RACING Watallan, Harold Bank Dunedin Double Picks

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31802, 5 October 1968, Page 6

RACING Watallan, Harold Bank Dunedin Double Picks

Harold Bank, the only open-class performer in the field, is selected to win the Dunedin Guineas at Wingatui today.

Harold Bank’s three wins at two years, all of them at Riccarton, gave him open ranking. His solid run for second behind Hombre in the John Grigg Stakes last month showed he is ready to recapture his best first-season form. Mr W. A. Ford’s Dogger Bank gelding showed genuine qualities in his two-year-old racing. Not the least of his assets was the ability to meet changing track conditions. He won his first race at the Hororata meeting in December when the ground was firm. He finished his firstseason campaign with a victory over six furlongs on a wet track on the final day of the Canterbury Jockey Club’s autumn meeting. Every Post, another Ric-carton-trained Guineas candidate to win three times at two years, has a three-year-old background of two thirds and one fourth from four starts. Harold Bank beat him only by inches for second in the John Grigg Stakes, and the result of the Ashburton race j should prove of good value in the Dunedin race even with the winner, Hombre, out of the field.

nally (23). Strong-Arm (18) 8-5: Carioca (4), Cuff (25). Golden Range (13). Hour of Truth (8), Twiggy (14) 8-2. Bracket: Hour of Truth and Twiggy. Scratched: Uncertain (17), Aidershot (24). SECOND LEG OF ON-COURSE DOUBLE 1.40 p.m. MILBURN IMPROVERS* HANDICAP $600: Im. st lb 32 Crown Agent <3) .. 810 0041 Just Belle (8) ..8 10 22 Winchman (9) ~8 7

». 0 Cassona (6) .. ..85 00 Fontara (4) ..85 0 How Exciting (2) ..8 5 Joh Hanan (7) ..8 5 003 Mighty Red (11) ..8 5 0937 Star Turne (5) ..8 5 5540 Swiss Knight (10) ... 8 5 Tarata (1) ..85 2.15 p.m.— JUVENILE HANDICAP, $500; 4f—Auto Motor (4) 8-1; Gold Nip (3) 8-0; Artifice (6) 7-10: Chat Pak (7), Clarendon Imp (2) Fiver’s Pal (8), Pocomoto (1) 7-9. Scratched: Seaward Whispers (5). FIRST LEG OF T.A.B. DOUBLB 2.55 p.m.— GRANDSTAND HANDICAP 81300; Ilf. st lb 647 Carpenter (14) 8 10 0530 Next Please (7) .. R 10 5222 Watallan (6) ..8 4 1434 Beau Supreme (9) .. 8 2 066 Empire King (13) .. 8 2 0011 Capasco (11) ..81 00 Segundo (4) .80 5763 Roman General (12) 7 7 9005 Blind Date (5) ..7 6 005 Even Chance (10) .. 7 6 7 Golden Thistle (2) .. 7 6 Lucky Son (3) .76 . 48 Royal Encounter (8) 7 6 34 The Medico (1) .76 Bracket: Next Please and I Blind Date. 3.35 p.m.— BEAUMONT HANDICAP, $1000: 7f.—Shipmaster (2) 7-13: Gay Doctor (4) 7-10; Donald Mac (1) 7-9; Beau Leigh (5), Gay Coon (3) General Boy (6) 7-8. SECOND LEG OF T.A.B. DOUBLE 4.15 p.m.— DUNEDIN GUINEAS $1200; Im. st lb 331 Elloughton (8) 8 5 41 Elvin Spark (1) 8 5 2132 Equal Chance (4) .. 8 5 0433 Every Post (6) ..8 5 0 Harold Bank (5) ..85

525 Martian Command (3) .. R 5 0 Afghan Queen (7) .. 8 0 0624 Crepe de Chine (2) 8 0 4.50 p.m.— SALISBURY HANDICAP, $800; lm. —Yipp (4) 8-10; Kurwood (10) 8-8: Smiley (2) 8-2; Miss Mannequin (13) 8-0: Gone Astray (8) 7-12: Not Guilty (9) 7-11; Bank Again (6), Botan (11) 7-10; Beau Cortauld (3), Blazing Star (1), Bonanza Boy (12), Cody (7), You Tue (5) 7-9.

Two Runners

The Riccarton trainer, P. H. Jones, will saddle two form runners, Equal Chance and the filly, Crepe de Chine. Crepe de Chine looked little inferior to Every Post over seven furlongs on the first day of the Dunedin meeting and a mile could show her to advantage. Watallan has earned favouritism for the Grandstand Handicap after seconds at his last three starts. But betting on this race, the first leg of the T.A.B. concession double, is likely to be widely spread because the field lacks a class runner in form. Next Please, from Riccarton, will be regarded with some respect in his first ap> pearance at the meeting. On this track he brilliantly won the Dunedin Cup and Dunedin Jockey Club Handicap last summer. Shipmaster is another newcomer from Riccarton at the meeting, and if the footing is firm he should out-finish the others at seven furlongs in the Beaumont Handicap. Gold Nip, from Riccarton, and Chat Pak, from Wingatui, are the two-year-olds expected to dominate the finish of the Juvenile Handicap. FIRST LEG OF ON-COURSE DOUBLE 12.30 p.m.— WAKARI HUROLES *700; lim. st lb till Peter <3> .. .. 10 3 2204 Etassem <l3 .. .. 10 0 4103 Desert Wind (11) .. 9 5 Urban (7) ..9 5 Flowing Gold (6) .. 9 4 2715 Gunga Din (9) ..9 3 000 Gold Marc (121 ..9 2 Charlborough (8) ..91 24 Radiant Light (10) .. 9 1 9010 El Keba (5) .90 0 Magic Lantern (4) 9 0 908 Steplite (2) 9 0 Bracket: Urban and Radiant Light. 1.5 p.m.— NOVICE STAKES, 3450; 71. Benavon (1), Black Boy (7), Colour Bar (2), Dollar Again <9>, Lucky Sam (11). Mr Raad (3), Queen's Star (15). Young Kelvin (10) 8-9; Attractive Light (19), Footloose (21), Irish Moss <22>. Kindle (12), Tiber (6), Tulloch Maid (5) 8-6; Auto’s Pride (20), Gay Peter (16). Rath-