GORE MEETING TO END TODAY

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33148, 12 February 1973, Page 8

GORE MEETING TO END TODAY

“The Press” Special Service INVERCARGILL. The Gore Racing Club's meeting, which was postponed on Saturday after three race had been run, will be continued today. Menuetto has held her place as favourte for the Gore Cup, in which Solar Flight and Haste Ye Back are the most likely to make a race of it with her. Redlo, Lady Mellay. Bonny Alouise, and Bein are strong form runners for the second leg, the Charlton Handicap. The first race today will start at 4 p.m. There has been practically no rain at the week-end and the track will provide firm footing. On Saturday, after rain fell on a fllnt-like track before the third race, several jockeys indicated that the track had become dangerous and they would not ride again at the meeting. They requested a meeting with the judicial committee, and after jockeys, stipendiary stewards and club officials had inspected; the track it was decided to postpone the remaining five races! until today. ( The senior jockeys, G. W. Wright, M. J. Lawson and M. J. Skelton, all felt the track was dangerous and indicated that they would not ride again. Their 'opinion was not shared by (several trainers who maintained there was nothing wrong with I the track.

The Wingatui trainer, H. A. Anderton, and the Gore trainer, E. A. Winsloe, were both adamant that there was nothing wrong with the course, but the Gore trainer, R. J. Cochrane, felt that the rain on the hard surface would have affected it. There xvas little further rain after the decision to postpone and a strong wind soon dried the track. Selections for today’s five-race programme are:— 4 p.m.—Riversdale Trial Stakes: Zing, Little Nipper, Mel Beaumaris. 4.40 p.m.—Gore Cup: Menuetto, Solar Flight, Haste Ye Back. 5.20 p.m.—Mataura Hack Handicap: Kurquette, Georgetown Lass, Moeraki Lad. 6 p.m.—Charlton Handicap: Redlo, Lady Mellay, Bonny Alouise, 6.40 p.m.—Farewell Intermediate Handicap: Wattie's Wish, Jane Mellay, Pinetree. Fields for the T.A.B double (races are:—

4.40 p.m.— st lb GORE CUP $2000; lim. 0106 Meldie (7) 8 10 2411 Menuetto (4i .. 8 8 2413 Haste Ye Back <5) 8 7 1242 Solar Flight (21 8 0 3341 Bellandar (6) 7 10 8363 Blazing Peak 13) 7 10 0942 El Shut, ill 7 10 2115 Mellay Vite (8) 7 9 6 p.m.— CHARLTON HANDICAP $1350; 7f. 3113 Redlo (2) 8 5 9333 Bonn? Alouise (7) 7 13 7172 Bein (10) 7 11 5545 Chatpak (6) .. 7 11 5264 Willie Beware (8) 7 11 3 Lady Mellay (4) 7 10 0706 Lomiss (5) 7 10 7459 Pal Paigle (9) Summer Tan 11) 7 10 7 10 38 Warlight (3) . 7 10