RICCARTON GALLOPS

Waikato Times, Volume 195, Issue 22512, 22 November 1944, Page 4

RICCARTON GALLOPS

LONGSWORD HITS OUT I GOOD HALE BY JOHN GAY / Solid mile efforts by Longsword, and the Derby candidates Coronalre and Beau Cheval, .an attractive six rurdongs by Skyhawk and a smart hair-mile by John Gay were features of the trials at Riccarton yesterday, when good going favoured galloping. Longsword was sent almost a mile and a-hair. and was timed to run the last mile, in company with Podarlo, In 1.48 2-5. Longsword did his task solidly and Is evidently well served with staying ability. The fastest mile of the morning was credited to the Derby candidates Coronalre and Beau Cheval, who were among the after-breakTast workers. They covered the first hair in 49 2-5 s and ttie Journey in 1.4 2, keeping practically together throughout. Roth hree-year-olds pleased by the j manner in which they executed their work. From a standing start Foxleap worked a I mile and a-quarter in 2.11 2-5, the last! mile in 1.45 and the last hair in 52 1 -ss. I Gamble, ran a mile in 1.4 4. the second! half in 52 2-ss. The Derby candidates j Matador and Golden Souvenir also re- | corded 1.44 and 52 2-ss. Kevin and Fox-| haven were together in front of Arustra: at the end of a mile in 1.4 4, the first half ' in 52 2-5-s. Lord Roland ran the same ! time, each half in 5 2s. Ration finished half a length in front ' of Authentic at the end or seven furlongs l in 1.30 2-5, the last four in 52 2-55. I Colais, over the same ground, registered! 1.31. the last four in 51 2-ss. Piccolo led Pensacola home in 1.31. the last half- ! mile in 5 2s. Double Cross beat Miss Med- j ley in 1.31 3-5, and Burberry and Trench: Law took 1.32. Record Voyage beat An- i chorage in 1.32 1-5. Sky hawk was responsible for an attrac- | tive effort in galloping six rurlongs in 1.16 i 1-5. the last four in 51 1-5-s. Chicago finished in front of Count Roger in 1.19. I Twelve Pointer beat Debater in 1.18 4-5.) the last four in 52 3-ss. Baffling and Silver Sal took 1.20 3-5. Nurnie ran five rurlongs in 1.2 1-5. the last four in 505.; King Burn followed in 1.3 2-5 ,and Eulogla beat Leighmond in 1.3 4-5. M.v'Sßonnie, one or the last to work, recorded 1.3 1-5 Tor five furlongs in effortless style. She ran the last four in 49 1-ss. Lance Wing comfortably beat Lynden Lea Int. 3, the last four in 5 0 3-55. John Gray attracted notice bv reeling off four furlongs In 47 2-55, the fastest sprint of the morning. Princess Anne, recorded 49 3-ss, and Montezuma ran half a mile. ' along the back in 50 l-ss. Royal Vestments and Finalist beat Loch Derg in 40 f 4-ss. The last-named had a big lead over the first two furlongs. ■ Kindergarten was given strong work | over seven furlongs, but he. again moved ; very tenderly. Indications point to his ! trainer having difficulty in getting him to the post next week as sound as he would wish. Scottish Lau sprinted Tour Tur- j longs In 50 2-ss, and Royal Heir ran 50 3 ss. Racilla, Night Attack and Bill Gundl recorded 51s. N.Z. CUP HORSES FORM AT OTAKI The form of the New Zealand Cup candidates who contested the Levin Handicap 1 at Otaki on Saturday was not particularly enlightening. Unfortunately the track had been saturated during Friday night and was too heavy for any reliable line to be obtained. Furthermore, A. Messervy, who rode Typhoon, the winner, was permitted to make an easy pace In front for a mile, and this eliminated any prospect or the , race being made a true test or stamina. The Great Autumn Handicap winner,) Lowry Bay, did best or the Cup horses, \ finishing second, slightly more than a length behind Typhoon. Lowry Bay has : done a solid preparation. He has been ■ raced at regular intervals since last autumn, and his showing at Otaki with , 51b more than his Cup weight was en- i tirely satisfactory. He will be ridden at Rlccarton by A. C. Messervy, who won the Great Autumn Handicap on him last Easter, j Being bred on a cross or Son-in-Law and , Spearmint blood, Lowry Bay’s pedigree j cannot be faulted from a staying point of view. Don Quex’s third in .the Levin Handicap j was a satisfactory performance in view ; or the state or the ground. He moved up i rapidly along the back stretch to trail the ; leader, but could make no Impression on . him in the last furlong, and finally was j cut out of second money by Lowry Bay. , During the dav A. G. Waddell, who rides Don in all his engagements, was suspended for one month, so a change of rider will be necessary for the New Zealand Cup. Waddell won the Wellington, Manawatu and Marton Cups on Don Quex last season, and was also on hiip when he finished third in the New Zealand Cup. SILVIO SCRATCHED (Cy Telegraph.—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday Silvio was scratched Tor all Rlccarton 1 engagements at 11.40 a.m. today. MY BONNIE OUT FINAL PAYMENT OVERLOOKED CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday The defection or My Bonnie from the • stewards’ Handicap at Rlccarton on Sattir- ■ day is due to her trainer, F. Smith, over- : looking the fact that a final payment was , called for. he being under the impression 1 that the acceptance taken on November 10 ; was the last to be made. Smith travelled ' from Auckland to Wellington on Monday, S and received a shock when told or the oversight. The secretary or the Canter- , bury Jockey Club, Mr F. T. H. Bell, rea- | Using late in the arternoon that no word had been received or My Bonnie’s accept- , ance, got in touch with her attendant at 1 Riccarton, who said he did not have any I instructions regarding the matter. H. N. Wiggins, who was to have ridden J My Bonnie in the Stewards’ Handicap, ex- i pressed the opinion that she was one of the fastest fillies he had ridden, and would have been very hard to beat. Wiggins will now ride Air Ace in the Stewards’ Handicap. RIDER BUSPENDED NAPIER PARK INCIDENT The judicial committee of the Napier Park Racing Club on Monday night suspended the hurdle Jockey A. E-. Lord for nine months. After the running or the Omahu Hurdles on the second day of the recent Napier Park meeting Lord, rider of Anglo-Irish, who dead- heated for second with Royal Pageant two lengths behind the winner, Malacca, was charged by the stipendiary steward. Mr B. N. Sandilands, with not riding his mount on its merits. The inquiry was opened on the course and adjourned, and when it was resumed in Napier the committee found the charge proved against Lord. TO BE GELDED When next he races, Mr H. D. Caro’s two-vear-old Norman Knight (Medieval Knight—Dav Acre) will figure in the racebook as a gelding. PARTNERSHIP REGISTERED A partnership has been registered In the Tiderace colt. Shasta, bought at the Okawa dispersale sale, between Mr A. W. Ebbett. Hamilton, the buyer, and Mr G. C. Seers, who is well known in the motor assembly industry in Wellington. ALEXANDRA RACING CLUB The Alexandra Racing Club, which annually holds a non-totalisator meeting at Pirongia on Boxing Day. has altered the conditions for competing horses at the next meeting so that a horse has only to be away from a totalisator meeting for 12 months, instead of three years, to be eligible to compete. The secretary, Mr J. L. Macky, jun., stated yesterday that everything at present augurs well for a successful meeting on Boxing Day.