TOPICS OF THE TURF

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20276, 10 April 1934, Page 12

TOPICS OF THE TURF

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YOMIXATIOXS for all events at the "*■ Amberley Racing Club’s meeting on April 2S close at eight o'clock this evening with the secretary (Mr L. W. Harley), at the C.J.C. offices. * * * * Acceptances for the Waimate Racing Club’s meeting close at 8 p.m. on Friday. * * 4e 9k Handicaps for the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting are due tomorrow. Acceptances close at 9 p.m. on Monday. IN HOSPITAL. As J. Murfitt, who had a fall with Gayspear at Omoto on Saturday, did not rally as quickly as expected from the concussion he suffered, he was admitted to the Grey River Hospital. He was reported yesterday to be making satisfactory progress. ROTH THOUGHT THEY WON. Both J. E. Pike on Chatham and A. E. Ellis on Golden Wings were certain that the v h- 1 won the A.J.C. Doncaster Handicap. The decision was in favour of Chatham by half a head. A Sydney writer states that had Golden Wings received the verdict, it was quite possible that he would have lost the race on protest, lie shifted out under pressure in the straight. v p T.gQV -TFS. Sat ~ J --~—r nation have been • ./ * ' - ~ Club’s ' " 1 to be held on April 21 and 23. They total 194 fo- ; r o,urteen galloping events, against 167 for twelve e- ents last vear. There are 15 nominations for the Cup. and a pleasing fea- • ture is the \d ~ sprint races, namely, 14 for the Stewards’ and Tlying Handicap, against 10 and 9 respectively last year. S. Barr has Quietly,- Silver Sight and Royal Sceptre engaged. GRFAT PA PC ATX. Broad Arrow, winner of the Sydney Cup on Easter Monday, was bred by the veteran Rosehill trainer, W .Booth, and was sold as _ a yearling for 35 guineas. First prize-money in the Cup was £3500 and- it was- not the first success of Broad Arrow. S T T.VRR SCORN, In the Sydney Cup, Silver-Scorn was running just behind the leaders for a mile and a half. She then strode to the front and stayed there until just ' on a furlong and a half from home, when Limarch headed her. She" was not knocked about when it was seen that she was beaten. As she . was really trained for a two mile journey, she may be said to have acquitted herself rather well under 9st. TRENTHAM JUMPERS. Trentham stables contain thirteen horses who are at present undergoing or are due to commence schooling tuition for jumping races. The list includes Pahu, Kwidzo (Lucullus—Spalpeen mare) and a gelding by Glen Albyn—Formative mare, in C. Pritchard’s stable: Chile /"'and Misfire (Royal Shot—Misgovern), in A. Goodman’s stable; Vitaphone, in H. Kingan’s stable; Tunbridge, in A. H. Southee’s stable: Normandy, in J. W. Lowe’s stable; Flower, in H. Pritchard’s stable; Bright Song and Palace, in D. M’Cauley’s stable; Araios, in G. A. 'Palmer’s stable; and a four-year-old gelding by Acre—Strowan mare, in J. Ayres’s stable. Tunbridge, Kwidzo (at present at Palmerston North qualifying with the hounds) and the Glen Albyn gelding will, tackle the bigger fences, and the others meanwhile will keep to hurdling. THE BIG FIVE. A Press Association message from Sydney states that the winnings to date of Australia’s leading racehorses are: Hall Mark £19,964, Rogilla £18,564 15s, Kuvera £17.750, Peter Pan £15,935 10s, Chatham £15,035 15s. SF-ARON’S REST FILLY. Golden Hair, all going well, will be one of the New Zealand representatives in Australia next spring. She has entered upon a good spell and has certainly earned her holiday. Her record to date comprises 24 starts for 11 wins, 3 seconds and five thirds. In prizemoney, she has won £3645. COST 30 GUINEAS, Three years ago, Mr Ewen Alison, jun., of Auckland, attended the Sydney yearling sales and purchased three youngsters at a total cost of 140 guineas. They all three were racing at Avondale on Saturday, their names being Courthaven, Ornamental and British Columbia. Mr Alison paid 30 guineas for Courthaven, 40 guineas for Ornamental, and 70 guineas for British Columbia. Courthaven, who is by Pantheon, sire of Peter Pan, won the Avondale High-weight Handicap on Saturday from Gigantic, with Ornamental third. British Columbia ran third in the Railway Handicap.

MOST CONSISTENT. There is room for doubt as to which is the best two-vear-old of the present season, but not as to which has been the most consistent. Gay Blonde has started 14 times for 5 wins, 3 seconds, 3 thirds .and 3 fourths. In her first season she has earned £835. RECORD FOR PROVINCE. When Jonathan won the Foley Memorial Handicap at Avondale on Saturday and ran the mile and a quarter in 2min 4 l-ssec, he established not only a record for the course but also one for the Auckland province. The Riccarton record for the distance is 2min 2 4-ssec, created by Bronze Eagle in November, 1931. The only horse that has ever bettered that south of the line is Phar Lap, who ran 2min 21 sec at Randwick. AFTER TWO YEARS. Time was when F. Stenning was much in the limelight as a trainer in the Auckland province, but Morchu, who won the Rosebank Handicap at Avondale on Saturday, was his first winner since Desert Star won at Pukekohe on March 5, 1932. Desert Star has won since, but for a different trainer. Stenning has had some good horses in his care at various times. One was Hohoro, who eventually dropped dead just after passing the post in a race at Ellerslie. Jack Delaval, another, was a pony and perhaps the best galloper for his inches Auckland has seen. His successes included an Easter Handicap at Ellerslie. Stenning bred Morehu himself. She is a four-year-old brown mare by Lapidary from ILuephano, by Swift Flight from Olga . Petrova, by Marttfe Arch. Both Swift. Flight and Olga Petrova died within a douple of weeks of the foaling of Huephano, hence her name, which is Spanish-for s orphan. CAN AFFORD TO INDULGE. Miss Dorothy Wyndham Paget, owner of the Grand Nationl Steeplechase winner, Gblden Miller, has proved herself a .courageous buyer of bloodstock, and was an extensive purchaser at the 1931 December sales. Horses bought them included Mara (5000 guineas), Sister Clover (3400 guineas), Dpushka T3OOO guineas) and Hesper (1500 guineas). At the previous Doncaster sales She gave 6600 guineas for a yearling, half-brother to. the St Leger winner Sandwich, and the Derby winner Manna. Miss Paget is said to be one of the wealthiest heiresses in England. tier -grandfather is Mr W. C. Whitney,: ; lessee of. Volodyovski when he won the Derby. He,is a cousin of Messrs Cornelius and; J. H. Whitney, leading racing men in America. Miss Paget is a comparative newcomer to the' turf, having formerly been more interested in hunters and hacks, with which she won many prizes at shows. At the end of 1931 she bought the Beechwood stables at Exning, where, later, she installed her trainer, A. B. Briscoe. Solanum was the first horse to win a race of importance for Miss Paget. This was the Lancashire Steeplechase. Insurance, another of her horses, was one of the best hurdlers in the 1931-32 season. For Golden Miller Miss Paget paid £6OOO. He has had a brilliant career, and his Grand National win set the seal on his fame. In the last year or two Miss Paget has shown keen interest in motor-racing, and she has invested a huge amount in the purchase of racing cars. RACING FIXTURES. April 7, 11—Avondale J.C. April 11—Reefton J.C. April 14—Masterton R.C. April 19—Waimate R.C. April 19, 21—Whangarei R.C. April 21—Marton J.C. April 21—South Canterbury J.C. April 21, 23—Nelson J.C. Aj>ril 27, 28—Pahiatua R.C. April 27, 28—Marlborough R.C. April 28—Amberley R.C.