Win For Apprentice

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31363, 8 May 1967, Page 4

Win For Apprentice

South Island horses found success elusive all along the line at Trentham on Saturday. But it was a memorable day for the Riccarton apprentice, D. R. Tucker, who won the £lOOO Miramar Handicap on Kalott, a filly trained by K. J. Thomson, now of Otaki, and formerly of Riccarton. Tucker brought Kalott a-

long with a well-timed run for a half-length victory over Barclay. Domodossola put additional interest into the finish with a late challenge down the outside, which gave him third half a head from Barclay. The principals in the finish of the Miramar Handicap will probably meet again in the Oriental Handicap on the second day of the meeting on Wednesday. Turf Commander, the unplaced favourite in the Miramar Handicap, is also in the Oriental Handicap, and with a better run from the home

turn he should improve on his first-day sixth. Another strong form contender for Oriental Handicap honours will be Nasa Fair, which improved a strong record for S. A. Brown’s Woodville stable by winning the Johnsonville Handicap on Saturday. Well ridden by R. B. Marsh, who had won on Point Duty less than an hour before, Nasa Fair led from outside the furlong for her win on Saturday. The favourite, Miss Mya, ran Nasa Fair to threequarters of a length, but did not really trouble the winner.