RACING TOPICS

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 22659, 12 July 1945, Page 6

RACING TOPICS

PLANS FOR GOOD FUN PICCOLO AN IMPROVER CHANCES OF BLANKET (By “ Martian ”) Broiedame, who was galloped on during the running of the Whyte Handicap on the first day of the Wellington Racing Club’s winter meeting last Saturday, was withdrawn from the Members’ Handicap this week at 9.3 5 a.m. yesterday. F. Cleaver injured F. Cleaver is an Inmate of the Wellington Hospital as a result or injuries received when be fell from Ramillies on the tracks at Trentham prior to the meeting. It is expected that he will be out of the saddle tor several weeks. Good Fun Unlikely Starter Good Fun, according to latest Wellington reports, Is an unlikely starter in the Winter Hurdles this week. His engagement in the Trentham Hurdles on the first clay was declined and apparently he has not made the progress anticipated. Saturday’s Brackets brackets on the second day of the Wellington Racing Club’s winter meeting this week are:—Trial Plate: El Santo and High Order; Lady Scholar and Le Rouge; Master Robin and Peter Robinson; sailor’s Lass and Superluni; Tremolo and Vision. Winter Huraies: Good Armour and Lapldarian. Seatoun Hack Handicap: Gold Lad and Hadrian; Miner’s Hope and Palanul; Pay Acre and Royal D'uce; Sherwood Forest and Sir Raleigh; Stepfar and Susan Lee. Parliamentary Handicap: Abbey Fox and Gay Cnat. Kia Ora Hack Handicap: Mr Valiant and Fosseway. King’s Horse Succeeds Tiie King’s three-year-old Rising Light, who finished fifth in the Derby, won the Springhall Stakes, one and a-half miles, at Newmarket on July 10. Rising Light is a colt by Hyperion from Bread Card. His only start last season was in the Islehani Stakes, in which he finished fourth to Sun Honey, Royal Charger, and Step Over. Hyperion won the Derby stakes and St. Ledger Stakes in 1933 and was the leading sire in 1940, 1941 and 1942. Conuition or Track The racing surface at Trentham this week will not provide the good footing it did last week. Following Heavy rain over the week-end the course proper is son and if lurtner rain is experienced the going for the second day will probably be typical of July conditions at the capital centre. Improving Three-year-old Piccolo Is an improving type of three-year-old who should have prospects in the sprint event, tne Members’ Handicap on tbe latter day at Trentbam. Tne inflation gelding went a good race in the Whyte Handicap to be right up firth at the finish and as he is at* home under holding conditions the South Island representative snould have good prospects this week. Flying Aoo Consistent Flying Ace has not won this season but he has returned some solid placed performances, the best of them at Trentbam. He was a close third to Beau Cheval and Gamble over a mile at tbe Wellington January meeting and at his last piaced performance went within a head of Longsword in the Connolly Handicap (1$ miles) at Wanganui last month. Consistency may soon have Its reward and Flying Ace will have to be conceded prospects in tbe Parliamentary Handicap with 8.1. Won Two Years Ago Platrorm who is one of the topweights for the Parliamentary Handicap at Trentham this week with 9.1, won this event two years ago wltn 7.11. Now a six-year-old he may ne one of the best stayers in the field and indicated that ne is In tip-top condition by bis success over a mile at Dunedin last month. Lfrely Lightweight In the summing up of Parliamentary Handicap honours this week the credentials of the llgntweignt Blanket will have to be taken into account. Few horses have been racing more consistently this term and this improving four-year-old, who is just out of hack class, may bring about tbe downfall of the fancied division. Being by Mans Pal from a Night Raid mare he is bred to stay and at his last visit to the races he was successful in tne Rotopal Hack Handicap, one mile and a-quarter, at Hastings on June 23 with 8.12. Injustloe of Ballot The Injustice of the elimination ballot was empnasised when acceptances were taken for tne second day of tne Wellington meeting, states the “Dominion.” After dually engaged horses were taken out, it was necessary to ballot one burse out of the Parliamentary Handicap and two from the Trial Plate. Longsword was the unlucky horse In the Parliamentary 1 Handicap. He was withdrawn from his first day engagement because of a knee injury, ana therefore did not get a start at trie meeting. The two to go from the Trial Plate were Sailor’s song, an Auckland visitor, who was unable to ryn on tne tlrst day, and Bruce, who had been brougnt up from Riccarton with the Trial Plate ms only engagement. L. j. Lins was to return soutn with Bruce last night. Condition of Neenah Neeuah hit out attractively in his work the otliei morning at Trentham and the •Te Rapa horse promises to strip in solid condition lor his Parliamentary Handicap engagement on the second day or tne Wellington iixiure. Certainly he has yet to win over a middle distance hut he has been second over a mile and three furlongs and as he is looking more solid now than formerly he should prove capable of a forward showing this week. His withdrawal from the Wnyte on the first day was through no fault in his condition. Trial Plate Candidate uolden Kea, a candidate for the Trial Plate at Trentham this week, is a balfDiotcer to Laay Tinkle and has not raced since tne Grand National meeting last August when he ran tnird to Air Ace ana Weld Cona In the Cashmere Plate. Master Robin’s Chance While he has been off the scene for a spell Master Robin was racing consistently for three consecutive sectmds towards the latter end or last year and In the class engaged In the Trial Plate at Trentham on Saturday he will have an opportunity or opening his winning account. At his 1 last appearance at tne Wairarapa meeting in December he was somewhat unlucky :o go under by a head to Gigli over five

Paper Supplies for Census Notice was given in the House of Representatives yesterday by Mr A. G. Sutherland (Opposition—Hauraki) of a question to the Minister of Education, Mr Mason, whether his attention had been drawn to a statement made at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board that there was a shortage of books for primer classes and that these were being printed as expeditiously as the supply of paper and manpower would allow. In view of the alleged shortage of paper would the Minister advise the House how supplies were being obtained for the taking of the census.