GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21157, 5 July 1940, Page 11

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

As a result of the recent football match between the Auckland and Waikato jockeys and the subsequent boxing tournament in the evening, the sum of £l4 8s was raised for patriotic purposes. Trip Unlikely According to a southern report Density is unlikely to make the trip to Australia in the spring. She is stated to be in splendid order to resume regular training. Ballybrit and Gay Boa Ballybrit beat Gay Boa by a length in the Otago Steeplechase, their respective weights being 10.3 and 9.0. In the Wellington Steeplechase Ballybrit meets Gay Boa on 61b better terms. New Zealand Horses in Australia To what extent the war situation will affect the usual exodus of New horses to Australia for spring racing can only at present be conjectured. but because of transport difficulties and possible additional hazards of ocean travel, the number proceeding overjeas is expected to be much smaller than usual. Profits to War Funds The committee of the Canterbury Jockey Club at its monthly meeting today decided to give the profits for each year during the period of the war to the war funds as was done during the previous war, when £ll,500 was donated in this way, while the club also invested a large sum of money in war loans. The Ring At present The Ring is being allotted light tasks at Hastings. The 1940 Hawke’s Bay Cup winner is in ideal shape soon to commence her spring training when her first mission will be the New Zealand Cup. The Ring, who is by Siegfried from Gay Salute, gives every indication of being a genuine stayer. Class Performance Hagen has been considered always as a class galloper, but he surprised even his admirers by his great effort in winning with 10.10 at the Dannevirke Hunt meeting. On that effort he is going to be hard to ceat when making his debut in open company at Trentham. The wins of Hagen and El Meynell on Saturday increased H. Dulieu’s total to 46 and he is now equal with I. Tinsley. Classic Events The entries for the Canterbury Jockey Club’s classic events, received earlier in the month, totalled 768, as against 566 for the corresponding races 12 months ago, an increase of 202. The figures are as follows: Welcome Stakes, 1939, 76; 1940, 109; Middle Park Plate, 61, 78; Champagne Stakes, 101, 145; Challenge Stakes, 97, 135; Derby Stakes, 153, 187; and Oaks Stakes. 78. 114. Likes Trentham In the past Blonde Princess has displayed a liking for Trentham. Twelve months ago she won the Woburn Handicap there and she also won the open sprint on the second day of the spring meeting. This Hunting Song mare has been off the scene since March, when she won at Ellerslie and was unlucky at Avondale. Blonde Princess is nicely weighted with 8.5 in the Stewards’ Handicap and 7.9 in the Whyte Handicap at Trentham next week. Leading Riders After Saturday’s racing in the North Island, the following are the leading riders in the Dominion this season:—W. Broughton 54, B. H. Morris 49, H. Wiggins 46, P. Atkins 42, W. Mudford 41, P. Spratt 40, G. Tattersall 36, G. Cameron 30, R. McTavish 28, A. E. Ellis 27, C. Wilson 27, L. Dulieu 27, L. J. Ellis 26, A. Jenkins 26, P. Burgess 26, W. Jenkins 24, T. Green 24, E. Dye 24, A. C. Messervy 22, S. Waddell 22, C. Goulsbro 21, R. Mackie 21, R. Marsh 20, W. Ellis 20. New Zealand Cup Candidate Sparkle has been placed back in work and during her absence from the tracks she put on a lot of condition She went amiss with kidney trouble before the Easter racing when she was being prepared to contest the Great Autumn Handicap at Riccarton. The Colonel Cygnus mare stamped herself as an outstanding stayer and in 13 starts she won on four occasions and was six times placed—a wonderful record for consistency. When she won the Dunedin Cup Sparkle outclassed a high?lass field and she should play a prominent part in later important ;pring handicaps, including the New Zealand Cup. Mr W. E. Hazlett ;lso has a four-year-old filly by Colonel Cygnus from Stronglight in vork and she greatly resembles Sparkle in appearance. Her dam, Stronglight, is a sister to Lambent ;the dam of Sparkle), both being by Tractor from Dazzling Light, by Kil>roney.

Defoe Filly Lady Derby, the two-year-old chestnut filly by Defoe from Malmsey in F. Roberts’ stable at Riccarton. continues to make steady progress, though her tasks have been light so far. She has plenty of size and should be useful next season. The grey English-born Portlaw filly Portadawn in the same stable is also getting through her tasks nicely.