TOPICS OF THE TURF

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 366, 7 March 1932, Page 10

TOPICS OF THE TURF

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A CCEPTANCES for the first day of • the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting will close at nine o'clock on Wednesday night. * * *• * The recent meeting of the Matamata Racing Club resulted in an estimated profit of £725 10s. * * s|c * The progeny of the brood mare Reproachful were busily engaged on Saturday. Chide won at Rosehill and Berate at Motukarara, but Riri failed again in the Peninsula Cup. * * * * General entries for the C.J.C. autumn meeting, to be held at Riccarton on March 28 and 29. close at S p.m. on Friday. First forfeits for the Champagne and Challenge Stakes are due at the same hour. RAIN WAS FALSE ALARM. The totalisator at Motukarara on Saturday dealt with an aggregate of £7341 10s, as compared with £11.394 10s at the corresponding fixture in 1931. The rain in Christchurch on Saturday morning was a stroke of bad luck for the Banks Peninsula Club, which had a good programme to offer. As it turned out, those who risked a wetting witnessed good racing, and the only rain at the course came late and was cf little consequence. * * * sje Acceptances for the Waimate Racing Club's meeting will close at eight o'clock to-morrow night. WORTH REMEMBERING. Iceni. the three-year-old filly by Last Dart from Boadicea. should be worth keeping in mind. She showed plenty of pace in leading the field in the Motukarara Trial Stakes, but forfeited her advantage by running off the course entering the straight. TO TRAIN AGAIN'. A trainer's license has been granted to R. S. Bagby, who for some years has been associated with J. T. Jamieson’s stables at Takanini and has done most of the riding when the weights have suited. Before joining Jamieson at Takanini Bagby was trainer for Mr A. M Donald, of Masterton. s|c sje :*eajc Harbour Bridge, the two-year-old half-brother to Sargon. has been gelded and it is unlikely that he will race again this season. This youngster has grown into a very big horse and he will be all the better for an easy time at this Stage. EXTRA WAT PA FI XT 1 RE. The Auckland District Committee has decided to recommend the New Zealand Racing Conference to grant to the Waipa Racing Club, Te Awamutu, the permit for one day’s racing that is not being used by the Waipapakauri Racing Club. If the conference adopts the recommendation it is likely that the Waipa Club will hold a winter meeting, probably in May. * ■* * * In addition to the stake, Mr T. H. Lowry, owner of the Napier Cup winner, Chrysology, won a canteen of cutlery. The trophy was presented by James Buchanan and Sons. VETERAN'S GOOD RUN. Since he broke the ice for this season on the opening day of the New Zealand Cup meeting, G. Murray Aynsley has had a great innings. With Kakara (two), Meprisant (two), Riri (two), Spoon (two), Muff, Berate and Silver Scorn he has won eleven races in four months. lie owns all of these horses with the exception of Spoon. He is now at the head of the winning list as far as Riccarton trainers are concerned. Next oome H. and A. Cutts and F. D. Jones with ten wins each and T. Lloyd with nine. * * * * The last race at Motukarara on Saturday started nearly three-quarters of an hou** later than the advertised time of starting.

For the Waimate meeting, Mr J. E. Ilenrys has re-handicapped Niggerhead from 9.S to 9.13 in the Studholme Highweight. Ramo, similarly, has gone up in the Waimate Cup from 7.9 to 8.4. CLUBS MAY AMALGAMATE. In compliance with the wish of a number of its members, the Poverty Bay Turf Club has convened a meeting to discuss an amalgamation with the Gisborne Racing Club. The special meeting has been set down for March 16, and will be confined to members of the Turf Club, but the project will be taken up with the Gisborne Racing Club’s executive in due course, should the meeting favour the proposal. The amalgamation of the two major clubs in the district was proposed several years ago by a special commission which investigated racing administration on behalf of the Racing Conference. This commission made a recommendation in favour of amalgamation, but local conditions existing at that time militated against the adoption of the proposal. * * * * According to a Wellington writer, K. Voitre, who won the Napier Cup on Chrysology, would have won as well on the second horse. Shrewd. His strength was the deciding factor at the finish. * * * * It is probable that the New Plymouth trainer, R. Johnson, will take Arvada and Royal Bengal to the Trentham meeting next week. Arvada is now out of the hack class. SHATTER AT LAST. Shatter at Washdyke early in October won impressively over six furlongs in lmin 12 4-ssec. On that form, further wins appeared imminent, but his admirers have had to call on their stocks of patience to remain loyal to him. Between that Timaru performance and his success in the Kinloch Handicap at Motukarara, Shatter started ten times without a win. His second in the C.J.C. Midsummer Handicap and two thirds, finishing well each time, over a mile at Trentham were, however, quite good efforts. He may have been fortunate to get the big portion of the stake on Saturday as the hit over the head which Taku Tama received from the whip of D. O'Connor, rider of Shatter, was not at all helpful to the Reef ton representative. The stewards fined O'Connor £2 for careless use of his whip, but decided not to disturb the placings. * * *• * Taragona suffered interference and was knocked back soon after the start of the Terawera High-weight Handicap. The incident was the subject of an inquiry. There was no evidence to connect any particular jockey, but it was decided to administer a caution to all the riders on the subject of crowding. BAROSCOPE'S FUTURE. The three-year-old Baroscope, by Weathervane—Tortrix, is to be added to the list and turned out for a spell. Although he won the St Andrew's Handicap, nine furlongs, in good style at Takapuna in November, Baroscope's form this season has not come up to expectations and he has disappointed more than once when expected to race well. A spell at this stage should not be to his disadvantage and when he resumes racing as a gelding later on he may prove more solid than formerly. AUSTRALIAN CUP.

(Queensland won the Newmarket Handicap with Lady Linden and South Australia followed this up by capturing the Australian Cup on Saturday with Madstar. New South Wales won the long race last year and the South Australians were successful in both 1929 and 1930. Nadean, the 1930 winner, was last home in the race this time. This is not an event in which New Zealand is often represented. Pilliewinkie (1926) and Cherubini (1916) were Do-minion-bred winners. Away back in 1875, Lurline, which R. J. Mason took to Australia, captured the Australian Cup. Mason rode Lurline in the Melbourne Cup of 1874. Vertigern appears to have run a good race on Saturday, but Second Wind found 9st 111 b and the distance too far. Madstar, who has been trained in Melbourne for some months, was a good performer in South Australia, where his successes include the Port Adelaide Cup of 1930. He is by the Sunstar horse Stardrift. * * * * Silver Scorn was not nominated for the C.J.C. Champagne Stakes, but her stable-mate Berate is in the race to oppose the other Silverado youngster, Silver Ring, whom G. Murray Aynsley bred but sold to Mr D. Fraser. NOT SO GOOD New Zealand did not fare nearly as well at Flemington as it did at Caulfield. Ammon Ra on Saturday won the C. M. Lloyd Stakes, but his price would be very short. The defeat of the son of Limond in the St Leger and the failures of Closing Time do not suggest that J. T. Jamieson would have a profitable meeting. The Kemball string gained several minor placings, which would help to pa}' their way. RE ALTA' WELL WON. Monastic put up a rather notable performance to win the Forsyth Flying Handicap at Motukarara. Resort got away badly and tailed the field. Monastic was a clear last of the other starters coming to the home turn, but with a big effort on the part of himself and his rider, L. J." Ellis, Monastic got up in time to win by a head. sfe 4* *it The Stedfast stallion, The Night Patrol, received a splendid advertisement at the V.R.C. autumn meeting. His three-year-old son Middle Watch defeated Ammon Ra in the St Leger, while his two-year-old representative, Powerscourt, won the Ascot Vale Stakes on Saturday. * sje * D. Cotton, who was thrown over the rails when his mount, Night Flyer, stumbled in the Tarawera High-weight Handicap at Motukarara on Saturday, had to go to hospital. He received internal injuries, but they are not of a serious nature. .AC-ING FIXTURES. March 9, 10—Dannevirke R.C. March 11, 32—Cromwell J.C. March 12—Bay of Plenty J.C. March 17—Opunake R.C. March 17—Waimate R.C. March 17. 19—Wellington R.C. March 3 7, 19—Ohinemuri J.C. March 19—Otautau R.C. March 19, 21—Westport J.C. March 23—Opotiki J.C.