Easy win for Armbro Tryax

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33783, 4 March 1975, Page 8

Easy win for Armbro Tryax

(From Our Own Reporter

GREYMOUTH

Armbro Tryax, which has the New Zealand Oaks on Anzac Day as her main mission, gained a dashing win in the .Marsden Handicap at Greymouth last night.

j Doody Townley sent the j Armbro" Del filly to the front with 2200 m to run and from then on she had her rivals well covered. At the end she won by a length from Captain Flak with Vikki Cash making ground for third clear of Sunloafer, Pat Nash and Old . Crow. The promising three-year-old trotter. Best Bet, brought a welcome change of luck to his Christchurch owner- ! trainer, Clarrie Rhodes, when he won the Tainui Handicap. He led over the last 1200 m and raced away to win with ■ something in hand by four ! lengths from Bonny Lyn and Princess Gourmet. A gelding by Lumber Dream from Arahina, Best Bet is bred to be a pacer. However, he is a natural trotter. Last night’s race was I i only his third at a totalisator | meeting and he can be expected to show further im-

e provement before the N.Z, t Trotting Stakes on March 22. i Dark Lord provided one of s the highlights of the night, when he came from last with i 800 m to run to shade the : pacemaker. High Rank, by > half a head in the first Tas- -! man Handicap. 1 Lumber Lad. which reI reived an interrupted run, ■ did well to finish third ahead t|of Halrano, which received ilthe run of the race. Miss Honour had little i j trouble justifying favouritism Jin the Second Tasman Hani dicap. Her part-owner and i trainer, Trevor Craddock, had her beautifully positioned in I fourth place until the last 400 m. She was inclined to [ race lazily in the straight but I held on to win decisively by ,' two lengths. i The pacemaker. Super : i Deal, lasted for second a nose ■| in front of Garrison Katy with another nose to Tina ■ I Dancer.