ON THE TURF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 114, 17 May 1939, Page 4

ON THE TURF

By

“KESTREL"

WINTER RACING

Manawatu Steeplechase Meeting GOOD FIELDS FOR FRIDAY NOTES AND COMMENTS Good fields are engaged tor the first day oi the Manawatu Racing Clubs winter meeting, at Awapuni, on Friday. This two-day meeting, to be followed by the Foxton Cluos fixture I on the same course on Saturday of j next week, will lead up to the \van-j ganui winter meeting on June 3 and . Silk Sox raced on the flat ihe tust j day at Haw era, and then came out j two days later to win the Adamson j Steeplechase He is an acceptor in i the Rangitira Hurdles, al Awapuni, | on Friday—a striking example ot i "mixing it.” There will be racing at Te Rapa on i Saturday and Monday, when the • Waikato Cluos winter meeting will be I held. It will serve as a lull-dress i rehearsal tor the Great .>ortneiiil meeting. Amatory has been turned out tor a j ..‘■pell. The Kiosk gelding has had two , successes this season, in the spring at : Otaki and Waverley, but he has not raced with any luck sine?. The spell should prove beneficial, as he was in | danger of becoming jaded. When Redolent fell in the Otaki i Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase, on, Saturday, his rider, R. j. Mackie, • broke a bollarbone. A Press Association message i rom • Auckland states that Power Cnief will • not be rehandicapped for the Great I Ncrtnern Steeplecnase for his v. in at; Otaki. Power Chief has *J.J in the' big cross-country event, at Ellerslie. ‘ He is not nominated for Wanganui. Trebor. who has had a very useful • and proutabla season, wdl have one race at Awapuni. in the Manawatu ■ Winter Cup on Friday. He will men ■ be turned out for a spell. Santoft was scratched at 10.55 a.m. last Friday tor ah engagements at the Auckland Racing ciuns wintei meeting. Santoft was set to cairy 10.6 I in the Great Northern S.eepl cicuse. ■ * Already winner of two races in a| week, Power Chief only commenced, his jumping career last season. Hun; Club cups were credited io him al 1 both Awapuni ana Ellerslie, but he; marred his prospects on many occa- , moils by risKing his fences and thus 1 coming to griet. He was making his' first appearance this term when ne j won the Manawapou Hurdles at’ Hawera. and the eifort was full of j meri:. it is reasonable to assume that his two races will improve him a great deal in his preparation for more important jumping events this win-i ter, and he may prove a good horsei to follow’. He is a six-year-old son ol Tractor, a sire of jumpeis, from; the Lord Quex mare Asterism, the dam of anomer hurdling performer in Lustra!. Asterism traces back to Dudu, a bay mare bred in New South Wales in 1846 from imported parents. The Poverty Bay owner, Mr. L. Loiscl, had a good innings at Gisborne, winning three races on Satin - day with peter Beckiord, Kapa V.aiata and Big Dook. On Monday Rapa Waiata repeated his steeplechase wm to make Mr. Loisei's record four wins. All three horses are trained by H. S. Greene, at Greenmeadows. Though Sky Pilot was reported to he very sore w hen he was entrained foi Hamilton after the Hawera meeting, the Egmont Steeplechase winner has galloped well at Te Rapa since his arrival there, ft is stared that he looks a picture oi condition, and thus his chances with 10.3 in the Te Kapa bleeplcchasc on Saturday „iusl he considered good. Survoy, winner oi the Longbeach Hurdles at Riccarton on Saturday, v. as a recent winner on the fiat and had also won over battens, so he was rather lucky to he in on the minimum. His success cost him dearly at the hands of the weight adjuster lor the South Canterbury meeting to-morrow. Dracula broke his oil shoulder when he fell at the last obstacle in the Longbeach Hurdles at Riccarton, on Saturday, and he had to be destroyed. Red Chief was a good favourite for the distance hack race, the Te Horo Hack Handicap, at Otaki, on Saturday. He was chopped out at the start, and then, when making a forwaid move along the back, was forced o;i to the rail, returning to the birdcage with a bad gash in nis stifle. Cottingham was scratched for the Longbeach Hurdles al Riccarton, on Saturday, because he was suffering from a bruised heel. It is nearly two years since Cottingham won the Grand National Hurdies, and he nas not had a start over the battens since then, though at the C.J.C. spring meeting in 1937 he won in good style on the fiat. In the steeplechase at Olaki on Sat urday Southern Blood rai< a reallj fine race, disputing the issue with the ultimate winner, Power Chief throughout the last mile. He tool Lis fences cleaner than he has foj some time; in fact he was out jumping Power Chief, and it was oniy in the last half-furlong that the latter gained a definite advantage. Southern Blood pulled up very sore in front but this is a characteristic of th. Cape Horn gelding, and he can usual ly be relied upon to make a good re covery. His turn is not far away. Four horses finished almost in lin< for the Ashburton Cup, at Riccarton on Saturday. Night Dress was firs to break the line but at the end o two furlongs Night Hawk was show ing the way to Glenogil, Foxlovc Haughty Winner, and Night Dies next, while Wild Chase, Dictate, am Rabble were not far away. Nigh

Hawk tired in the last bit, and a great finish saw Foxlove win by a head from Parquet, who came with a great run, and Dictate was another head away, beating Night Hawk on the post’ Night Dress, Mungatoon, Wine Card, Rabble, and Settlement were I next. Vaals Queen has io be added to the list of nominations for the Trial Handicap and the Castlecliff Handicap at the forthcoming winter meeting of the Wanganui Jockey Club. I The Limond horse Theo, winner of I the A.J.C. and Victoria Derbies in 1934, 'and who has since been two years at I the stud, has resumed work and is | being exercised at Randwick. | The Wanganui-owned Lord CavenI dish was responsible for a very enI couraging effort in the Huia Handicap, at Otaki. on Saturday. He was not j particularly welt away, but made a I very sharp run at the two-furlong post that landed him up on the outside of the leaders approaching the straight. Negotiating the bend he ran out wide, but his speed enabled him to run into second position, only to lose this placing in the last few ! strides. He was ridden by an api prentice in A. Foster, who was hav- | ing his first mount, but the lad shapIcd quite well.

In the Second Division of the Kuku Maiden at Otaki, on Saturday, Wings of Song, a two-year-old by Hunting Song from Adornment, showed any amount of speed out in front, and she was responsible for a very pleasing display, especially as it was her first appearance. She jumped away particularly well and set a fast pace, and it was only in the last few strides that she surrendered the lead. She should bear watching, even though her opportunities will be r.strictcu in the next few months.

i SOUTH CAxNTERBURY CLUB I

MEETING AT TIMARU ACCEPTORS FOR TO-MORROW. [ Per Pre»> A»sociatlon.l TIMARU, May 15. 12.0 LEVELS HURDLES. 'Of £l4O ; miles.)

MANAWATU MEETING AWAPUNI WINTER CARD ; STARTING TIMES FOR FRIDAY The Manawatu Racing Club's winter i meeting will be held at the Awapuni course on Friday and Saturday, and as the form will have an important bearing on the forthcoming Wanganui steeplechase fixture, a great deal of interest will be taken in the meeting. For the eight events each day stake-money totals 13560, and good fields have been attracted for Friday. Betting will be on the single-pool system. The follow ing are the starting times for the respective events on Friday:— 11.30. Ngata Hack and Hunters' Hurdles. 12.10. —Rangitane Plate. 12.50— Manawatu Steeplechase. 1.30. Manawatu Winter Cup. 2.os.—Rangitira Hurdles. 2.4s.—Ruahine Hack Handicap. 3.2s.—Rongotea Handicap. 4.os.—Mangawhata Hack Handicap.

ON WANGANUI TRACKS

CANDIDATES FOR AWAPUNI INTERESTING GALLOPS The Wanganui team for the Manawatu Racing Club’s winter meeting on Friday and Saturday will be a small one, but it should not return without a fair share of the stake-money. Yesterday’s training operations were marked by satisfactory gallops on the part of Homily, Entail and Rehearsal. The first-named is to fulfil her engagement on Saturday, being allowed to drop out of the Manawatu Winter Cup, in which her stablemate Entail is engaged. The gallops yesterday were done on number one grass track, which was in good order after light rain the previous night. Rehearsal (W. Rayner) and Homily (G. Ludlow) finished together at the end of five furlongs in 63sec. Rehearsal Is engaged in the Ruahine Hack Handicap on Friday. Entail (W. Rayner) was sent a mile and was clocked home over the last six furlongs in Imin. 18sec. He did not appear Io be fully extended at any stage of the journey, and on his Hawera form he should play a prominent part in his Awapuni engagement. Entail will be ridden by W. J. Mudford, who piloted him to victory at the Manawatu autumn meeting. Useful pacework was done by Airing and Desert Column. The former is engaged at the Wanganui winter meeting. War Lap, who is to make his debut over battens at the Wanganui meeting next month, got through useful pacework. The previous day he shaped well when schooled over the small jumps. Vadanoe has joined H. W. Johnston’s stable and did a good working gallop yesterday. At Waverley Vadanoe was just touched off by Pretty Lass in the concluding event, and the chances are that the Vaals gelding will soon be in the limelight again. A rising three-year-old gelding by

Acre from a Warplane mare led Gold Gain home over three furlongs, taking a shade over 38sec. The Acre gelding is in L. G. Butler's stable. Saniloff was sent over the steeplechase fences on Monday and also yesterday morning, clearing the obstacles carefully. He is down to contest the Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase on the second day of the Wanganui winter meeting. Saniloff is a nine-year-old Daniloff gelding in Butler’s stable. ON HAWERA TRACKS Att API XI ('AN DID ATES YESTERDAY’S GALLOPS. Horses with immediate engagements were galloped on the outside of the course proper, with the sting well out of the going, at Hawera yesterday morning. Fiancee (Ryan) hit out with he.' usual freedom when running five furlongs in 1.6. She will have the services of W. J. Mudford in the open sprint al Awapuni on Friday. Notium (Sexton) traversed six furlongs in 1.18. He is very lit and promises to lake a lot of beating in his Waikato engagements, writes “Goldspur” in the Hawera Star. I After jumping two hurdles satisfactorily, Student Prince -(Sexton) finished too solidly for Gitana Lass I (Chaplin, at the end of five furlongs iin 1.16. Student Prince lacks nothing | on the score of condition. j Dark Eagle is enjoying a let-up. He I will resume racing next season as a i gelding. i The hurdler Silk Sox was apporI tioned useful pacework. He should I not return empty-handed from Awapuni. The hurdle horseman W. Grindlay, who suffered two sprained ankles from a fall at. the recent Egmont winter meeting, has been discharged from hospital. He expects to resume riding at. an early date.

SILVER SIGHT WITHDRAWN

ELLERSLIE ENGAGEMENTS MAY RACE AT WANGANUI South Island critics expressed surprise at the weight allotted Silver Sight in the Great Northern "double'' and his withdrawal immediately on the appearance of the handicaps was not unexpected. Silver Sight had 11.2 in the Great Northern Hurdles and 10.12 in the Great Northern Steeplechase. Silver Sight has started only once over a two-mile journey when he was one of the last to finish in the Grand National Hurdle Race last year with 9.1, as against Erination's 10.13. Silver Sight has won up to a mile and three-quarters since, but now in a race over two miles and a-half he was within 91b of Erination, who is top-weight with 11.11. Silver Sight has yet to contest a steeplechase, but in the Great Northern Steeplechase has was fourth on the list and received oniy 131 b from Erination, while he was called upon to give 41b to Valpeen, winner of two Grand National Steeplechases and a Wellington Steeplechase and placed in other leading cross-country events. Santoft, another Wellington Steeplechase winner, was receiving 21b from Silver Sight, who certainly did not receive a very encouraging invitation to make the trip. As soon as the weights were known the owner-trainer of Silver Sight telegraphed to Auckland, withdrawing the gelding from all engagements. Silver Sight has been nominated for the Wanganui meeting and it will be interesting to see how he is treated by the Wanganui handicapper.

The French-bred stallion Tidal, the sire of Flood Tide, King Neptune, Tidewaiter, Lustral and other winners, has been sold by Mr. R. T. Reid, Hamilton, to Mr. J- T. Crawford, Waiuku.

Golden Flame, winner of the hack sprint at Gisborne on Saturday, returned a dividend of over a score. This sister to Golden Wings has recently been disappointing, having had nine unplaced efforts since the New Year, but she was having her first start from G. W. B. Greene’s stable and may go on with it now .she. has broken the run of "outs.’’

Tratenna . 11 11 Metal Bird ■ I 0 Sunoy . . . 10 3 Colonel French 9 0 Pink Robe . 9 8 Pride o’ Central 9 0 Pladie ..SI Gamehunter ♦ 0 CLAREMONT HANDICAP. (Of £130; six furlongs.) Triple Cone 8 13 Astral Flash T 10 On Call .. .. X 11 Treasurer ..79 Wardreres ..89 Cady Kinnoui T 7 Nolana .. .. 8 5 Chief Lama . 7 7 Lady Sincere X 5 Neptune .... 7 7 Flame Queen X 2 Ix>rd Puck |. ■ 7 Real Lady ..Si Arita 7 7 Countervane 7 II Don Roy . .. 7 7 Phenomenal 7 !'• Penfull .... 7 7 OPIHI TROT. (Of £130; 1} miles.) Auries Star .. scr. Marie’s Pride . scr. Bl aydon .. .. ecr. Ordnance . .. scr. Ceres scr. Rey Bonny . .. scr. Diviner scr. Rouge Flambe scr. Erin s Lad . .. scr. Trousseau . .. scr. Gold Bar .. .. scr. Torere scr. Huia Potts . . scr. Tiny Axworthy scr. Joe Perkins .. ><•.. Wexford .. .. scr. Kai . - ( it scr. Mandrell 12 ELLOUGHTON HANDICAP. (Of £300 ; li miles.) Queen of Song 0 Nightdress ..77 r-iham ..76 Rabble .. .. X 10 Night Hawk . 7 1 Milford .. .. 8 I 1 ' Mungatoon ..70 Foxglove .... S 7 Balmenter ..70 Passaform . . 7 10 CRA1GMORE HACK STEEPLECHASE. • Of £150; 2 miles.) Faculties .in 9 Chile 9 0 Wexford Bridge 9 8 Tomcat 9 0 Corban .. . . 9 7 Golden Glow 9 0 Sunny Comet 9 1 Kaipear .. 9 0 Pandine ... 9 1 3.10 - KINGSDOWN HACK HANDICAP. • Of £1-1": one mile and 35 yards.) Wagner . . . . 9 6 Shangri La . 8 2 Disband 9 4 Elmarch .. .80 Gironde .. - 9 5 Elegy .. .. 7 12 Wardress . . 8 7 Merry Simon 7 10 Garonne ... 8 7 Dr. J<uthie . 7 7 Bright Pro.-pect 8 4 Tint o’ Tan . 7 7 3.50- - BE A CON SF1 ELD TROT. (Of £165; 1J miles.) Biack Art .. sc Becky Direct .. 12 Huguenot .. . sc.- Charles Russell 12 Idleaiong .. . >•• Lady Nessa .. 12 Labour Day . - Petite ..... 12 Macgregor .. . sc Rollalong .... 12 Marfax .. .. scr Great Don .. 36 Pursuit .. .. scr Don Acron .. 48 Sewana . . scr Ned Worthy . 48 Siege Gun ... rc SHADOWN HANDICAP. • Of £170; . ix furlongs.) Silver Streak 9 2, Roseman ...70 Nightcalm > 1 Flagman ... 7 ( Lazybones . . 7 2 Silver Slipper 7 ( Lady Graceful 7 1 —