RACING Khanate Takes Hunt Cup Easily

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31150, 29 August 1966, Page 5

RACING Khanate Takes Hunt Cup Easily

(New Zealand Press Association)

AUCKLAND.

Khanate, a gelding from Cambridge, scored an easy win in the £2OOO Pakuranga Hunt Cup, first leg of the T.A.B. double at the Pakuranga Hunt’s meeting at Ellerslie on Saturday.

Khanate led for the last seven furlongs and won by nine lengths from Prince Sylvan.

The second leg of the double, the Jellicoe Handicap, went to the Takanini mare, Rainfall. The double dividend for £1 was £6O 15s 6d. The weather was fine but overcast, and the track heavy. Results:

GREENMOUNT STEEPLECHASE, £700; amateur riders; 21m.—1/1 RUANUKU (5) 10-8 Mr T. Brown 1; 4/4 CORAL VIEW (3) 10-8 car. 10-9 Mr J. P. Upton 2; 5/5 SAILOR'S FAREWELL (16) 10-7 MT B. Tims 3. Scratched: Babecia, Edmond Dantes, New Kiwi. Twenty lengths: five lengths. Keep Trying fourth. Time, 5:35. Win: £2 10s 6d. Places: £1 9s 6d, £2 10s, £2 12s 6d.

HARRIS MEMORIAL HURDLES, £700; Um. and 60yds.—5/4 BLUE BAY (1) 10-2 W. J. Barlow 1; 6/7 CARLYNN (3) 9-12 R. C. Leggett 2: 3/3 REGAL RULER 9-3 K. J. Mauriri 3. Scratched: Nickel Pot, Prince Judah. Two lengths; one and a half lengths. Olde Chelsea fourth. Time, 3:31 3-5. Win: £lO Us 6d. Places: £3 12s, £4 2s 6d, £3 Bs. PAKURAHGA HUNT CUP, £2000; 3m. 4/5 KHANATE (6) 9-4 car. 9-5 W. H. Short 1 9/7 PRINCE SYLVAN (7) 9-3 M. V. Coon 2 2/2 RINGLOCK (1) 10 12 G. A. Walters 3 Also started in finishing order: 6/6 Arctic Blue, 3/3 Rethea. 10/10 Tikipunga, 8/8 Gold Tie, 5/4 Johnny Dee, 7/9 Jumping Joe. 3/3 Stelan (lost rider), 1/1 Hi There (fell). 5/4 Hying Egret (fell). Nine lengths; four lengths. Time. 6:34. Win: £7 5s 6d. Places: £2 16s fid, £3 9s 6d, £2 5s 6d. BULLOCK WEBSTER HANDICAP £700; Um.—s/5 EL HARA (5) 10-8 L. Laxon 1: 9/10 ROLLS ROYCE (12) 10-7 T. McDuncan 2; 11/11 ROBIN’S REPORT (11) 10-7

J. Tims 3. AU started. Ten lengths; two and a half lengths. Fordnun fourth. Time, 2:25. Win: £lO 14s. Places: £2 19s 6d, £8 0s 6d, £lO Bs. JELLICOE HANDICAP, £2000; Im. 2/2 RAINFALL (3) 8-12 R. J. Skelton 1 16/16 DRACO (20) 7-7 B. W. McDonald 2 12/13 MAC'S PRIDE (16) 7-8 D. R. Sanderson 3 Also started In finishing order: 21/21 Ironbark, 4/3 Queen’s Poet, 20/19 Blue Lodge, 14/14 Mantovani, 17/17 Red Filou, 3/4 Mr Fagan, 11/10 Vai Vua, 15/15 Gold Chick, 13/12 Kangaroo Town, 10/7 Gay Cobbler, 5/6 Red Crest, 19/20 Queenwood, 1/1 Wiri. 18/18 Tawa Mahal, 9/10 Crojack, 6/5 Old and Bold, 8/9 Diamond Red, 22/22 Belle of Ascot, 7/8 Terrific. Two and a half lengths; threequarters of a length. Time, 1:47. Win: £5 4s. Places: £2 5s 6d, £ll 8S 6d. £7 10s 6d. ADMIRALTY HANDICAP, £1000; 6f.—6/5 MASTER DEFENCE (3)

8-11 B. W. McDonald 1; 3/2 BOTTLE TOP (5) 8-8 G. R. Edge 2; 4/4 ALKAID (2) 9-1 J. F. Grylls 3. Scratched: Otematata, Boodle, Bostock, Gray Knight, Royal Personage, Star Belle. Two lengths: three lengths. Clipjoint fourth. Time, 1:19 2-5. Win: £lO 10s. Places: £3 Bs, £2, £2 12s 6d. SYLVIA PARK HANDICAP. £700; 6f 5/5 STYX <l2> 8-4 N. B. Holland 1: 6/8 CAMBRIDGE FAIR (1) 8-12 K. J. Potter 2: 2/2 BARELLAN (7) 8-5 J. S. Humphries 3. Scratched: His Majesty, Del Charro. Acrylic, Regal Consort. Algamar, Arr Lad. Proud Blue, Sumgent, Midnight Cruise. Nose: neck. Comte De Liege fourth. Time, 1:21. Win: £lO 17s. Places: £3 9s 6d. £4 3s, £2 0s 6d. KARAKA HANDICAP, £700; Im. —l/1 MIGHTY FAIR (1) 9-2 car. 8-9 D. W. Blake 1: 3'4 DONROY <7) S-l G, F. Hughes 2: 5/6 HEAD FANCY (6) 8-2 D. A. Peake 3. Scratched: Easter Joy, Drizzle, Al Stoul, Jaydee. Threequarters of a length; seven lengths. World Bank fourth. Time 1:50. Win: £3 9s 6d. Places: £1 14s 6d, £2 Bs, £3 Bs.