RACING No Change In Plans After Kumara Loss

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31577, 15 January 1968, Page 5

RACING No Change In Plans After Kumara Loss

Next Please’s failure to win at Kumara on Saturday has not affected his programme for Trentham. He is to be flown north next Friday and will run in the Wellington Cup on Saturday.

Mr L. R. C. Macfarlane’s Dunedin Cup winner was brought back to Riccarton yesterday, and will gallop there tomorrow.

Scratched: Halaxton. Two lengths, half a length. Pic-a-Deck fourth. Time: 1:6 1-5. Win: $5.75. Places; $2.25, $1.15, $1.95. JACK REEDY MEMORIAL HACK HANDICAP $550; about Hm. 1/1 BLIND DATE (2) 8-5 E. G. Low 1 5/5 SIRTAX (3) car. 7-11 D. R. Tucker 2 3/3 WAf-IKE car 8-0 F. H. Skelton 3 Scratched: Mandal, Miss Joi. Half a length, three-quarters of a length. Goudhurst fourth. Time: 2:6 3-5. Win: $1.95. Places: $1.50, $4.30. KUMARA HANDICAP $1200; about Im. 4/4 TOTARA LAD (3) 8 2 G. W. Mein 1 3/2 COUNT DOWN (2) 8-10 F. H. Skelton 2 1/1 NEXT PLEASE (1) 8-12 E. G. Lpw 3 Also started: 6/6 Clipper, 2/3 General Gilbert, 8/7 Serengeti, 9/9 Taxman, 5/5 New Mint, 11/11 Jet Girl, 7/8 Razzamatazz, 10/10 Red Treasure. Half a length, neck. General Gilbert fourth. Time: 1:39 2-5. Win: $12.40. Places: $2.50, $1.55, $1.30. GILBERT MEMORIAL HACK HANDICAP $450: about s*f. 5/3 KHUSH MAHAL <4) car 8-0 D. N. Hadfield 1 1/1 MR JOE (1) car 8-7 D. R. Tucker 2 4/4 DORALDO (2) 8-1 F. H. Skelton 3 Scratched: Merrimae, Rooks-

wood. Half a length, length. Chuckles fourth. Time: 1:5 4-5. Win: $8.60. Places: $l.BO, $l.lO, $1.85. FLYING HANDICAP $600: about 6f. 2/2 AZIR (3) 8-0 F. H. Skelton 1 1/1 DEBBIE MARIE (1) 8-8 E. G. Low 2 3/3 RAE’S HOPE 8-4 G. W. Mein 3 Also started: 4/4 Senator Jack. 5/5 Reefton Gold. Length, three-quarters of a length. Reefton Gold fourth. Time: 1:14 2-5. Win: $3.15. Places: $1.55, $1.50. DIGGERS’ STAKES $400: about 7f. 2/1 JESTER MAID (7) 8-5 F. H. Skelton 1 5/3 MAHAL’S TREASURE (8) 8-5 D. R. Tucker 2 1/2 MANDAL (2) 8-10 D. N. Hadfield 3 Scratched: Enrapture, Coralette, Lady Lodge, Lord Lytton, Mary Ellen, Prince Magundi. Neck, length. Decimal Currency fourth. Time: 1:27 4-5. Win: $4.60. Places: $1.20, $1.85, $1.35. TARAMAKAU HACK HANDICAP $450: about 7f. 2/1 TRICKSTAR (3) 8-1 R. K. Moir 1 4/3 CENTAUR (4) car 8-0 F. H. Skelton 2 5/7 PALAMETTE (15) car. 7-9 A. J. Stokes 3 Scratched: Massakai, Pic-a-Deck, Blue, Glen Harp, Mahal’s Treasure, Orissa. Half head, length and a half. Alberta fourth. Time: 1:26. Win: $3.65. Places: $1.35, $1.15, $5.15.

Next Please finished strongly for his third in a fairly close finish with Totara Lad and Count Down in Saturday’s feature race at Kumara.

The margins separating them were half a length'and a neck. Totara Lad was always in the leading division, but Next Please dwelt slightly at the start and then had to be restrained to keep off the heels of horses ahead of him. The result was that he was second to last at the five furlongs. Next Please was brought wide in his chase after the leaders on the home turn, and made ground steadily, though too late to peg back Totara Lad and Count Down. This was Totara Lad's ninth win in open class, and took his winnings in this class to 84460. Results:

TRIAL STAKES NO, 1 $400; about s|f. 6/5 SILVER FOUNTAIN <9) 8-5 D. N. Hadfield 1 3/4 RED MIT (3) 8-10 A. J. Stokes 2 4/3 BLACKBALL LASS (2) 8-10 R. K. Moir 3 All started. Two lengths, length. Prince Magundi fourth. Time: 1:6. Win: $lO. Places: $2.45, $l.BO, $1.75.

TRIAL STAKES NO. 2 $400; about sjf. 3/5 HAAST (3) 8-5 F. H. Skelton 1 2/1 REEFTON QUEEN (9) 8-5 W. Beck 2 4/3 THREEPENCE (10) 7-10 G. R. Gullery 3