RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17742, 20 June 1929, Page 3

RACING.

TIMARU RACES. OPENING POBTPONED. (By Telegraph—Press Association ) TIMARU, Thursday. In consequence of drenching rain, which began yesterday morning and still continues, it has been found necessary to postpone the opening day of the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s Winter Meeting till to-morrow. TE AROHA JOCKEY CLUB. COURSE IMPROVEMENTS. Six tenders were received by the Te Aroha Jockey Club for the alterations and formation of over half-a-mi.ie of new course, and the forming of . training tracks, and that of Henry Gray and Co., at £1995, was accepted. The work in connection with the train-, ing tracks will be commenced at once, ind the whole work is to be completed by September next. TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP , ... ITEMB OF INTEREST. (By . "Martian.") , s Last Mark, who raced without any luck 'at Napier Park, |is in good form at 'present'. Vesperus is improving with racing and may take a hand in a finish before very long. J. M. Cameron at one time anticipated another trip to Australia this .winter, but at Napier' Park he stated that it was now very unlikely that he would go. .The Trentham trainer, H. Telford, is definitely booked to leave for Sydney early in July. He will probably take six horses, as Dresden China is likely to be,added to the team.

Brigadier Bill did not pay up for the Napier Steeplechase as he had done no schooling since his knock at Wanganui. He ran quite a fair race on Saturday under his list iOib iri the Ladies’ Handicap, and it should sharpen him up for Hawke’s Bay this week. He may not start until the second day at Hastings.

Amongst f the Trial Platers at the Wellington’ meeting will be the rising three-year-old Australian-bred gelding Rasoull, by Bernard—Gipsy’s Warning, by Bardolph—Bright Siren, by Bright Steel. Rasouli was purchased in Australia last December by Mr C. Boyle, of Wellington, for £450, and has made good progress since his arrival here. A feature of Rasouli's breeding is a doubling of St. Simon. Bright Steel was by St. Simon,' who was also the maternal great grandsire of Bernard.

Eighty-eight nominations have been received for the 24th Feilding Stakes to be run at the Club’s November meeting. The following Waikato entrants' appear:—Supremacy, Paganelll, Tasty, the filly by Polycrates—Black Tea, the gelding by Australian Sun— Rosewell.

It-is evidently recognised that in order to guard against “ringing-in" an addition to the rules governing racing in New Zealand is necessary, and the following proposed hew rule will he submitted at the forthcoming meeting of the New Zealand Racing Conference: “No horse that that been taken out of New Zealand and is brought back shall run in any race until the owner has lodged with the secretary of the conference the original New Zealand Stud Book certificate or certificate of pedigree issued for such horse, with the certificate of identity on the back thereof completed. There shall also be lodged with the secretary a certificate of identification signed by a veterinary surgeon in New Zealand who has examined the horse after its return.”

The jumpers seen out at Napier Park last week were on the whole a moderate lot, but there were one or ■ two who created the impression that they might improve considerably before the end of the jumping season, says “The .Watcher.” Home Made’s win in the open hurdles-the first day was impressive. L. Knapp produced him looking better than he ever did, arid in the race he never gave anything a chance. With Nukumai running a poor race and Perle de Leon not ready, it might be argued that Home Made beat nothing, but Novar in form is not to be despised, and Home Made never let him .in. Novar on the second day was the potential winner until he ran off'at the last fence. By Thurnham from Housewife by Kenilworth, Home Made is a .well-bred jumper, and there is no reason why he should not Improve into a decidedly useful horse over fences. lie stays particularly well, and under a light weight in the more important events to be decided at two miles and beyond 'he may be a troublesome 'opponent to the more fancied horses. *Knapp has also made good with Atareria, who has more than paid his way lately. Atareria,, however, has not yet given the impression that lie will turn out any more than useful. Two more likely sorts were the steeplechasers Ballyfarnon and Crishna/ The latter apparently does not stay too well, but he is a fine jumper, and up to two miles and a half he looks likely to hold his own anywhere. Ballyfarnon showed a lot of improvement in his jumping compared with Wanganui, and as he certainly stays a light weight in an important event may see him prominent. .