Favourites succeed in on-course double

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33154, 19 February 1973, Page 8

Favourites succeed in on-course double

Great Time and Rebel Caste rounded off a favourites’ double for course patrons at Addington Raceway on Saturday night. The pair, both driven by the top reinsman, M. Holmes, paid $6.85 for $l.

Great Time brought :J his record to two wins and a third from his last ’ three starts when he led > from end to end for an impressive victory in the ! Twilight Handicap. * ... Ij Great Time was perfectly J rated by Holme*. He was fol-11 lowed to the straight by Hea-i 1 ther Royal, Ripoiet, Marcus j John, and Talavara. Of this group, Marcus John did best. He ran the winner to three , parts of a length and beat , Talavara by the same margin. Golden Guest, well beck and on the inner till the home; turn, broke short of the liner when making ground but still managed to nose Heatherj Royal out for fourth. Rebel Caste, a runaway winner on the eour»e eight days earlier, turned the Burwood Stakes, Ipt which he wa., an odds-on favourite, Inta another procession. Holmes brought Rebel Caste forward from mid-field to join , Master Scamp In the second line behind the pacemaker. Priority, six furlongs out, then joined the leader down the back straight the last time and quickly put the I issue beyond doubt. j Rebel Caste coasted hornet seven lengths and a half ahead of Kentucky Hanover, which had.; led a hopeless chase after the winner from the home turn. Although soundly beaten, there; much much merit in Kentucky Hanover's performance from the back mark of 24 yards. At the I finish he was four lengths and a half clear of Boy High, which improved from the fourth line to third on the home turn, but could make no further progress. Priority led in the,others. Xow Charles improved on a; bleak patch of forfti to win the Waimairi Handicap for his Leeston owner-trainer. W J. Doyle, at good odds. ! Now Charles made ground | steadily from the 24-yard mark, but was forced to race three wide for much of the last round. He* followed Willden and Indira into the straight, joined the leading

line at the furlong and fought is ' on well to win by a neck. j < Willden beat Indira for second it by a length and a half and Sun- I shield, always in touch with the! ; pace, was a similar distance back i fourth. t ■ Wai Matai, the seventh favour- ; jite of 10; got up in the last few; strides for a narrow win in the is Wgi Maul four J places baek and one off the hub i rttfl till the home turn. He' brought him forward to reach a,. challenging position just outside;] the furlong and he wore down i Gigi Lamour close to the end.ij There was half a head between winner and runner-up and ah length and a half to Thurber h Command, which was a similar j distance ahead of Highland Spins- |j 'ter. ; Gigi Lamottf had led out, then trailed Valiant, but was in front!] ! again at the straight entrance.; ] ,Thurber Command shared the< ( > same line as the winner and I. 'Highland Spinster had been just . I ahead of him till the home turn. Gentle Miss kept a winning re- . cord intact —she had been successful at the Canterbury’ Park meeting eight days earlier—when she led throughout the Two-year old Stakes for a decisive victory. C- H. Baynes’s Gentry filly won bv two lengths and a half from' Crimson Glory, which had tracked her throughout the race : Lveome. in the line behind Crimson Glory to the home turn,, fought on for a close third. King Tryax improved a place or two from the half-mile for | fourth and he was followed in by 1 Palestine, which was running ■ from mid-field. BY A NOSE Macamba and Chatmos, two of the principals in the finish of the. ‘main event for trotters at thej ! I Canterbury ’ Park meeting—Chat- I i mos was first and Macamba was! i third —had a hard tussle for! fc honours in the Autumn Handicap : . and Macamba came out best by; a G°*A. Laing brought Macamba i forward from mid-field to follow ‘ ’ Scottish Cavalier and Snoopy into the straight, took a short lead . just inside the furlong, but was; all out in the last few strides to i I keep Chatmos out by a nose. Chatipm>’ hr the line behind, ! Macamba fpr much of the race,* s • stuck to his gait just tong enough J i to save second. A stride 'the post he was galloping, but

still had half a length on Lessaday, which battled on well for third after receiving the run of the race.

Snoopy, the early tail-ender which looped the field to share the pace three furlongs out, was a close fourth. Johnny Kirk, second among the stayers at Forbury Park last time 1 out, reverted to sprinting successfully in the Au Revoir Handicap, for which he was favourite.

F. E. Newfield had the Johnny Globe four-year-old four places back and one off the hub rail till the home turn. He improved three wide to join Frosty 'Chat and Ryal in the second line just before the straight entrance, spurted past the tiring leaders, Moonfire and Mein Adios, starting the last furlong and pulled away to win by two lengths. Frosty Chat, which received the ; run of the race, held second by j half a head from Levana, which did not take long to get into a I fairly handy position after a slow start.

Speedy Guest, another to lose ground at the start, made ground for fourth and Grand Winter, also slow away, led in the others.