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► ■ — — . hi illW MJi f i TIT irin ii iYmYiTm i i Tifi 1111111 T111 Ml il ■ — ► Report From Australia Monte Carlo Sold To U. S. Interests By BOB THOMSON Our -Melbourne Correspondent MELBOURNE, Australia.— Monte Carlo, one of Australias notable gallopers, has been sold to U. S. interests and will race on America Americas s major major tracks tracks America Americas s major major tracks tracks before being retired for stud duty. Last spring Monte Carlo joined a select band of champion dual Derby victors and was set for the 1957 Melbourne Cup at Flemington. The price is believed to be the h i g h e s t in Australia since ill-starred Shan-| non H. brought 8,250 i at at auction auction in in 1947. 1947.1 at at auction auction in in 1947. 1947.1 Frank Dalton, trainer of the hard-hitting Lucky Bag Windsor Slipper colt has a yearling brother to Monte Carlo whicfcThe will prepare for R. Dixon, a newcomento Sydney racing. New Zealand customs regulations blocked the sale of Ken Austins home-bred colt at 5,000 which has proved a blessing in disguise when an Aussie owner wanted to buy him last November. Lucky Bag has not had anything in the way of "stallion luck."-Austin has been a tower of strength in the Dominions breeding industry for over 30 years. Lucky Bag is an ac-quisitioa both on the manners and conformation side. Dam of Monte Carlo, Bob-along, a Randwick winner, is by deceased Lord Bobs Nearco from the mighty Phar Laps sister Raphis whose half-brother ill-fated Count Cyrano, winner of the A. J. C. Metropolitan Handicap. Monte Carlo raced only 16 times for four wins, his last the A. J. C. St. Leger, and five placings, for 2,375 in stakes. He is the third dual Derby winner A. J. C. and Victoria to go to America. The first was Reading H., Jack Casson, Hay ward, Calif., contractor, stepped into the local racing scene in a major fashion when he bought the Mar-conigram horse and This Freedom from Louis B. Mayer. Crack Sydney sprinter Kingslcr proved his greatness when he mastered 130 pounds and outclassed Mandingos with the fast-closing Kharass third in the 5,000 Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on June 15. Lee Gibsons four-year-old son of Star Kingdom found the seven furlongs to his liking and clocked 1:23%, clipping more than three-quarters of a. second off the race record. Dominion speedsters Kingship, On Parade/ Fair Chance and Shahwan were among the unplaced runners. Queenslands ace colt Brdok Link by the Pherozshah horse Persian Book completed the triple-crown of his home-state classics with an effortless win over Fire Flash and Spear Path in St. Leger at Eagle Farm, Queensland. Queensland has been a happy hunting ground for the better class of New Zealand horses during the past decade. Every prize of importance has fallen to Maoriland champions. R. J. Kobersteins gallant- six- hi illW MJi f i TIT irin ii iYmYiTm i i Tifi 1111111 T111 Ml il TATERS WHATLEY— Saddles Jimmy the One in the Brandeis Memorial at Ak-Sar-Ben today. year-old gelded son of imported Sabaean Blue Peter Emphatic, who ran unplaced in the 1953 A. J. C. Derby won by Prince Morvi, outgamed Cool Gent in the ,000 Ipswich Cup, with Highland Bird third. Emphatic had been sore for several days but, rubbed daily with embrocation and salt water treatment, made a wonderful recovery. Koberstein could* not sell his homebred yearling for 50 and his grand stayer has grossed him 0,000 in stakes. Ivan Tuckers son, named after his father who developed the mighty Rising Fast, rode Emphatic. New Zealanders Cambridge, Dei. cisive and Sombrero were among those unplaced at Bundamba. Since the Golden .Souvenir gelding Gold Scheme captured the 1954 Sydney Cup at Randwick, over 700 horses have left the Dominion for Australia and of this number 650 were of racing age. .As Aussie buyers at the annual National sales at Wellington also purchase just about half the offerings — it is usual to sell over 250 yearlings — it can be readily seen that over 1,000 Dominion-breds of racing age-will grace the major tracks of Australia in the next few years. Progeny of New Zealand sires collected over 0,-000 in prize money at the Brisbane Cup meeting last year. Redcraze, EI Khobar and the brilliant sprinters Knave and Kings Fair were included among money gleaners. With Knave, Okawa squire Tom Lowry-collected 7,500. The Wake, another of the hardy Broiefort Bland-ford tribe collapsed and died after the running of the Foxton Cup, which was his 161st start. At Otaki a week earlier, New Zealands iron horse had downed Simons Pride to boost his stake earnings to 8,783. The Wake, an eight-year-old gelding, gained 20 wins and 28 minor placings. Two of Australias leading bloodstock breeders, Frank Thompson of Widden Stud, Kerribee NSW, and George Ryder of the Woodlands Nursery, Muswellbrook NSW, have offered the use of their studs to a. university scientist carrying out research into the hearts of race horses. The scientist, J, D. Steel, has devised a new methods of taking a race horses cardiogram, which shows how the heart will stand up to racing. Many owners have protested that they were refused the right to have cardiograms taken of yearlings sold in Sydney last April. Some breeders view the research with open hostility because they fear the cardiogram ratings might become public and affect the value of their yearlings. Imported Marco Polo n. has produced another embryo star in Macdougal, whose winter mission is the Brisbane Cup of two miles, and will bypass the Queensland St. Leger which had a farcical inaugural. The classic was on the program for the Queensland Turf Clubs first meeting ever— in 1865. Two of the three contestants were found to be four-year-olds on the eve of the race and ruled ineligible, giving Blink Bonny a walkover. A. Bassers brilliant Helios horse, Empire Link, just failed to resist Macdougals dour challenge in the action-packed Rosehill Handicap at Rosehill, with the Dominion-owned Field Chief third. Errol Wilson, energetic swipe of the E. D. Lawson menage and Evening Peals attendant, rates Macdougal the most intelligent stayer he has known. *
