TROTTING TOPICS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20891, 24 August 1939, Page 15

TROTTING TOPICS

EPSOM ON SATURDAY

HEAVY TRACK INDICATED CONDITION OF G. McKENDRY Indications are for a heavy track at Epsom on Saturday, this opinion being strengthened by the fact that tiie course proper was not available oil Tuesday for the semi-final trials of horses 'engaged at the meeting, all work being carried out on the cinders. Never Looked Better According to Auckland reports Autumn Lu never looked better than at present and has been doing everything required of him in his preparation for racing at Epsom this week. Token G. McKendry, who suffered a fractured arm when Marsceres fell with him at Addington, is reported to be ; making a good recovery, but it is not known whether he will be in action at New Brighton. He usually handles Token in his races, but in his absence the mount will probably be taken by D. G. Watts. Munga Tangl Munga Tangi has been finishing on in solid manner in recent trials at Ep- ! sum and promises lo strip in good j fettle for racing at the approaching i Auckland meeting on Saturday. uIT ; the limit in the Massey Memorial | Handicap he is not without prospects i ol' springing a surprise. From Yaldhurst ! M. Holmes lias a good team to start the season on, and while his crack 1 pacer, Put Luck has no engagements, ! Renown’s Best, Attain, king Crush', j Gerfalcon, and Honor between them : should not go away empty handed ; from New Brighton. Gerfalcon gave proof that lie is back to lorni b> a splendid display of trotting at Addingj Lon. Isabel Derby Isabel Derby has been hitting out in attractive style on the tracks at Epsom and the other morning her time over a mile and a hall' —she ran her last half in 1.5 —drew attention to her prospects in the August Handicap in which she appears on 24yds. While her form of last season was not outstanding she showed definite promise at the Canterbury Park meeting in January In finishing a meritorious third to King's Play and Gallant Knight. Perth Championships Nominations for the Inter-Dominion Championships, to be held Perth on February 7, 10,14, and 17, will close on uctober 3, and nominations of New Zealand horses will he taken by the secretary of the New Zealand Trotting Association. First forfeits will fall due on November 11. While j good stakes are offered for the quaiity- ■ Tng heats, the Grand Final winner will ! be awarded £2OOO, the second horse £OOO, the third £3OO, and the fourth £IOO. In taking approved horses to ! the carnival New Zealand owners will i be subsidised to the extent of £l5O I for one horse, and £IOO lor each ad- ! ditional horse. In the event of ap- ! proved American horses being nomi- | nated, an allowance of £3OO will be ! made for each horse. M. Stewart’s Team i Due to the unfavourable track con- ■' ditions obtaining on his private track iat Te Rapa M. Stewart has been located at Epsom for the past couple i of weeks and according to Epsom reports the various members of the string, Red Flush, Tinker, Fortex, Tsana, Worthy Merit, Wishful, Belfast Jack, Young Parry and Real 1 Jewel are all in forward condition for ? racing ahead. Red Flush, particularly, is in great heart and is expected j to perform prominently in the chief ; event, the August Handicap. 1 Credentials of Within 1 Within's consistent form over the ’ closing stages of last season will 1 claim her a strong following in the Royal uak Handicap at Alexandra Park ~ this week. In four starts during the term she recorded two seconds and a 3 first, her best performance being her ! achievement in the Members’ HandiJ cap at the Auckland Winter meeting 3 when she finished on to win decisively -i from Black Native and Big Kauri. The . Mangere-trained representative is said 3 to be moving freely in her trials and 3 will strip in forward condition for n racing ahead. 1 King Oro Makes Good In winning the Flying Handicap, r nine furlongs, at the final meeting last o season of the Australian Trotting Giub at Victoria Park, in the race record _ Lime of 2min 2Ssec, a little better than _ a 2.12 rate, the Auckland-bred pacer, King Oro, registered his ninth success on metropolitan tracks, while he also . won several times at country meetings. The gelding is now rated as one of the best horses in New South Wales, and good judges affirm lie will reach a standard that will entitle him to represent the State in the InterDominion Championships, to be held at Perth in February. King Oro, who I i is owned by Mr L. Wallace, was bred : by Misses N. and M. Edwards, at Mardella Stud. He is by Hey de Oro from I'tleda, a mare by Great Audubon from cocoaleen, by Rothschild—Gocoanut. i Cocoaleen was a full-sister to Moneyj maker. Crack Three-year-olds i A good deal of interest will be ! taken in the running of the Belfast | Handicap at New Brighton, for in a I field of improvers there will be Special • Edition and Coquette, two of the best I ihree-year-oids raced last year. In ! receiving 12 yards from Coquette, ' Special Edition appears t«» have a bit 1 the better of the deal, for while in the early part lie showed a weakness at the barrier, li is latest racing was solid, and only Nelson Eddy rouid b<regarded as a better horse of his age. Coquette, however, has raced most consistently, and is always lo be respected. ‘in this race F. G. Holmes lias a second string in Becky Direct, who, perhaps not a- - stayer, will find the journey of nine furlongs and a half ail in tier favour. It is a .fibers that may have to be ronsidor--d are Biaydon. Kilrea. Palomar, Regal, lireat iton. Purina, and Shadow Sun. Encouraging to Breeders )§ The suggestion put. forth at the anI nual meeting of the Wellington Trol- | ’.lie Club that serious consideration . | should be given to the establishment I .»f a .-sires’ Produce Stakes at either 1 the summer or autumn carnivals at

Hull Park is one that will meet with a good 'leal of support by owners and breeders. It is worth noting that the unly opportunity North Island owners have of raeine two-year-olds without taking their horses to the south is in the Great Northern Trotting shakes at

j Kp>.nn in February. and an extra rare i{ at least for educational purpose* : would not -ul **f jdaee ill \ie\\ <»f .Hu* richly-endowed Sapling Slake* in June If tin* programme committeo i of the Wellington iMub considered : holding a two-jear-old classic entries

r ujM |ip railed from owner* of birr#* 12 month* ahead, an enenurage to *tud-mai*terw beta* a utake, *>u\ £«>o for the breeder of the winner, and al«o i a further £SO for the owner of Uu lire.