RACING Fine Chase Tipped For Otago Steeples

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30769, 5 June 1965, Page 6

RACING Fine Chase Tipped For Otago Steeples

Fine Chase. Kumai. Combination, and McGregor should be a powerful “home” quartet in main races on the first day of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s winter meeting today.

Kumai (Birthday Handicap) and McGregor (Greenfield Hurdles) will be runners for the powerful Anderton stable.

H. A. Anderton will have several other runners on today’s programme. One is No Offence, top-weight in the Otago Steeples, but not one of the stronger fancies after a moderate patch of form lately.

The six-year-old Fine Chase is a sure jumper with a good turn of speed, and he could improve the strong record of jumpers from the McKay stable in today's Otago Steeples. He has 9-7, and is 221 b below No Offence. If his jumping does not land him in trouble Fine Chase should beat the 1963 Grand National winner at the weights. Tidal Rip and Grant, two successful Southland-owned jumpers, could be stronger Otago Steeples rivals. Tidal Rip, from the powerful Winsloe stable, won a double at Riverton at Easter. Kumai and Combination are a fancied combination for today's T.A.B. double, which is on the Birthday and Winter Handicaps. McGregor, the James Hazlett Gold Cup winner in 1962. should be too fast for the others in the Greenfield Hurdles.

Jumping ability will, of course, also be an important factor, and McGregor should not fail on that score, either He won over hurdles at Gore in the spring, and comes from a stable noted for the good standard of jumping shown by its hurdling recruits.

Canterbury stables have no runners in the main races, the Birthday Handicap and the Otago Steeples. A good percentage of the complete Canterbury team can be found in the Winter Handicap. Here Cranbrook. Tutton, Canadiana. and Etoile Este will run against the southern sprinters with fair chances of bringinig winning honours north. Cranbrook, top-weight with 9-6, won this race with 131 b less last year. Combination could win this race today with the weight Cranbrook carried last year, but Canadiana and Tutton might run him close. Wingatui had fine weather after a frost yesterday. The track will be soft. Fields are.— ON-COURSE DOUBLE 11.15 a.m.— FIRST TRIAL STAKES,

11.50 a.m.— TAHUNA HACK AND HUNTERS’ STEEPLECHASE, £300: 2m Dark Jester (7) 11-0: Runty (8) 10-4; Ravelston (11) 9-12; Collide (9) 9-11: Knight (15) 9-6: Castle Rock <3) 9-4: Ataarangi <4>. The Frenchman <6) 9-3: ,Hygeana (2) 9-1: Alaine <1), Bedlam <l4>. Hy (5), Jolly Fox (17). Norain (10), Tara Hill (16) 9 0 Scratched: The Slug (13), Arc 'Flight (12). 12.30 p.m.— BRIGHTON IMPROVERS* HANDICAP, £300; 7f.

Surf Cail «6) ..8 0 000 Lezvea <9) ..80 Brackets: Bruin and Elvin Bay, King Senna and Lesvea, i Loyal Cherie and Marona, Mas- : tiff and Morrissy, Proud Boy and Soaring High, Surf Call and Te I Anau Lad. i Scratched: Mosque (13), Mastiff (30). Corrie Gilpin (27), Soaring High (23). 1.5 p.m.— GREENFIELD HURDLE HANDICAP, £300: lira—Koral (9) ' 10-10: Grand Prix (6) 10-0; Cor <ale (7) 9-12; Bandarshar (13): McGregor <1) 9-11; Star Quality (2) 9-6; Ore (15) 94; Mangus <4) 9-3: Granton <8) 9-2: Kazaan «11) 9-1: Elrick (10). King's Tax • 3), Llangwm (5), Mon Roi (12). Portsmouth (16), Side Saddle (14) 9-0. T.A.B. DOUBLE 1.45 p.m.— BIRTHDAY HANDICAP, £700; Ilf.

2.20 p.m.— OTAGO STEEPLECHASE HAN DICAP, £700: 2Am—No Offence (6) 11-1; Bayline (5) 10-2; Grant (1) Tidal Rip (3) 9-13; Fine Chase (7) 9-7: Grand Monarch <4). Mighty Fella (2) 9-0. 2.55 p.m.— TRIAL STAKES NO. 2, £200: 6f.—Beginner's Wonder (16) Court Fashion (11). Fernhill 16). Howe Early (5), Hudson Bay <9), Midmeadow Maid (14). Norse (3), Pikitere (4), Red Stole (1), Rene Sableur (8), Seamai (13), Soncerai (10). Windvale Giri (7) 8-7: Lambano (2) Standard Time (12) 8-0. Scratched: Bowlalong (15). 3.35 p.m.— WINTER HANDICAP, £500: 7f.

4.15 p.m.— ST. CLAIR INTERMEDIATE HANDICAP, £350; Im.—Debater (11). Disagree (1) 9-0; Carpenter (5) 8-13; Windvale Lass (9) 8-12; °ahi (10) 8-10: Royal Burgh (8) S-9; Sabell (7) 8-8; Scent (2) 8-7; Balken Boy (6), Flying Lancer <4), Trold (3) 8-4.

£250; 6f. st lb 903 Arowood il) 8 7 3594 Believe (10) 8 7 Blue Girl < 15) 8 7 0563 Earl Howe <3) 8 7 3343 Final Melody (5) 8 7 8 Howe’s Best (6) 8 7 1050 Idaburn <8) 8 7 Kumaitu (2) 8 7 Nuclear Neon (11) 8 7 0 Queen’s Speech (9) 8 7 Haro (14) 8 7 Revlis King (16) 8 7 5 Roeana (7) 8 7 •068 Golden Supreme (12) 8 0 Starson (13) 8 0 Scratched: Wand (4).

st lb. 3422 Melhar <2> 9 0 3244 Crossway (1) 8 13 9735 Etassem (17) 8 6 4253 Foxchief (10) 8 6 1302 Wynsome (29) 8 5 5664 Great Howe (4) 8 4 (•500 Highland Haggis (22) 8 4 0090 Kathieigh (2) 8 4 4247 The Guide (14) 8 4 09 Idol Prince (19) 8 2 10 Alexandra (25) 8 1 6000 Bell Count (3) 8 1 2788 Belshazzar <26) 8 1 7441 Gillie (5) 8 1 6050 Bronze Duke (11) 8 0 9000 Bruin (24) 8 0 8500 Elvin Bay (21) 8 0 6048 King Senna <15) 8 0 4180 Marona (16) 8 0 4004 Morrisy (18) 8 0 9573 Te Anau Lad (8) 8 0 Balloted out with right jf reentry: — 0000 Loyal Cherie (7) 8 0 8409 Proud Boy (28) S 0 5056 Blue Amber (12) 8 0

st. b 0054 Kumai <4) . . 9 12 2462 Golden Glen (10) .. 8 12 3251 Tundra <9> .. 8 3 9401 Loraston (5) .. 8 1 | 7326 Summer Star (8) .. 8 1 *'019 Myfiilou (3) .. 8 0 0121 Helena Maid (1) 12 1 0104 Belle El Nil (6) 7. 7 7 0645 Candida (7) . 7 7 1 0008 Captain Morgan (11) 7 7 ’ 0009 For Sure (12) ■7 7 1 4544 Mogambo (2) 7 7

st. lb 1643 Cranbrook (4) ..96 0472 Gladaub (2) ..9 6 3514 Hot Foot (5) ..95 8621 The Wanderer (8) ..95 1529 Tampa (7) .. 9 0 8093 Sir Athol (9) .. 8 11 2716 Gold View (6) ..8 8 7737 Combination (11) ..8 7 402 Tutton (10) ..8 5 8272 Canadiana (1) ..8 2 4485 Etoile Este (3) ..8 0