Yankee Dandee Pays £3l In Cup

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31029, 7 April 1966, Page 4

Yankee Dandee Pays £3l In Cup

Yankee Dandy, which broke early in his race on Saturday night and was pulled up, won the Grey* mouth Trotting Cup with pacemaking tactics on the second night of the Greymouth Trotting Club’s Easter meeting last night. Yankee Dandy, which is prepared for Mr R. M. Wilson, by F. E. Newfield, at Templeton, gave his trainer his second major driving success at the meeting. On Saturday night Newfield drove Our Smokey to victory in the first leg of the T.A.B. double. Last night Our Smokey, this time driven by O. M. Quinlan, was well beaten although he finished second. He was seven lengths from the winner but beat the others almost as easily. Vaggi, which, like Our Smokey, was close to the pace all the way, was three lengths away third. Allakasam, fairly weli back till late in the race, was the best of the others. Yankee Dandy, whose last win was gained at Invercargill in January. 1964, was one of the ong shots. He was the 10/12 favourite and paid £3l 10s and £9 6s for a win and a place and £212 Ils 6d for £1 with Thunderina. a firm favourite for the second leg. the Westland Handicap. Thunderina was a little slow off the mark but was soon up in mid-field on the inner. She worked off the fence in the last round and moved into a challenging position near the i straight entrance. In a battling finish with Plue Pin the favourite did best to win by a long head and give J. A. Carmichael h s third winning drive for the night. Blue Pin was never far away :n the running but Lofty, which finished third, and Angel Lass, the fourth place-getter, came from the back for their placings. Both had ruined their chances of winning by breaking at the start. All . Baba, the leader into the straight, headed the rest. The on-course double was won by Hal Air and High Caste. The combination paid £llO 18s for £l. The meeting was held in fine weather and the track was in good order. Results: BLENHEIM HANDICAP, £200;

2:20 class: 13f.— 6/6 HAL AIR (4) It F. Murfitt 1: 2/1 TOBACCONIST (14) It K. Purdon 2; 8/9 KINGSLEY (8) It A. J. Bourne 3. All started. Two lengths; three and a half lengths. Fallacy Queen fourth. Times: 3:40 1-5, 3:40 3-5, 3:41. Win: £l5 4s. Places: £3 18s 6d, £1 12s, £5 14s. NELSON HANDICAP, £250: trotters: 2:20 class; 13f.—6/5 BOLD AXWORTH (1) It J. A Carmichael 1: 4/2 PROPETRE (7) It G. H. Gates 2; 7/7 MARTIN BRIGADE (4) It F. Murfitt 3. AH started. Three lengths: four lengths Light Note fourth. Times: 3:48 4-5, 3:49 2-5, 3:50 1-5 Win: £l3 4s. Places: £3 10s, £1 16s 6d, £4 14s. BULLER HANDICAP, £275: 2:19 class; 13f.—3/2 HIGH CASTE (2) It D. Mangos 1: 6/5 KARANO (4) It W. S. Cummings 2; 5/3 NIKI (5) It M. T. Butterlck 3. Scratched: Boutique. Length; short head. Horatius fourth. Times: 3:43, 3:43 1-5, 3:43 2-5. Win: £4 Is 6d. Places: £1 Ils, £2 16s 6d. £2 12s 6d. GREYMOUTH CUP. £500: 2:17 class: 2m. 10/12 YANKEE DANDY (15) It F. E. Newfield 1 2/2 OUR SMOKEY (11) It O. M. Quinlan 2 6/6 VAGGI (14) It T. W. Mulcay 3 12/13 Bon Coeur. 8/8 Bourbon Lad. 9/9 Gay Return, 11/10 Great Kick, 5/5 Lornaway, 13/ 14 Maelynne, 10/11 Main Reason, 4/4 Michael, 1/1 Quality Inn. 7/7 Richard Hanover, 6/6 Wee Lord, 3/3 Allakasam also started. Seven lengths: three lengths. Allakasam fourth. Times: 4:33 1- 4:34. 4:34 2-5. Win: £3l 10s. Places: £9 6s. £1 16s 6d. £4 3s 6d. Bracket: Vaggi and Wee Lord. INANGAHUA HANDICAP, £250: trotters: 2:20 class; 2m—2/2 BOLD AXWORTH (1) 36 J. A. Carmichael 1: 1/1 BOBBY'S GIRL (11) 96 W. S. Cummines 2: 3/4 HEY BOY (2) It D. C. Watts 3. Scratched: Misty Light, Deception. Half a head: 16 lengths. Martin Brigade fourth. Times: 4:44, 4:40, 4:50 1-5. Win: £4 5s 6d. Places: £1 18s, £1 Bs. £2 4s. MURCHISON HANDICAP. £275; 2:19 class: probationary drivers; 13f.—1/2 OVERTIME (6) It P. C. Yeatman 1; 2/5 HORATIUS (2) It M. A. Butt 2: 4/3 ORIEHT BELLE (5) It E. T. Byrne 3. All started. Four lengths: length and a half. Boutique fourth. Times: 3:42 3-5. 3:43. 3:43 4-5. Win: £2 ss. Places: £1 15s, £2 Is 6d. £1 18s. WESTLAND HANDICAP, £375: 2:18 class: 13f. 1/1 THUNDERINA It J. A. Carmichael 1 5/5 BLUE PIN It A. J. Bourne 2 5/3 LOFTY It R. H. Negus 3 4/6 Ali Baba, 2/2 Angel Lass, 6/4 John, 9/10 Johnny Gold, 10/9 Sonic, 7/7 Tobermory Bay, 8/8 Torpi also started. Long head: two lengths. Angel Lass fourth. Times—3:4o. 3:40 2- 3:40 4-5. Win: £2 17s. Places: £1 4s 6d. £2 13s 6d, £2 8s fid. VICTORIA PARK RACEWAY HANDICAP, £450; 2:17 class: Ilf. —QUALITY INN (10) 1: VAGGI (12) 2: BOURBON LAD (2) 3. Win- £2 fis. Places: £1 12s. £1 19s. £3 3s. Bracket: Vaggi and Wee Lord. Scratched: Gay Return, Great Kick Our Smokey.