GOOD TIME PACE

Press, Volume C, Issue 29509, 10 May 1961, Page 5

GOOD TIME PACE

False Step Supported

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) NEW YORK, May 8. The New Zealand pacer. False Step, was made second favourite at 3 to 1 today, after the draw for starting positions for the Good Time Pace at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday. The New Zealand horse was second favourite for the International Pace last Thursday, but was scratched half an hour before the race when a track veterinary surgeon ruled he was lame. The Sydney pacer, Apmat, i winner of the International | Pace, was quoted at 7 to 2i after today’s draw. He started at 13 to 1 last week The New Zealand mare j Arania drew well, but was! listed at 20 to 1 by the Yon-i kers handicapper. The American champion.; Bye Bye Byrd, beaten as odds-on favourite last week.; was again the handicapper’s pick at 8 to 5. Ten horses will run in the Good Time Pace, the second j of the three races in the! Yonkers international pacing series. In Two Lines It will be an -up and back” start, with eight horses starting in the front ‘ line and two. False Step and, the American horse, Mr j Budlong.. starting behind; them. Arania drew No. 3 and ■ Apmat No. 6. The Good Time Pace starters which did not run last week are Keen’s Victorwin. starting from four, and Culver’s Pick, which drew the rail position. Mr Budlong, third last week, was quoted at 10 to 1 today. The former New Zealand pacer. Caduceus, now running for an American syndicate. drew seven, and was quoted at 15 to 1. Tar Boy (15 to H will start from five, and O’Brien Hanover <5O to 1» from eight The Good Time Pace, over one mile and a quarter, is the richest of the three international pacing races at;

Yonkers. It carries 62,500 dollars in prize money. Bye Bye Byrd holds the world record of 2min 31 2-5 sec for a mile and a quarter on a half-mile track. False Step’s owner. Mr J. Smyth, of Christchurch, said after today’s draw’: “We could have done better. But it’s a big field, and luck will make a lot of difference. The horse is fit again and could win it if he gets his share of room."