THIRTY-NINE PAY UP

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33680, 1 November 1974, Page 1 (Supplement)

THIRTY-NINE PAY UP

Thirty-one into 24 go. I’he Awapuni {stayer, Chelsea Tower, I was No. 31 on the list of! 39 horses remaining in the Melbourne Cup when] ! the final declarations {were made yesterday. The safety limit for the! race is 24. i { The Cup field will be finalised tomorrow night; t I when barrier positions will! be drawn. At this distance! {long-range plans to tilt at : 'Melbourne Cup honours with Chelsea Tower while he is down in the weights seem . likely to be thwarted Under the conditions of {tee has P the power to eliminate any horse or horses from inc race.

. The committee could tomorrow night lift Chelsea; Tower into the field of 24, | I but such a move would trigger off a hue and a cry from it!? owners of horses which; have fully qualified for the; . race above Chelsea Tower. | Chelsea Tower is in the weight-for-age Mackinnon’ , Stakes tomorrow, but even ' a win in that race would not ;takc him higher on the list ‘of priority. However, it t, could help the V.R.C.’s deci I I sion in naming the field Of the 39 remaining in' t the field yesterday, 10 are owed in New Zealand and ' 25 were bred in New Zea i In order of prioritv the first 124 horses are Leilani, Battle' I Heights. Taras Bulba. Gala

Metric, Think Big, Cor- , roboree, Herminie, Our ' Picket, Citadel, Turfcutter, Grand Scale, Pilfer, Piping Lane and Big Angel. Captain Peri and Quick Answer are bracketed next, and one will go in to make up the 24-horse field. The 39 to make the final payment were:— Battle Heights (N.Z.> Bl; Gala Passetreul 56.5; Corroborco liN.Z.i. Leilani 55 .5; Citadel 54.5; j Grand Scale (N.Z... High Sail Pilfer’(N.Z.i. Piping Lane. Think Big. Turn-utter (N.Z.i 53; Big Angel, Captain Peri (N.Z.). Quick Xn-wer (N.Z.) .'.2: Bellota (N.Z.i, illis B< stone iN.Z.I, Mahal (N.Z.i . Vln. Our Poektt 49 5: Sequester! Wlrramlrra 47.5: Air Vosagcr* !Comrade Caviar. Gala Rod. Taras U. lieep In-sire, Gallant Charger,