Fettle Surprises In Avondale First Leg

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28371, 2 September 1957, Page 4

Fettle Surprises In Avondale First Leg

AUCKLAND. September 1. The eight-ye»r-old gelding, Fettle, reused a big surprise when be won the £2090 Coronation Handicap, the principal event and flrst leg of the double, on the first day of the Avondale Jockey Club's spring meeting yesterday.

Fettle revelled in the very easy going, and after being fairly handy from the start, fought on ganiely under a hard ride over the last furlong. In the end he beat Great Scot by half a length, With Palford a length back third, and Nine Days, Peterford, and Court Jester almost in line next. ' . '• ' . Ridden by J. H- Hely, Sambula scored a narrow win over Copernicus and Estimate in i the second leg, the Sheriff Handicap. Sambula was last in the early running, but was favoured with a beautiful run on the inside from the home turn. Hely was also successful on Royal Hpssar and De Falla. . , .. ? The Fettle-Sambula combination returned a double dividend of £ 108 11 The <S toilisatof on-course handled £87,383 ss, including £13,252 *sa on the double, against £145,516’ 5s last year. Results:—

SEPTEMBER HACK HURDLES, Of £750. One mile and threequarters. I>I—ROYAL HUSSAR (3) 9-12 J. H. Hely 1 4. 4—Delinquency (13) 9-3 car. 9-6 J R. J. Turnwald 2 2. 2—Thepeen (10) 3 11, 11 Mountain Venture* 6, 6 Kintruh; 9. 9 Recount; 3, 3 Twister; 7. 7 Litte Count; 5, 5 Pontoon; 13, 13 Nabob; 12, 12 Trench Pal; 8, 8 Black Wren; 10. 10 Crown Lease also started. Length; head. Nabob was fourth. Time, 3min 21sec. Dividends—Win: £2. Places: £1 Is 6d. £2 18s, £1 14s.

KINDERGARTEN PLATE, Of £900; four furlongs. First Division 2. 3—MATAUWHI (23a) 8-5 G. F. Hughes 1 3. 2—Fair Merit (10a) 8-5 W. H. Short 2 4. 4—Blue Cast 8-5 W. T. Day 3 20. 20 Exit; 14, 15 Count Filou; 19, 19 Bismark; 6, 6 El Moroco; 12. 12 Red Devil; 17, 16 Arch Salute; 13, 17 Sajalite; 15. 13 Shamus O’Brien; 5, 5 Beau Way; 7, 7 Up and Coming; 18. 18 Repertoire also started. Length and a half; two lengths. Arch Saute was fourth. Time, Slsec. Dividends.—Win: £4 4s. Paces: £2 7s, £2 6s.

Second Division 8. B—CAROLYN ANNE (2) 8-0 R. G. Forbes 1 5 s—Mary Eve (20) 8-0 R. Finlay 2 22. 22—Buffet 8-0 G. C. Bartett 3 10, 9 Red Rev; 9, 10 Unlpay. 21. 21 Gabor; 11. 11 Greensleeves; 1, 1 Pondicherry; 4, 4 First Gold; 17, 16 Temaco; 16. 14 Sunny Bay; .15. 13 Idle Gold; 3. 2 Dlnorah; 7, 7 Rejoicing; 2, 3 Vicky Dee; 18. 18 Donna Fox also started. Head; length. Red Rev. was fourth. Time, 51 2-ssec. Dividends.—Win: £lO Is. Places: £4 2s 6d, £3 ss. Brackets: Matauwhl and Vicky Dee. Fair Merit and Dlnorah, Mary Eve and Beau Way. SWANSON HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP Of £750. One mile and three furlongs. 2 2-MAY DAY t

7. 7—Dunray (5) *9-12 walsh 2 3. 3—Yardgar (13) * 5, 5 Bretton; 15, 15 Rangi’s Luck; 9, 9 Sea Contour; 6, 6 Joyson; 10, 10 Peter Revel; 16, 16 Ulsterman; 17, 17 Morpheus: 13, 13 Croizet; 1, 1 Distinctive; 4, 4 Talleyrand; 12, 12 Keneu; 18, 18 Innes Boy; 11, H Iskander; 14, 14 Merrywynn; 19. 19 Assayer; 19, 19 Killick; 21, 21 Beau Valure; 21. 21 Land King; 8, 8 Lord

Pilate; 20. 20 Kazam also started. Length and a quarter; short neck. Talleyrand was fourth. Time, 2min 33 3-ssec. _ Dividends.—Win: £5 18s. Places: £2 ss, £4 7s 6d. £2 10s. CORONATION HANDICAP, Of £2OOO. One mile and three furlongs. 12. 10—FETTLE (6) 8-4 F. P. Blackburn 1 6. B—Great Scot (8) 8-3 car. 8-31 B. L. Hillis 2 1. I—Palford (12) 7-13 car. 7-133 D. K. Campbell 3 4, 3 Peter Willonyx; 13, 13 Peterford: 3. 4 Spring Fair: 10, 9 Philadelphia; 2.2 Nine Days; 5, 5 Impeller; 8, 12 Court Jester; 7. 6 Suvla Bay: 9. 7 Master Proven; 15. 15 Marco Vixen; 11, 11 Our Bruce; 14. 14 Intuitive also started. " Half a length; length. Nine Days was fourth. Time, 2min 31 l-ssec. Dividends.—Win: £2l 2s. Places: £5 13s 6d. £5 9s. £1 14s 6d. HENDERSON HACK HANDICAP, Of £750. Seven furlongs. 1. I—DE FALLA (4) 8-8 car. 8-103 .. •• J. H. Hely 1 8. 2—Barbecue (3) 8-8 B. E. Craig 2 4. 6—Columbine (1) 9-0 L. G. Coles 3 11, 10 Gay Warrior; 17, 17 Steel King: 15. 15 Zohra; 12. 12 County; 6. 9 Mon Espoir: 18, 19 Daysun; 2, 3 True Instinct; 10, 11 Akenehl; 2, 4 Clangula; 6, 6 Sky Warrior; 16, 16 Beau Teal; 13, 13 Summer Boy; 5, 5 Piper Tom; 5, 5 Arbonne; 9, 8 State-

ment; 9, 8 Arthur’s Count; 20, 20 Neperion Lad; 14, 14 The Mall; 14, 14 Confection; 22, 22 My Meme; 21, 21 Scalamoor; 19, 18 Liono; 19, 18 Tepeta also started. • Length; length. Sky Warrior was fourth. Time, Imin 32 4-ssec.

Dividends.—Win: £4 13s 6d. Places £1 12s 6d, £3 9s, £4 6s.

SHERIFF HANDICAP, Of £lOOO. Six furlongs. 2. 2—SAMBULA (4) 9-6 J. H. Hely 1

5. s—Copernicus (8) 8-9 G. F. Hughes 2 4. 4—Estimate (10) 8-5 D. F. Cameron 3 • 3, 1 Bunyarra; 7, 7 Arran Chief; 1. 3 Atelia; 6, 6 Miss Able; 9, 10 Hello Lady; 8, 8 Gay Gold; 10, 9 Zekan also started. Head; neck. Atelia was fourth. Time, Imin 17 4-ssec. Dividends.—Win: £3 16s 6d. Places: £1 8s 6d, £3 16s 6d, £2 2s 6d.

BOROUGH HANDICAP, Of £lOOO. One mile. 4. 4—YOHO (11) 8-10 W. A. Smith 1 1. I—Sir Goodwin (13) 8-5 G. F. Hughes 2 8. B—Passive (1) 10-4 W. R. Hooton 3 3, 3 Bandera; 6, 6 New York; 9, 9 Dynamite; 11, 11 Alluring: 2,2 Stanhill; 7, 7 Nor’ East; 5, 5 Free Ticket; 10, 10 Ole* 12, 12 Chetak aisn started. Length; three-quarters of a length. Bandera was fourth. Time, imin 47sec. Dividends.—Win: £6 17s. Places: £2 7s, £1 6s, £6 16s 6d. CORNWALLIS HACK HANDICAP, Of £750. Six furlongs, 1. 2—BOHEMIAN (9) 8-6 F. P. Blackburn 1 3. 3—Peter Quex (5) 8-13 W. A. Smith 2 15. 14—Bell Block (15) 8-2 B. L. Hillis 3 8, 10 Stawell; 4, 4 Tony Lancer; 5, 5 Unlvox; 18, 16 Black Print; 2, 1 Covert; }O, 12 Jubilee Rag; 7, 6 Claim; 9,' 9 Love and Kisses; 6, 7 Tavair; 21, 21 Courbette; 12, 15 Cloncarrig; 14, 13 Disarm; 19, 19 Fairy Mist; 16, 17 Gwenoch; 20, 20 Hunter's Ferry; 22, 22 Royal Frolic; 11, 8 Dominion; 11, 8 Aircraft; 17, 18 Dawn Wind; 13, 11 Jolly Jack also started. Neck; three lengths. Fairy Mist was fourth. Time, tmin 18 l-ssec. Dividends.—Win: £4 13s 6d. Places: £2 0s 6d. £3 Is 6d, £9 19s 6d.