COSSACK PRIDE SHOWS SPEED

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

COSSACK PRIDE SHOWS SPEED

Cossack Pride yesterday showed the brand of speed that should make him a strong contender, in the Otago Racing Club’s Mosgiel Handicap ’at Wingatui tomorrow. | I Galloping on the plough at Riccarton, Cossack Pride I sped over 800 m in 50, the I last 600 m in 35.8. I A winner for Brydon I Mills’s stable at the Horo- ; rata meeting in December. 'Cossack Pride will have his ’regular rider Murray McPhie up in his Wingatui engage-, ment. i Yesterday's gallops at Riclarton were divided between 'the plough and 45ft out on the course proper. ; The Riccarton trainer. Barry Taggart, sent out five I members of his team — Buz|zin Along. Horatius. Windsor Wave, Eidi. and Eastern Command — to gallop 1600 .metres on the outside of the 'course proper with the . Tomkinson-trained Deep Mystery. Eastern Command saw to it that there would be no dawdling, going ahead early at a istrong pace. But at the end Buzzin Al<>ng was clear bv three lengths from Horatius Eidi and Windsor Wave (were next in a gap of two ■ lengths, clear of ■ Eastern ICommand. with D<-ep Mvstery trailing after another gap of two lengths. They ran the IWXt in I 45. and the last , Horatius had been at the

rear early, and made ground (purposefully in the straight , Earlier, Taggart’s successful two-year-old River (Scene came up with a gallop that kept him in high favour for the Canterbury Challenge , Stakes. He led Prumitto by a neck after runnning I2()()m in 1:18.4. the last 800 in 50.8. Royal Clover, Nashki, and Europium, rival candidates; for the Canterbury Jockey Club's Burnside Handicap, did three of the best gallops on the plough Europium hurried over 1400 m in 1:29.2, the last 800 in 50.2. • Royal Clover was shading Bar finishing 1000 m in 1:6.2, the last 600 in 37 8 Nashki sped in from the 1200 m in 1:17 4 Other gallops:—COURSE PROPER 160 metres: Regal Ration 1:53.8 1400 metres Rustikhan and i Meralav 1:35.6 1200 metres Alacer 1:23.6,( 800 metres Baltic Blue i and Havn 52.2. Stoney Burke' and Ascot Boy 54, Rouge d’Or and Our Emma 53 Lad\ Helene and Quick Bid I 51 4. Persian Market clear of I Cappello and Allanbrook 52 8 Karnak and Pat's Bette PEOt Kill > 1400 metres: Kai Tak I I 38 4 100 metres: Surge Again rI 7 4 ) RiMt metres Devil's Advo-