Far Time Fit

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32221, 13 February 1970, Page 4

Far Time Fit

’ i "The Press” Special Service . | PALMERSTON NORTH. Far Time and Devil Bay. : which will be completing their ;race preparations for the Invitations Stakes in tomorrow’s 'Woodville Cup. worked attractively yesterday at Woodville. Devil Bay was assisted by the speedy track galloper, Fashion Plate, while Far Time ran on Jhis own. [ W. D. Skelton will be oni 'Devil Bay at Woodville wherei ■ Far Time will be ridden by J. Harris. Devil Bay needed his sprint, according to his trainer, S. » Brown, so he was given a rousing run in fast time. But Far Time is not as robust as Devil ' Bay so his trainer (J. Harris) let him off with an easy trial. Both galloped on the course proper where the trestles were set 35 feet from the rails. The going was dead. There had been some rain overnight and light drizzle persisted throughout the session.

Fashion Plate gave Devi) Bay a hard trial. He is inclined to be slow in training and D. McLaren hustled him along all the way to keep close to the mare. Fashion Plate, with a weight pull of about 221 b ran the mile in imin 46 4-ssec. running her last six furlongs in Imin 20 2-5 sec. But she was slowing up at the finish of her final three In 41sec. She could not have done much better and Devil Bay was closing fast; the colt blew quite a bit afterward. Far Time, with M. Donoghue up, covered his mile steadily in imin 53Jsec. the last six taking him Imin 21 4-5 and the final three in 40sec.