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Australia Golden Galleon Stays Reputation By BOB THOMSON Melbourne Correspondent, Daily Racing Form MELBOURNE, Australia. — Golden Gal-lean, the brilliant Dominion stayer, lived up to his Maoriland reputation when he left left Sydney Sydney graduate graduate left left Sydney Sydney graduate graduate Port Arthur far astern in the Canterbury Park Handicap over 11 furlongs at Canterbury last month. Before leaving New Zealand, Golden Galleon caused the biggest upset in the Wellington Cup since the g i g a n t ic Bulandshar Bland-ford horse Lambourn scored scored his his major major scored scored his his major major triumph in 1945. Only a week previously Golden Galleon, the first two-mile winner by the defunct Admirals Luck Precipitation had entered the Woodville Stable of P. Burgess. The massive six-year-old chestnut horse downed his better fancied stable-mate Sombrero. Juvenile star of his year, he raced nine times for five wins, including the G. N. Champagne Stakes and Taranaki Stakes. Sir Matthew Oram gave ,925 for his first Aussie winner as a yearling. . As a three-year-old Golden Galleon won the Avondale and Waikato Guineas and placed in the G. N. Guineas, the Wellington Stakes, the North Island and G. N. Challenge Stakes. When tried over one mile and a half in the G. N. Derby and . Gloaming Stakes Golden Galleon proved a flop. Success eluded him at 4. After a lay-off he staged a comeback to , annex the Awamutu and Taumarunui Cups. Early this season Orams fine galloper won three races, including the . Hawkes Bay Presidents Handicap of 11 furlongs. His Canterbury victory was his 13th win and increased his gleanings to 7,500. Trainer M. McCarteny who has had a great run of success with the Dominion-bred Prince Cortauld, the "Horse of the Year," plans a visit to Queensland with Golden Galleon for the Brisbane Cup. The sire of Golden Galleon, Admirals Luck, had a brief stud career but sired the champion Mainbrace in his first season. Rosina, dam of Golden Galleon, is by Fox-bridge Foxlaw or Nizami Firdaussi from Eager Rose, by Day Comet St. Frus-quin from Wee Rose. She traces in tail female to the immortal Locket, an English-bred mare bought by R. Ferguson of Auckland in 1878. South Australias latest sprinting "find," Copper Year, a good looking 4-year-old Copperplate Fair Copy hore, won his sixth race in a row when he triumphed over the top-ranking 3 -year-old Matrice in the Goodwood Handicap a six-furlong jaunt at Morphettville. Copper Years sectional times were ."24, .47% and 1.11%. After winning the South Australian Stakes at 2, Copper Year was on the sidelines for almost a year through a fogt injury. Bred by the late S. Bowman, Copper Years dam, Golden Year, is by Duke John Blandford from Golden Days, by King of Mirth, from Menura, by imported Lanius Llangibby from the Cicero mare Clarissa. On Goodwood eve, Matrice smashed the Victoria Park grass training track record for five furlongs. The Masthead Blue Peter colt stepped the distance in .59, running 35 feet out from the rails. The oldsters still recall the colorful scenes of Adelaide Cup day at glorious Morphettville with stately landaus drawn by beautiful horses, carrying cockaded coachmen, liveried footmen and sumptuously dressed women. Way back in 1864, Falcon wen the first Adelaide Cup. Malua, the mighty Tasmanian-bred horse Alder-shot, and the New Zealand galloper Beau Cheval, now a leading sire, also were among its winners. Once the Adelaide Cup was transferred to Flemington Vic. because of a tote squabble between the SAJC and the Government. At one period the Adelaide Cup was worth more than the historic Melbourne two-mile race, ,775 as against ,839 at Melbourne. Storm Glow, owned by Pat Cummings, son of Adelaides veteran trainer, J. M. Cummings, won the Adelaide Cup last month. The Sun Storm Solario colt emerged from the. sophomore ranks to check the all-conquering run of Victorian horses in South Australias major two-mile handicap. Crippled as a young horse with a speedy toe, Storm Glow, like Copper Year, was off the scene for almost a year. Comic Courts trainer, Cummings Senior, bought Storm Glow as Continued on Page Seventeen Australian Report By BOB THOMSON, Continued from Page Nine a yearling for ,500 and sold him to son Pat for ,500. Bred by G. M. and A. T. Richards NSW Storm Glows dam Sun-glow is by Agincourt Bosworth from Gloamings sister Lightsome The Wel-kin— Light, by Eager3. The Cummings performers nine starts have yielded four h wins, a second and two thirds. His meteoric rise can be gauged from the fact that he made his bow at the country track Gawler on June 19, 1954. Dominion trainer Wallace Young is deserving of high praise for his handling of the top-ranking colt Hot Drop this season. This brilliant chestnut son of Faux Tirage Big Game? from the great racemare Sweet Spray has one deformed hock and, when galloping around bends, it causes him to knock himself hard. Veteran farrier George Clifton has tried to correct the trouble but so far has failed. The semi-straight six furlongs at Trentham helped the colt to win the Telegraph Handicap. The Dominions ace sophomore Somerset Fair comes within the category of "plain, but splendid," for his action is flawless and there is an obvious great reserve of power coupled with an easy action which is deceptive in its reach.
