RACING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20649, 25 June 1935, Page 12

RACING NOTES.

W E l?ff. TS for the first day of the "eUmgton meeting, also for the f U inter Hurdles race, are due to-mor-jfow. ... * * * * Nominations for the New Zealand Grand National Hurdle race and . teeplechase, Beaufort and Lincoln Steeplechases, Sydenham Hurdle race -arm \\ inter Cup close at S n m on Fri -day. * ’ “ 1 M The J\ mgatui trainer C. Gieseler will Jeave for Trentham to-morrow with -JLycidas and Unseen. TRAINERS- TROI-RT F.g Rtccarton trainers are having a rough month 0 ” 1 c he Clerk of the "father this -Sred h wth Sn ° W and rain inter- 1 ;! '?7 ,th operations and yesterdav a l h a s k ,n l K pro ' ed 3 nuisance. Polvdora was £ut the I editions. Knocltfin is now in full com- i at I ?Ae n tx" nd She iE booked «° reappear j at the V\ aimate and South Canterburv ] VumL"lf 3t * t he 6nd ° f next m °nth 1 Wardm h fs f a Hf n , char K e of two Lord n foa,s belonging to Mr G. FulcP ne ,s a half-brother to Scratchr maf Ca i, and - t ll e other is from Pledge, broney 6 y e,ther Bonifo ™ or Kil- — • r OTTQN AS TRAINER. ',l plans has been made in regard to Gold Cross. He was to have been retired but his owner, Mr \ s rotto B n'm a t S "° W kanded him to D. beineV am Cotton for the time man to T S’sfi ß n po f' ti,in as head SJ£,*°J- s ', sha "'' hut he is likelv to then , so me horses to train and he will mlv. 1 “5 f ° r himse,f - Cotton should make good as a public trainer. He is ??‘ r ' S , ak ' ng . and conscientious and it is he win l , ha f any horses in his care will oe well looked after. BAD LUCK. ■ p P°" ald . has done exceptionally ,w' th Grecian Pnnce. The geldthis «a C s° rd ° f ten wms and six seconds this season is ample proof of that. It through'*? l ’''■ very unfo ttunate. that through slipping m his race at Ashbursuffered ? aturday - Grecian Prince has 3 recurrence of an old trouble affecting the muscles of his hindquarMINERVAL’S CONDITION. slmlfdV ‘h 3 * hlinerva] had broken a shoulder have been dissipated and W SeemS a , fiir chsnce that he "dll make a complete recovery. CONSISTENT PERFORAfRP The Romeo gelding Tybalt is in nISH. la th WOrk at h ead R u3 rtem and looks at the rr°7 e J° r three hard races | < fv- a • G l eat Northern meeting His I 1 thost the King George Handicap to I < M rh *7° proved mudlarks. Gipsy I a and Grand Sport ' was a first-rate | 1 tm mike C mpebt.on of that form 1 Will make him dangerous the next I tune he goes to the post. Although a : nmf C d °? the „ small side, Tybalt has ! prosed himself a consistent performer 1 |” d °"f. ° f * he most unproved geldings 1 seen out this season. C.AY BLONDE AND GAY SHETTC No fault can be found with the con- ) Rlnld ° f J th< l campion filly. Gay ‘ Blonde and the Gay Shield filly has freshened up very well and is already commencing to show much of her dorm'- 1 rr dash m her track efforts. It is really ' “ IN tter for conjecture as to how she \ will fare on the Australian trip, as she ( , has always been a delicate customer ] when travelling, though the boat trip 1 may suit her. better. If she is in the 1 same condition this spring as was the 1 case last Christmas, she should more ' than hold her own in Australian engage- 1 m«its Gay Sheik has furnished into & ? e ' ookmg coit Since he last raced. - n ot only filled out appreciably but he has also grown considerably. He is also showing a keenness in his work that gives every indication of 1 his trainer having no great difficulty I in preparing him for his Australian campaign. He ’looks the part of a I Derby candidate and he should worthilv C represent the Dominion. Unlike his I sister. Gay Blonde, he is of the gross C type who should stand up to a Derby I preparation. / VERY PROMISING SIRE. j A sire whose stock sold well in Syd- C ney at Easter was The Buzzard, an J English horse imported to Australia I whose oldest stock are now two-year- C olds. At Brisbane on June 3. Autobuz * B l* zzard Kin S- two >of his sons, C and third places in the y.i.C. Sires' Produce Stakes. The C Buzzzard is a half-brother to that good 1 horse Flamenco, winner of the Lincoln- 1 shire with 9.0 this year. He was a *1 good performer himself in England G where his successes included the York- G shire Cup (two miles). The Whip at ? -Newmarket (two miles and 118 yards) F Stetchworth Stakes at Newmarket (one G mile and a half). Warren Handicap at G Sandown Park (one mile and five and 1 a half furlongs), and Southfield Stakes 1 at Newmarket (one mile and a half in T course record time). ’ F The Buzzard is by the Derby winner * Spion Kop. sire of the Derby winner S J elstead and son of the Derby and * Grand Prix de Paris winner Spearmint F (son of Carbine). Hammerkop. dam G of Spion Kop, is bv Gallinule. Vales- G cure, dam of The Buzzard, is a half- E sister to Yaucluse, winner of the One V Thousand Guineas. She is bv Swyn- A ford (sire of Blandford) from Valve N (half-sister to the Derby winner Cicero, A the sire of \ alais), .by Velasquez from G Gas (three-quarter sister to the Derbv L winner Ladas and half-sister to Chelan- C ‘Fry. dam of Neil Gow and Traquair P and granddam of Magpie, Heroic, Syce, F Book Law and Pogrom), by Ayrshire A (son cf Hampton) from Illuminata F (half-sister to Footlight. ancestress ot N Night Raid, Prince Palatine and Rossendale), by Rosicrucian. It will be p seen that The Buzzard is an exception- I p ally well-bred horse and a lot is likely j R to be heard of his progeny. He is Itl standing at the Lj-ndhurst stud of Mr \ C. E. McDougall, at Warwick, in Queensland. j