Woodville Pair Win Nelson Double

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31672, 7 May 1968, Page 4

Woodville Pair Win Nelson Double

••The Pr«z«“ Special Service NELSON. Jen Hai, hampered by a slipped saddle in the Nelson Cup, atoned for that defeat by beating Grand Coeur and Gold Mint in the Caltex Handicap, first leg of the Nelson jockey Club’s T.A.B. double yesterday. Jen Hai is owned by Messrs A. J. Edlin (Woodville) and B. Taylor (Napier). He is trained at Woodville by S. A. Brown, who registered his third open handicap success for the week. Earlier he had picked up the principal races at Woodville and Marton with Hamua. Jen Hal’s victory did not please all sections of the small crowd for he had finished a well-beaten fifth in the Nelson Cup. But his saddle had slipped in the final stages and this affected hjs performance on that occasion. Yesterday he dodged trouble, keeping well towards the centre of the track after hitting th* front about half a mile out The victory halted the Temperton team’s domination of the, open handicap* on the circuit. E. Temperton had taken all three Blenheim events with Gold Mint arid Grand Couer and added the Nelson Cup with Gold Mint on Saturday. Grand Couer, which made

most of the pace yesterday, tried hard in the last furlong but was two lengths and a half behind at the post. Gold Mint, carrying 9-0 on the 7-0 minimum, had every chance but was anchored in the deep conditions and finished third. Jay Ribbon, which had his opportunity on the turn, was fourth ahead of Port Bank, The Medico, Takatua, and Sail Away. GAME RUN A game effort under 9-0 in heavy ground by the three-year-old, Colorado Boy, in the Alex. Thomson Handicap rounded off a $7.75 T.A.B. double, and a double for the Brown stable at Woodville. In this, his third consecutive win, the three-year-old was still feeling the effects

of an injury he received at Blenheim last week. Colorado Boy was settled to the rear as Jayess and Prince d’Amour made the early pace. Be My Girl, Debbie Marie, and Wilma Rudolph followed. Nearing the turn Colorado Boy challenged the leaders right towards the outer. Down the straight Jayess put up strong resistance to Colorado Boy, which just held the West Coast horse by a long neck. There was a gap of two lengths and a half to Debbie Marie, which gave ground over the last furlong with Wilma Rudolph next. The remaining runners, B* My Girl and Prince d’Amour, were ill at ease tn th* conditions.