TROTTING New Zealand trainers confident of success

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33155, 20 February 1973, Page 8

TROTTING New Zealand trainers confident of success

(From G. K. YULE, trotting editor of “The Press') SYDNEY. Confidence in their chances in the second set of heats of the 1973 Inter-Dominion Championship series at Harold Park this evening has been expressed by most of the trainers or drivers of the New Zealand entrants.

J. W. Smolensk], the trainer-driver of Arapaho, said yesterday he was delighted with the way his horse had come through his first-night race. “He’s much brighter than before that race and I feel he has improved quite a bit. but I’m a bit worried abouti the class of the opposition. They have given him the toughest heat and he will have to be all out to beat ■ Adios Victor and Just Too. Good.” Arapaho is the horse re-. garded by most Australian observers as the toughest to beat among the visiting; horses, even though he was; beaten last Friday. There has: been some criticism of the' New South Wales Trotting 1 Club in "loading” his heat/ making it by far the strongest of the six tonight. However, others claim that this heat more than any other will end the confusion pre-' vailing among bookmakers in making an outright favourite for the Grand Final. D. D. Nyhan will drive Robalan in the heat before that of Arapaho. Described by • commentators as “The big! bird from the Shakey Isles.”' Robalan has been causing his' trainer a little concern. NOT EATING WELL “He’s just not eating as, well as I would like. With: three hard races ahead of him, you have to have everything: in your favour here and the slightest setback could make the difference of the one point necesary to get into.i the final. He’s lost quite a bit of weight and there just won’t be time to get it back on.” The Highbank owner- 1 trainer. C. J. McLaughlin, is ; confident that both Manaroa and Royal Ascot will acquit” themselves well. "Royal As- ; cot lost a fair bit of ground when avoiding a breaking horse on Friday. The effort to ( recover this told, and it wasn’t surprising that he l hung so badly on the last,, two turns.” he said. Both Manaroa and Royal 1: Ascot have thrived, said Me- . Laughlin yesterday. Manaroa. described locally as that, “equine Frankenstein.” is a ■ tremendous favourite with, Harold Park crowds and he 1 will be a short-priced favour- 1 ite in his heat. Royal Ascot ( will be at more tempting odds with Welcome Advice and Bret Armagh both expected to run him close. < Welcome Advice will be the probable favourite on the night, and deservedly so. Mr 1 R W. Minchin. who races ( him in partnership with his wife, said on Sunday at Fair-|i field that the six-year-old, | was still improving. His run was one of the more eye-J 2 catching efforts on Friday. 2 The determined manner in which he closed on Hard to 6 Get over the last 50 yards 4 was the highlight of the night. ’ DOUBLE LIKELY J. A. Carmichael is confi-’J dently expected by most ob- ! servers to win a double with J Precocious and Globe Bay, ’ which might be one of the, shortest-priced favourites of! the night. Globe Bay has lamentably ' weak opposition and should 3 he not win there will be hun- , dreds of disappointed New Zealanders on the course. s Bill Barry has come into „ calculations for the ninth heat after a dashing win at 4 the Fairfield Gymkhana on , Sunday. He led for all of the’

124 furlongs and won easily I ; after taking 3:8 for his final ] 12 furlongs, the last half-milei in 59sec. 1 He is a splendid type of pacer and might be a place chance. Another impressive j run at Fairfield was that of i the trotter, Homage, which < ; beat a field of pacers taking ‘ 13:13 for his last mile and a J half. He is a brother of Bur- 1 gundy Belle, a New South Wales representative in the ‘ pacing heats. Homage has come into 5 favour for the final trotters’ ( : heat and if he races as well 'as he did at Fairfield, he ' ' should be hard to beat. < Fields are:— 8

8.20 p.m. (N.Z. time)— PACING CHAMPIONSHIP SEVENTH HEAT S5000; 13f. and 98yd. 6531 Hard to Get iN.S.W .) (1), P. Wolfenden It 3123 Artanis (N.S.W.) <2>. J. Binskin It 2345 Burgundy Belle (N.S.W.) <3>, S. Bond It 1112 Glamour Chief (S.A.) ■ <4), R. Robinson It 1 4213 Jason King (N.S.W.) (5), O Glendenning It 8760 Im a toff (Vic.) (6), K. Innes It 6299 Just So (N.S.W ) (7), A Turnbull It 0878 Dixie Boy (N.S.W.) (1), J. Young It 2219 Roscott (W.A ) (2), L. Lindau 12 3481 Manaroa (N.Z.) (1), N. Hargraves 24 Latest betting: 5/4 Manaroa: 9/4 Siamour Chief; 6/1 Jason King 8/1 Roscott; 20/1 Hart to Get, Artanis; 25/1 Burgundy Belle 33/1 Imatoff; 100/1 Just So. Dixie Boy. 8.50 p.m. (N.Z. time)— PACING CHAMPIONSHIP. THIRD HEAT $2500; 13f. and 98yd 0146 Lumpy Dean (N.S.W.) (1), O. Glendenning It 4358 Lucky Sparkle (N.S.W » (2), D. Dunk It 1197 Jimmy Glenfern (Vic.) <3>, J. Dewhirst It 1613 Milden Hall (S.A ) (4». T. O’Day It 1077 Pakeha Queen (N.S.W.) (5), V. Frost It 1165 Lochdale (Vic) (6), B. Gath It 3262 Notissa (Vic.) (7), J. Johnston It 2134 Bay Johnnv (N.S.W.) (1), W. Finn 12 6005 Vanity Van (N.S.W.) (2), S. Ward 12 4113 Precocious (N.Z.), (1), J. Carmichael 48 Latest betting: 3/1 Precocious; 8 VI Bay Johnny, Milden Hall; 5/1 Notissa; 7/1 Lucky Sparkle; 8/1 Jimmy Glenfern, Lochdale; 20/1 Pakeha Queen; 33/1 Vanity Van: 1 50/1 Lumpy Dean. 9.20 ».m. (N.Z. time)— PACING CHAMPIONSHIP, EIGHTH HEAT 9 $5000; 13f. and 98yd 2155 Local Avr (N.S.W.) (1), 0 V. Frost It 3189 Deep Volo (N S W.) (2), B. Forrester It 2 4810 Gentle’s Fingers (Tas.) 4 (3>. K. Hampton It 6204 Commando (N.S.W.) (4i, 3 J. Binskin It 2786 Roval Garrison (N.S.W.) <5). O. Glendenning It 7 4598 Pearce s Pick (N.S.W.) r • 6), C. Sweenev 4147 Bret Armagh iVic.) (7), s K. Wills It L

5343 Royal Ascot (N.Z.) (1), 12 A Harrison 1643 Celevale Van (N.S.W.) (2), C. Parsons 12 1212 Welcome Advice (N.S.W.) (1), A. Harpley 24 Latest betting: 4/5 Welcome Advice; 7/2 Royal Ascot; 5/1 Bret Armagh; 7/1 Celevale Van; 8/1 Local Ayr; 25/1 Commando; 50/1 Gentle’s Fingers; 100/1 Royal Garrison, Pearce’s Pick, Deep Volo 9.50 p.m. (N.Z. time) — PACING CHAMPIONSIP NINTH HEAT S5000 13f and 98yd 5815 Polo Breeze (N.S.W.) (1) R. Hancock .. It 0166 Arvillette (Vic.) (2), P. Taylor It 4665 Valencia Bay (Tas.) (3), K. Robinson It 6245 Grawlin Gee (N.S.W.) (4), C. Sweeney It 8148 Bill Barry (N.S.W.) (5), L. C. Hendry It 2428 Alecane (N.S.W.) (6), J. Binskin It 7257 Lord Glen (N.S.W.) (7), W. Parnell it 3137 James Eden (W.A.) (1 >, Kersley 12 1204 Deep Court (S.A.) (2), C. Webster 12 2173 Globe Bay (N.Z.) (1), J. Carmichael 18 Latest betting: 5/2 Globe Bay; 4/1 Deep Court: 5/1 James Eden; 6/1 Bill Barry ; 8/1 Alecane; 2/1 Arvillette; 16/1 Lord Glen; 0/1 Polo Breeze: 33/1 Valencia Bay; Grawlin Gee. 10.20 p.m. (N.Z. time)— PACING CHAMPIONSHIP TENTH HEAT $5000; 13f and 98yd. 1467 Australia (N.S.W’.) (1), K. Baylet It 1228 Snug Star (W.A.) (2), L. Moulds It 3277 Titian's Princess (N.S.W.) (3), H. Bedford It 2020 Speedy Ben (Tas.) (4i, K. Murray It 1531 Hondon Grattan (N.S.W.) (5). A. Turnbull it 4474 Rhodonite (Vic.) (6), I. Lee It 1460 Davian (N.S.W.) (7), C. Pike it 6260 Falcon Scott (N.S.W. *8), H Wilson It 6112 Bold Biami (N.S.W.) <1>, A. Reynolds 12 1331 Robalan (N.Z.) (2), D. Nyhan 12 Latest betting: 4/5 Robalan; 9/4 Hondo Grattan; 4/1 Bold Biami, 10/1 Speedy Ben; 20/1 Davian, 25/1 Australis. Snug Star, Titian's Princess; 100/1 Rhodonite, "alcon Scott. 10.50 p.m. (N.Z. time) — PACING CHAMPIONSHIP ELEVENTH HEAT $5000; 13f and 98yds. 8598 Scottish Charm (N.Z.) (1), D. Townley It 4116 Sling Along (N.S.W.) (2), A. Turnbull It 1953 Canu Bay (N.S.W.) (3), A. Harpley It 5036 Princess Light (N.S.W.) (4), A. \oung It 1136 My Gal Sal (S.A.) (5), J. Walters Lt 9009 Sahtina (N.S.W’.) (6>, K. Newman it! 0012 Durante (W.A.) (7), R. Sangalli it 2115 Reichman (Vic.) (1). R. Hocking 4040 Kiwi Lad (N.S.W’.) (2», H. Wilson 12 3314 Bay Foyle (N.S.W 7 .) (1), D. Heath 18 Latest betting: 5/2 Bay Foyle; 7/2 Reichman; 4/1 Canu Bay; 5/1 Durante; 10/1 Scottish Charm; 12/1 Princess Light; 20/1 My Ual Sal; 50/1 Sing Along; 66/1 Kiwi Lad: 100/1 Sahtina.

11.20 p.m. (N.Z. time) — PACING CHAMPIONSHIP TWELFTH HEAT $5000; 13f. 98yd. ( 1335 Bill’s Boy (N.S.W.) (1), C. Binskin It 1 1127 Royal Topaz (N.S.W.) (2), K. Bayley It . 1111 Adios Victor (N.S.W.) (3), A. Bray It 2158 Yallara (Tas.) (4), G. Jones It 5354 Chase On (Vic.) (5). R. Birthisel It ! 1141 Just Too Good (N.S.W.) (6), K. Pike It 5200 Yankee Rhythm (W.A.) (7), T. Warwick It 9162 Apollo Eleven (N.S.W.) (8). K. Newman It 6112 Arapaho (N.Z.) (1), J. Smolenski 12 7080 Red Vicar (W.A.) (2), L. Moulds 12 Latest betting: 5/4 Adios Victor; 6/4 Just Too Good; 7/2 Arapaho; 33/1 Bill’s Boy, Yallara. Red Vicar; 50/1 Royal Topaz, Apollo Eleven; 100/1 Yankee Rhythm, Chase On. 11.50 p.m. (N.Z. time)— TROTTING CHAMPIONSHIP FOURTH HEAT $2500; 13f. 98yd. 0301 Prince Kidd (Vic.) (1), T. Demmler It 0430 Johnny Bright (N.S.W.) (2), W. Finn It 5421 Finnigan (N.S.W.) (3), V. Frost It 4779 Bold Command (Qld) (4), M. Lawrence It 4110 Homage (N.S.W.) (5), H. Young Grand Set (Vic.) (6), K. It 0456 Newman It! 5012 Touch Merchant (Vic.) (1), D. Dove 12 3044 Odd Adios (N.S.W.) (2), C. Parsons 12 5698 Bambi (N.Z.) (1), J. Smolenski .. 30 Latest betting: 7/4 Finnigan; 5/2 Prince Kidd; 3/1 Touch Merchan ; 8/1 Homage: 14/1 Odd Adios , Bambi: 25/1 Johnny Bright, Grand Set; 33/1 Bold Command.