RACING Trentham Candidate May Win At Washdyke

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30478, 27 June 1964, Page 6

RACING Trentham Candidate May Win At Washdyke

Grand Monarch wiH have his final race "trial for next week’s Wellington Steeplechase in the Orbell Memorial Steeples at Washdyke today. It is hardly likely that his Trentham campaign will be continued unless the Royal Chief gelding manages to win today’s race or runs well for a minor placing.

Grand Monarch, a winner on the first day of the Dunedin winter meeting against hack ’chasers, and a minor place-getter in two later starts, has 10-7 in the Washdyke race and is on the minimum in the Wellington Steeples. He is owned and trained by Mr C. H. Wallis and will be ridden by J. D. Pankhurst, who has been out of action for some time because of an injury. The Gore-trained Tidal Rip and the South Canterbury jumper Napoleon Bonaparte seem likely to be Grand Monarch’s strongest rivals. In Form William David might win the other jumping race, the Elworthy Memorial Hurdles, if the track does not become heavy today. This Riccarton-owned and trained Reversal gelding has improved with each race lately, and should now run out a mile and three-quarters a little better than he did at Ashburton, where he was outstayed by Windsor Castle. Great Sensation, the record •take-earner for thorough-

breds in New Zealand, winner of three Wellington Cups and an accomplished performer at weight-for-age, will be an attraction when he parades for the Donald Grant Memorial, first leg of the double. Conditions of the race bring him into this field with 8.3, and the veteran Cassock gelding could hardly get a better chance to place his first win as an 11-year-old on'record. The track is unlikely to help the mudlarks, but Kumai has run some fine races on firm ground, and Mr T. K. S. Sidey*s grey may be the hardest for Great Sensation to beat Zinder seems certain of favouritism for the second leg, the Seaton Memorial, now Golden Blossom has dropped out of the field.

May Now Start

(N.Z. Press Association) DUNEDIN, June 28. Ravelston. which is engaged in the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s C. L. Orbell Memorial Steeplechase, accompanied his stablemate Kumai to Washdyke today. * His Wlngatui trainer. H. A Anderton, said the infected leg had responded to penicillin injections and Havelston worked In a satisfactory manner today. Anderton win inspect the leg again tomorrow when the final decision about a start will be made.

Top-weight * In Cup

(N.Z. Press Assn. —Copyright) SYDNEY. June 28. At Eagle Farm, Brisbane, where most of the candidates for the Doomben double will be starters tomorrow, great Interest Centres on Summer Regent which will be carrying top-weight in the 16} furlong Tattersall’s Cup. Summer Regent is still among the ton favourites for the Doomben Cup although he will be starting well down in the market for tomorrow’s cup. Favoured to win the Tattersairs event is Prince Ming. Another New Zealand starter in the race is Refulgent. Main sprint of the day is the W. J. Healy Stakes in which all top runners of the rich Dootnben Ten Thousand will be starters. Heirloom, the unlucky horse in the Stradbroke Handicap earlier this month, will be favourite. Next in pre-race favouritism are Rasblore and Tipperary Star.

TAB. Head.—Mr J. P. Robertson, a Public Service Board inspector, was today appointed general manager of the New South Wales Totalisator Agency Board. —Sydney, June 26.