Tamarisk Beats Beau Revere At Westport

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28513, 17 February 1958, Page 4

Tamarisk Beats Beau Revere At Westport

WESTPORT, February 16. Tamariak was well placed throughout the Morley Handicap, the main event on the firrt day of the Westport Jockey Club > summer meeting yesterday, but was hard pressed over the concluding stages to hold off a strong challenge from Beau Revere. _ Princess Neptune and Appreciate suffered most in a bad start, end the former did not get within challenging distance of the leaders. Appreciate reached the lead for a snort time at the mile, but faded to fourth at the finish. Grey Light made most of the running from Tamarisk. Keep Time, Whiohau, and Beau Revere. Tamarisk and Beau Revere fought out an exciting finish, with Whiohau third. Keep Time drifted badly and finished last. . . ... Bonny Pippin took charge with two furlongs to go in the second leg, the Murchison Hack Handicap, and won easily. Hurry Along, Bon Salut. and Bonny Pippin made tne early running. Toddler, the eachway favourite, and Arrow Royal were at the rear. Looking Forww-d and Zami Lyn were in the middle of the field. Bonny Pippin drew out in the straight, and Looking Forward and Zami Lyn finished best of the others for second and third. Bon Salut was a fair fourth. The double dividend for Tamarisk and Bonny Pippin was £27 14s for The meeting opened in fine weather, and the track was in good order. There was a fair attendance. The totalisator handled £13,109. compared with £12,231 10s for the corresponding day last year.

Results:— TRIAL STAKES, ot £150; Six (urlongs.—3. 3 LAKE GILPIN (1) 9-0 E. B. Skelton 1; 5, 4 Mimbar (5) 8-10 R, W. Gould 2: 1. 1 Sea Fox (10) 7-71 G. W. Mein 3. 0, 6 Enchanter; 2.2 Beau Lad; 7. 7 King’s Music; 4, 5 Young Love; 8. 8 Volterra also started. Two lengths and a half; three lengths. Enchanter was fourth. Time, Imin 17 3-ssec. Dividends.—Win: £9 2s. Places: £2. £2 6s Bd, 17s 6d. CHARLESTON TROT HANDICAP, of £156; 2min 59sec class; one mile and a quarter.—2, 2 FAIR FLIGHT (1) scr K. M. O’Reilly 1; 3. 3 Little Christine (2) scr W. P. Walsh 2; 6, 6 Captain Denis (5) 36 G. Watson 3. 8. 8 Silver Paper; 1. 1 Mighty Mina: 7. 7 Night Cobra; 5. 5 Our 1 Ada; 4. 4 Springvale also started. . Two lengths: a neck. Silver Paper was fourth. Times—2min 53 3-ssec. 2min 54sec. 2mln 54 l-ssec. Dividends.—Win: £3 12s. Places: £1 9s 6d, £1 18s. £2 18s 6d. STEWARDS’ HACK HANDICAP, of £150; seven furlongs.—2. 2 RED ELM (1) car. 9-2 E. B. Skelton 1; 5. 5 Dellar (5) car. 8-1 B. T. Jones 2; 3. 3 Red EH (2) car. 8-4 P. J. Kempton 3. 1, 1 Vivien Leigh; 4, 4 Massive; 6, 6 Fickle Jade; 8, 8 Fern; 7, 7 Salmiranda also started. Three lengths; length. Vivien Leigh was fourth. Time, Imin 29sec. Dividends.—Win: £5 3s 6d. Places: £1 10s 6d, £8 10s, £1 13s.

MORLEY HANDICAP, of £400; one mile and a quarter.—l»-1 TAMARISK (4) 7-12 R. W. Gould 1; 7. 7 Beau Revere (5) 7-7 P. J. Kempton 2; 4. 4 Whiohau car. 7-2 J J. R. Beck 3. 2,2 Keep Time; 6, 6 Appreciate; 3, 3 Princess Neptune; 5. 5 Grey Light also started. Nose: two and a half lengths. Ap* predate was fourth. Time. 2min 9 2-ssec. Dividends.—Win: £2 12s. Places: £1 Us. £6 Is 6d. COALFIELDS HACK HANDICAP, of £150; six furlongs.—l, 1 SKYRAIN (1) car. 9-3 B. B. Skelton 1; 5, 5 Heathcliff (9) 7-8 J. L. Coulter 2; 4, 4 Vivien Leigh 8-3 R. W. Gould 3. 2.2 Ocean Melody: 3, 3 Winnings also started. n Length and • half; length. Ocean

Melody was fourth. Time. Imin u Dividends.—Win: £2 19t. pu 5* £1 10s. £2 13s. ARTHUR CLOUSTON HANDIC&n of £180; one mile.—4. 5 RED jK (3) car. 8-0 P. J. Kempton 1* J , Summer’s End (8) 7-10 C. T. Wuh- 1 2; 5, 6 Massive 8-5 R. W. GouM 2, 4 Free Trade; 1,2 Kaseno* • Rosalei also started. Head; three and a half leiMK* Rosalei was fourth. Time 42sec. Di vidends A—Win: £6 18s Bd. £2 12s 6d. £2 2s 6d. MURCHISON HANDICAP, of seven furlongs.—3. 3 BONNY Pip** (4) 7-12 G. W. Mein 1; 5. 6 LoolS Forward (9) car. 7-3 J B. 7, 7 Zami Lyn car. 7-3 L. MaguMi 2.2 Bon Salut: 4.' 4 Arrow Ro*b 1, 1 Toddler; 6. 5 Hurry Along; Looking forward also started. ■ Two lengths; four lengths, Salut was fourth. Time, Imin » 3-ssec. Dividends.—Win: £4 9s 6d. £2 3s. £4 ss. HECTOR TROT HANDICAP. £156; 2min 59sec class; one mile gu a quarter.—2, 2 LITTIE CHRIctK (2) scr W. P. Walsh 1; 5. 5 DfcJ boola (10) 48 C. F. Murcott 2; a « Captain Denis 36 G. Watson 3. ' 1, 1 Fair Flight; 3. 4 Mighty Mhr 6, 6 Silver Paper; 7, 7 Sprlngstle also started.. Length; neck. Times—2mia * l-ssec. 2min 48 2-ssec. 2mln 49 Hgr Dividends.—Win: £3 3s 6d. PfeZ: £1 16s, £4 4s.