RACING Likely Pair For Dunedin Jockey Club Double

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31383, 31 May 1967, Page 4

RACING Likely Pair For Dunedin Jockey Club Double

The Riccarton trainer, P. H. Jones, will have strong contenders for main flat races on the first day of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s winter meeting on Saturday.

Even Chance, the stable runner in the Birthday Handicap, and Jester Jinks, an acceptor for the Miss New Zealand Handicap, made an impression in their gallop on the No. 1 grass at Riccarton yesterday.

and Even Chance for a strongly-finishing sixth over a mile and a quarter. Amberley sprint form was the form to respect at this time last year. Tumble won against the sprinters on the first day at Wingatui two starts after winning at Ambcrloy. If Waimate form is to be of any value, Even Chance could have strongest opposition from Beau Supreme, another Canterbury runner, in the Birthday Handicap. Strong Record Beau Supreme, a stronglyfinishing second in the Waimate Cup, is trained and partowned by J. C. McKerrow, who prepared Certain to win the Birthday Handicap a year ago. Like Certain, and Rhythmotile, another Birthday Handicap winner for the McKerrow stable, Beau Supreme will be trying to win the race as a three-year-old. But where Rhythmonic had to master 8-11, and Certain carried 7-11, Beau Supreme has only 7-8.

day. Allegretto has shown fait ability on soft tracks, and won in intermediate class at Wingatui in the spring. Waitohi, another light-weight In the Miss New Zealand Handicap, was shaded by Natter In a six-furlong trial yesterday. Natter ran keenly In the hands of N. Cowles to win by two lengths in Imin 17 4-s*ec, the las* four in 51 *-ssec. The hurdler, Supreme Courage, started with them, but finished at the rear in a gap of two lengths behind Waitohi. P. J. Daly will ride Supreme Courage in the hurdles at Wingatui on Saturday.

Even Chance (M. King) started near the mile and a quarter, and Jester Jinks (R Murphy) joined in between the mile and the seven furlongs. They recorded Imin 32 1-5 sec for the last seven furlongs and an impressive 50sec for the final four, with Jestet Jinks leading by three-quart-ers of a length at the end. D. N. Hadfield will ride Even Chance and Jester Jinks in their engagements on Saturday. Sound Races Both horses raced soundly at Amberley, Jester Jinks for a third against the sprinters

Allegretto will be a second Daly'* mount in the steeples runner for P. H. Jones’s stable will be Lovely Clover. This was In the Miss New Zealand Handl, a successful combination at Waicap at Wingatui, but no rider mats las* Saturday and will had been engaged for him yew- have to be reckoned with again, terday. The My Pal gelding sprinted three furlongs in 38 c . n l-ss*c on the No. 1 grass yester- SHOWS rronuse

A promHng new addition to the thin rank* of Blccartontralned jumper* to the Moorcock gelding, Triple Link. This Blenheim-owned •even-year-old qualified for jumping race* with a dashing run over eight tenet* on the trial steeplechase course yeeterday. Owned by the Foreyth Bro*., of Blenheim, and trained by M. J. Wadley, Triple Link was ridden at a strong pace from the start by B. MCSeveny. Triple Link has not raced ■lnce the 1963-94 season, but two seasons of hunting should serve him wail, when he starts on a 'chasing career at Ashburton.