WINGATUI TRAINING

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33582, 10 July 1974, Page 8

WINGATUI TRAINING

Top-weight’s choice ("The Preet" Special Service) DUNEDIN. Distant Blaze, top-weight in both steeplechase events at the Waimate Hunt Club meeting at Oamaru on Saturday will start in the N. A. Rattray Memorial Steeples, for amateur riders, in preference to the Te Walmate steeplechase. He will be ridden by K. Kean. Stealaway (G. Julius) showed that she was in good order to make a fresh scan in the Morven Handicap at Waimate when she ran 800 metres m company with Mairee i Butler) in 53 2-ssec; at Wingatui yesterday. They ran 1 the last 600 metres in 4l)sec. Most of the fast work was held on the sand. Over the same ground Willy Knows, Young Command, and' Neon Light were together in 55sec after taking 15sec for the first 200 metres. Trix’s Sister (Pankhurst), Ley-; leigh (MeAra), and Captain Dan (Robinson) were on terms in 54 4-ssec. the last 600 in 40 4-ssec. Irish Hope (Mee) outpaced his stable-mate ScoUand (Nicholson) In 56sec, the last 600 in 41sx The two-year-olds Galliano (Powell). Aldersgate (Butler) and Laingwin (Nicholson) sprinted home from the 600 metres tn 39see. Dr Gate (Didham). and Dandyman (Pankhurst) took imin 9 2-ssec for 1000 metres. They quickened for the last 600 in 41sec. In one of the few gallops on the outside of the grass track, which was cutting out, Corrandulla (Sanderson) rounded off solid pace work with 1200 metres in Imin 32sec.