El Beka Outpaces Rest Of Motukarara Two-Year-Olds

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30587, 2 November 1964, Page 5

El Beka Outpaces Rest Of Motukarara Two-Year-Olds

El Beka outpaced his two-year-old rivals in the Little River Handicap at Motukarara on Saturday. Mr T. J. Spang’s Red Mars colt was an even-money favourite in this, his second race start.

El Beka’s race career had begun in the Karitane Handicap at Trentham the previous week. But he struck a heavy track there and was completely outclassed. A. J. Stokes rode El Beka into a clear lead at the end of a furlong on Saturday and for the rest of the race he had his rivals in bother. Desert Terror, Sir Limond, Quick Flight and Ginga Din followed him around to the straight In the finish El Beka led Quick Flight by a length and a half. It was a very sound trial for the Welcome Stakes on New Zealand Cup Day. Quick Flight beat Sir Limond by a head and Sandbank shaped like an early improver when he came from far back for fourth. He was a neck from Sir Limond and out-finished Desert Terror by a couple of lengths. The second favourite, Danny Kaye, was half a length away sixth. He ran on in the straight after being near the tail of the field three furlongs out. By a Neck Hawkins, which had made an encouraging start to a fresh campaign with a fair fifth at Rangiora the previous Friday week, gained a narrow but convincing win for his Hororata breeder, Mr G. A. Hutton, in the Duvauchelle Handicap No. 1. B. D. Collins, who is apprenticed to Hawkins’s Riccarton trainer, J. L. Barr, had the Dogger Bank three-year-old in the trailing position behind the pacemaker, They Told Me, to the straight. He brought Hawkins through a gap on the inner at the furlong, and it was all over then. Hawkins beat They Told Me by a neck, and Dowmanca was a head away third. Dowmanca had run on the outer and almost up with leader till the straight entrance. Golden Boy ran an improved race for fourth, but was twolengths away. He had shared the second line with Hawkins on the home turn. Lucky Crown was the best of the others. Tight Finish Interlaken and Last Count had a hard tussle for the honours in the Kaituna Highweight, and the Washdyketrained stayer got there by a head. Last Count tried to make all the pace, and Interlaken tracked him around to the straight. Interlaken was pulled out to challenge on the right going to the furlong. Although Last

Count fought back gamely on the inner, Interlaken, ran it out best.

Big Boy, which had only four runners behind him halt a mile out, made ground for third, but was three lengths away. He beat Caplin, which ran on the outer just behind the leader till the home turn, by a length. Carat, fourth into the straight, was three parts of a length away fifth, and Corrie Gilpin, in a small gap, was the best of the others.

Easy for Frigid Frigid outsped his rivals in the Duvauchelle Handicap No. 2, for which he was the 3/3 favourite of H.

E. G. Low had Frigid in touch with the pace all the way. He was in the third line with Matrah and Fine on the home turn, came to the front at the furlong, and ran it out strongly to win by two lengths and a half. Matrah beat Bunker for second by a similar margin, and the unlucky We Wood was half a head away fourth. Bunker and We Wood were near the tail of the field half a mile out. We Wood was the first to make ground. He was fourth at the furlong and a clear third when he baulked at the overhead wires 20 yards out. He stumbled, nearly came down, and lost third to the fastfinishing Bunker in the last stride or two. Race Goer, which shared the fourth line to the straight, was best of the others. At Good Odds

Sabell won the Brackenfield Hack Handicap at good odds for his Christchurch owner, Mr L. Franklin. Although he was trying for his third win on end Sabell was the 7/5 favourite, and paid £lO and £2 14s 6d for a win-and-place. Sabell ran at the girth of the pacemaker, Liansfair, from the half-mile to the straight. He coped with a strong challenge from his stablemate. Magic Ring, outside the furlong, and another from the fast-finishing Slantre right near the end. Slantre came from far back, ran Sabell to a head and outfinished Magic Ring, which had tracked her stablemate around to the straight, by three parts of a length. Filspar, one of the slower beginners but in the line ahead of Slantre on the home turn, was two lengths away fourth. Omasong, which had every chance, was close at hand fifth. The favourite. Pigling Bland, and the second fancy. Apparel, failed to raise the hopes of their backers. Apparel, which was well off the pace for most of the race, improved a few places for seventh, and Pigling Bland, which followed him home, failed to make an impression at all. First Win Summer Lad, a Takaninitrained maiden performer with a very bleak record, came through his first test for stamina by outclassing the hack stayers in the Halswell Handlcap. A. J. Stokes rode Mr R. M. Neville - White’s Summertime

gelding into a clear lead at the Gold Shower and Clipper from end of a furlong, and he kept the half-mile to the straight, beyond challenging distance of battled on for third another the others for the rest of the length and a half back. race. Canna’ Tell was fourth anThe best of Summer Lad's other length and a half away, rivals at the finish was Clipper, and Gold Shower was fifth in a but he was a length and a naif similar gap. The place farback. He was left on the outer ourite. Prince Callan, which was for nearly six furlongs, but unable to quicken, was a length worked across to trail Summer away sixth, and the win favLad half a mile out. ourite, Charlborough, Improved Trold. which shared the third a few places to lead in the line with Canna' Tell behind others.