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Ireland Chasers Get Set For International InternationalBy By TIM A VIGORS VIGORSDublin Dublin Correspondent Daily Racing Form FormDUBLIN DUBLIN Ireland Her Majesty the Queens Aureole placed second toPinza in the Derby last year was beaten a length by the Irish horse Chamier in the Coro ¬ nation Stakes at San down Park last Satur ¬ day Chamier has proved something of a bug bear to Aureoles trainer Captain Boyd Rochfort for it was this son of Champs saire who won the Irish Derby last year on the disqualification of the Freemason LodgesPre momtion Chamier is owned by Mrs F L Vickerman wife of the Dublin wool mag ¬ nate whose great chaser Cottage Rake jumped his way into immortality by three consecutive victories in the Cheltenham Gold Cup a few years back Chamier was until recently trained by Vincent OBrien who conditioned him for last years Irish Derby and also for the Laurel Inter ¬ national in which he ran unplaced unplacedA A few weeks aga Chamier was s nt to Noel Cannons Wiltshire stable and the Coronation Stakes was the first race for which his new trainer had saddled him By St Leger winner Chamossaire from fromTherapia Therapia a daughter of sprinting Pano ¬ rama Chamier was run last year over distances in excess of his best If his new trainer keeps him to races of one and onequarter miles and less he is likely to prove one of the top fouryearolds in training in England this year yearTwo Two of Irelands International Steeple ¬ chase contenders ran at Naas last Satur ¬ day both ridden by Bryan Marshall Knock Hard shouldered 171 pounds in the three mile An Tostal Handicap Hurdle Next highest weight in this 2800 feature race was Dan Moores charge Pontage carrying 41 pounds less than Mrs Keoghs 10 year old Although he did not run into a place Knock Hard in the opinion of his jockey put up a fine performance considering the big weight advantage of his rivals and the fact that he experienced some interference in the running Bryan Marshall is sanguine about Knock Hards chances in the Inter ¬ national Chase at Belmont on May 8 Tim Delaney will be on him that day dayJoe Joe Griffins International runner Louis Seize led for most of the journey in the Naas Na Kiogh Two Mile chase but ran out of petrol when tackled by Fly Along two fences from home Louis Seize the most inexperienced of the Irish Belmont runners took his fences in a style better suited to American obstacles than Irish Like Nice Work he is a front runner and will lead the International field a spanking gallop Louis Seize will be ridden at Belmont by champion Irish amateur Bunny Cox whose beautiful horsemanship and uncanny judgment of pace have stamped him as one of the finest amateurs of the century This tall thickset 30yearold will tip the scales a pound or two in excess of Louis Seines International allocation but skill and courage will compensate for extra burden burdenBostonian Bostonian Charlie Bird who has spent the winter pursuing the fox in Co Meath believes that his fiveyearold Sparkling Cloud runs better when his owners glasses are not fixed on him consequently last Saturday Charlie Bird did not attend Naas races Sparkling Cloud is due to leave by air for the States on May 15 and will do more than pay for his oats in his new home Sparkling Cloud is a son of the suc ¬ cessful speed sire Golden Cloud whose daughter Crimson is reported to be the fastest threeyearold filly training in Eng ¬ land landBlarney Blarney Our good friend and partner Tom Cooper who has been responsible for most of the spade work behind the European organization of the Inter ¬ national Steeplechase will fly to New York on May 3 to act as liaison officer between the European visitors and the American officials Wexf ordborn Tom who started assessing the merits of his fathers horses before turning his attention to the alphabet recently gave up a promising career in law to revert to his old love lovePaddy Paddy Prendergast told us recently that he is very pleased with his twoyearold filly by Big Game out of Careless Nora Careless Nora a very fast daughter of Panorama is now the property of the theI I Continued on fage fortySeven Report From Ireland IrelandBy By TIM A VIGORS Continued from Page Six SixClaiborne Claiborne Stud One of the best looking foals born to Royal Charger this year is the foal out of Mrs A L Moores Apron mare Evora who is the dam of four good win ¬ ners including Daphnes Delight and Port OLight Latest International Chase en ¬ try Miss Dorothy Pagets Prince of Den ¬ mark is an Irishbred Fulke Walwyn who will accompany Prince of Denmark to Belmont and Dan Moore who will fly to New York with In View were both great steeplechase jockeys in their day Fulke won the Grand National on Reynpldstown and Dan Moore riding Royal Danielli was second in the National to Mrs Marion Scotts Battleship
