Great Adios Could Take Honours In Auckland Cup

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30633, 26 December 1964, Page 6

Great Adios Could Take Honours In Auckland Cup

"The Press’’ Special Service AUCKLAND, Dec. 25.

Although there will be no Cardigan Bay for Aucklanders to cheer to victory in the £5lOO Trotting Cup on Monday night, they are hopeful that Great Adios will prove equal to taking the honours for their district.

They are also highly pleased to have the opportunity of seeing the brilliant Lordship in action, as he has not raced here since his narrow defeat in the 1961 Great Northern Derby. Possibilities do not remain only with this much-favoured pair as Orbiter and Vanderford have such consistant form and shaped so well last week that they will have a good following.

Jay Ar is recognised in the north as an “Epsom specialist,” and two others not to be overlooked are Golcourt and Van Rebeck, the former with two' successive wins and the latter a first and second quite recently. The second leg, the Summer Handicap, is more open now with Oakhampton on the sideline. It is likely that Spencer, which ran him to a head last Saturday, will be the main fancy. Smokeover, Spring Legs, Yakety Yak, and Thunder Royal have good winning form also, while the success of Grande Gamison last week, and of Paddy’s Day at Addington last month clouds the issue.

With a continuation of the present good weather, the track will be fast.

Selections:— 4.50 p.m.—Selby Handicap: Bonny Rachael, La Chant, Vague. 7.20 p.m. Dominion Handicap: Swartz Pete, Tutankhamen, Squire. 7.50 p.m.—Victoria Handicap: Eden Valley, Lady Hugent, Donald Dundee. 8.30 p.m.—Auckland Cup: Great Adios, Orbiter, Lordship. 9 p.m.—December Handicap: Starjohn, Kema Sarbl, Bonnie Widow. 9.30 p.m.—Bridgens Free-For-All: Light Oak, Our Eileen, Highland Countess. 10 p.m.—Summer Handicap: Spencer, Grande Garnison, Paddy's Day. 10.30 p.m.—St. Helier’s Handicap: First division— Full Sovereign, Uno Command, Schnapps. Second division—Yankee Hanover, Roseland Ring, Direct Cobra.

Fields, with form, for the doubles races are:—

Bracket: Golcourt and Maisie Direct.

Brackets: Central Range and Hurry Up; Modern Song and Spencer.

AUCKLAND CUP, 0707 £5100; 2:11 class; 2m. Flying Blue (4) It. 0000 Flying Fiver (1) It. 9005 Gipsy Hanover (2) .. It. 0411 Golcourt (6) .. It. 1086 Idaho (5) ]t. 6941 Malsie Direct <3) . It. 9778 Vai Averil (7) . ]t. 8609 Gay Reel (1) 12 5101 Great Adios (4) 12 0354 Jay Ar <6) .. . 12 2253 Orbiter (2) ' . 12 4342 Vanderford (3) 12 9172 Van Rebeck (5) 12 3116 Lordship (1) 36

SI F. HEUER'S HANDICAP. £1100 2:13 class; 13f and 96yds. 800 All Spirit (9) It. 3747 Central Range (13) It. 0005 General John (14) It. 0101 Grande Garnison (7) It. 8000 Hurry Up (4) It. 6080 Keith (10) It. 9020 Loyal Briton (15) It. 3320 Miriam Hall (6) It. 7609 Modern Song (2) It. 704 Night Prince (16) It. 4018 Paddy’s Day (8) It. 3186 Smokeover (12) It. 5612 Spencer (11) .. It. 4034 Spring Legs (1) It. 1838 Thunder Royal (3) It. 2469 Yakety Yak (5) It.