Bracket Favoured For Main Event At Oamaru

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28474, 2 January 1958, Page 5

Bracket Favoured For Main Event At Oamaru

(From Our Own Reporter)

DUNEDIN, January 1. The stablemates, Motueka and Tamarisk, form a strong bracket for the President’s Handicap, the main race and first leg of the double at the Oamaru Jockey Club’s meeting tomorrow. They were first and third respectively in the Waikouaiti Cup today. Motueka has been rehandicapped 61b to 9-0, but in his present form that weight should not stop him from running well. The second leg is the Flying Handicap Purser has been rehandicapped 81b to 7-12. He won comfortably at Waikouaiti today and will be in high favour foi the six-furlong race at Oamaru. Scratchings are:— Trial Stakes: Compensate, Robes, Rushbrook, Timely Boy, Neptral, Sailor’s Hornpipe.

Pukeuri High-weight: Cuban, Every Night. President’s Handicap: Prince Filou, Pilot Light, Montrose, Treasure Pond. Desert Cloud, Cuban, Money go Round.

Weston Handicap: Egotist, Cassomai, You Beauty, Garbett, Lovely Morning, Rushbrook, Sorrento. Alta Vady Hack Handicau: Arrow Royal Miss Quality. Flying Handicap: Skylight, Montrose, Lucky Sal Waitaki Hack Handicap: Prince Ermine, Lucky Time, Sorrento.

Farewell Hack Handicap: De BraCey. Arrow Royal, HarkviUe. Rise and Shine and Cruising will not run in the President’s Handicap. Riding engagements include:—W. D. Skelton- Beau Revere, Loyal Chief, Jesse Owens, Sevicke, Aquarius. L. W. Hare: Foresee. W. Hanlin: Great Blaze, Vivien Leigh. Astound. R. W. Gould: Flying Field, Motueka, Royal Halyard. N. H6y: Distant Day, Winnings. A. J. Stokes: PacK Drill, Panda, Tombola, Serang. Arc Flight. M. D. Alexander: Meridian, Keep Clear T. W. Wilson: Kalan. B. W McDonald: Grey Light. Lightning Boy, Count Aven, Harkville. Cherry Girl, Raglan or Royal Tattoo. N. Cowles: Archway, Devilry. Bagman, Silver King R. J. Blair: Naseby. J W. McDonald: Happy. A H. Eastwood: Her Ex

Selections:— ' 11.45 a.m.—Trial Stakes: Keep Clear. Sunny Morn, Ballormia.

12.25 p.m.—Pukeuri High-weight Handicap: Money go Round, Porcelain Prince. Royal Halyard.

1.5 p.m.—President’s Handicap: Motueka-Tamarisk bracket. Loyal Chief, Bon Soir

150 p.m.—Weston Handicap: Jesse Owens, Panda. Distant Day.

Alta Lady Hack Handicap.—Arrow cap: Archway. Come on Boy, Salo-

3.20 p.m.—Flying Handicap: Purser. Beau Revere, Pack Drill.

4.5 p.m.—Waitaki Hack Handicap Aquarius. Serang. Bagman. 4.50 p.m.—Farewell Hack Handicap Brianora, Devilry. Post.

TRIAL STAKES, of £200; six furlongs.—Golden Ribbon (5), Arachis (3). Ballet Dancer (16), Compensate (8). Great Blaze (2>, Keep Clear (9). Miss Quality (19). Naseby (20). Pyramid Valley (13). Robes (23). Rushbrook (15). Sevicke (1). Telaman 122). Timely Boy i2). Tombola (12) 8-5: Ballormia (18). Catch (14). Cherry Girl (6). Molly Margo (17). Neptral (11). Sailor’s Hornpipe (10). Sunny Morn (4). Taiko (7) 7-11.

PUKEURI HIGHWEIGHT, of £225: one mile and a quarter.—Demand <l3) 10-3; Armando (3) 10-1; Ditched (8) 9-11: Happy (2), Royal Halyard (10) 9-8: Money Go Round (14) 9-7; Meteorologist (1) 9-7; Porcelain Prince (15) 9-3; Bargain (6) 9-2; Arctic Sun (12). Cuban (9). Dulcet (7), Every Night (s>, Late Night (11), Rising Sun (4) 9-0.

PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP, of £565: one mile and a quarter.— Prince Filou (21) 8-12; Loyal Chief (2) 8-10; Column (16), Motueka (1) 8-8; Pilot Light (4), Treasure Pond (28) 8-6; Keep Time (14) 8-1; Montrose (13) 8-0; Rise and Shine (3), Desert Cloud (20) 7-10; Bon Soir (22) 7-9; Her Ex (7) 7-7; Goldwyn (15) 7-6; Coin’s Edge (11), Cuban (9),1 Cruising (19), Grey Light (6), Happy (18), Money Go Round (17), Royal Pal (8), Royal Halyard (12), Tamarisk (10), Willie Wolseley (5) 7-3.

Brackets: Motueka and Tamarisk Her Ex and Cruising.

WESTON HANDICAP, of £200; seven furlongs.—Forsee (18) Flying Field (2). Panda (24). Rathfarham (7) 8-6; Distant Day (5) 8-5; Egotist (20) 8-4, Balance (1) 8-3; Astound (6), Bask (25) Cassomai (10), Chief Pal (16). Cill-dara (22), Dazzling Fox (15), Gabritt (3) Jesse Owens (9), Late Night (12), Lovely Morning (26), Midray (11), Queen’s Visit (23), Rhythm Reel (13). Royal Trick (17), Rushbrook (8), Sevicke (14). Sorrento (21). Starwyn (4), You Beauty (19) 8-2.

ALTA VADY HACK HANDICAP, of £225; six furlongs.—Salonicq (12) 8-13; Hay Time (9) 8-3; Come on Boy (14). Equipage (18) 7-12; Vivien Leigh (8) 7-11; Archway (1), Ocean Melody (7) 7-9; Arrow Royal (6), Fisticuffs (13). HarkviUe (11), Super View (16) 7-8, Arc Flight (2). Antagonism (3h Chief Pal (20), Golden Ribbon (5), Helm (21), Keep Clear (4). Masefield (17), Panda (15) Miss Quality (10). Winnings (19) 7-7

FLYING HANDICAP, of £300; six furlongs.—Skylight (17) 9-0; Silver King (16) 8-13; Pack Drill (6) 8-12; Appreciate (2) 8-11; Litmus (5) 8-5; Montrose (9) 8-4; Russleigh (14) 8-2; Beau Revere (3) 7-10; Copperfield (1) 7-8; Lucky Sal (10) 7-6; Count Aven (12), Golden Morn (15), Purser (13). Ren way (7). Salonica (8). Seven Seas (11). Whipsnade (4) 7-4.

WAITAKI HACK HANDICAP, of £250; one mile.—Royal Pal (12) 9-0; Raglan (141 Royal Tattoo (13) 8-11; Aquarius (20) 8-9; Serang (5) 8-7; Brookfield Lad (8) 8-6; Bargain (3), Riverwood (6), Prince Ermine (2) 8-5; Red Elf (10) 8-4: Brown Treasure (18) 8-1; Summer’s End (9) 8-0; Dazzling Fox (15). Lammas (7). Lucky Time (16). Olympic Flame (17), Ration Time (11). Sorrento (1). Stage Boy (19) 7-12.

FAREWELL HACK HANDICAP, of £230; seven furlongs.—Brianbra (15> 8-12; Devilry (11), Hay Time (1) 8-11; De Bracy (9). Fairy King (14). Marcoette (5). Red Elf (8) 8-9; Tripped (7) 8-8; Come on Boy (17) 8-6; Amenity (13) 8-4: Arrow Royal (4). Bonny Pippin (6) 8-3; Bridal Bay (10). HarkviUe (12), Lightning Boy (2). Post (16), Royal Glen (3) 8-2.