Chelsea Tower in form

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33819, 16 April 1975, Page 9

Chelsea Tower in form

(Keiv Zealand Press Association)

PALMERSTON NORTH. Chelsea Tower has trained on the right way since running fourth in the Awapuni Gold Cup last Saturday week, and he worked in good style over 1400 metres on the ! plough at Awapuni yesterday.

[ He is engaged in theii Hawke’s Bay Cup at Hastings:! this week-end and so is'l ■Graven Spa. which was. [another to go fast in herff (trial. ,t Working on the plough, I [Chelsea Tower ran keenly all [ the way from the 1400 metres. He ran the distance t in 1:30 2-5, going strongly 1 over the last 600 in 38 2-ssec. I He finished the gallop full of ‘ running for his race-daylt rider, Ray Jenkins. Graven Spa ran fast over. ,the early stages of her 1400 m gallop, cutting out the . ‘first 800 m in a scorching [4B 2-ssec. Not surprisingly ■she slowed to complete her last 600 m in 41sec, and the full distance in 1:29 2-5. No rider has been engaged t for her so far. t Tama’s Mate was impres- I sive in running 1200 m in i 1:17 2-5. the last 600 m in 39 2-ssec. The big horse has i thrived since Riccarton and 1 should test his rivals in the t Oreka Handicap. Go For Broke covered 800 m in 49 2-ssec, the last 600 m in 36 2-ssec. She isi making good progress. Lucerne schooled with Thun, and then ran an easy; 800 m in 54sec. the last 600 m

|in 40sec. R. A. Jenkins rides i [her in the high-weight at 'Hastings. Dusty Dot and Vin Chento: icovered 1000 metres in 1:5, [the last 600 m in 40sec. Dusty' Dot looks well and has pros- ■ pects at Nelson. Captain Scott schooled, then ran an easy 1200 m in 1:20, the last 600 m in 39 2-5.1 He showed improvement, on ■ Saturday and might be hard I Ito beat in the Nelson Cup.