GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21056, 7 March 1940, Page 13

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

I The Amberley Racing Club has | been granted permission to hold its j annual meeting on May 4 at Riccar- | ton. Ran Two Good Races Baran, whose spring and summer form was disappointing, reappeared : at Woodville and ran two good races. He should have won on the second day. His form encouraged the view ! that he is improving with age. and he should earn some money at Tren- ■ tham. I j Consistent Not Out j Not Out has won six races in : eleven starts this season, the last four in succession. The Winning Hit three-year-old did not encounter i strong opposition at Motukarara, and had nothing on his back, but he will have to be seriously considered in the Great Easter. Satisfactory Efforts The two-year-old Platform, by Night Raid from Fairform. ran two satisfactory races at Dunedin recently, but is still in the green stage, and will require a lot more time. He was accompanied back to Washdyke by the yearling colt Dash o’ Dublin, by Salmagundi from Fairform. This youngster is well grown and attracted attention while at Wingatui, and a bright future is predicted for him. Passaform, halfbrother by Balboa to the pair mentioned, has been in steady work since his let-up after his lameness after winning the Invercargill Cup at New Year, and it is hoped to have him ready to race at Easter, cither at Riccarton or Riverton. Santoft Santoft, who has been nominated for the Great Western Steeplechase, won the event in 1937. He then went on to Trentham and won the Wellington Steeplechase and was off the scene again until the following winter, when he signalised his return by winning the Pareora Steeplechase at Washdyke. He followed this up with a second in the Wellington Steeplechase to Erination, and after running unplaced in the Grand National Steeplechase at his next start he acted as runner-up again to Erination in the Lincoln Steeplechase. He has not raced since and is now 11 years old.

“Curtailing” His Betting Mr Alan Cooper, owner of Gold Salute, who was bred in New Zealand. stated that he was curtailing his betting. This did not preclude a tilt at the Caulfield betting ring recently on Gold Salute in the Oakleigh Plate. Shortly after betting opened Mr Cooper went along the rails in the official enclosure and took three bets of £IOO to £3O and one of £IOO to £35. Mr Cooper also took some smaller wagers, but if he were acting for himself he got a poor run for his money. Gold Salute, who started on the outside of the field, was never among the leaders, and, although he made up a little ground at the turn, he dropped back in the straight and finished fifteenth.