Bright Idea In Form For Tauranga First Leg

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30895, 30 October 1965, Page 6

Bright Idea In Form For Tauranga First Leg

“The Press’* Special Service AUCKLAND. Bright Idea. Tatua, Kiwi Fox and up-on-coming horses like Boodle, Rohe Potae, Honestly, Ursinus and Bob Duff, promise excellent competition at the Bay of Plenty Racing Club's spring meeting today.

. The first leg of the T.A.B. double, the Tauranga City Handicap, will bring Bright Idea back to a middle distance, which he seems ready to run very solidly. Bright Idea has been tackling sprints since he returned to racing at Matamata on August 21 after a spell through the winter, and he has performed so well as to win twice, over six furlongs, at Rotorua. On each occasion he started slowly and came home very fast In his failure to make up into a successful handicap horse, Bright Idea was one of the disappointments of the autumn last season. In several attempts he failed to gain a place, but at five years old this season he is very likely more suitable for the longer distances. If Tatua is going to be good again this season he should now start to show form. Last Monday he ran well until a furlong out over 11 furlongs at Te Rapa. That was after he had shared the pace with Ravenwood. With 8-10, Tatua is required to give Bright Idea 151 b and he has 51b more than Clarendon, 101 b more than My Contact and 111 b more than Kiwi Fox. GOOD STAYER Kiwi Fox is a stayer which may manage the 10> furlongs and long run home better than most. Micheline often finishes well and Tawa Mahal is another chance. Honestly and Ursinus will meet in the second leg of the TAB. double, the Tauranga Intermediate Thousand, a sprint for horses which have not secured more than £l5OO in first money. Bardowie, Sunset Fair and Geyserland help to make the field one of unusual quality. Whether Honestly, over seven furlongs, w’ill be able to keep close enough to Ursinus in the first half-mile is the main question When they last met, over a mile at Ellerslie on October 16, Honestly caught Ursinus, which made the pace, in the last few strides. From her weight on that occasion Honestly is up 41b. Ursinus has the same handicap, 8-5. TRYING AGAIN Boodle, a four-year-old from Te Rapa, will be trying for his second win in succession. He contests the Merivale Hack Handicap. Rohe Potae i* in the Maungatapu Hack Handicap against Pell Mell and several other smart young horses, and Bob Duff is an acceptor for the Domain Hack Handicap. Boodle and Bob Duff, also a four-year-old. look full of promise. The weather has been fine and warm and the track should be in excellent order. Selections. — 11.30 a.m.—Maiden Handicap: First Division —Cigarro, Waipoua. Second Division — Zaratuka, Gold Dex. 12.15 p.m.—Maungatapu Handicap: Rohe Potae, Stradella, Pell Mell. 12.50 p.m.—Judea Highweight: Gitano, Starboard, larco. 1.30 p.m.—Stayers' Handicap: Count Up, All Smoke, Nurmi. 2.20 p.m.—City Handicap: Bright Idea, Kiwi Fox, Tatua.

3.5 p.m.—Merivale Handicap: Boodle, Silver Sunset, Somerset Lodge. 3.50 p.m. Tauranga Intermediate Thousand: Honestly, Ursinus, Bardowie. 4.30 p.m.—Domain Handicap: Bob Duff, Kowloon, Astral Blue. Fields:— 11.30 a.m.—

MAIDEN HANDICAP, £300; 6f. —First Division: Cigarro (2) 8-7; Second Sight (9), The Reveller (12) 8-6; Cozonic Del Mar (10), Kabab (6), Waipoua (8) 8-5 : By Plane (11), Catherine Tudor (13), Dare’s Double (7), Joeva (14), Marcish (3), Our Babette (5), Shady Lane (4), Turnabout (1) 8-4 Second Division: Ship Shape (10) 8-6; Cobbler’s Dream (3), Even Up (7), Red Note (11), Zaratuka (8) 8-5; Capacity (1), Count Mein (9), Gay Merit (4), Lord Joey (12), Miss Lawful (13), Roko (2). Sherry Frontenac (6) 8Brackets: Our Babette and Mis® Lawful, Shady Lane and Roko, Turnabout and Sherry Frontenac Scratched: Gold Dex (5). 12.15 p.m.— MAUNGATAPAU HANDICAP, £500; 6f.—Gay Future (10) 8-3; Stradella (7) 8-2: Rohe Potae (3) 8-1; Pell Mell (2) 7-13; Double Image (5), Headsiwin (14) 7-10; Luck's a Fortune <9) 7-9; Amyn Hi (8), Belle Helene (1), Caber Fair (6), Fair Amber (12), Folder Star (4), Gay Polo (15). Olwyn Ann (11), Syntactic (17) 7-8. Scratched: Fontura (20), Silverstream (21), Yugo (18), Te Awhitu (22), Prince Arragon (16). Top Cat (13). 12.50 p.m.— JUDEA HIGH.WEIGHT, £500; 10}f. —Gitano (6) 10-6; Fair Bid (8) 10-4; Pale Face (3). Starboard (5) 10-3; Yara (9) 10-1; Fedele (4) 9-10; larco (7) 9-8; To Reign (1) 9-4; Oropi Lass (2) 91.30 p.m.— TAURANGA STAYERS* HANDICAP, £550; 10K. Stanza (9) 8-5; All Smoke (13), Invincible (4) 8-4; Americano Tellus (18), Normi (22) 7-11: (3), Achates (17) 8-0: Tin Tacks (7) 7-12; Count Up (8) Fairylore (12), Gold Majesty (2), Maverick (5), Miss Tellus (18), Nurmi (22) 7-11; Blockade (21), Cornfoot (16), Flanders Ridge (10), Foxrua (24), Gold Tax (19), Hoa (23), Rimu-rapa (6). Something Special (11). Worthy Queen (20) 7-10. Scratched: Mr Fagan (1), Utah (14), Rigoletto (15). 2.20 p.m.— CITY HANDICAP, £1450; IOJf. st. lb. 2070 Tatua (4) .. 8 10 7768 Clarendon (12) .. 8 5 6140 My Contact (16) .. 8 0 8041 Kiwi Fox (20) .. 7 13 3161 Bright Idea (9) .. 7 9

0735 Carlynn (2) ..7 9 1602 Micheline 118) ..7 6 1701 Tawa Mahal (1) ..7 6 9924 Foxskin (17) ..75 6580 Hi-Minx (7) ..7 5 1500 Caramelle (13) .. 7 3 4646 Anne Lane (8) ..7 0 206 First Mate (11) .. 7 0 9909 Queen’s Poet (14) .. 7 0 3707 Red Crest (15) 7 0 Scratched: Golden Defoe (5), Damian’s Pride (3), Straight Irish (6), Loyal Ruler (21), The Prophet (10), Otakiri Boy (19). 3.5 p.m.— MERIVALE HANDICAP, £500; 71.—Prince Arragon (3) 8-12; Boodle (10) 8-7: Silver Sunset (9) 8-3; Foxaro (2) 7-12; Big Dipper (8) 7-11: Belle of Ascot (7) Clairvoyant (13), Hug (6). Italiana (12), Joytax (4), On Top (11), Somerset Lodge (6), Super John (1) 7-10; Master Lewis (14) 7-9. 3.50 p.m.— TAURANCA INTERMEDIATE THOUSAND, £IOSO ; 7f.

Scratched: Te Awhina (20), Shapiro (19), Tawa Mahal (10). 4.30 p.m.— DOMAIN HANDICAP, £680; Im. —Bob Duff (7) 8-10: Astra Blue (12) 8-7; Karent (10) 8-2; Kowloon (11) 8-1; Wairere Las® (4) 8-0; Blue Stand (1) 7-11; Classified (3), Riff Raff (13), Stirling Castle (5) 7-10: Baroque (2), Bruce' Maitland (14), Bylaw (16), De Filou (17), Golden Sprite (18), Gurkha (15), Quantam (8), Untouchable (6)< 7-9. Scratched: Achates (9).

11 Honestly (6) st. lb. .. 9 3 0512 Ursinus (11) ... 8 5 Sunset Fair (5) .. 8 3 Lipton (3) .. 8 ; 2338 Topsil (4) .. 8 1 Trueman (15) .. 8 1 Geyser Land (12) .. 8 0 Zarabee (7) . . 8 0 Regain (13) .. N 7 13 9 El Cortez (8) .. 7 12 Preferable (9) .. 7 11 0 Yondee (21) 7 10 Bardowie (2) ’’ 7 9 Look Twice (1) •• 7 \ 9 989 Cobbler Lasts (16) .. 7' 8 0736 Khan Sahib (10) .. 7 8 Larboard (18) .. 7 8 00 Synola (17) .. 7 7