TURF BREVITIES

Wanganui Chronicle, 16 February 1949, Page 3

TURF BREVITIES

i Franklin Matine e Meeting I Easiest win of the day and by far [the most impressive at the Auckland .'and Franklin Racing Clubs' combined /matinee meeting at Pukekohe on Sat- . urday was that of Royal Tartan. ) | Royal Tartan won the Ellerslie Stakes ,■ by four and a-half lengths. He took /over the lead from Dainty Robin en/t ering the straight and, galloping | freely- was not troubled to win easing ~up. The principal race, the A.R.C. /Plate, was won by Lord Ven after a :; hard tussle with Revelady. The pro- .: gramme catered exclusively for maid- .: ens and was the first of its kind in /the Auckland Province. Offending Jockeys , | F. A. Horne, rider of Shepherd’s , i Call in the Geyser Hack Handicap at . Rotorua, was suspended for three , months for careless and incompetent , riding. G. T. Chaplin, rider of Duke- , dom in the Rotorua Jubilee Cup, was suspended for a month for careless . riding, causing interference with Foxi bay. S. Tremain was fined £1 for disobedience at th e barrier in the second division of the Hot Springs Handicap. Jockey Injured When Betterpay lost her rider. D. Fairweather, at the entrance to the straight in th e first race at Rotorua through a stirrup leather breaking, the jockey received a broken wrist, a sprained hand and head abrasions. He was admitted to hospital.

Torrent For Stud Torrent, who broke down half a mile from home in the Wellington Cup, has been retired to her owner’s stud at Levin and will be mated with Milling next season. A live-year-old, Torrent’s most important successes were recorded in the W.R.C. Silverstream Hack Handicap last season and the Marton Aidworth Stakes last month. She is by Tiderace out of Lady Derby, a full-sister to Howe-

Third Win on End I When Good Century won the first division of the Arawa Nursery Handicap at Rotorua on Saturday he scored his third success on end. Ail were within a fortnight as he had won previously at Tauranga on January 29 , and at Matamata on Februry 5. Good ‘ Century soon ran up into a handy 1 position behind the leaders on Saturi day and once the straight was reach|ed drew away to win comfortably. , Good Century has raced consistently • well throughout the season for three j firsts, three seconds and a third in 1 nine starts. By Robin Goodfellow, : Good Century is the first toal of his Liam, Century, who is by Mr Standfast from Hilmar, by Marble Arch from Lady Hilda Century is a half-sister to Kaitawa and that former good class northern galloper King Rey.

New Two-Year-Old B. H. Brodie, of Riccarton, has added a new two-year-old to his team. H e is by the Paper Money horse Pioneer, a brother to Otetanui, the dam of Bruce and Royal Tan, while his dam is by Tractor from Gay Flower, by Gay Lad from imported Flower ol the West. There is some good form in this family- as Gay Flower is a half-sister to Taraheke, dam of Kevin, who won the New Zealand Cup. A second strain of Gay Lad comes with the pedigree through Pioneer, whose dam, Mudlark, was by Gay Lad. Old Trainer’s Success The success of Pam Grattan in the second division of the Hillcrest Handicap at Claudelands gave A. O. Hill a return to the winning trainers and drivers’ list. Hill, who has not done much race driving for many years, was associated 20 years ago with the useful trotting mar e Lady Ena- a daughter of the Australian sire First Voyage. Hill was part-owner, trainer and driver of the mare.