RACING Shakes Moves Well In Training Sprint

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30725, 14 April 1965, Page 4

RACING Shakes Moves Well In Training Sprint

Several went faster but none impressed more than the Great Easter Handicap top-weight, Shakes, in sprint tasks on a heavy track at Riccarton yesterday.

Shakes sprinted half a mile in 56 4-ssec towards the end of the training. By that time the trial grass had cut out badly, especially in the home straight.

He was ridden by his race rider, D. N. Hadfield, and was going easily half a length ahead of his stablemate, Ham (Messent).

Waverley, one of Shakes’s rivals in the Great Easter Handicap, ran the fastest halfmile of the training. With A. Telfer up, he recorded 52 4-ssec. He galloped before the track had cut out, but it was a sound effort and advanced him in favour as a light-weight prospect for the £2OOO sprint race next Monday. Waverley has run some of his best races on soft tracks and he might have conditions to his liking at the meeting. The Wingatui stablemates. Royal Estate (E. G. Low) and I Bador (F. Austin), stayed on terms throughout a mile in Imin 51sec and worked toj the post strongly. Their 54 3-ssec for the last half of a mile was good in the conditions. Royal Estate, Bador, and Polar, which have been at Riccarton for a week, have been joined there by their stablemate. Modern Imp. a winner at Beaumont on Saturday. R. N. Marsh will ride Royal Estate in the George Adams Handicap. G. T. Dobbs has been engaged for Bador in the highweight. Standout (Wildermoth) took Imin 53 3-ssec for his mile, Imin 36 2-ssec for the last seven furlongs, and 55sec for the final half-mile.

; He is useless on heavy [tracks, but would have to be I reckoned with as a lighti weight possibility in the [George Adams Handicap on I good ground. Royal Bid (F. H. Skelton) i also ran his mile in Imin 53 3-ssec, and his last half, with Canadiana (Mrs Clutterbuck), jin 54 l-ssec. Silver Kingdom, ridden by his trainer, R. B. Taggart, recorded Imin 52 l-ssec for a mile and 55 2-ssec for the [last half. He has no engagement on the first day of the [C.J.C. meeting. ! Caprino (Stokes) ran his [opening three furlongs in 42 : 3-ssec, but took Imin 39 3-ssec Ito complete seven furlongs. Mushtara (Swanson) led the 'stablemates. Foxchief (Stenehmann) and William David (Quayle), by a length finishing seven furlongs in Imin |37sec, the last four in 57 I 4-ssec. Short Lead Fine (Mein) had a short | lead over Jaydee (A. H. Eastwood) and Carat (McGuire) ending seven furlongs in Imin '36 2-ssec. the last half-mile in 55 4-ssec. Gold Shower (F. H. Skelton) and Lady Merling (Swanson) recorded Imin 36 Lssec for seven furlongs after running the opening three briskly in 39 l-ssec. Yatama (Collins) led his stablemate, Sabell (Stechmann), by half a length ending six furlongs in Imin 21 l-ssec, the last half-mile in 53 2-ssec. They are two of four members of J. L. Barr’s team in the Papanui Handicap on Monday. D. N. Hadfield will ride Sabell, a winner at Kurow at his last start. Yatama, a last-start winner at Oamaru last month, has a wide barrier position and a start for him is not certain. Danny Kaye (Stokes) beat ’ Sir Limond (F. H. Skelton) ' and Dipmate (Edens) com- ' fortably over six furlongs in 1 Imin 23 3-ssec, the last four in 55sec. [ Other gallops:— Half - mile. Seminole (Beck) and Count de Seine . (Traecey), 54sec: Fairayne | (Moir), length to Mighty Bank ' (Ryall), 55 l-ssec: Hyde (Telfer), 54 4-ssec: Filspar (Moir), 153 l-ssec: Approval (E. Skel-

ton), 53 3-ssec: Takatua (A. H. Eastwood), 55sec; Running Scared (Hadfield), half length to Miloutin (Moir), 53 3-ssec; Hayman (Telfer) and Lucky Crown (Tucker), 53 3-ssec; White Rajah (Low) and Delago (Austin), 53 3-ssec; Hamadan (Swanson) and Silk Lady (McGuire), clear of Pee Wee (Daly) and Starless (Mein), 56sec; Reef (Hadfield) and Even Better (Stechmann), better than We’ll Find Out (Edens) and Doraldo (Collins), 55 2-ssec; Town Talk (Low and Tracy’s Comet (Mrs Clutterbuck), 56sec: Aoudo (F. H. Skelton), 54 l-ssec; Picca Leigh (Messent), 55 l-ssec; Caplin (Collins), clear of Helen’s Bay (Stechmann) and Status Symbol (Hadfield), 55 l-ssec; Tuscus (Bruning) 54 3-ssec. Fonteroy (McGuire) sprinted five furlongs along the back straight, where the going was better in Imin 7 3-ssee the first four in 53 3-ssec.