Palisade Top-Weight In Adams Handicap

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31318, 14 March 1967, Page 6

Palisade Top-Weight In Adams Handicap

The brilliant Wingatui veteran stayer, Palisade, has been given top-weight of 9-9 in the £3600 George Adams Handicap, one of the feature races on the first day of the Canterbury Jockey Club’s autumn meeteing on Easter Monday.

Palisade has been weighted 111 b above the New Zealand Cup winner; Royal Bid, a stone above the Wanganui Gold Cup winner, Bandon; and 181 b above Court Belle and Cassarook, both good winners for Gore stables this season.

The brilliant Waikato mare, High Glee, is top-weight with 9st 21b in the Great Easter Handicap. High Glee, Which improved a spectacular record at six furlongs with a win at Trentham on Saturday, has 11 lb more than the second topweight, Royal Chase, and 12 lb more than Middy, the Great Easter winner last year, and the sprint winner at Oamaru yesterday. Weights for the first day of the meeting are:— OPAWA HANDICAP, £500; 9f.— Clipper 10-2; Hushaway 10-1; Certain 9-13; The Oreatest, Taxman 9-10; Glocca Morra, Cobble Last Count, Gold Shower, Lord Fair 9-8; Alegretto, Dry Time, Sandbank 9-7; Stageland, Underwood Law 9-9; Retinue, Takatua, Windvale Lad White Rajah 9-8; Duplex, Standout, The Missionary 2-4; Hunting Horn, Warm Up 9-3; Cumberland, Limbo, Vulcan 9-2; Apache, Beneflee, Command Performance, Indian Chief. Skeltheen 9-0. CHAMPAGNE STAKES £1900; two-year-olds; St.— Billy Joe, Burna Knight, Canny Day Conway Stewart, Ngatua, Red Copy, Samatan 8-10; Chapel Belle, Frafre, Golden Feathers, Ma

Jeune, Merrlmae, Never Again, Summer Dale, Sura Light, Trovato Mine, Voter, Shewetta 8-8. COURTENAY HANDICAP, £400; 71.—Pretentious 8-10; Gay Baron, Jester Maid, Sacred Steps, Starless 8-9; Alberta, Baron’s Pride, New Mint, Rival, We Have Fun 8-8; Play Fairer 8-7; Aconite, Advocat, Bellcraze, Blue Seas, Cranford, Cosmotrlx, High and Mighty, Herndale Lad, Mondy, Our Wyn, Potenza, Royal VUllan, Salt Fleet, Thinking 8-6. WARSTEP STAKES, £900; Im— Min Flicka 9-7; Kallmera 9-3; Her Pal 9-2; Balmarls 9-1; Status Symbol, Shoelace 8-9; Reefton Gold 8-7; Farina 8-0; Millie Small 8-5; Wig 8-3; My Boa 7-13; Cosmetic, Conqueress 7-12; Romayne 7-11; Hamadan, May Wyne 7-10; Carolina, Flair Go, Farmer’s Girl, Kush Mahal 7-9; Lady Velvet 7-8; Carla, Cosmotrlx, Monsde, Our Wyn, Port Bank, Play Fairer, Starless, Winnie’s Girl, Water Deer 7-7.

GEORGE ADAMS (TATTERSALL) HANDICAP, £3000; Dm.— Palisade 9-9; Royal Bid 8-12; Bandon 8-9; Court Belle, Cassorook 8-5: Udare 8-2; Red Siren 8-0; Carpenter 7-13; Seminole 7-8; Even Chance 7-8; Certain 7-4; Ichtar 7-3; Lucky Son, Clipper, Segundo 7-1; Dry Time, Golden Vanity, Gold Shower, Gingerbread, Janevllle, Matea, Marine, Roman General, Standout, Tsunami, White Rajah 7-0.

MERIVALR HANDICAP, £750; Of,—Final Orders 8-10: Master

Sheeny 8-9; Left Over 8-7; Running Scared 8-5; Millie Small, Wytell 8-4; Command Performance, Royal Master 8-3; Gun, Hayman 8-1; Anaslwa, Red Stole, Submerge, Sirtax, Shogun, Spanish Fox 8-0; Expel 7-13; Acrobat, Hamadan, Mighty Peak 7-12; Barcape, Coseta, D’Arehiac, Gold Wood, Kai Bank, We Wood 7-11; High Bank, Jester Maid, Magic Rose, Royal Encounter, Summer Lad, Ship Ahoy, Say So 7-10.

GREAT EASTER HANDICAP. £2000; 7f—High Glee 9-2; Royal Chase 8-5; Middy 8-4; Manana 8-3; Captain’s Command, Flying Trlx 8-0: General Myth 7-12; Quick Flight, Tumble 7-11; Feiramor, Floodlit 7-10; Carester, Mln Flicka 7-9; Seminole 7-7; Pharasal 7-0; Belltana, Ichtar, Bed Sash 7-5; Sailors Flight 7-4; Danny Kaye 7-3; Her Pal, Shakes 7-2; Taxman 7-1; Gay Doctor. Ibn, Jayess, Matea, Monograph, Red Chlpa, Retinue, Status Symbol, Sir Limond, Sandbank, Talic, The Greatest 7-0.

PAPAHUI HANDICAP, £500: 7f.—Red Chips 8-11; Reefton Gold 8-5; Someligbt 8-2; Soncerai 8-0; Hayman 7-13; Cosmetic, Shogun, My Boa 7-11; Conqueress 7-10; Acrobat, Gold Wood, Petite Arnie, Westerfield 7-9; Carolina, Doraldo, Sun Bank 7-8; Brookfields Hope, Carla, Cranford, D’Arehiac, High Bank, High and Mighty, Idle Chatter, New Mint, Plckawyn, Sleeky Fox, Scorn, Valbank, Winnie's Girl, We Have Fun 7-7.