Stranger fresh rival for Tulak
The Wingatui jockey, A. K. Robinson, improved a successful association with D. J. Thistoil's Riccarton stable in winning the Hornby High-weight on Tulak on Sa»urday. Robinson won high-weights at Trentham on Flower Girl and Pseudonym for the stable last ’ year and teamed successfully with Tulak in the Ashley Hack Handicap at the last New Zealand Cup meeting. Tulak and Robinson will combine again in the corresponding race at Riccarton on Wednesday. Tulak has gone, up 41b to 9-8 but the step up from nine furlongs to a mile and quarter will suit him more than several of the others. Tulak’s stablemate, Pseudonym, will also run in the high-weight on Wednesday, but Thistoll had not engaged a rider for him yesterday. An interesting newcomer at the meeting to oppose Tulak will be Stranger which belongs to the powerful Hillis stable. Stranger has not raced in a high-weight since December 5 when he won easily under top weight at Beaumont. More recently he has contes- j ted the Dunedin, Invercargill and! Hazlett cups, in which the class! has been much stronger. | Redlo which combined with | Tulak to win the on-course] concession double on Saturday,!
| will attempt to master top weight of Bst 101 b in the Johnnie Walker Handicap, first leg of the second on-course double on WedI nesday. | Redlo won gamely by a neck ! from »the faster-finishing Foxy i after leading the chase after the tearawaj' Just Ace to the straight. Redlo is raced in partnership by Mr D. H. Robertson and the Gore trainer, E. A. Winsloe. Another first-day winner to oppose Redio on Wednesday is Northern Lights. This good-look-ing Arctic Explorer gelding nosed out Blank Cheque in the last stride of the Trial Stakes. This was Northern Light’s second start this season for the C.J.C. honorary treasurer, Mr D. W. J. Gould. The successful trainer is W. H. Beck, and the successful horseman, G. Jackson. M. J. Skelton will ride Northern Lights on Wednesday. Ligament damage I Fearnought broke down during [the running of the Post Hack 'Handicap at Riccarton on Saturday. A veterinary surgeon reported that the horse had sprained ligaments in a fore-j
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32525, 8 February 1971, Page 8
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