Top Milers Beaten By Final Command

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30106, 15 April 1963, Page 5

Top Milers Beaten By Final Command

■The Press” Special Service

AUCKLAND, April 14,

Just 24 years after saddling Llangollen for the most meritorious of seconds, the veteran Tauranga trainer M. B. (“Paddy”) Abbot collected the £4700 Easter Handicap at Ellerslie yesterday. His runner was the three-year-old, Final Command, on which betters put nearly £BO,OOO.

The great weight of money made Final Command one of the hottest favourites ever to - run in a big handicap at Ellerslie. On the win and place it was a trifle nfore than half the total.

Final Command looked the winner all over . when he came out of a hectic, early rush, running effortlessly with the first four or five He was soon in front with his opponents going hard to keep up and he stayed there to the accompaniment of cheering and applause from all over the course In the finish it was Final Command by a length and a half from Poet's Pride, which had the same margin on Gauntlet (third). The next best was Royton and then the second favourite. Waipari With his 21 opponents nearly all well spent and most thoroughly beaten. Final Command slackened in the last couple of furlongs so that his winning gallop was Imin 3’ J ®“c That was the time Beaupatir, a three-year-old. went in 1C24 when he beat Llangollen by a head. It was then the race record which has since been reduced to Imin 35 2-ssec. Abbot had a part m the ownership of Llangollen and he prepared Final Command for Mr W. A Mellow, a farmer, from Morrinsville. Mr Mellow bred the gelding, by Final Court from Expansion <by Expanse—Navareena), a mare not eligible for the stud book. After being a moderateracehorse Expansion foaled Final Command in her first season at the stud. She died soon afterward when her colt was a weanling Won Last Six Races A big bay. with plenty of wh.te on his face and about his legs. Final Command has how won his last six races on end and eight altogether out ofJ3 attempts. BefoW tackling the Easter Handicap, Final Command had won £2970 in stakes He increased this amount on Saturday by £2925 and the Perak Turf Club Cup, valued at £2OO. which Mr Mello-w received from the GovernorGeneral. Sir Bernard Fergusson.

A Cambridge rider, G. R. Edge, with his success on Final Command won his second Easter Handicap on end. By the end of the day he had won the Easter, ARC Railway Handicap and Great Northern Champagne Stakes each for two years in a row. Last season Edge won the Easter and the Railway Handicaps on Otematata and Champagne Stakes on Tatua. On Saturday he took the Champagne Stakes on Fencourt.

For a start the win dividend on Final Command was shown by the infield totalisator indicator as 22s and the place as 19s. The pay-out in the finish was £1 7s 6d for both a win and a place. On Poet's Pride, the third favourite each way, it was £2 14s 6d and on Gauntlet, the 6/8 favourite. £5 14s 6d Of the 224.600 5s doubles tickets taken on Final Command, 15.762 were reinvested on Golden Muse, which won the second leg. the President’s Handicap. A four-year-old mare and a visitor from Taranaki. Golden Muse won the President’s Handicap, a mile and a quarter, very decisively Beginning the run home her rider, J. P Hayes, set her after Jovic. which had come clear for a bit Over the last furlong she had the race well in hand. Golden Muse had not previously shown middle distance form of such account although she ran a very good mile the other week behind Waipari at Te Aroha. On the win and place Golden Muse paid £9 9s and £3 2s 6d and her doubles return -.ith Final Command was £22 17s for £l. Jovic kept second narrowly from Blue Beard and Tatua made a lightning run into fourth. Conditions were very favourable. the weather being fine and sunny and the going good. The attendance was 25.941, compared with 24.560 last year. Lost Ground

Sir Henry, after refusing to enter the gates, was stood a length behind the start of the Easter Handicap. Karinx began fast and Supreme Gold. Royton. Fair Filou. and Triple Countess ran prominently in the rush for positions. Yonda led after the first furlong from Winnipeg 11, Texarkana and Final Com-

manu Passing the six iurlougs. Harvest Moon had the pacemaking, from Texarkana. Karinx and Final Command, which kept a little way out from the inside. Triple Countess ran wide about fifth, then came Poet's Pride. Harrier. Waipari, Yonda, Expedite. Sneilah Dhu and Gauntlet in a tight bunch Crossing the top Final Command dashed ahead with hardly an effort At the halfway mark he had half a length on Harvest Moon. Harrier was just behind Yonda came next, followed by Sir Henry (wide), Texarkana. Karinx. Winnipeg 11. Poet’s Pride and Waipari. Final Command edged further in front approaching the straight from Harvest Moon and Yonda. Sir Henry. Royton. ano Texarkana were the next three and Karinx and Poet’s Pride were about seventh and eighth. Harvest Moon and Yonda

tired from the furlong. Poet's Pride set out gamely after Final Command, but without any chance of overtaking the favourite, which won by a length and a half. There was the same margin to Gauntlet (third). Royton came fourth, shading Waipari (fifth). Supreme Gold was next, followed bv Lincoln, Triple Countess. Glen Count. Yonda, Texarkana. Fair Filou and Karinx The last group was Winnipeg F Doradeb. Expedite and Harrier Away First From a quick start Jovic, Summer Morn. Dry Martini. Blue Beard and Pow Wow were away best in the President's Handicap. Ena Harkness drifted and Persian Star after being slow made ground quickly with a lucky run on the inside. Summer Morn and Jovic were the first two into the bend near the mile. Passing the seven furlongs Summer Mom and Felacita led by a length and a half from Jovic and Golden Muse. There was a further length to Sardis and Dry Martini, then a short gap to Pow Wow. Woodlore. Jim’s Count. and Blue Heather. With three furlongs to go Summer Morn and Felacita continued in front. Jovic and Golden Muse kept leading the chase and Dry Martini and Blue Heather ran fifth and sixth.

As soon as they were in the run home. Jovic edged past the pacemakers Golden Muse followed closely. With a furlong to go Golden Muse was pressing Jovic hard. A little further on Jovic was spent and Golden Muse went on strongly to win by two lengths. Blue Beard kept third narrowly from Tatua. which came home fast. Dry Martini was fifth after a short gap Repel ran sixth, clear of Sardis. Jim’s Court. Blue Heather. Felacita and Persian Star. Results:—

ONSLOW STAKES, £1000: two-year-olds: 6f.— First Division: 3/2 REPEAL (1) 9-7 I. Medcalfe 1; 1/1 RED COUNT 13) 8-7 N. B Holland 2: 12/10 SIR OMAN 8-5 J. P Riordan 3 Scratched: Golden Night Baleno. Astola. Superfine. El Cid. Lordeation. Pheroz. Nose, seven lengths. Miss Eunice fourth. Time 1:12 1-5 Win: £3 Bs. Places: £1 t3s, £1 5s Sd. Second Division: 2/3 DARK INTRIGUE (9) 8-2 G F. Hughes I: 6/9 QU BENWOOD (11) 7-13 car 7-131 R Fisher 2; 13/13 YONDEE 7-7 car 7-7 j J. P. Hayes 3 Scratched • Chatsgay The Prophet. Length head Great Command fourth. Time 1:12 2-5. Win: £3 2s 6d. Places: £1 16s. £4 5s 6d PAPAKURA HANDICAP. £800; hacks; 61.-2/2 OVERDALE (2) 8-4 N. B. Holland 1; 1/1 SEMPIRINI (1) 9-0 G. F. Hughes 2: 7/7 COUNTESS LLOYDA (13) 7-13 G R. Edge 3 Scratched- Hilldale. Donperi. Calaiad, Miamoa Paddy's Tax. React. Nestle Brae. Lord Thurnham. Nose, length. Praliaki fourth. Time. 1:11 4-5. Win: £4 12s 6d Places: £2 4s Cd £1 12s Cd £5 7s 6d. EASTER HANDICAP. £4700; Im.. 1/1 FINAL COMMAND (9) 8-3 G R. Edge 1 3/3 POETS PRIDE (3) 8-12 R Jury 2 C/8 GAUNTLET (7) 8-5 A. G. Walsh 3 5/6 Sir Henry. 2/2 Waipari. 19/19 Fair Filou. 18/17 Harrier. 8/7 Expedite, 7/5 Triple Countess. 12/12 Winnipeg 11. 16/15 Yonda. 9/9 Glen Count, 13/14 Tambula 10/10 Doradeb. 10/10 Karinx, 4/4 Lincoln. 15/16 Texarkana. n/18 Crasher. 21/31 Harvest Moon. 20/30 Sheilah Dhu, 11/11 Supreme Gold also started. One length and a half each way. Royton fourth. Time, 136. Win: £1 7s Cd Places: £1 7s Cd. £2 14s 6d £5 14s Cd BRIGHTON HURDLES. £1300;

2m —3/5 GOLDEN DEFAULTER (1) 11-10 J H. Hely 1; 9/9 LORD PILATE (5) 9-8 M. V Coon 2; 5/4 TAWHITI RAHI (8A) A. T. Haitana 3. Scratched: Montgomery One length and threequarters; one length and a half To Reign fourth. Time, 332 4-5. Win: £7 14s 6d. Places: £2 10s. £6 2s 6d £2 9s Brackets: County and Tawhiti Rahi

PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP. £1250: Ijm.

5/5 GOLDEN MUSE (16) 7-7 J. P. Hayes I 4/4 JOVIC (4) 8-7

N B. Holland 2 3/2 BLUE BEARD (3) 8-10 P T Ryan 3 1/3 Tatua. 8/7 Woodlore. 12/12 Jim’s Count 2/1 Felacita 6/6 Persian Star. 7/8 Ena Harkness. 10/9 Dry Martini, 15/17 Repeal. 11/11 Blue Heather. 9/10 Sardis. 19/19 Fairenda. 13/to Pow Wow 14/13 Stonmer Morn 18/18 Taxpayer, 16/14 Count Filou. 17/16 vivan also started Two lengths, hall a head. Tatua fourth. Time. 2:4 3-5. Win: £9 9b. Places: £3 2s 6d. £3 2s 6d. £3 »s 6dHULA HANDICAP. £1000; 6f —7/5 FIRENZE (8) 7-13 N. B. Holland 1; 6/6 ROYAL DEE (10) 7-12 I Medcalfe 2; 2/2 TERRORIST (6) 8-3 G. R Edge 3 Scratched: Fountainhead Exador, Corador, Maskour, Paye Gold. Neck: three-quarters of a length. Shakespeare fourth. Time, 1:11 2-5. Win: £l5 17s Cd. Places: £3 ICs Cd £3 19s £1 ICs Cd.

GREAT NORTHERN CHAMPAGNE STAKES, £2000: 6f.— 3/3 FENCOURT (3) 8-10 G. R Edge 1; l/l GOLD CHAT (4) 8-10 R. Fisher 3; 5/4 NICODEMUS 8-10 G. F. Hughes 3 Scratched: Repeal Cicada. Half a length, two lengths. Dane fourth. Time, 1:11 4-5. Win: £5 te Cd. Places: £3 Ils Cd. £1 Us

EDEN HANDICAP, £800: ln>. -3/2 LLANELLY (1) 9-3 G. F. Hughes 1; 6/5 SATURN (19) 7-11 rar. 7-4 L. R Norris 2; 7/7 YARDSTICK (11) 8-4 i>. J. Wyatt 3. Scratched: Essendon, Vlnesse, Domino. Field Gun. Blue Reel. Champ, Two lengths, three-quarters length. Wilful fourth. Time 137. Win: £4 19s Waras: £3 te Cd, £3 9s. £4 Bracket: Saturn and Shahgen.