racing Mistake prevents Go from starting

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33938, 3 September 1975, Page 8

racing Mistake prevents Go from starting

An oversight by someone in the New Zealand Racing Conference office in Wellington has prevented Go from racing in the open sprint at Ashburton next T uesdav.

When the computerised details of horses entered for the Ashburtonmeeting were received by the chib from the conference last week Go’s I name was not on the list. The matter was referred back to the conference bv the club requesting details i about Go so that the handi-i capner. Mr C A Stanley,! could weight the horse fori next Tuesday’s Flvine Handicap. Seven win® The conference renh'ed that Go’s Australian performances i — he won seven races there' — were not available but a - cable would be sent to Svd-J nev last Fridav in an endea- - vour to obtain the reouested, details. No further information received bv rhe time hand).j cans ”'erc to have been declared so J’- R*ariev was un- - ab'° to weight Go. When Go’s niccar'on trainer Rm-dor' Mil’s saw I the hand'onns on Mondav > morrmi e*»d the horse’s earn® - d'd not smear nmonp those Wemhted shove the minimum ; —the names of the lowest-; weighted horsey- are not pub- ' J’sbed—bis onjv thought was that the handicapper had: been generous. Not withdrawn The matter cam® to a head - vesrordav morning when - Mi’ls was a*ked if Go had, be®n withdrawn from the' race h«fnro hqndican c were dec'arod "Not t n mv know-I ledne ” hp said “hut VOII : enn’d ask Mr C oltnan Rol-i gar ” At- who *aces Go. t COnfirToo-l th®* *hp hors® would i-o a d o *tnit® start®’; at Ashburton hut was » m'e’tiOad as to whv he had been let in so light. When '■ informed that *he horse had not been weighted at all the tnvst®rv deonened for he assured the questioner that there shoidd ha”® been no hitches because Go had been

.’cleared by the conference toi esume racing in New Zea-. Hand some months ago and! he had a letter to prove it. 'Our mistake' ! | When Mr R. A. Algie, ■ i secertarv-manager of the conference, was contacted vesterdav afternoon he confirmed that what Mt Bolgar had said was correct. “The i mistake haonened in this of-' t free,” he said. “The record of i Go’s performances in AustraI lia were received here some months ago and he was ■'eared tn hut informaI tion to ”wt effect had not ibpp- ®arded. “We explained how the | druation came about to Mr I Bolgar todav and he seemed - ’’uitff hanpv about it.” said - Mr Algie. Iniprest-ive Go was one of the more' pmnressive trialists during al i 'united amount of fast work - j on the No " grass at Riccar- > -ton yesterday. Tn the hands of M. Mc-- ! D hie. Go led his stablemat®. - - Cossack Pride, bv a length - | after winning the last 1000 -of 1200 metres in 1’8.2 and I the final 600 in 39.6. - Lignum Vitae. Riccarton’s I 'one Wingatui candidate to I work at speed, was shading I Anhrodites ending a similar I trial in 1:7.5. the last 600 - metres in 39 Anhrodites had '®d by two 'engths starting I die run home. - Della Cruscan. which will ■begin a fr® c h campaign on - ‘he second dav at Ashburton isped over 600 metres with! (Black Label, in 37.7. Solo effort ■ The only other trialist to -break 40 for 600 metres was' Sony Lomond. He recordedi 118 6 for his solo effort. I Rich Mahal and Bar were: : together throughout their IfiiM) metres in 41.1 and River | . Scene, which will probably resume in the open sprint at Orari later in the month J took 41.6 for his solo effort, i Others to work over the

same distance alone were] Alayer, Expose and Junior: Rebel. Their respective timeswere 42, 43.4 and 43.8.