Lord Sasanof Best At Weight-For-Age

Press, Volume C, Issue 29699, 18 December 1961, Page 5

Lord Sasanof Best At Weight-For-Age

“The Press*' Special Service AUCKLAND, December 17. Lord Sasanof sent his Auckland Cup stocks soaring with another fine weight-for-age victory at Paeroa yesterday. This time, going 10 furlongs in the Queen Elizabeth II Plate, he beat off 10 opponents convincingly.

With the luck of the barrier draw against him, Lord Sasanof had to go wide on the outside of Mussetu for a good part of the way. Coming to the straight, his rider, D. J. Wyatt, was able to get him dear by half a length or so and he won by a length.

Lord Sasanof has now been successful in four of his five attempts this season and he was the closest of seconds behind Don Palatine in a sprint at Te Rapa. Besides his latest win he has won the Foxbridge Plate and the Thames Valley Stakes, both at weight-for-age, and a sprint handicap at Ellerslie.

The Thames Valley Stakes and the Queen Elizabeth II Plate have been decided since the declaration of handicaps for the Auckland Cup but as they are both run under the standard scale Lord Sasanof’s wins have not made him liable for a penalty in the big race. The effort that Mussetu made for second was meritorious and so was Cracksman’s third. Cracksman was a length behind Mussetu after he had given both the first two a fair start from the bottom of the straight. Cracksman is a three-year-old and his run. as a Great Northern Derby trial, looked highly promising. Cracksman and Mussetu are both trained by R. T. Cotter at Te Rapa; but as they run in different ownerships they were not in a totalisator bracket.

.Lord Sasanof was a hot favourite, his win and place dividends being only £1 4s 6d and £1 3s. He completed an on-course double with Jack James (Turua Highweight) of £8 8s for £l. The T-A.B. double, Marwon (bracketed Daysun and Goldmyth in the Hugh Dent Memorial Handicap) and Terrorist (Shaw Handicap), paid £7 10s for £l. The meeting was held in fine weather and there was a large attendance. The track was hard and fast. The totalisator on-course handled £64.750. compared with £60,324 10s last year. Plate Running Ruato, Cracksman, Mussetu and Lord Sasanof (wide) ran almost together to the first turn after about a furlong. Sigh, Woodlore and Lampada were prominent. With a round to go Sigh, Lord Sasanof and Mussetu iisputed the lead. In the next furlong Sigh went ahead by a length from Mussetu, Lampada and Lord Sasanof. Cracksman was close behind and just ahead of Dashing Star and Beauzami.

Near the half-mile Lord Sasanof was running Sigh very close. Mussetu and Lampada were right on their heels.

Coming to the straight Lord Sasanof went: just ahead of Lampada. Mussetu. Sigh. Ruato and Cracksman, r pada and Mussetu then challenged.

Wyatt rode his mount hard and Lord Sasanof responded to win by a length. There was a further length after Mussetu to Cracksman (third), which was clear of Ruato and Lampada. Next were Beauami, Relight Woodlore and Clymon. Results:— TURUA HIGH-WEIGHT, Of £400; about one mile and a half. 1/1 JACK JAMES (13) 9-0 B. L. Hillis 1 3/4 PETERZAMI (4) 9-2 _ _ G. O. Mudgwav 2 2/2 TRUE FLIGHT (5) 9-2 »- . • „ G - N McLeish 3 6/8 Lucxy Boy. 4/5 Covert, 7/6 Pirate Prince, 11/11 Anakena, 5/3 Bagima. 13/13 Caminar. 10/ 1# Derek, 8/7 Great Trade. 12/ 12 larco. 9/9 Royal Count also started. Three lengths; nose. Pirate Prince was fourth. Time, 2mm 38sec.

Dividends. Win: £3 17s 6d. Places: £1 Ils, £2 7s 6d, £1 16s 6d. KARANGAHAKE HANDICAP. Of £350; five furlongs. First Division 1/2 PIPE DREAM (1) 8-7 G. F. Hughes 1 3/3 PRINCE MANU (3) D. J. Wyatt 2 11/10 PROUD PRINCESS 7-6 car 7-10 J N. B. Holland 3 17/14 Picco’s Gold, 10/8 Gay Cobbler. 18/18 Lamyn, 20/18 Singh, 12/12 My Surprise, 14/15 Prince Merit, 21/22 Chareen Blue, 22/20 Teina Marie, 9/6 Golden Deb also started. Four lengths; five lengths. My Surprise was fourth. Time, 59 l-ssec. Dividends. Win: £1 5s 6d. Places: £1 4s, £1 16s. Second Division 6/4 SINCERELY (20) 7-7 D. T. Bell 1 2/1 EARL GABADOR (2) 8-1 B. F. Andrews 2 7/11 MANIPULATE 7-12 N. R. Riordan 3 15/16 Tamarangi, 19/21 Khoringa, 8/9 Nibrae, 13/13 Pot of Gold, 16/17 Pengam, 5/7 Paye Gold, 4/5 Valmonte, 9/6 Lucky Bride also started. Two lengths: length. Pot of Gold was fourth. Time, 60 2-5 sec. Dividends. Win: £9 14s 6d. Places: £3 2s, £1 4s. QUEEN ELIZABETH II PLATE, Of £1250; weight-for-age; one mile and a quarter. 1/1 LORD SASANOF (4) 9-3 D. J. Wyatt 1 6/6 MUSSETU (5) 9-3 . J. P. Riordan 2 2/2 CRACKSMAN (12) 8-0 L. G. Coles 3 7/8 Beauzami 8/7 Clymon, 3/3 Lampada, 11/11 Relight, 4/5 Ruato, 10/10 Woodlore, 5/4 Sigh, 9/9 Dashing Star also started. Length; each way. Ruato was fourth. Time, 2min 3 4-ssec. Dividends. Win: £1 4s 6d. Places: £1 3s. £3 Is 6d, £1 18s 6d. DUKE OF EDINBURGH HACK HANDICAP, Of £425; about one mile and a half. 7/7 DON FILOU (9) 9-13 J. P. Riordan 1 2/2 PERSIAN STAR (4) 8-5

L. G. Coles 2 5/5 NO BOY (3) 8-7 G. F. Hughes 3 3/4 Redex, 9/9 Davett, 12/12 Melody Maid, 1/1 Caromills, 16/ 16 Chatmeta, 11/11 Dandenong. 15/15 Edgar’s Pet, 17/17 Elkayel. 13/13 Kirtle 6,6 Mattiwilda, 14/ 14 Olivene, 8/8 Roy ton. 16/16 Sinecure. 3/3 Straight Time, 18/ 18 Sweet Notes also started. Two lengths and a half; length Caromilia was fourth. Time, 2 min 38sec. Dividends.—Win: £l4 Ils 6d. Places: £4 19s, £2 3s. £2 13s 6d HUGH DENT MEMORIAL HANDICAP, Of £1000; about one mile and a half. 1/1 MARWON (1A) 8-2 K. Nuttall 1 8/8 WIZO (18) 7-4 R. J. Sutherland 2 7/6 TAUMAI (17) 7-4 J. P. Hayes 3 11 Daysun, 1/1 Goldmyth, 11/11 Nuffield, 3/5 Bemuse. 6/7 Climbing, 2/2 Top Liner. 12/13 Marengo 4/4 On Purpose. 9/10 Summer Morn 13/12 Rugby. 14/14 Biltong 15/15 Charmain. 5/3 Conference. 16/16 Gilt. 10/9 Summer Sari also started. Three-quarters of a length; length. Bemuse was fourth. Time. 2min 34 3-ssec. Dividends Win: £3 15s. Places: £1 8s 6d, £4 14s 6d. £3 17s 6d. Bracket: Marwon. Daysun and Goldmyth. NETHERTON HACK HANDICAP. Of £400; seven furlongs and 60 yards First Division 3/4 RED FOREST (3) 8-7 W. Cotter 1 4/3 KENNEDY (21) 7-9 D. J. Wyatt 2 15/14 RHYME 7-9 P. T. Ryan 3 14/15 Gold Symbol. 5/7 Hesitate. 18/18 Commodore Smith 19/22 Triple Countess. 1/1 Dark Seaman 11/11 Lord Amvn. 10/10 Count Trevlyn. 13/13 Maggie Ann, 776 Shrewdy. 8/5 Stella Summa. 17/17 Miss Halo, 20/16 Unarmed also started Head; length. Miss Halo was fourth. Time Imin 29 2-ssec. Dividends—Win: £4 13s 6d. Places: £2 14s 6d. £2 13s 6d. Second Division 2/2 YARA 8-2 I. Medcalfe 1 12/12 DINGWALL 8-11 H. Rauhihi 2 W2 HELLO POLLY 7-12 B. F. Andrews 3 9/9 Dixie Girt. 22/19 Lord Louis 16/21 Abbey Song. 1/1 Hornpipe. 11/11 Bridal Gown. 10/10 Luckv Lu. 13/13 Marcella. 22/22 Babanoa,

4/3 Leon’s Beau, 15/14 Silver Glow. 20/16 Waikare also started Head; length. Hornpipe was fourth. Time. Imin 29 2-ssec Dividends Win: £3 8s 6d ‘laces: £2 2s, £5 10s 6d. Bracket: Kennedy and Leon's Beau. SHAW HANDICAP, Of £700; six furlongs. 1/1 TERRORIST (5) 7-4 G. L. Willetts 1 2/2 OTEMATATA (2) 8-4 G. R. Edge 2 3/3 WINDERMERE (1) 8-7 R. Fisher 2 3/3 Glenfar, 5/5 Beech Park. 6/7 Hot Punch. 9/9 Bell Block, 7/6 Fair Blow 4/4 Fire Gold, 8/8 Valiant Rose also started. Two lengths: head. Hot Punch was fourth. Time, Imin 11 2-5 sec. Dividends—Win: £1 15s 6d Places: 19s. £1 6s. £2 3s. Bracket: Windermere and Glenfar. WAIKINO HACK HANDICAP. Of £425; six furlongs. 4/8 STAR COUNTESS (4) 8-5 .. R. Fisher 1 11/11 ROYAL GLORIANNE <l2) 7-13 K. Nuttall .. ’t 6/4 tfATURN (7) 8-2 J. P. Riordan t 10/10 Exador. 3/5 Servitor. 2/3 Catricia 1/1 East and West. 7/6 Good Dav Peter. 12/13 Khorazure. 13/12 Bonnie Dee. 15/15 Lee Anne 9/9 Fairwon, 8/7 Amigo 5/2 Christmas Fair. 18/18 Philaree, 14/14 Steel Crescent. 19/19 Tantivy. 16/16 Watson. 17/17 Astress also started. Nose: dead-heat. Khorazure was fourth Time, Imin 13 1-5 sec. Dividends—Win: £ll 14s 6d Places: £4 2s 6d. £6 10s (Royal Glorianne), £3 3s (Saturn).

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