Gold Braid beats top fillies

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32567, 29 March 1971, Page 9

Gold Braid beats top fillies

“The Prwa” Special Service WELLINGTON. In what has been very much a fllliea’ year. Gold Braid, a striking colt by Battle Waggon trounced a topline field in the Manwataa Sires’ Produce Stakes, of *l2*oo, New Zealand’s richest race for two-year-olds. Back in the early running. Gold Braid moved up to be fourth on the home turn and at the furlong had put a winning break in the field, winning by two lengths and a quarter from the favourite, Marchers with another colt the outsider. Triple Shot, running third. As Game did when he won the Gold Cup, Gold Braid equalled a race record and in the process gave his owners, Meson A. and D. Allen, their biggest win in 25 yean of racing. Part of the Allens’ reward for winning wan a free service to Pakistan H and Mr Fell, of Fairdale, when Pakistan stands, said afterwards that the Allens wIU send Bonny Fair, Gold Braid’s Trained at Matamata by A.

McGovern, Gold Braid was ridden by K. Ople, who has been on the colt in his three winning runs this season. At the presentation afterwards, the Manawatu president (Mr J. Bennett) guaranteed the stake for next year’s event would be (15,000. Marchere, the favourite, which bad beaten Gold Braid in the Wakefield Challenge Stakes at Trantham was given every chance by R. J. Skelton. She was right behind Gold Braid at the furlong but could not match

Ing stages. Such was Marchere's dominance of the race that a minute before closing time she was paying only *1.70 for a win. The second favourite, Lilt was showing *4.40. Gold Braid the third favourite, was showing *l6 and he paid *14.40. Behind the first two Triple Shot ran on well from a long way back for third and then followed Lilt which was dose to the lead all the way and took over from No Thanks at the top of the straight Tupelo, also running on, was fifth, and then came No Thanks.