Southern ‘system’ seldom fails

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33774, 21 February 1975, Page 7

Southern ‘system’ seldom fails

By

J. J. Boyle

Form students believe they have an almost foolproof method of backing winners of the main middle-distance races at southern meetings. “Simple,” they say. "Just back the Cochrane and Winsloe-trained horses.”

Followers of this system; will be narrowing the field down to three chances in the Wingatui Handicap, first leg of the Otago Racing Club’s T A B. double tomorrow. Rex Cochrane’s hopeful will be Red Ruby. The Winsloe stable will put Magic Touch and Redlo into the field.

1 group to the straight before 1 drifting out of contention. , That was his second start

this lime up and it held the almost certain promise of an early show of form.

Magic Touch has contribu-} ted much towards the Wins-;; loe stable’s formidable rec-| jord in feature distance races I this season by capturing the, jC.J.C. Midsummer Handicap, I the Invercargill Gold Cup,i and the Waikouaiti Cup. i And Red Ruby, after sec-1 onds in the Invercargill and Waimate Cups broke through 1 I for a well-earned victory in | the Gore Cup last time out.; Redlo’s return to racing in 1 the south should soon be a! I rewarding venture. I Until he went amiss last season Redlo looked every bit as good as Magic Touch. 1 In fact he carried 3kg more’ than the grey and beat her| mto second place in the! Dunedin Cup not Ipng before he was sidelined in the sum-! i mer of 1973-74. | Redlo appeared in a strong I field on the first day of the ’ . t'tago meeting and ran close; I in a wide berth in the leading 1