POVERTY BAY DOUBLE

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30687, 1 March 1965, Page 6

POVERTY BAY DOUBLE

Empyreus Wins First Leg

(N.Z. Press Association) GISBORNE.

Empyreus, the Hastings three-year-old, showed his class by the way he romped away to a five lengths victory in the £l2OO Wattie Canneries Gold Cup, the feature event and first leg of the T.A.B. double on the concluding day of th‘e Poverty Bay Turf Club’s summer meeting on Saturday. R. W. Taylor had Empyreus in a challenging position at the straight entrance where Paper Kiwi was two lengths clear. The top-weight caught Paper Kiwi at the furlong and surged on to win without being extended. The second leg of the T.A.B. double, the Tolaga Bay Handicap, was won by Fontamara. On - course investments amounted to £41,290 10s, compared with £34,450 last year.

Results:— HIKURANGI HIGH-WEIGHT, £325; lim.—4/5 MISS PUNDIT (8) 9-0 P. R. Wilson 1; 3/3 SUPER LUCK (2) 9-9 K. J. Mauriri 2; 5/4 TAKINA 9-7 J. S. Humphries 3. Scratched: Selwyn. Cosmos. Three lengths, three-quarters of a length. Glendaldo fourth. Time, 2:8 4-5. Win: £7 Ils 6d. Places: £3 3s 6d, £2 2s.

WHAREKAKA TRIAL STAKES No. 1, £245; 6f.—4/5 PRINCESS ANDREA (10) 8-7 G. N. McLeish 1; 5/4 DREAMON (5) 8-7 V. Tinsley 2; 8/6 HENNA (7) 8-7 P. R. Wilson 3. Scratched: Beau Reader, Honi, Collingwood. Three lengths and a half, threequarters of a length. Little Janie fourth. Time, 1:13 4-5. Win: £ll 16s. Places: £2 17s, £2 13s 6d, £3 7s.

WAIHAU HACK HANDICAP, £300; 7f.—3/3 BASANT (5) 8-1 C. A. Harris 1; 4/4 TOPSIL (8) car. 7- T. O’Hearn 2; 7/7 KITTY'S WISH (10) 7-13 R. W. Taylor 3. Scratched: Koromiko, Joy Psalm, Princess Andrea. Half a length, short head. Odeon fourth. Time, 1:26 2-5. Win: £6 14s 6d. Places; £2 Is, £2 Bs, £3 10s 6d. WHAREKAKA TRIAL STAKES No. 2, £245; 6f.—l/2 TARJEN (10) 8- R. W. Taylor 1; 4/3 GOLDEN SUMMIT (3) 8-7 K. S. Cullen 2; 5/5 SERENE BLUE (8) 8-7 G. N, McLeish 3. Scratched: Beau Master. Two lengths, five lengths. Sir Polo fourth. Time, 1:13 2-5. Win: £3 7s. Places: £1 16s, £2, £2 10s fid.

WATTIE CANNERIES GOLD CUP, £1200; lim. 1/1 EMPYREUS (1) 8-10 R. W. Taylor 1 3/3 PAPER KIWI (4) 7-4 R. Grantham 2 2/2 UDARE (2) 8-6 T. R. O’Hearn 3 7/6 Khorlnga, 8/8 Shahrua, 5/4 EMesdee, 9/10 Convarto, 7/6 Lady in Blue, 4/5 Pinocchio, 10/9 Royal Ransom also started. Five lengths, nose. Lady in Blue fourth. Time, 2:5 l-5i Win: £1 6s. Places: £1 3s, £1 15s, £1 6s 6d. H. C. BEACH MEMORIAL HANDICAP, £350; lim.—3/3 ON TOP (5) 8-7 N. M. Craig 1; 4/4 WITHIN THE LAW (6) 8-6 K. S. Cullen 2; 5/5 CASTLE DEE (9) car. 7-12 T. A. O’Hearn 3. Scratched: Super Luck, koromiko, Cosmos, Jatent. One length and a quarter, head. Glenaldo fourth. Time, 2:8. Win: £6 4s 6d. Places:£1 14s fid, £1 15s fid, £2 10s 6d.

TOLAGA BAY HANDICAP, £420; 7f. 3/3 FONTAMARA (8) 8-0 A. Johnson 1 1/1 VERY DRY (3) 8-3 R. W. Taylor 2 2/2 RED FORREST 8-1 K. S. Cullen 3 6/6 Preferable, 4/4 Gold Dowa, 7/7 Half Nip, 5/5 Forget also started. Half a length, length. Preferable fourth. Time, 1:12. Win: £6 2s 6d. Places: £2 14s, £1 16s, NGARIMU HACK HANDICAP, £300; 6f.—5/3 ODEON (3) car. 8-11 K. J. Mauriri 1; 1/1 PIRIAKA (1) car. 8-7 M. R. Lawrence 2: 9/9 FOLDER STAR (7) car. 7-9 A. W. Griffin 3. Scratched: Yondee, Jahangir, Clairvoyant, Joy Psalm. Head, length. Belle Helene fourth. Time, 1:12 2-5. Win: £7 15s fid. Places: £2 5s 6d, £1 17s 6d. £5 12s 6d. MANAWATU RACING CLUB AUTUMN MEETING, Awapuni Racecourse, PALMERSTON NORTH, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, and SATURDAY, MARCH 27. NOMINATIONS for All Events close on MONDAY, MARCH 1, at 4 P.M. J. A. McDONELL, Secretary, P.O. Box 52, PALMERSTON NORTH. Telephone 88-279.