, 6—Taumarunui Racing Club. December 6—Ashburton County Racing Club. December 9. 10—Woodville Jockey Club. December 13—Waipa Racing Club. handicaps. December 2—Wood vi lie Jockey Club. December 3—Auckland Racing Club. Acceptances. December s—Woodville Jockey Club. TROTTING FIXTURES. December 13—Xcw Brighton Trotting Club. December 20—Hawke’s Bay Trotting Club. Handicaps. December 2—New Brighton Trotting Club. Acceptances. December 9—New Brighton Trotting

RACING NOTES. The Takapuna and Feilding meetings will be commenced to-morrow and concluded on 'Monday. * * * Autopav won the Stewards’ Handicap at Riccarton in smart style, but he is taking on a much more difficult task in the Feilding Stakes, in which he has to concede a lot of weight to others of his own age. Havaspot is likely to be a shortpriced favourite for the Takapuna Plate. _ It will need a smart hack to beat him, if he repeats his Riccarton form. * * * * Laconic is entitled to support among the novices at Feilding. lie deadheated for second place at Trentham with Paratoo, whose running at Riccarton made the form look particularly good, even allowing for the claim that Paratoo was unlucky. * * * * Judged on their form at Riccarton, there may not be much between My Own and Grecian in the Feilding Cup. * * * * Gesture gave evidence at the Canterbury Jockey Club's meeting that she was coming back to her best form and an early win may be expected. The Feilding Stakes should provide an opportunity to demonstrate her brilliancy.

J. Russell, who is head man for F. D. Jones, has gone into hospital to undergo an operation. Paganelli is in a class b\' himself in the Cheltenham Handicap field at Takapuna. There appears to be an idea that this brilliant sprinter has passed his best, but it will be as well to keep him in mind yet. * * * -\- E. Shaw is still in hospital as a result of the injuries he received when Pangolin fell with him at Riccarton this month. The hurdle jockey has had his full shar-e of accidents during his riding career, and his recover}' from his latest mishap, in which a bone at the base of the neck was broken, is likely to be slow. The yearling sales to be held at Trentham in January will be more extensive than any of their predecessors. Last season 119 lots were offered, representing thirty-five vendors, while at the coming sales sixty-one vendors will send in 204 yearlings. An additional attraction will be provided in the presence of sixteen yearlings from Australia. * * * Jemidar, whose death is reported from Perth, was foaled in 1923 and was by Martian from Ayah, an Ail Red mare, whose earlier progeny included Inferno. Jemidar was a moderate performer in his brief racing career in the Dominion. lie was sold as a four-year-old and went to Western Australia, where he won three races the following season, including the Perth Cup, of two miles. He did some racing last season without success.

Ran second in the Spring Handicap at Dunedin. The three-year-old Sargon, who is a candidate for the Alison Cup at Takapuna on Saturday, performed well in Sydney in the spring and he is a horse likely to win good races this season, although there is just a doubt whether he will be quite at his best for this race. He was sore while at Riccarton during the New Zealand Cup meeting and in the meantime he has not been overtaxed. It is unlikely, however, that J. T. Jamieson would consider running such a promising galloper when he might not be himself, and in the event of Sargon being a runner it may be regarded as certain that his trainer is satisfied with his condition, in which case the three-year-old will have to be taken into consideration. * *• * * The Feilding Stakes was instituted in 1906, and in the twenty-four races that have resulted two-vear-olds have won on only five occasions, the last to score being Surveyor in 1919. There is only one two-year-old engaged on Saturday, and that is Korokio, who won the Debutante Stakes at Wanganui in September, finished second in the Musket Stakes at Ellerslie last month, but later was out of a place in the Taita Handicap at Trentham. The going was against her on the latter occasion. However, she will need to improve to hold Supremacy, Lady Quex and Autopay- * sfc sjc sJj Claremore claims two engagements at the Takapuna meeting on Saturday. This horse performed well over hurdles at the last Auckland meeting, winning the Trial Hurdles and the Manukau Hurdles. At the Gisborne winter meeting he was narrowly beaten in a six furlong event, while on the second day he won a seven furlong race. He has been accorded a nomination in the Auckland Cup, so that his connections must think something of his ability. * * * * J. T. Jamieson has a fine record in connection with two-year-old races at I akapuna. _ In 1924-25 season he won the Cambria and Rakino Handicaps with King’s Speech and the Calliope Handicap with Gold Acre. In the following season Tea Bell won three of the four juvenile events. In the Shade beat Paganelli in the Calliope Handicap in the 1926-27 season, but the following day, in the Hobson Handicap, Paganel li reversed the position by a head. Mithra annexed both the Calliope and Ilobson Handicaps at the summer meeting in 1928, and at the following summer meeting Polyxena and Eaglet were successful respectively in these two events. Last season Hard Words won both of them. Jamieson has Tea Chat and Chief Jewel engaged in the Cambria Handicap at Takapuna on Saturdy, and the former, after his good showing at Riccarton, where he won the Welcome Stakes and was narrowly beaten by Solvent in the Irwell Handicap, will have some support if started. TROTTING NOTES. J. J. Kennerley does not seem to be able to do anything right at present. He lost with Welcome Guy when the trotter appeared to be a certainty, and with Kelp he got into a bad position more than once. Once he got clear the Wrack pacer, who was looking in fine form, came on very fast and got close to Sodium at the finish. Kelp looks as though he will win a race in the near future. Avenger, who was the outsider of the field in the President’s Handicap at Forbury Park, after leading the field for nearly a mile and a half fell back. He came again very fast in the straight and scored a victory by the narrowest of margins. Avenger is by Harold Dillon from Penelope, and lias always had a lot of both speed and stamina, but has in the past been very unreliable in races. Since going into F. Holmes’s stable he has, however, raced more generously. Avenger looked hopelessly beaten until a furlong from home, when he put in a fine dash that gave him the victory. Although the winner was an outsider, F. Holmes and Avenger got a cheer on returning to the paddock. Brook Pointer had the easiest of wins in the St Kilda Handicap, as he was first out and led all the way. G. M’Kendry, driver, of Delightful in the Dash Handicap, was fined £5 by the stipendiary stewards for flourishing his whip at the fi;iish of the race. Baby Joan created a surprise by finishing very fast in the Progressive Handicap. Although one of the outsiders of the field, she was prominent in the early stages, but afterwards dropped back, only to finish fast. * * * * Subsequent to the Roslyn Handicap, the Judicial Committee met, and after hearing evidence, decided to place Welcome Guy third, and his owner, J. J. Kennerley, was fined £lO for interference in the straight. * * * * Real Girl went a fine race in the Spring Handicap. She raced well at

Greymouth last month, and is decidedly on the improve and likely to do better in the near future. * =:? * * Nelson de Oro had none the best of the running in the Dash Handicap, but he finished up well in second place. He did not, however, look to have any chance of beating Delightful. Grand Light is an unlucky pacer. He looked to have the President’s Handicap won, when Avenger came very fast and just beat him. Grand Light looked as though his effort was a trifle too soon. * Sfc * * Great Glee was early in the lead in the Roslyn Handicap at Forbury Park yesterday, and lasted just long enough to win by a narrow margin. He is a big /strong trotter by Great Audubon from Welcome, and is trained at New Brighton by his owner, who drove him. Mac Dillon was made favourite for the St Kilda Handicap, but he had no chance with the winner, Brook Pointer. He mixed his gait and lost all chance two furlongs from home. His performance was a very poor one and his backing was hard to realise. * Sodium, who won the Caversham Handicap, was lucky in getting a good run throughout the race. Although a trifle slow to begin, he quickly got a position, and the luck of the race came his way. The Great Audubon pacer stayed on in fine style. # %z sjc * Delightful, who was favourite for the Dash Handicap, won rather easily. The Happy Voyage pacer won over the same distance at Methven, and he is more than useful over the distance. Delightful is now racing very consistently. * * * « Herod, who was second favourite for the Progressive Handicap at Forbury Park, won very decisively, after having a bad passage throughout. In the concluding stages of the race Ilerod drew right away and is evidently possessed of plenty of stamina. He is a quality looking by Rey de Oro. It looked as though J. J. Kennerley drove too confidently with Welcome Guy in the Roslyn Handicap. He was on the rails behind Great Glee, and finding no room to get out in the straight pushed his way between the leader and Wally Bingen, who was almost taken out of his stride. Had Welcome Guy been brought out earlier he would probably have won. * # # * The three-year-old Red Shadow made no race of the Spring Handicap, in which he was a hot favourite. He was not too quick away, but once into his gait he showed a lot of speed and eventually won easily. He is by Travis Axworthy from Our Aggie, and was bred by J. Bryce, who drove him. Bryce sold the young pacer some months ago. Surprise Journey effected a surprise when he beat a hot favourite in Stanley T. in the Dominion Handicap. The Australian trotter won at Addington on the first day and - finished third on the final day over a mile and a half, lie has the reputation of being a nonstayer, but gave evidence of plenty of stamina in his latest effort. Tomkinson had to keep his eyes open for a final run, but he dashed through and scored a brilliant victory. Stanley T. galloped off in the Dominion Handicap, but lost little ground. He showed a lot of speed, as usual, once he got going, and in the straight appeared to have the race won once he had the measure of White Satin. No one appeared to be more surprised than the driver of Stanley T. when Surprise Journey came with his final dash. Stanley T. won the first four races he has started in, and this was his first defeat, which was brought about through the over-confidence of his driver.