Gold Chick Picked In A.R.C. Handicap

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31277, 25 January 1967, Page 4

Gold Chick Picked In A.R.C. Handicap

"The Press” Special Service

AUCKLAND.

The Takanini gelding, Gold Chick, has a further opportunity to add another big Ellerslie handicap to his record in the £lBOO Auckland Racing Club Handicap, the first leg of the T.A.B. double today.

Gold Chick has already won two Mitchelson Cups and shared the honours with Geyser Land in another, a Dominion Handicap and a Spring Handicap, at Ellerslie.

Gold Chick is the top-weight today with 8-6—2 lb less than one of his main rivals, Creolian. Garden Place (7-11), Hi Value (7-4), Blue Lodge (7-13) and Red Fllou (7-5) are also certain to give him tough opposition.

Count Two, Merry Men, Bottle Top and Dantana appear the best prospects in the second leg of the T.A.B. douMe, the Broadway Handicap, six furlongs. Count Two, at his last start, finished eighth over a mile in intermediate class at Ellerslie. The time before, against a much stronger field than he meets today, he was a close second to three-year-old Kastrup in the A.R.C. Electric Handicap. The weather has been fine and the track will offer fast footing.

Selections.— Noon. Glenfield Hlghweiflht: Drizzle, Cornfoot, Hot Line. 12.35 p.m. Westminster Handicap: Tolly, Eastern Fleet, Mr Dane. 1.15 p.m.—A.R.C. Handicap: Gold Chick, HI Value, Garden Place. 2 p.m.—Lonsdale Handicap: First Division: Ben Lomond, Largo. Second Division: Prince Petary, Lord Mac. 2.45 p.m.—Broadway Handicap: Count Two, Bottle Top, Merry Men. 3.25 p.m. Provincial Handicap: Taxsonia, On Safari, Irma Fox. 4.5 p.m.—Colleen Stakes: Dolce Vita, Gay Garden, Sunflight. 4.45 p.m. Metropolitan Handicap: Sir John, Prince Heroic, Ahwahnee.

Fields; Noon—

GLENFIELD HIGH-WEIGHT, £BOO Ilf.—Repeal (2) 10-1;-Drizzle (4) t-11; Something Special (10) 9-8; Cornfoot (3) 9-7; What You Will (7) 9-6: Hot Line (8) 9-4; ApoMma (11), Mly Dally (1), Four Ways (5), Legend (6), Second Mate (0) 8-0.

12.55 p.m.— WESTMINSTER HANDICAP, £800; tt.— Tolly (9) 5-10; Richard Diamond (7) 8-3; Donroy (11) 8-0; Eastern Fleet (12), Mt. Secret (15) 7-13; Little Stranger (8) 7-12; Algamar (14), Golden Dane (10), Lady Chick (1), Our Request (13), Sungent (4), El Torlto (5), Inlkl (3), Sennoma (8), Too Shy (2) 7-10.

1.15 p.m.— AUCKLAND RACING CLUB HANDICAP, £1800; Um.

Scratched: High Voltage (1). LONSDALE HANDICAP, £800; two-year-olds, 6f.—First Division: City Court (8) 8-10; Ben Lomond (1) 8-6: Sangtara (11) 8-2; Largo (5) 8-0; Fast Draw (12) 7-13; Space Flyer (3) 7-12; Rograder <9) 7-11; Serenade (10) 7-10; Arrow Nib (2), Matthew (6) 7-9; Cassowary (14), Red Bahram (13), Warlord (7) 7-8. Second Division: Prince Petary (11) 8-10; Winkle (2) 8-3: Grizzly (8) 8-1: Blazing Sunset (3), Nalpensa (5) 7-13; Lord Mac (6) Phar Belle (10) 7-10: Thundercloud (7) 7-9; Pundla (13), Rosehill (9) 7-8.

Scratched: Betwixt (12), Derby Dee (1), Logan (4), Our Sabaean (4). 2.45 p.m.— BROADWAY HANDICAP. £1150; 6f.

3.25 p.m.— PROVINCIAL HANDICAP, £800: Ilf.—lrma Fox (2) 8-8; RimuRapa (7) 8-5; First Mate (4) 8-4; High News (5), On Safari (1) 7-13; Hustafa (10), Taxsonia (3) 7-11; Abbey’s Son (8), Meadow Lands (6) 7-10; Lady Volltime (11), Sweet Blossom (9) 7-9. 4.5 p.m.— COLLEEN STAKES, £1000; It.— Dolce Vita (3), Lynbrae (1) 8-6; Bellette (10), Delta Queen (13), Gay Garden (9). Karin Belle (2), Lady Sasanof (15), Rockette (14), Sunlight (7), Yuma (8) 8-3; Chib (1) Dellah May (6). Miss Amyn (4). Phylene (5) 7-7. Scratched: Right-o-way (12). * METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. £100; Im. Prince Heroic (2) 8-11; Sir John (1) 8-8; Viola (3) 8-7; A'lsarlta (4), El Tombo (13), Second Sight (12) 8-0: Ahwahnee (6). Unpainted (S), 7-13; Gold Dowa (10)- 7-11; Royal Personage (16) 7-10; Brother

Bart (9) 7-9; Captain Andy <11), 7-8; Arragon Queen (8), Gossworth (20). King William (7), Treasure Castle (18) 7-7.

Scratched: Felix Dee (19), Ellesdee (14). Yondee (17). Gay Future (15).

at. lb. 0030 Gold Chick (11) 8 6 0420 Creolian (2) 8 4 0410 Garden Place (9) 7 11 0103 Blue Lodge (14) 7 13 0000 (15) 7 9 2302 Red Filou (16) 7 5 0010 Hi Value (7) 7 4 0020 Micheline (5) 7 4 1110 Pale Face (13) 7 4 0142 Capella (17) M 7 3 0000 Ravenwood (12) H 7 3 0000 Ocean Mist (6) H 7 1 0000 Castle Dee (10) 7 0 0000 Miss Angel (18) 7 0 0000 Pretty Lucky (3) 7 0 0004 Royal Tax (4) 7 0 0000 Wizard (8) 7 0

st. lb. 0133 Bottle Top (3) .. R 6 0100 Royal Fair (5) .81 0030 Cherie Brizard (4) 7 8 0000 Donald Dinnie (8) ..78 0040 Bostock (2) ..7 7 0020 Count Two ..7 7 1013 Dantana (9) ..7 7 1030 Irish Rover (7) ..7 7 0022 Merry Men (1) 7 7 2000 Triple Wood (1) .. 7 7