Apprentice Rides Winners Of £986 Southland Double

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30711, 29 March 1965, Page 4

Apprentice Rides Winners Of £986 Southland Double

(New Zealand Press Association)

INVERCARGILL.

The 18-year-old Gore apprentice, A. D. Hastie, rode the outsiders, Flying Saucer (Autumn Handicap) and Fuji Yama (Pressmen's Handicap) to win the double at the Southland Racing Club’s autumn meeting on Saturday. The dividend for £1 was £986 0s 6d.

Flying Saucer, which had previously won four highweight races this season, was having her first start in an open handicap. She led all the way to win by two lengths and a half from the favourite, Golden Glen, with Summer Star finishing solidly for third, ahead of Birthright, Cobble, Beginner’s Luck, Lorastan and Eiffel Tower, which was never a prospect. Fuji Yama, which had run last in the sprint at Oamaru last Monday, made a onehorse race of the Pressmen’s Handicap. He had a break of four lengths on his field into the straight and came right away from Cassbridge, which got up in the last stride to take second place off The Wanderer. Mirror made ground for fourth, two lengths back, with a similar margin to the favourite, Tundra, which never looked like getting near the leaders. John’s Mistake, which won his first four races over country last winter, switched back to steeplechasing successfully when he gained a clear-cut win in the W. T. Hazlett Memorial Steeplechase. He jumped to the front three furlongs from home and came on to win by five lengths from John O’Groats. The meeting opened in fine weather, but rain set in later in the day. The track which was firm early, was cutting up towards the finish. There was a good attendance. Results:—

SOUTHERN HURDLES, £300; ljm.—l/1 KORAL (3) 9.7 W. J. Hillis 1, 2/2 GAME CALL <1) 10-7 S. D. Hawthorne 2, 5/5 NO OFFENCE (2) 10-3 M Parr 3. Scratched: Castle Rock, Chartlea Park, Geikle, Valaris. Four lengths, three-quarters of a length. Lindred fourth. Time, 2:44 1-5. Win: £2 4s 6d. Places: £1 15s, £1 12s, £2 15s.

NOVICE STAKES, £250; 6f.— First Division: 3/3 GAY COON (7) 8-10 J. D. Pankhurst 1, 6/6 RED STOLE (19A) 8-10 G. W. Wright 2, 9/10 BELIEVE 8-10 (R. N. Marsh 3. Scratched: Cherokee Brave, Eutaie, Roeana, Shoelace, Spring’s Pal. Two lengths, length. Gillie fourth. Time, 1.15 2-5. Win: £3 Us 6d. Places: £1 19s, £2 6s 6d. Second Division: 7/7 GIGHA (8) 8-10 E. J. Didham 1, 4/5 STARBOARD LIGHT (22) 8-10 A. C. Clark 2, 5/2 HAPPY DAYS 8-0 E. G. Low 3. Scratched: Complex, Lucky Gem, Kinara, Riding Fast, Savings Bank. Neck, length. Lady Topaz fourth. Time, 1:15 3-5. Win: £6 14s. Places: £2 18s 6d, £2 3s. Brackets: Starboard Light and Weybrldge; Red Stole and Proud Celt.

WAVERLEY HANDICAP, £275; 6f.—3/4 BELLTANA (10) car 8-3} B. P. Kennedy 1, 12/12 TURTLE (22) car 7-8} E. J. Didham 2, 4/3 FIRST MINK (8A) car. 7-11 M. J. Skelton 3. Scratched: San Rafael, Our Cassock, Arctic Wind, Bank Roll, Irish Gloss, Quarrel, Segundo. Three lengths and a half, head. Soaring High fourth. Time, 1:13 4-5. Win: £6 4s 6d. Places: £2 14s, £7 2s, £2 9s 6d. Bracket: First Mink and Kathleigh.

W. T. HAZLETT MEMORIAL STEEPLECHASE, £500; about 2im. —3/2 JOHN’S MISTAKE (5) 10-6 R. O. Cairns 1, 1/1 JOHN O’ GROATS (1) 11-6 W. J. Hillis 2, 2/3 FINE CHASE (7) 9-12 B. P. Kennedy 3. Scratched: Castle Rock. Mighty Fella, Anouk, Mainroyal, Hy, Hygena, Tony Jones. Five lengths, 11 lengths. Bayline fourth. Time, 5:3 4-5. Win: £3 Us 6d. Places: £1 8s 6d, £1 6s, £1 14s. Bracket: John o' Groats and Collide. AUTUMN HANDICAP, £500; Um. 7/8 FLYING SAUCER (14) 7 9 A. D. Hastie 1 1.1 GOLDEN GLEN <2) 8-10 M. J. Turnbull 2 5/4 SUMMER STAR (6) 8-0 M. J. Skelton 3 4/5 Eiffel Tower, 9/9 Beginner’s Luck. 6/6 Birthright, 8/7 Cobble, 3/2 Lorastan, 12/12 Aquinas, 2/3 Myfilou, 11/11 Captain Morgan, 13/13 For Sure, 10/10 Little Suzie, 14/14 Mon Roi also started.

Two lengths and a half, length. Birthright fourth. Time, 2:7 4-5. Win: £l4 Is 6d. Places: £4 ss, £1 9s 6d, £2 9s. TRIAL STAKES, £250; Im.—4/4 CANTARINI (4) 8-5 E. G. Low 1,

5/3 FINAL MELODY (7) 8-5 B. P. Kennedy 2, 2/1 MOSQUE (11) 8-5 A. C. Clark 3. Scratched: Astrabell, Edenlsle, Winfield. Neck, two lengths and a quarter. Awaklki fourth. Time. 1:44. Win: £7 13s. Places: £2 10s, £2 6s, £1 19s. PRESSMEN’S HANDICAP, £350; 7f. 11/11 FUJI YAMA (10) 7-7 A. D. Hastie 1 2/2 CASSBRIDGE (6) 7-13 R. J. Skelton 2 10/9 THE WANDERER (3) 8.6 B. J. Anderton 3 3/4 Manners, 8/8 Sliver Spire, 4/3 Satinette, 6/5 Mirror, 5/6 Combination. 7/7 Mogambo, 1/1 Tundra, 9/10 Glenmorven also started. Eight lengths, nose. Mirror fourth. Time, 1:26 4-5. Win: £55 15s 6d. Places: £9 3s 6d, £1 18s 6d, £6 7s 6d. ROSEDALE HANDICAP, £3OO, Um.—2/2 DISAGREE (4) 8-2 J. F. Carvalho 1, 4/5 LIMBO (3) car 8-2 A. D. Hastie 2, 10/9 NEGLECT (14) 7-8 car 7-7 M. J. Lawson 3. Scratched: Te Anau Lad, Egyptian Pride. Three-quarters of a length, length and a quarter. Careys fourth. Time, 2:11 3-5. Win: £4 19s 6d. Places: £2 Is, £2 18s, £4 9s 6d.