9 N.Z. Starters In Caulfield Cup

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30882, 15 October 1965, Page 4

9 N.Z. Starters In Caulfield Cup

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) MELBOURNE. Nine New Zealand-bred horses are included in the field of 20 for tomorrow’s £20,000 Caulfield Cup and another is the second of four emergencies for the big race.

One of those bred across the Tasman, Matlock, is included in the field although he was not fully qualified to run under conditions for the race.

There were 37 acceptors, but because of safety reasons, the field is restricted to 20 starters.

Twenty-four of the 37 had passed all qualifying ’ runs, and today the committee of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club eliminated five of them and used its discretionary powers to include Matloch in the field. From the time the weights for the race were disclosed three months ago, Matloch has been backed for fortunes in straight bets and as the first

( leg of the Caulfield-Mel-bourne Cup double. None of the four emergencies named by the committee have passed all qualifying clauses. The five qualifiers eliminated by the committee are j Rochdale, The Dip, Gay Filou (all bred in New Zealand), Toi Port and Celero. Of the two New Zealand visitors in the race. Sail Away and Royal Duty, Sail Away has the better draw. He is to start from barrier number eight while Royal Duty is wide out at number IS. The coveted number one barrier has gone to Striking Force. Other New Zealand-bred horses in the race are Captain Blue (2), Sir Wynyard (13), Light Fingers (20), Ziema <3l. Matloch (14), Prince Grant (7) and Valuate (11). Carnival is one of the emergencies. A clear favourite for the race on yesterday’s market was Light Fingers, with Captain Blue and Strauss together on the second line. The top-weight. Craftsman, is on the third line, with Royal Duty and Matlo.ch together on the next. Gatum Gatum, the upset winner of the Melbourne Cup in 1963, is one of the outsiders, while Yangtze, winner of the Caulfield Cup last year is on the eighth line of favouritism. The field is: CAULFIELD CUP, £20,000 and Gold Cup valued at £400; Urn.

st lb CRAFTSMAN (Better BoyBlue Gipsy (15) 9 6 ROYAL DUTY (Gigantic— Glenlyn (N.Z.) (10) .. 9 3 YANGTZE (Ping Ching— Lady Shaw) (17) 9 1 ZTNGA LEE (High Peak— Florenzo) (6) S 13 STRIKING FORCE (Osborne —Flash of Gold) (1) .. 8 12 CAPTAIN BLUE (Blueskin II—Miss Able) (N.Z.) (2) 8 10 BORE HEAD (Double Bore —Mauna Kea) (9) 8 9 SIR WYNYARD (Summertime—Miss Wynyard) (N.Z.) (13) 8 9 STRAUSS (Pipe of PeaceOrchestra) (19) 8 9 BRABHAM (Woodburn— Royal Throttle) (10) .. 8 7 SAIL AWAY (Tsaoko—Voyager) (N.Z.) (8) 8 7 EVEN BETTER (Persian Book—Spring Frolic (4) 8 6 LIGHT FINGERS (Le Filou— Cuddlesome) (N.Z.) <20) ... 8 6 ZIEMA (Summertime— Najmi) (N.Z.) (3) 8 6 GATUM GATUM (Star of Baroda—Certa Ceta) (12) 8 3 RED WILLIAM (Sweet William—Vais Image) <5) 8 1 MATLOCH (Balloch—Ganymede) (N.Z.) (14) 7 13 PRINCE GRANT (Alcimites —Chubin) (N.Z.) (7) 7 7VALUATE (Balloch—Estimate) (N.Z.) (11) 7 6 CONCLAVE (Pipe of Peace —Aurelia) (18) 7 3 Emergencies in order of preference:— JOVIAL KNIGHT (Star of Baroda—French Gar. land) 8 3 CARNIVAL (Faux Tlrage— Gay Times) (N.Z.) 7 13 NEW STATESMAN (Smokey Eyes—Wilma Joy) 8 10 AMUSEMENT PARK (Pipe of Peace — Holiday Scene) 8 5