Terrific The St. Leger Fancy
**Thc Press” Special Service
AUCKLAND.
The Auckland colt, Terrific, which ran a record in the New Zealand St. Leger two starts ago, looks a fine winning chance in the £1750 Great Northern St. Leger at Ellerslie today.
When acceptances were taken on Saturday night the St. Leger had a field of six. None of Terrific’s rivals has shown the same form over a distance. Only Simenson and Sentry have won further than a mile. Sentry in hack class and Simenson in open company at Awapuni two starts ago. Considerable interest will be taken in the appearance of Devastation. Up to a mile Devastation is the best three-year-old in New Zealand. Lu Filou, which has been In great form over longer distances in recent weeks, will be one to beat in the first leg of the T.A.B. double, the H. O. Nolan Handicap. His toughest rivals may be Golden Defoe, Creolian and Tardini. The grand galloper, Rochdale, a stablemate of Lu Filou, will try for a notable double in the £2OOO Islington Handicap. the second leg of the T.A.B. double. This time, however. he might have to yield to Silver Sunset. Silver Sunset finished a cose fifth behind Rochdale in the Easter Handicap and will meet the Te Awamutu gelding on 81b better terms. The track will be easy after rain last night. Selections: —
11.30 a.m.—EL Hellers Hurdles: Pale Face, Manipulate, Blue Beard. 12.15 p.m.—Victoria Handicap: Valiant Knight, Kastrup. Ahwahnee. 1 p.m.—H. O. Nolan Handicap: Lu Filou, Golden Defoe, Creolian. 1.45 p.m.—Mangere Steeplechase: Jovic, Repeal, Eisteddfod. 2.30 p.m.—lslington Handicap: Silver Sunset, Rochdale, Princess Talaria. 3 10 p.m.—Bowen Handicap: Claroch. Misere, King Of The Castle. 3.50 p.m.—G. N. St. Leger: Terrific, Devastation. 4.30 p.m.—Nelson Handicap: Taxsonia, Pell Mell, Draco. Acceptances:— U CT. HEUERS HURDLES, £1000: Hm and “7* ~mlo* <l4l 10-4: Blue Beard (8) 10-0. Manipulate <ll Ml: Blglaw (« a.ll• Bed Forest <6l 9-3; Pale Face <lOl »-l: Big Joe. *?>• Black Emperor <7). Classified <l3. nonPno <2). Johnny Dee <9). Old Purtri <lll. Begal Mmstre. (3), Startime (It) S-O-VICTORIA "HANDICAP, £1000: a.o- Awahnee <4> 8;®- ” a L\ Poppins <1) 84: Lynbrae <l3 8-3: Court Rapid < 14) 713. <11) 7-17: Kastrup (12) <-l?Big Enough (5). Ginza <ls> 7-<: Fa’r Account <lo>. Kathey s Son 7s» i" Freehold <1»). Johns Joy <U). La V:>la <». X.E (7), Queen’s Romance (3), Sue
Donnington (16), What You Will (9) 7-5.
MANGERE STEEPLECHASE, £1000; 2im.— Chef (13), Hoss (5) 10-1; Repeat (1), Rethea (6) 9-11: Eisteddfod (11) 9-9; Brevity (10) 9-8; Jovic (12) 9-6: Alphie (2) 9-4; Tontine (3) 9-2: Great Era (14), Tikipunga (15) 9-1: Big Chief (9), Caminar (4). Fa’ada (3), Owais Billy Boy (7) 9-0.
3.10 p.m.— BOWEN HANDICAP, £1250: 6f Misere (15) 8-8: Claroch (3) 8-2; Pr : nce Manu (6) 7-11: King of the Castle (14) 7-8: Gold Chat (11) 7-7; Lord Ted (7) 7-6; Prince Mahmoud (4) 7-5: Belle Helene (8), Farmer’s Boy (10) 7-4;
Lerua (13), Prince Arragon (9), Royal Fair (1), Sir Oman (5), Te Pari Chat (12), Vai Vua (2) 7-3. 3.50 p.m.— GREAT NORTHERN ST. LEGER, £1750; three-year-olds; Um. — Devastation (2), Sentry (2). Simenson (1), Terrific (4) 8-10; Silent Night (6), Te Rua (5) 8-8. 4.30 p.m.— NELSON HACK HANDICAP, £1000; Im.—Pell Mell (12) 8-13: Undercounter (8) 8-11; Don’t Be Late (30) 8-10; Our Gem (5), Stirling Castle (23) 8-7; King William (17) 8-6; Second Sight (18) 8-5; Freeway (20) 8-4; Draco (25), Taxsonia (29) 8-3: Fine Summer (11), Gurkha (10) 8-2; Final Raid (3) 8-1; Arabian Belle (7), Gay Future (15) 8-0; Bombay (2) 7-12; Golden Guy (26), Gold Look (19), High Tax (9). Keylock (13), Little Stranger (21), No Regrets (22), Pinza Boy (1). Sureve (6) 7-11. Balloted out with right of re-entry in the following order: Sir Polo (4), University (14), Outlawed (24) 7-11; Venturer (28), Count Up (27), Fleet Filou (16) 7-10.
Brackets: Pell Mell and Second Sight; Little Stranger and No Regrets; Pinza Boy and Sureve: Sir Polo and University; Outlawed and Venturer; Count Up and Fleet Filou.
1 p.m.— H O. NOLAN HANDICAP. lb £2500; lim. s*t. 3212 Lu FMou (5) . . 9 2 3713 Golden Defoe (4) .. 9 0 1691 Tard’.ni (13) .. 8 7 1930 Creolian (8) .. 8 5 10 SO Aro (6) .. 8 2550 Tara’s Pride (2) .. 8 3 6030 Kandy (15) .. 8 1120 New Tiki (1) 7 11 3054 Ravenwood (17) 7 9 00S7 Earl of Foxwood (3) 7 8 8123 Ocean Mist (12) .. 7 7 7301 Otakiri Boy (9) .. 7 5 8319 El Cortez (16) .. 7 2 4500 Garden Place (7) .. 7 2 0000 Smoke Ring (10) .. 7 1 2440 Royal Poet (11) .. 7 0 6060 Royal Tax (14) .. 7 0 1.45 p.m.—
2.30 p.m.— ISLINGTON HANDICAP, £2000; Im. st. lb 5121 Rochdale (3) 9 12 0800 Craddock (16) 8 11 9000 Markable (8) 8 11 5075 Siilver Sunset (13) .. 8 5 1664 Princess Taiaria (14) 8 1 0044 Kangaroo Town (19) 8 0 7400 Karinx (12) 7 13 4305 Arbelle (11) 7 12 1610 Bardowie (21) 7 12 8169 Mavis Brae (4) 7 12 0900 Old And Bold (22) 7 12 3020 Computer (24) 7 11 5299 0670 Donald Dinnle (5) .. Gina LolCobrigida 7 10 (IS) 7 10 7023 Special Request (23) 7 9 0000 Emphatique (17) 7 8 1116 Hi Value (10) 7 8 3017 Miss Angel (1) 7 8 6087 Blossom Time (20) . 7 7 6576 Cherie Brizard (15) 7 9 Great Command (9) 7 7 0720 Loyal Ruler (6) y 7 2608 Mo-I-Rana (7) 7 7 0007 Trossach (2) 7 7 Bracket: Old and Bold Mo-I-Rana. and
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31031, 11 April 1966, Page 5
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