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aSBsfe ■-■ Australia Prince Cortaud Proves Greatness By BOB THOMSON Melbourne Correspondent, Daily Racing Form MELBOURNE, Australia. — Prince Cort-auld, Australias new weight-for-age star who won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Flemington on March 19, set the seal on his fame and outgamed Pride of Egypt, dual St. Leger winner, to capture his second coveted Royal trophy, named after Englands Queen atRandwick SNW. M. J. Mood-abes sensational galloper, the nations greatest current stake winner, overcame slight s » ! I , joint trouble in the near foreleg and added the Queen Elizabeth Randwick Stakes to its Flemington counterpart to give Neville Sellwood an arm-chair ride. Carioca, undisputed Aussie champion 16 months ago, took third honors in a five-horse field. Prince Cortauld boosting his earning to 29,570 and eclipsed Rising Fasts 07,-225. Moodabes handsome four-year-old son of imported Sun King Hyperion is one of those rare horses who have stamina allied with speed. AAA Queenslands pride and joy, Carioca, former glamour horse of the Australian turf, will be nominated for the P. J. OShea Stakes in Brisbane, announced owner Jack Booshand after the gallant bay ran third to Prince Cortauld at Randwick. This mighty galloper is destined for the stud next season. He will be mated with some good mares at Boosh-ands Toowoomba property. Now an eight-year-old, Carioca, has won nearly 20,000. Melbourne turf fans saw the Toowoomba flash in the 1953 Cox Plate, Victorias richest spring WFA race. Booshand has a particular interest in the stock of Cariocas sire, Felt Yet Spear-felt. Recently the former pony jockey offered ,000 for Feltros, in the hope of getting another Carioca, the horse with the carbine look, long before the colt from Spellmans half-sister, Electros, Felstead, arrived. Close relations to come from Canning Downs include Spell-man, Basha Felika, Conder, Golden Buzzard and Ocean Force. AAA Tom Cooper, one of Irelands thorough bred specialists, during his recent visit to Sydney, said, "the syndicating of stallions should be adopted in Australia for the improvement of thoroughbreds Down Under, purchasing of English and French stallions of outstanding performance and bloodlines, the combination of which appears to have been beyond the purchase of individual Aussie stud owners. Syndicating of stallions looks the most likely and practical way of securing for Australia world standard horses, fresh with their laurels from the race courses of Britain, Ireland and France. Australia could eventually export thoroughbred stock and become a competitor to probably any nation if local breeders had the services of a few of Englands top ranking stallions." AAA As in New Zealand and Victoria, the average price for yearlings showed an upward trend at Sydneys Easter sales. Highlight of the vendue was the keen competition for the Star Kingdom colts. Sire of the juvenile sensation Kingster, the progeny of the Stardust horse had a remarkable sale. Seven of his colts and two fillies were sold for a record 6,750, an average of almost ,500, with top price 6,500. Queensland owner, J. W. Mclnnes, paid it for a chestnut Star Kingdom colt out of the Mr. Standfast Buchan mare, All Occasions. A Melbourne syndicate gave the record price of 6,875 for the Saltash Sunstar colt, Dominant, 20 years ago. After a three-day record sale of 78,750, the market dropped surprisingly to make the final tally 86,510. This years sales realized a record average of ,450.
