RACING Stetson May Be Sprint Favourite At Nelson

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29798, 14 April 1962, Page 4

RACING Stetson May Be Sprint Favourite At Nelson

South Island horses will have a numerical advantage in the Nelson Cup today, but honours could still go north.

The combined efforts of the Awapuni pair, El Ganador and Teneriffe, might be more than a match for anything the southerners can offer.

If he races up to his best form El Ganador should be the hardest to beat. Only Quite Able could beat him in the Manawatu Cup in December, and the Riccarton stayer had little to spare. The £lOOO Nelson Cup is the first leg of the T.A.B. double on the opening day of the Nelson meeting. The field is of good size, but the club has not met with such a good response for the other races, including the Newman Handicap, the second leg of the double.

The Newman Handicap will be a two-dividend race, but has an even-looking field North Island oil-course support will probably make Stetson favourite. Stetson is a form runner, and can be considered a course specialist, as he won a double there a year ago on his first campaign at Nelson. Fields are:— 12.30 p.m.: FIRST HACK HURDLES, of £275: one mile and a half.— Van Da Hum (8) 10-0; Heythorne (3) 9-13; Royal Gothic (5) 9-10: Skyrain (6) 9-7; Packwood (2) 9-6; Coral Ring (7) Slatey (1) 9-5; Prince Command (4) 9-2; Bert (10). Great Heights (9) Super View (11) 9-0. 1.5 p.m.: NOVICE STAKES, of £225; six furlongs—Robin Adair (7) 9-0; Redstan (10), Subair (12) 8-11; Minette (6) 8-10: Royal Monev (4). Puff (5) 8-9: Capiess (3). Deliric (1). Golden Syrup (9), Kabram (9). Lucky View ill) Obscure (2). Star Maiden <l3) 8-8 Scratched: Royal Money, Capless.

WAIMEA HACK HANDICAP, of £250; seven furlongs French Fray (1), Fair Polly (5) 8-5: Red Jimmv (4) 7-10: Mystic (3) Taxman <9i 7-9: Sigurd (8) 7-8; Alloa <6i. King Panair (7) White Cloud (3) 7-7 Scratched: Mystic. Taxman.

FIRST LEG OF DOUBLE 2.30 p.m. NELSON CUP, Of £1000: one mile and three furlongs st. lb 2130 El Ganador (8) .. 8 s 9890 Valaris (15) ..8 3 2121 Julloch (1) ..8 0 1402 Persuasive (12) .. 7 10 3126 Last Link (11) ..7 6 5434 Gay Sailor (14) ..7 4 7357 Slatey (4) .. ..7 4 721 Teneriffe 113) ..7 4 5165 Volterra (6) ..7 4 80 ~ Candida (7) ..7 3 4864 Night Sock 15) ..7 3 4314 Silver Wood (2) ..7 3 Scratched: Compensate. Uniflow. Faultless, Last Link, Imperial Storm. 3.10 p.m.: GOLDEN BAY HACK HAND ICAP, of £280; two and three-vear-olds: six furtongs.—Copper Joy (9) 9-0: Taxman (4) 8-13; Avast (3) 8-9; Chief Order (8). Glissader (6) 8-6: Subair (5) 8-3; King Panair (1) 8-2:

Belle Lamour (10) 7-9; Diamond Princess (2) 7-3. Scratched: Sampler. Subair. King Panair. 3.50 p.m.: MOTUEKA CHAMPION HACK HANDICAP, of £300: one mile and three furlongs Glendale (1) 8-6; Wyebank (9) 8-5; Totara Lass (3) 8-0; Brokette (Hi. Mystic |4) 7-10: Baron's Craig (5). Blue Fort (10). Deliric <l2). Ghana (6) King Panair (2), Lyn Leigh (8). Zavton (7) 7-9. Scratched: Mystic. Lyn Leigh SECOND LEG OF DOUBLE 4.30 p.m. NEWMAN HANDICAP. Of £450; seven furlongs st lb 5902 Stetson (2) ..9 0 5411 Tocsin (4) .. ..8 9 7785 Supreme Effort (1) ..8 8 2696 Tarlon (3) ..8 7 5434 Gay Sailor (8) ..8 4 7477 Gabelle (5) ..8 4 Scratched: Gay Fiancee, axman. 5.15 p.m.: HOPE HACK HANDICAP, of £250; six furlongs—French Tray (1) 8-7; Gay Fiancee (9). Taxman (5) 8-1; Glancing (3) 7-13; Sampler (4) 7-12: Nimbus Cloud (7), Ross (2), Royal Appeal (6) 7-10: Subair (8) 7-7 Scratched: Sampler, Taxman. Subair.