TROTTING Guyfa Picked To Win Greymouth Cup Tonight

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30951, 6 January 1966, Page 4

TROTTING Guyfa Picked To Win Greymouth Cup Tonight

It is expected that Guyfa will improve a sound record on her present campaign when she contests the Greymouth Cup at Victoria Park Raceway tonight.

Guyfa will try for her second win as a twomiler on the West Coast circuit in the first leg of the T.A.B. double on the second night of the Greymouth Trotting Club’s

New Year meeting.

Mr B. Maeale’s Fallacy mare was the runner-up to Epona over 13 furlongs in the Victoria Park Raceway Handicap on Tuesday night. At her previous start she was successful over two miles in the Forsyth and Masters Handicap at Reefton. Shadydale, the beaten favourite in the Victoria Park Raceway Handicap, might be the hardest for Guyfa to beat. That was his first lapse iff a solid patch of form. Beforehand he had three successive seconds on his record and the most recent of those placings was behind Guyfa at Reefton. A lift in class might not prevent Allakasam from being a major contender again. Her strong finish to win the President’s Handicap on Tuesday left the impression that two miles could be well within her range. There will also be solid backing for Bon Coeur, Bourbon Lad and the Templeton stablemates, Yankee Dandy and Epona. Bon Coeur was only half a length and half a neck from Epona on Tuesday night and might have finished closer with a better run in the straight. Bourbon Lad raced well on the first night for a third and a first —his victory coming against the sprinters in the Franz Josef Glacier Handicap.

Yankee Dandy was run down by Epona, Guyfa and Bon Coeur after trying for an all-the-way win in the Victoria Park Raceway Handicap. For that victory Epona has gone back to 36 yards but in her present form that might not prevent her from winning her third race on end. Consistent The consistent Thunderina might be the popular fancy for the Golden Coast Handicap, second leg of the main double. Thunderina beat all but Aliakasam in the President’s Handicap on Tuesday night. Other sound runs close up on her record were a third to Guyfa and Shadydale at Reefton and a win over 13 furlongs—the distance of the Golden Coast Handicap—at Westport on December 27. The hardest for Thunderina to beat might be Quality Inn, also a winner at Westport and a minor place-getter in his two races on Tuesday. Lornaway and Set Sail, both minor place-getters on the first

night, and Scottish Advance, which won the lone race for improvers on Tuesday, make most appeal of the others.

There will be a double for course patrons only on the Okarito and Lake Matheson Handicaps. Super Dawn and Orient Belle might be the successful combination. Justurina was scratched yesterday from the Lake Matheson Handicap. After heavy rain yesterday morning there was a break in the weather later in the day. But the forecast is for further showers so the track could again be easy.

Acceptances:— 6.45 p.m.— OKARITO HANDICAP, £200: 2:20 class; 13f.—Barcadi (6), Braeburn <1), Charlie Mack (17), Eden’s Choice (9). Garrlman (12), Hanover Joe (10). Harker (15), Jink (11), Karano (4), Killin (7), Opulent (18), Our Smokey (14), Sir Edd (31), Smokey (16), Smokey Haze (5), Super Dawn (2), Sweet Secret (8), Wee Star (13) It. Balloted out with right of reentry: Hanover Joe. Brackets: Charlie Mack, Hanover Joe and Smokey Haze; Braeburn and Super Dawn.. 7 'fOX GLACIER HANDICAP, £250; trotters; 2:20 class; ISf.—Coronet Peak (2), Global King (4), Joskleigh (5), More Gaygee (1), Sleeman (7). Waihora Champ (3), Wayren (6) It; Mystique (2), War Serene (1) 36; Highland Hame (1) 60; Bobby’s Girl (1) 84; Morven Lad (1) 96; Young Henry (1) 120. 7.50 p.m.— LAKE MATHESON HANDICAP, £275; 2:19 class; 13f.—Angel Lass (8), Either Way (3), Foaming.

Lass (14). Highland Globe (10), High Pitch (11), Misty Rain (6), Nonnde Hanover (15), Orient Belle (1), PetroneMa (2), Shy Bess (12), Sister Jane (4), South Forward (7), Wheels (5), Yorkshire Lad (9) It. Bracket: Angel Lass and Petronella. Scratched: Justurina. FIRST LEG OF T.A.B. DOUBLE 8.30 p.m.— GREYMOUTH CUP, 2:17 class; 2m.

Brackets: Yankee Dandy and Epona: Guyfa and Maudella; Main Reason and Mecca Star. 9 p.m.— JACKSON’S BAY HANDICAP, £265; 2:20 class; 2m.—Coronet Peak (7), Global King (3), Joskeieigh (6), More Gaygee (4), Sleeman (1), Waihora Champ (5), Wayren (2) It; Mystique (2), War Scene (1) 36: Don’t (2), Highland Hame (1) 72; Bobby’s Girl (1) 96: Morven Lad (1) 108: Free Return (1) 120; Young Henry (1) 132. 9.30 p.m.— PARINGA HANDICAP, £275; 2:19 class; 13f. —Angel Lass (1), Either Way (5), Justurina (6), Milsty Rain (8), Nonnie Hanover (4), Orient Belle (2), Pertonella (7), Shy Bess (10), South Forward (9), Yorkshire Lad (3) It. Bracket: Angel Lass and Petronella. SECOND LEG OF T.A.B. DOUBLE 10 p.m.—

10.30 p.m.— KNIGHT’S POINT HANDICAP, £450 ; 2:17 class; Ilf.—AMakasam (13). Arneb (3), Bon Coeur (7), Bourbon Lad (9), Doctor Jim (10), Great Kick (5), Guyfa (2), Intercede (12), Maelynne (4), Main Reason (11), Shadydale (6), Tunnel Road (8), Yankee Dandy (1) it; Epona (2), Mecca Star (1) 24.

Brackets: Yankee Dandy and Epona; Main Reason and Mecca Star.

0001 Allakasam (11) .. It. 0100 Arneb (5) .. It. 0103 Bon Coeur (S) . It. 0031 Bourbon Lad (1)' It. 0320 Great Kick (9) It. 3012 Guyfa (10) . It. 0000 Intercede (6) It. OOOO Main Reason (7) ... It. 2220 Shadydale (4) ... It. 1000 Tunnel Road (3) .. It. 2004 Yankee Dandy (2) .. It. 3011 Epona (1) .. 36 0100 Maudella (2) .. .. 36 0000 Mecca Star (3) . . 36

GOLDEN COAST HANDICAP, £400; 2:18 Classi; I3f. 1100 AM Baba (3) It. oooo Bonvar (5) It. oooo Darwyn (7) . It. 000 Glen Castle (1) It. 0100 Le Whip (6) It. 3004 Lornaway <10> It. 0000 Milke Hall (9) It. 1343 Quality Inn (8) It. oooo Richard Hanover (4) .. It. 4401 Scottish Advance (11) It. 0102 Set Sall (12) It. 1302 Thunderina (2) It. 0100 Arneb (1) 36