Topic of the Turf

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 804, 3 July 1933, Page 10

Topic of the Turf

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for the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting will close at 8 o’clock to-mght. In addition to the first day’s programme, the Winter Hurdles, to be run on the third day, will require attention. The Foxton Racing Club will hold an extra meeting on Saturday, July 29. CQPEV SCHOOLED. Copey was schooled by W. Grindlay over six fences at Ilawera last week, and gave a good display. 4! * » II Retract is working well at Woodville and as he is partial to soft ground he may again show up at Trentham. where he won the Parliamentary Handicap last year. COLDS PREVALENT. The Te Rapa pair. Tradesman and , Welcome Lu. were intended for the ' Wellington meeting, but both con- | tracted severe colds on the eve of the nominations. Chang will be the only representative from Te Rapa at Trentham. * * * * Bronze Eagle was sore after a gallop at Takanini last Thursday. His trainer may be worried to keep him sound. FROM TE AWAMUTU. Te Awamutu track reports record that Emancipation and Sir Musk are l>eing given solid preparations. Emancipation is in nice condition just now, and kis Trentham prospects look bright. He will have the services of his usual pilot, B. Sullivan. sje * * Autopay has resumed work on the Trentham tracks. Another trip to Sydney is contemplated in the spring. PRINCE OF ORANGE. The hurdler Prince of Orange was given a work-out at Ellerslie last week, and got through his work in a pleasing manner. This horse met with slight injuries when he fell in the Great Northern Hurdles, but has made a good recovery and is now as well as ever. A. Julian has been giving Prince of Orange plenty of useful work around the hills, and a few strong gallops should put him back to proper racing trim again. So far. however, there is no definite news that he will be at Trentham next week. *:*: *=£ The Trentham jockey, S. Wilson, has been engaged for Cylinder in the Whyte Handicap and will also be on Palace, Cottesmore and Shootist on the first day of the Wellington meeting. VICTORIAN HURDLERS. The result of the Victoria Racing Club’s Grand National Hurdles was very much what was expected, being fought out by three horses to whom earlier winter form had pointed as likely to run well. After a brilliant victory at Flemington a few weeks ago, Belar became a clear favourite and Lynden, a previous fancy, lost favour. As a result of their running in the Toclambool Hurdles at Caulfield, a fortnight ago. Belar, who lost his rider, also lost admirers, while Yynden, who was unlucky not to have won, instead of being second to Zygon, came into greater favour. A week ago the Tasmanian, Baanva, made a big impression by his success at Moonee Valley and came strongly into the market. Saturday. saw Belar making a one-horse race of the big event. A feature of the event was that the two leading places were filled by sons of Poitrel, one of the greatest stayers ever bred in Australia. A NEW FIELD. Only two horses who competed in the Wellington Steeplechase last year are among the horses weighted this year. Billy Boy, last year’s winner, is one of them, with 12.0 (maximum), as against 11.3 last year, and (tallamart, who was unplaced, is the other, with 11.10 now, as against 10.0 last year. * Blue Metal and Tea Urn are being schooled ever hurdles at Wingatui. Blue Metal shapes well. N Z, BRED. AUSTRALIAN OWNED. Advices from Sydney are to the effect that the yearlings purchased at the last National Sales at Trentham have all done well, and the purchasers are very pleased wuth the development so far made. Mr J. S. Brunton, who visited the sales for the first time last year, has named his Limond—Curtain colt Gladswood. This colt is being trained by George 'Price. The Paper Money— Quadrilateral filly, which has been named Quarto, and is being trained at Awapuni by Mrs A. M’Donald for Mr Brunton, is to be shipped to Melbourne, where she will do her early racing. This filly has done well, and is showing pace. She will be trained in Melbourne by Andrew’ Ferguson. Mr G. N. Magill, for whom J. King is training, has named his Limond colt from White Tulip, Limeaux. This colt was bred at Westmere. Mr Magill’s Chief Ruler filly from Kilteel (a sister to Kilboy) has not yet been named, but he has selected Hands Up for the colt by Night Raid from Redshank. This colt is a halfbrother to Red Manfred. Mr Ronald Mackay has named his Paper Money fiHv Epigraph. Epigraph is a very attractive filly and looks like being an early comer. She is a half-sister to Tea Trader. Mr Mackay, who owns Epitaph, the dam of Tea Trader and Epigraph, is also the owner of Merry Tiff, the dam of the promising four-year-old, Fairway. Merry Tiff, who is a half-sister to that successful sire, General Latour, was purchased in New’ Zealand for Mr G. N. Magill when in foal to Night Raid. Prior to being passed on to Mr Mackay she produced a filly. This filly, which had been given time, was promising well until recently when she met with a bad accident on a road near Randwick, and as a result had to be destroyed. Messrs Magill. Brunton and Mackay. who are very keen supporters of New Zealand-bred horses, still have at Elderslie a block colt in Weilmoringle, w’ho is a half-brother by Night Raid to Star Stranger. Weilmoringle is named after a station in New South Wales formerly owned by Messrs Magill and Mackay.

Protomint, who is getting through a lot of solid work, is the picture of fitness, and given conditions to suit him he will show to advantage. Beryl Latour is doing nice work on the tracks and only needs to gallop generously to show up, although she may find the class a bit above her. % H 5 •i 5 Polydora won the Grange Handicap at Oamaru in impressive style and will be in increased favour for the Winter Cup. CONSCIENCE MONEY. Conscience money of some months’ standing was contained in a letter received recently by the Victorian manager of Automatic Totalisators (Mr Eric Noble). The letter, which was written by a woman, stated that when Winooka won at Moonee Valley last October she asked for 5s each way Ibrani, but was issued with tickets representing 10s each way. The letter continued: “The girl who issued the tickets thus made herself 10s short in her cash. I enclose the 10s, which I hope you will give to the girl with my apologies for the delay.” # * * D. J. Burgess will again ride Billy Boy in the Wellington Steeplechase, while H. Dulieu will be on Prince of Orange in the Winter Hurdles if the trip is made to Trentham. TO CONTEST MINOR EVENTS. Lady Lucas, who is engaged in minor events at the Wellington meeting, has done a fair amount of fast work recently and is hardening into racing condition. So far she has not shown outstanding ability as far as speed is concerned, but may improve with a bit of racing experience. However, the fact that she relishes heavy going will be somewhat in her favour if the ground conditions at Trentham are the same as in previous years. * * * ijl A two-year-old filly who has joined S. Barr's stable is by Grandcourt from Parley, by All Black from Pourparler, a sister to Bobrikoff. FIGU RES roxTRASTED. Slippery has not yet gone more than seven furlongs, but All Humbug has won at seven and a quarter furlongs and at one and a quarter miles, the only occasions on which he has tackled distances beyond seven furlongs. Yet in the weights for the first day at Trentham, Slippery, after receiving a concession of 61b from All Humbug in the open six (Stewards’ Handicap), receives only lib at a mile in the Whyte Handicap. OVERDUE WIN. Koda Pen, a member of J. T. Jamieson’s Sydney team, sprang a surprise on the multitude at Victoria Park recently, when he won at good odds. It was a meritorious performance in a useful mile welter field in which he had S.II, 111 b over the minimum. He drew practically the outside and was almost backing out at barrier rise. E. Bartle, who rode him, sent him along smartly and at the top turn he was handy to the leaders. He had to race round the bend four horses out, and battled on in great style to score by half a length. He looks more robust than when in training before. The success was overdue, for J. T. Jamieson has had little luck for some time. It AGING fixtures. July s—Dannevirke H.C. July 11. 13. 15—Wellington R.C. July 20—Waimate D.H.C. July 22—Auckland R.C. July 22—Hawke’s Bay H.C. July 22 —South Canterbury H.C. July 27, 29—Poverty Bay R.C. Inlv 29—Christchurch H C July 29—Rotorua and Bay of Plenty H.C. August 8. 10. 12—Canterbury J.C. AUSTRALIAN RACING. Belar Wins Grand National Hurdles. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE. July 1. At the Victoria Racing Club’s meeting, the principal events -esulted as follows: GRAND NATIONAL HURDLES, of 1500 sovs. Three miles. BELAR, Mr J. Lindsay’s b g, by Poitrel—Mittalla, aged, 9.5 (M’lnnes) i LINDEN, Mr J. B. Shaw's ch g, by Poitrel—Torbrooke, 6yrs, 10.12 (Inkson) 2 BAANYA, Mr J. T. Sullivan’s b g, bv Salatis—Queenette, aged, 9.7 (Stubbs) . . 3 Walter Scot, Ceiling, Pitoota, Laniroi, Zygon Prime Seal and Sub Rosa also started. Belar soon forged ahead and he had a lead of eight lengths when the mile post was reached, followed by Baanya and Laniroi, with Zygon next. Baanya moved up within six lengths of Belar before beginning the last round* the others being well strung out. owing to the fast pace. Lynden overhauled Baanya in the last furlong. Belar, ridden out, won by five lengths, while Lynden beat Baanya by six lengths. Pitoota was fourth and Sub Rosa fifth. The time, s min 292esec, was a course record. KENSINGTON STEEPLECHASE, of 400 sovs. Two miles and half a furlong. JIMBALL, Mr T. W. Bailey’s blk g, by King Ingoda—Glen Brae, 6yrs, 9.4 (Warner) 1 MOSSTROOPER, Mr G. Powell’s ch g, by Kenilworth—Keego, aged, 11.12 (Butler) 2 LANILDA, Mr R. Fullarton’s blk g, by Lanius—Gilda, aged, 10.2 (Zealley) 3 Precocious, Shooting Boy, Green Don and Widgiewa also started. Green Don and Widgiewa fell. Mosstrooper received a check a furlong from the post but almost overhauled Jimball, who won by a neck. The third horse was five lengths away, with Precocious fourth. Time—4min. ! Good Hunting and Trish Chieftain were unplaced in the Iramoo Handicap. Dilly was unplaced in the Myross HanENGLISH RACING. Aga Khan Wins the London Cup. United Press Assn. —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 1. At the Alexandra Park meeting, the following was the result of the LONDON CUP. of 1000 sovs. One mile and five furlongs. TAJ UD DIN, H. H. Aga Khan s g c, by Gainsborough—Taj Mahal. BARRAGE,’ Mr A. Law’s b g, by Somme Kiss—Corniche, 4yrs . . 2 GREY WONDER, Mr W. Murrays g g, by . Puttenden—St Judy, 3yrs 3 Thirteen horses started.