TROTTING Resistor And Spark Gap Shape Well At Brighton

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30043, 30 January 1963, Page 4

TROTTING Resistor And Spark Gap Shape Well At Brighton

Resistor and Spark Gap, probable rivals for the Duke of Edinburgh Handicap, the principal race for trotters at the Wellington Trotting Club’s Royal meeting next month, shaped well against the pacers in the Free-for-all at trials held by the Canterbury Trotting Owners’ and Breeders* Association at New Brighton yesterday.

The Free-for-all was won by Morano Boy, which has also been nominated for Hutt Park. Johnny Guitar, an entrant for the Queen Elizabeth Handicap ait the Royal meeting, was fourth. Resistor went to the front from the start and set a strong pace for Morano Boy to toe straight. Spark Gap ran without a trail alongside Morano Boy and Johnny Guitar tracked Spark Gap from toe batfudle.

Morano Boy was brought three wide to challenge Resistor and Spark Gap for toe lead a furlong out and ran on well to win by a length. Morano Boy ran the mile and a half in 3min 19 4-ssec and came toe last quarter in 31 2-seec. That made the performances of Resistor and Spark Gap, which were separated for second and third by half a length, look very good.

Johnny Guitar was not required to do his best in toe last furlong. He was a length back fourth. Stormont just held his ground in the run home for fifth and he was followed by Stand In, Florita and Royal Attack. Zagar, which tailed off early in toe contest was last in a gap. Two-Year-Olds Watooad Jim and a Light Brigade—Gold Cloud filly won the respective heats of toe two-year-old event. Wainoni Jim led for the last seven furlongs of the first heat and bad no serious challengers in the run home. His time for the' distance, which was a little short of a mile and a quarter, was 2min 47 2-seec and he came home smartly over toe last half-mile in Imin 4 2-ssec. Peerswdck, which made some of the early pace and then trailed to toe straight, did not have to exert himself in the run home to hold second. He was followed by Hindu Prince and Falstaff, which were dear of BellajiUy. The Light Brigade—Gold Cloud filly chased Meadow Mac and La Scala into the straight in the second heat and ran on best to beat La Scala narrowly but well. She took 2sec longer to run toe mile and a quarter than Wainond Jim in the flrat heat La Scala beat Meadow Mac handily for third and Operatic improved four places in the last half-mile for fourth. A Fallacy Star Rosa youngster was next home ahead of Beresford Lady and Break Through.

Easy For Surf

Surf showed that he will' be a good prospect for the Nelson meeting next weekend when he led for the best part of the last mile of the 3min 37sec class trot and won without being extended by two lengths and a half.

War Scene, which won the Tawera Handicap at Hororata last Saturday at long odds, made another sound showing to finish second. He made ground quickly from the 36yard mark and ran in third position from toe mile to the straight entrance. He out-finished Frogman, which had his chance, by half a length, and Ardleigh made ground on toe inner in the straight for a close fourth. He lost ground early in the contest and so did a Wayfarer gelding, which was right up fifth. The rest, headed by Regal Trick, were beaten off. 3.29 Class Pace . Crofter and Iniquitous won their respective heats of the 3min 29sec class. Crofter ran alongside Dieman Lad in the third line to the straight in the first heat He moved up to challenge Simmonds and Solemn for the lead inside the furlong and ran on strongly to win by a length and a halt Solemn, which had run without a trail on the outer of Miriam Hall to the straight out-finished the pacemaker, Simmonds, for second by half a length. Miriam Hall, which trailed to the straight was a neck back fourth.

Dieman Lad was a close fifth. He could not work clear from the inner in the straight Shepherd’s Pride, which broke at the start, was last in a gap. Iniquitous led from end to end to win the second heat by a length and a half. Forshy, which received the r i of the race, beat Ajax for

second by a length. Ajax improved one place in the run home and out-finished Darkle Hanover. Backward led in the rest. John Dee Wins John Dee ran from the trailing position through on toe inner of Marino Maid at the furlong in the first heat of the 3min 37sec pace, then held off Spring Greetings to win by half a length. Spring Greetings, which had run without a trail on the outer in the second line to the straight, lasted for second by a neck from toe faster-finish-ing Rally. Rally had tangled at toe start, but made a strong run from the back in the straight. He out-finished Mountain Hussar by a neck and Honest Pick led in the others.

Kinsella inched Barnie Widow out of first in the last stride of toe second heat A sharp run from the middle of the field carried Kinsella into a challenging position on the home turn. He ranged up to Shanray and Barney Widow at the furlong and battled on solidly for a narrow win. Barney Widow, which ran in a close trailing position to toe straight, beat the pacemaker, Shanray, comfortably. Joy town was a weakening fourth, and Adulate led in the others.