Globe Bay favoured at Addington

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32565, 26 March 1971, Page 1 (Supplement)

Globe Bay favoured at Addington

By

G.K. Yule

Globe Bay and Royal Trump, the two horses to lead the fruitless chase after Radiant Globe in the Inter-Dominion Championship Consolation Race at Addington Raceway on February 27, are expected to dispute the finish of the Canterbury Park Handicap, the first leg of the T.A.B. concession double at Addington Raceway on Saturday.

Royal Trump has not raced since that race at Addington, but Globe Bay has gone from strength to strength, recording a second and two wins at the Auckland Trotting Club’s threenight meeting, which ended last Saturday.

Globe Bay, which is raced by Mr S. J. Wheatley, of

Woodend, and trained at Templeton by J. A. Carmichael, recorded a splendid trial for this event when he won at Auckland last Saturday.

He went to the front in the early stages and was not afterwards headed, completing the 13 furlongs in 3min 26 2-ssec and winning easily from Rain Again, which started from 12 yards. Globe Bay, a four-year-old entire by Johnny Globe from

Baylight, is a member of the same family as Cardigan Bay. Possibly influenced by this fact and his strong form background, American interest has been high in this promising pacer. However, no business has as yet resulted.

So far this season he has had 20 starts for four wins and six platings. Success tomorrow would take him to the verge of New Zealand Cup class, a goal he should be untroubled to reach be-

fore next November. Royal Trump, a difficult horse to keep fitted for racing, is a five-year-old by Morris Eden, the sire of Mount Eden, and he is trained at Belfast by C. S. Donald. He had to miss the first three nights of the championship carnival, but in spite of the work he missed, he made a grand showing when third to Radiant Globe and Globe Bay. If he has trained on as well as expected in the meantime he should make a bold bid to win.

Rauka Lad, the star pacer of the spring in Canterbury when he strode through the slower classes with ease, will be bracketed with Royal

Trump. However, he will have to start from 24 yards and unless he makes up his handicap fairly easily, he will find it hard to figure in the finish. There will be fairly confident support for Rain Again, which will meet Globe Bay on 12 yards more favourable terms than when he went under by a length and a half to him last Saturday at Alexandra Park. Rain Again, too, is a capable pacer and he will only have to begin

cleanly to be a top chance. Sam Again, Barrhill and Waitaki Elect are three others capable of taking a prominent part in the finish. The outstanding Southland four-year-old, Hundred Chance, looks to have a race made to suit him in the Christchurch Stakes, a mobile start event over 13 fur--longs. He has won under such conditions in his two latest starts.

The first was at Forbury Park on January 30 when he returned 3min 27 4-ssec for 13 furlongs. Then, a week later on the same course, he won by four lengths over 11 furlongs in 2min 50 3-ssec, a mile rate of 2:4.