TROTTING Black Tryax Cynosure Among Two-year-olds

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30405, 2 April 1964, Page 5

TROTTING Black Tryax Cynosure Among Two-year-olds

Performances in the New Zealand Welcome Stakes at Addington Raceway did little to complicate the tussle for supremacy among the two-year-old pacers for the current season. The win of Black Tryax was in line with his other performances this season and unless he strikes tracks which do not suit him at Oamaru and Ashburton, he could well go unbeaten through the remainder of die season.

Black Tryax drew an outside barrier position, but he accelerated quickly and did not look like repeating the mistake which had cost him victory in the Great Northern Stakes a few weeks earlier.

Black Tryax was well rated by his Templeton trainer, C. C. Devine, and he was never really put to the test over the last two furlongs. He took 2min 42sec for the 10 furlongs, the last half-mile in Imin 1 4-ssec, and the final quarter in 31 l-ssec. Had it been required, he could have improved considerably on those times.

Black Tryax has now had four starts for three wins and a third placing since being purchased early in February by Mr H. S. Barry, of Auckland.

His winnings for his new owner amount to £1295, while he won £B5 when he finished third to Jurist and Compromise in the New Zealand Golden Slipper Stakes at Waimate in December.

Black Tryax is expected to show further improvement in the next few weeks, and there is no reason to doubt his ability to master the 12 furlongs in the New Zealand Sapling Stakes, which will be decided on May 30. Viking Water Viking Water, another candidate for the Ashburton classic, measured up well to the best Canterbury standards when he finished second at Addington. He had a severely restricted preparation for the race, and in the circumstances his placing was full of merit. Viking Water was one of the better beginners, and he raced on the outside of the second horse, Douce, for most of the way. Viking Water did not appear to be pacing keenly at any stage of the race, but he fought on in grand style over the last furlong to shade Douce for second.

Viking Water is trained at Wyndham by A. M. Hunter, who races him in partnership with Mrs I. B. M. Hunter. He is a colt by Hal Tryax, the sire also of Black Tryax, from Similas. He is a half-brother to Stephen Water, which gained his first win since being sold at a big price to Mr C. G. Beer, of Auckland, when he beat Tutankhamen -in the South Taranaki Stakes at Hawera on Tuesday. Viking Water is closely re-

lated to Tactile, the top two and three-year-old of his seasons in New Zealand and Australia.

Viking Water has now had three starts for one win and two placings. He should be a much improved horse by the time the Sapling Stakes are decided, and he could prove a serious threat to Black Tryax. Smart Filly Douce confirmed the high opinion formed of her when she won on the first night of the meeting by finishing a close third. It is unlikely she would have beaten Black Tryax, but had she worked clear from the inside of Viking Water, she might have finished a clear second. Douce is most reliable and she has plenty of speed and courage.

She is by Garrison Hanover from Luronne, and is trained at West Melton by L. D. Ashton for Mrs Ashton.

She is a sister to Lady Luronne, the winner of three races in quick time after being sold by Mrs Ashton to a patron of J. S. Hunter’s Trentham team.

There was a good break after the first three to the next horses to finish in the Welcome Stakes. Some of the beaten horses have shown considerable promise, but it is unlikely they will develop sufficiently to be much of a threat to Black Tryax, Viking Water and the unbeaten Jurist in the remaining classics this season. Not Too Reliable

Smokey Range, a member bf C. R. Berkett’s Templeton team, was strongly supported after his runaway win on the second night of the meeting. Unfortunately, he is far

from reliable, although he has begun splendidly in most of his races. He usually paces keenly early and this could account for him breaking up usually before the end of a furlong. He has also broken later in his races, as he did in the Welcome Stakes. Smokey Range, a halfbrother to Consistent and other winners, could eventually develop worth-while form. Paranova and Golden Oriole, fourth and fifth respectively in the Addington classic, showed useful speed. Both should be good winners later on. However, of the other beaten horses, none impressed more than King Gypsy, which got up for sixth.

He was a long way from the lead after a tardy beginning from the second line, and he had made up very little leeway with half a mile to run.

His effort to finish so close up was a feature of the race. The first time he draws reasonably, he should go much better and later he should be a good handicap performer.