Thunderhead For Avondale Stakes

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30413, 11 April 1964, Page 6

Thunderhead For Avondale Stakes

"The Press" Special Service AUCKLAND,

April 10. Whether Thunderhead, under 9.0, will again be able to aecount for Markable x and Clipjoint is one of the interesting questions set by the Avondale Jockey Club’s autumn meeting tomorrow. Thunderhead will be meeting the other two in the £l5OO Sapling Stakes. Last week, on much more favourable terms, he beat them in the £4lOO Wills Stakes at Ellerslie. Thunderhead has the maximum weight set by the conditions of the Sapling Stakes. Markable has 8.3 and Clipjoint 8.8. Thunderhead has 131 b more than he carried in the Wills Stakes. Clipjoint is up 51b, and Markable is up 31b from last weekend. Markable finished third in the Wills Stakes, half a length behind Starlit (second), and Clipjoint was a length away fourth. The honours were all with Thunderhead, but Markable ran very creditably as well from a hopeless early position, This time Markable will be meeting Thunderhead on 101 b better terms and that is a pretty big advantage. He is a black colt trained at Avondale by D. J. Burgess for Messrs R. W. Cavaney and G. Vuglar and one of the local two-year-olds which looks most likely to be really good in his second season. Clipjoint has lately shown signs of coming back to the good form she showed in the Spring. As well as her good effort in the Wills Stakes she came third in the Great Northern Champagne Stakes. CAPACITY FIELD The Sapling Stakes is one of the last races for two-year-olds and not unexpectedly the acceptors far exceeded the safety number. In order to keep the field down to the limit four horses were balloted out with right of reentry and five were put out altogether. Last year, so as to accommodate the acceptors the event was run in two divisions. Big attraction besides the Sapling Stakes will be the £l5OO Foley Memorial Handicap, Mt Eden Handicap, and Mt. Roskill Handicap. The Foley Memorial and the Mt. Eden Handicap will make up the T.A.B. double. The change to easier ground with the showery weather of yesterday brightened the prospect of Gold Chick and Fair Filou in the Foley Memorial and it has given Mali Peter the look of a very good chance indeed in the Mt. Eden Handicap. If there is further rain and the going becomes softer, Mantovani and Elkayel will become other likely prospects fo. the Foley Memorial. Gay Cobbler, which ran so well for fourth in the Caltex Mile and eighth in the Easter Handicap at the Auckland Autumn meeting, Clarendon, Supreme Gold, Senior, and Yardstick are among the many chances for the Mt. Roskill Handicap, an open mile worth £lOOO. Selections:—

11.15 a.m.—Rosebank Highweight: Smoke Ring, Goldmyth, Danesway. Noon.—Three Kings Handicap: Joy’s Pride, Persian Heir, Countess Lloyda. 12.45 p.m. Autumn Handicap: Fair Tiger, Bright Idea, Great Command. 1.30 p.m.—Sapling Stakes: Thunderhead, Markable, Clipjoint. 2.20 p.m. Foley Memorial: Gold Chick, Fair Filou, Mantovani. 3.5 p.m.—Titirangi Handicap: Belle Helene, Gold Imp, Dark Seaman. 3.50 p.m. Mt. Eden Handicap: Mali Peter, Impressario, Yonda. 4.35 p.m.—Mt. Roskill Handicap: Gay Cobbler, Clarendon, Yardstick. 11. a.m.— ROSEBANK HIGH-WEIGHT, £800; Ilf.—Goldmyth (15) 10-8, Surging (27) 10-7, Daysun (13) 10-3, High Count (21) 10-1, Chef (2) 10-0, Cretan (3) 9-12, Danesway (10) 9-11, Golden Defaulter (4) 9-10; Hei Lei (12) 9-7, Lochwood (14), Paemoko (5). Braemar (9) 9-5, Make Way (2«) 9-4, Smoke Ring (11) 9-3, Prince Sylvan (23). Caracas (6), Hong Mah (19) 9-2, Sherry Wine (20), Sea Eagle (1), Overcast (28) 9-1; Big Talk (22). Royal Count (16) Balloted out with right of re-entry; Lucanui (8) 9-0; Wee Amyn (25), Regal Ruler (18). Brackets: Sea Eagle and Overcast, Lucanui and Big Talk, Regal Ruler and Wee Amyn. Scratched; Davett, Jumping Joe, Fleetway. Noon— THREE KINGS HANDICAP, £800; 7f.—Countess Lloyda (13) 8- Persian Heir (15) 8-8, Joy's Pride (8), April Love (9) 8-7, Caminar (21), Gyle (6), Golden Gossip (5) 8-4, Yondee (14), Synonymous (7), Explanation (1) 8-2. Tawhiti Rahi (3), Queen’s Poet (19) 8-1, Furious (2) Lucid (18), Nickel Pot (10), Flanders Fridge (17), Royal Technique (11), Trumps (4), Tasa (12), La Dame (16) 7-13. Scratched: Surco. 12.45 p.m.— AUTUMN HANDICAP, £800; lm. Fair Tiger (12) 8-12, Great Command (22) 8-11, Bright Idea (19) 3-9, Lordly Knight (10) 8-8, Piakonul (13) 8-7, Warea Boy (23) 8-5, Honourable (8) 8-0. Blue Bay (25), Travel Log (3) 7-13, Cardine (24) 7-11, Red Spot (11), Paddy’s Tax (18) 7-9; Heroic Flight (6). Leawayne (4), Riot (15) Mittagong (1) 7-8; Aldress (16) Standfast (14), Silent Guy (21), Fair Dinkum (7), King James (20), Eileen's Choice (2), Premium (9), Kublai Khan (5) 7Bracket: Premium and Kublai Khan. Scratched: Oceanides. 1.30 p.m.— SAPLING STAKES, £1500: two-year-olds; Of. — Thunderhead (9) 9- Water Waggon (26) 8-9, Clipiolnt (14) 8-8, Final Call (12) 8- Markable (16) 8-3, Alwyn (2) 8-1, High News (29) 7-13, Roganne (3) 7-12, Arbroath (4). Landby (24) 7-10, Ocean Mist

(19) 7-9, Bell® of Ascot (15). New Tiki <23). Computer (11), Venture On <22>, Basant (10), Gina Lollobrigida (17) 7-8. Areador (7), Flanders Folly (28). Silk and Silver (20). October Lad (5), Malinda (18), Woodpecker (8), Fair Marie (6), Jacinta (1) 7-7. Balloted out with right of reentry in the following order: St. Catrine (27). Reprise (13) 7-7. Brackets: Arcador and Flanders Folly: Silk and Silver and October Lad: Malinda and Fair Marie: Woodpecker and Jacinta; St. Catrine and Reprise. Scratched: Hamlr, Pleasanton. FIRST LEG OF DOUBLE 2.20 p.m.— FOLEY MEMORIAL HANDICAP,

TITIRANGI HANDICAP, £800: 6f.—Proud Child (2) 9-0; Dark Seaman (7), Gold Imp (17) 8-6: Belle Helene (8) 8-5; Loyal Ruler (19) 8-3; Domino (11), Donperi (15), Tiki Fox (26), Chatsgay (10), Pequolly (9) 8-1; Try Light (22), Tamatahl (25), Doorly (21), Golden Play (3), Please (12), Proteus (28), Annie Rooney (6). Riglaw (1). Blue Hale (18), Chareen Blue (23), First Tax (29), Tempted (5), Joytax (24), Fair Claim (14). Arabian Belle (13) 8-0. Balloted out with right of reentry: Regal Mount (4), Quo Vadis (27), Something Special (16) 8-0. Brackets: Annie Rooney and Something Special: Riglaw and Blue Hale; Chareen Blue and First Tax: Tempted and Joytax; Fair Claim and Arabian Belle. Scratched: Nassella. SECOND LEG OF DOUBLE 3.50 p.m. -

4.35 p.m.— MT. ROSKILL HANDICAP, £1000; Im.—Senor (9) 8-12; Gay Cobbler (3) 8-11; Supreme Gold (2) 8-10; Blue Beard (7) 8-7; Aro (20), Wilful (4) 7-13; Clarendon (8) 7-11; Royton (18), Super Time (24), Yardstick (6). Hello Polly (22), Persian Fair (15) 7-9; Shahgen (11) 7-8; Ellesdee (1), Summer Morn (12) Obrana (17), Lady in Blue (21), Nestle Brae (14), Pirene (16) Old Splc® (19), Flierwings (13) Fantasia (10), Gold Chat (5), John Robie (23) 7-7. Bracket: Ellesdee and Summer Morn.

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