TROTTING Doctor Dan On Verge Of New Zealand Cup Class

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30200, 3 August 1963, Page 5

TROTTING Doctor Dan On Verge Of New Zealand Cup Class

Doctor Dan, one of the outstanding pacers of last season, will attempt to take the final step to New Zealand Cup class at the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s national meeting on August 17 and 24.

Doctor Dan will contest the £l3OO Louisson Handicap on the first day of the meeting and the £l5OO National Handicap a week later. He will also be eligible for the Lightning Handicap, an £llOO sprint race on the first day of the meeting.

Doctor Dan’s part-owner and trainer, D. G. Jones, will also be represented at Addington by Our Own, which will contest the main races for trotters, and Cheta, a candidate for intermediate-class events for pacers.

Doctor Dan, a five-year-old staying son of Fallacy and Sister Shona, had a fairly busy time last season and

from 21 starts he gained five wins and nine placings worth £4050 in stakes. His most im-

portant win was in the Centennial Pace at Oamaru in May when he beat Fox Able. His other wins included a narrow defeat of Peel in the Rothschild Handicap at Addington on March 30. Later at the same meeting he finished third to Master Alan and Frown in the Easter Cup. Doctor Dan is a solid gelding and the coming season should be his most successful. If he comes up as well as expected, he should be one of the biggest winners among the pacers. Out Own, too, had a most successful run last season when she was the second biggest stake- wihner among the trotters. She gained four wins and 11 placings from 23 starts and won £3795, a total exceeded only by the £4945 of When among the horses of her gait Our Own won the Worthy Queen Handicap at the New Zealand Cup meeting and finished third to Spinster Scott and When in the Dominion Handicap. She finished the season with a win over Rebel in the Centennial Trot at Oamaru. Our Own and When provided the highlight of the Royal meeting at Hutt Park

when they contested the Duke of Edinburgh Handicap. They raced together for much of the race. When winning narrowly after a brilliant display. Our Own is a six-year-old mare by Light Brigade from Rewa Scott. She is expected to be one of the top trotting horses in commission this season. Shows Promise Cheta joined Jones’s team late in the season and had only four starts from his stables, gaining two wins and one placing. Both of his wins were- over sprint distances in May, one being at Washdyke and the o’her at Ashburton. Like Doctor Dan, Cheta is by Fallacy and he is one of the first crop of foals sired by that stallion in Southland Cheta is at home in any type of going and he impresses as a likely stayer. He will have plenty of opportunities in Canterbury in the next few months. Smokeaway, the winner of £2672 10s last season as a result of one win and seven placings from 20 starts, is back in work and so far he is showing no signs of the soreness which made it necessary for him to be spelled in February. Smokeaway raced most consistently in the spring, his placing including a second to Falsehood at Hutt

Park and a second to Grouse at New Brighton. However, it was not until February that he gained his sole win

for the period That was in the Dunedin Festival Cup Final, in which he beat Master Alan Falsehood and Lordship, Smokeaway is far from being a spent force and he could again pay his way in the next. 12 months.

Disband, a promising three-year-old filly by U. Scott from Dismiss, is to be prepared for racing late in the spring. She showed considerable promise in her racing at trials and looks as though she could eventually develop worth-while form. A two-year-old sister to Disband is also in work.

Among the other two-year-olds in the team are a gelding by Brahman from Scotch Girl, and a sister to Our Own. The sister to Our Own is being paced at this stage of her career, but there is little doubt that she could be a worth-while proposition as a trotter.

Overluck is a three-year-old filly by Garrison Hanover from Lucky Girl, the dam also of Top Class and Lucky Tryax. while a filly by Johnny Globe from Pibroch is the same age Pibroch is a half-sister by Light Brigade to Crimson Star, Milngarvie and John Scott.

Darwyn, Colours Flying and Captain Dee are due to rejoin the team shortly. Admire k also to come in. He is a three-year-old halfbrother by Smokey Hanover to Biteem. Adoration, Achates and Zany.

MErf«OPOIJTAN ALA 'm>TTING CLUB. NOMINATIONS tor all events at the above Club's National Meetings to be held on August 17 arid 24. elose at 4 p.m. on MONDAY NEXT. AUGUST 5. D. C. PARKER, Secretary. —Advt.